Notebooks of Tom Harnett Harrisson
Single Item
MS. 14979
Held in our offsite storage facility
Contains 6 notebooks:
- Local collected lists including for gardens, villages, districts and counties, 1921-1930
- Birds, volume I, 1928-1930
- Notes on birds in the London area during 1929 for the London Natural History Society, 1929
- Collection of author's notes on birds, volume III, arranged under species for reference, 1929-1945
- Diary, 1930
- Ringing results and statistics, 1930, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1945
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 14979.
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Shelfmark:
MS. 14979
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 14979
Abstract
Notebooks of Tom Harnett Harrisson.
Biographical / Historical
Tom Harnett Harrisson (1911-1976), ornithologist, museum curator, and co-founder of the Mass-Observation social survey project.
For a fuller biography see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
- Title
- Notebooks of Tom Harnett Harrisson
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by EAD version by Jen Patterson and Marion Lowman
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk