Volume of bird plates and a Christmas card belonging to Georgia Margaret Rhodes
Single Item
MS. 15394
Contains:
- Bound volume of plates from the book African Handbook of Birds, by C.W. Mackworth-Praed and C.H.B. Grant (Longmans: 1952-1955), many of which have been hand annotated with Latin bird names and genders. Inscribed 'If found, please return to Miss G. Rhodes, Hildersham Hall, Cambridge, England'
- Christmas card to 'Miss Rhodes' from Con and Molly Benson, 1976, showing a printed illustration by Molly Benson which was used as a frontispiece to their book Birds of Malawi
Dates
- Creation: 1952-1955, 1976
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 15394.
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Shelfmark:
MS. 15394
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15394
Abstract
Volume of bird plates and a Christmas card belonging to Georgia Margaret Rhodes.
Biographical / Historical
Georgia Margaret Rhodes (1891-1978) was the daughter of Ernest Frederick Rhodes (1852-1901) and Helen Irving who leased Hildersham Hall, Cambridge, in 1939.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Volume of bird plates and a Christmas card belonging to Georgia Margaret Rhodes
- 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