Two letters and unpublished draft manuscript by Ernst Mayr
Single Item
MS. 15341
Held in our offsite storage facility
Contains:
- Two letters to R.E. Moreau discussing the 'Checklist of Birds of the World', in particular the sequence of families which will be followed in the volumes, 28 Nov 1955, 3 Dec 1955
- Unpublished draft manuscript entitled 'The Sequence of Genera in the Estrildidae (Aves)', typescript, two copies, one with handwritten corrections, n.d. [1960s?]
Dates
- Creation: 1955, n.d. [1960s?]
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 15341
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Shelfmark:
MS. 15341
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15341
Abstract
Two letters and unpublished draft manuscript by Ernst Mayr.
Biographical / Historical
Ernst Walter Mayr (1904-2005), ornithologist and evolutionary biologist.
For a fuller biography see the American National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
- Title
- Two letters and unpublished draft manuscript by Ernst Mayr
- 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
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk