British Museum (Natural History) - Keeper of Zoology Archives - Australian and New Zealand papers, 1837-1969

M 2599-2610

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432888

Microfilm : M 2599-2610. See contents list (129pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/277, vol. 15.

2 microfilm reels 35 mm

(1) Correspondence of the Keeper of Zoology, 1864-1944. Subjects include: New Zealand lizards; mud fish from Hokitika, New Zealand; lizards and butterflies from New Hebrides; sponges from the Philippines; butterflies and insects from New Guinea; appointment of taxidermist for Public Library and National Gallery of Victoria; and sale of Gilbert Raynor's collection of Australian lepidoptera. (2) Foreign letters, 1841-1869. Subjects include birds from Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Sumatra, and the collecting of shells and crustacea. (3) Miscellaneous reports and documents, 1856-1887. (4) Reports to Trustees and other official documents, 1837-1850. Subjects include: fishes of Port Jackson, birds and shells from New South Wales, and John Gould's collection. (5) Miscellaneous subject files, 1910-1962, re protection of fauna, expeditions,etc. Subjects include: Animal Protection and Game Act, 1921-1922; British, Australian and NZ Antarctic research expedition, 1929-1931; Harold Hall expeditions, 1960-1969; North Borneo expedition, 1956; and New Guinea expedition, 1964-1965. (6) Great Barrier Reef Expedition files, 1922-1963. (7) Curators of Birds correspondence, 1896-1918. (8) Vertebrate Section: reports to Trustees and other official documents, 1900-1907. (9) Invertebrate Section Correspondence, 1893-1915. (10) Invertebrate Section reports to Trustees and other documents, 1895-1901

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2599-2610
Microfilm copy of originals held by Archives Dept., British Museum (Natural History), London
Descriptive list available (129 p.)