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'Bird Numbers in Finland: A Bold Effort towards Estimating a Nation's Avifauna', 'Special review' article published in British Birds, Vol.52, 1959
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1006
The article reviewed Finnish Birds: Their Distribution and Numbers, by E. Merikallio, Helsinki 1958.
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates:
1959
Review of Pirates and Predators. The piratical and predatory habits of birds, by R. Meinertzhagen, Oliver & Boyd, 1959
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1007
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
1959
Review of A Field Guide to Bird Songs of Eastern and Central North America, by R.T. Peterson, Boston (arranged to accompany Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America, ?fifth edition), 1959
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1008
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
1959
'The British Approach to Ornithology', Ibis, Vol.101: typescript draft with revisions, 1959
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1009
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates:
1959
'Rare Birds', review article published in The New Scientist, Jul 1960
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1010
The article reviewed The Popular Handbook of Rarer British Birds, by P.A.D. Hollom, London 1960. Typescript, with a carbon copy of Nicholson's covering letter to publishers on verso; proof.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
Jul 1960
Preface for St Kilda Summer, by K. Williamson et al., London, 1960
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1011
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
1960
Article on Gilbert White for Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1959-1960
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1012
Nicholson revised or re-wrote his earlier version for the Encyclopaedia. Correspondence with London editor and typescript draft of revised article.
Extents: 9 Leaves
Dates:
1959-1960
'Preservation of Natural Areas in Great Britain', essay by Nicholson contributed to Comparisons in Resource Management, ed. H. Jarrett, Johns Hopkins Press, 1961
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1013
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates:
1961
'The Place of Conservation', chapter contributed by Nicholson to The Humanist Frame, ed. J.S. Huxley, London: typescript draft with revisions, 1961
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1014
Extents: 13 Leaves
Dates:
1961
Letter to The Times on mistakes in the siting and planning of major technological projects, 7 Apr 1961
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1015
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
7 Apr 1961
'Science into Landscape: the urgent tasks of the Nature Conservancy', Architectural Review London, 129, 1961
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1016
Typescript draft titled 'Ecology and Landscape' with a few manuscript revisions; printed article (pages from offprint). The printed version is possibly a re-worked and shortened version of the draft which may originally have been for another article.
Extents: 8 Leaves
Dates:
1961
Various manuscript draft pages and notes for the paper, 1936-1988
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1017
Typescript draft with manuscript revisions, 27 Mar 1961
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1018
Typescript draft with manuscript revisions, stamped '27 Mar 1961', with comments by others on the draft. Included are further typescript papers which were found with the draft, among them a typescript headed 'Statistical problems in W. Channel birds paper'.
Extents: 35 Leaves
Dates:
27 Mar 1961
Various manuscript and typescript bird lists and notes relating to studies made by Nicholson on the Channel islands, 1936-1988
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1019
The material covers a number of visits 1936-1988. At the beginning is a typescript summary titled 'Notes on birds in Jersey', dated 1982, of five visits made between 1936 and 1950. For the 1936 studies there are both manuscript and photocopied typescript bird lists to which the 1988 lists also refer. Included are statistical notes, 1951, by J.G. Skellom. (Folder 1 of 2).
Extents: 36 Leaves
Dates:
1936-1988
Various manuscript and typescript bird lists and notes relating to studies made by Nicholson on the Channel islands, 1936-1988
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1020
The material covers a number of visits 1936-1988. For the 1936 studies there are both manuscript and photocopied typescript bird lists to which the 1988 lists also refer. Included are statistical notes, 1951, by J.G. Skellom. (Folder 2 of 2).
Extents: 13 Leaves
Dates:
1936-1988
Review of Vanishing Animals: Preserving Nature's Rarities, by P. Street, London, 1961
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1021
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
1961
Review of Portrait of a River: The Wildlife of the Danube from the Black Sea to Budapest, by G. Mounfort, London, 1962
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1022
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
1962
Unpublished book on conservation: notes, 1962-1967
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1023
Nicholson attempted to draft this book, which was contracted with publishers Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, in 1962, during his time as Director-General of the Nature Conservancy. The original proposed title was 'A Key to Nature Conservation' and it was intended to be an introductory guide or handbook aimed at a wide readership. Manuscript outline notes, typescript synopsis and introduction; typescript drafts of the first few chapters with manuscript revisions. (Folder...
Extents: 31 Leaves
Dates:
1962-1967
Unpublished book on conservation: notes, 1962-1967
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1024
Nicholson attempted to draft this book, which was contracted with publishers Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, in 1962, during his time as Director-General of the Nature Conservancy. The original proposed title was 'A Key to Nature Conservation' and it was intended to be an introductory guide or handbook aimed at a wide readership. Manuscript outline notes, typescript synopsis and introduction; typescript drafts of the first few chapters with manuscript revisions. (Folder...
Extents: 34 Leaves
Dates:
1962-1967
Unpublished book on conservation: Correspondence with publishers regarding agreement and progress with the first draft with related papers, 1962-1967
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Shelfmark: MS. 15041/1025
Included is correspondence with Sir Gavin de Beer, Science Books Editor of Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.
Extents: 32 Leaves
Dates:
1962-1967