Address by D.L. Serventy and correspondence with R.S.R. Fitter
Single Item
MS. 15404
Held in our offsite storage facility
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
- Creation: 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
- Title
- Address by D.L. Serventy and correspondence with R.S.R. Fitter
- 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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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk