Contains:
- 'A Historical Background of Ornithology with Special Reference to Australia', address for the annual congress of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, typescript, 1968
- copies of correspondence with R.S.R. Fitter, discussing Lord Stanley's annotations on the black woodpecker made in Serventy's copy of George Montagu's book, Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary, 1957-1960
Dates
- 1968
Extent
29 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 15404
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Shelfmark:
MS. 15404
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15404
Abstract
Address by D.L. Serventy and correspondence with R.S.R. Fitter.
Biographical / Historical
Dominic Louis Serventy (1904-1988), ornithologist. President of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, 1947–1949, Editor of the journal of the Western Australian Naturalists' Club, 1947-1980.
An obituary was published in Ibis, volume 131, issue 3, Jul 1989.
An obituary was published in Ibis, volume 131, issue 3, Jul 1989.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
- Title
- Address by D.L. Serventy and correspondence with R.S.R. Fitter
- Status
- Completed
- 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
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