Comprises:
- two ordinance survey maps for Huddersfield, and a map of Hollingdale, marked 'John Ellis', n.d.
- 'Nature Notes' notebooks, with some notes, letters and cuttings inserted, 1921-1972
- poems, 1935-1944
- cuttings, c.1938
- various notes and letters, including from Bruce Campbell (1956) regarding a visit to the Isle of May, c.1945-1969
- handwritten nature notes, c.1938
- bird ringing book, Jan 1945-Jun 1955 (cover is labelled Dec 1944)
- ringing record and recoveries notebook, 1969-1974 (missing cover)
- ringing record and recoveries notebook, 1953-1969
- two photographs: Lapwing Nest, Blackmoorfoot, May 1962, and bird of prey, Bardwell, May 1983
- small notebook marked 'Minsmere & Havergate', 1967-1973, and small notebook of John Ellis (died 2 Jul 1962)
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1983
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 15488.
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Shelfmark:
MS. 15488
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15488
Abstract
Papers of A. Neil Sykes.
Biographical / Historical
No biographical information is available.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Papers of A. Neil Sykes
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by EAD version by Sarah Thiel and 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