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Papers of the University Committee for Ornithology

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MS. 15493
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Contains 3 folders of the University Committee for Ornithology's correspondence, minutes and reports.

Dates

  • Creation: 1933-1941

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 15493.

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MS. 15493

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 15493

Abstract

Papers of the University Committee for Ornithology.

Biographical / Historical

The University Committee for Ornithology was established in May 1933 and consisted of the Vice-Chancellor, the Proctors, the Linacre Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, the Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy, the Director of the Institute of Ornithology, a member of the Hebdomadal Council appointed by the Hebdomadal Council (J.F. Stenning), a member appointed by the British Ornithologists' Union (Rev. F.C.R. Jourdain), a member appointed by the Oxford Ornithological Society (H. Balfour), and two members appointed by the British Trust for Ornithology (Lord Scone and B.W. Tucker).

The function of the Committee was to 'establish and supervise generally an Institute of Ornithology, and in particular…takes steps to secure that its work [was] co-ordinated with that of the Departments of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy and of Rural Economy' ( Oxford University Gazette, No. 2029, Vol. LXIII, 6 April 1933, p. 428).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.

Title
Papers of the University Committee for Ornithology
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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