Contains:
- 'An account of the seabirds seen during the visit of HMS Endurance to South America and the Antarctic, October 1969 to May 1970', handwritten, 44 pages, with typescript copy (34 pages) and 3 maps (copies), n.d. [c.1970]
- Letter dated 30 July 1971 from D.J. Dixey (Hydrographer of the Navy) with sea and air temperatures at the time of the voyage
Dates
- Creation: n.d. [c.1970]-1971
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 14994.
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Shelfmark:
MS. 14994
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 14994
Abstract
Papers of General Sir Gerald Lathbury.
Biographical / Historical
General Sir Gerald William Lathbury (1906-1978), educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar, 1965-1969.
For a fuller biography see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Custodial History
Presented to the Alexander Library of Ornithology, Jan 1973.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
- Title
- Papers of General Sir Gerald Lathbury
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by EAD version by Jen Patterson
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk