• Title
  Series 01: Linnean Society of New South Wales records, 1826-1970
• Call number
  MLMSS 2009
  MLMSS 2009/81X
  
• Level of description
  series
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  422570
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : Syms Covington journal, 1831-1836; Charles Darwin's reference for Covington).
  Microfilm : Alexander Macleay notebooks, 1826-1853).
  Microfilm : Ferdinand Von Mueller letters, 1884-1894).
  
• Physical Description
  56 volumes, 50 boxes, 1 folder and 1 case of textual material
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The Linnean Society of New South Wales was founded in 1874 to stimulate interest in all branches of the science of natural history. Its first members were recruited from the then extinct Entymological Society of New South Wales and its first president and benefactor was Sir William Macleay
• Scope and Content
  Guide, compiled in the Mitchell Library, to this collection and previous deposits by the Linnean Society, including pictures and maps 11ff. (MLMSS 2009/Vol. 1)
  
  1. MINUTE BOOKS, 1862-1952
  a. Entomological Society, 1862-1869 (MLMSS 2009/Vol. 2)
  b. Council and Members' meetings, 1882-1951 (MLMSS 2009/Vols. 3-12)
  c. Annual General and Ordinary Monthly, 1917-1952 (MLMSS 2009/Vols. 13-15)
  d. Management Committee, 1928-1963 (MLMSS 2009/Vols. 16-21)
  e. Letting Sub-Committee, 1930-1934 (MLMSS 2009/Vol. 22)
  
  
  
  VOLUMES 23-30 and BOXES 31-80
  2. Correspondence, 1882-1965 including letter books, 1882-1927; Chronological file, 1882-1967; Numbered files and unnumbered files.
  
  VOLUME 81X
  3. Miscellanea, 1884-1964
  
  MLMSS 82-92
  4. Financial papers, 1883-1970
  
  MLMSS 93-103
  5. Library material, 1882-1959
  
  MLMSS 104-107
  6. Newspaper cuttings, 1867-1970
  
  MLMSS 108-121
  7. Various individual collections donated to the Society include papers of G. Bennett, 1866; H. H. B. Bradley, 1865-1877; J. W. Brazier, 1860-1867, 1922; S. Covington, 1831-1836, 1839; R. D. Fitzgerald, 1878-1883; J. J. Fletcher, 1887-1891, 1929; Sir William Flower, 1866; A. G. Hamilton, 1878-1941; A. Macleay, 1835+; Sir William Macleay, 1874-1888; W. S. Macleay, 1826-1862; Thomas G. Sloane, 1920-1932; Baron Von Mueller, 1884-1894; and W. Wools, 1880-1881
  
  This collection includes pictorial material. For location and description of this see: Pic.Acc.2026 in Pic. Source File
  
  Maps at M Ser. 4 000/1 MSS. 2009, maps 1-4.
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-234C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
• General note
  
  Available for reference
  Guide compiled in the Mitchell Library 7ff
  
  Keyword subject:
  Natural history--Societies, etc
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Bennett, George, 1804-1893
  Covington, Syms, 1813-1861
  FitzGerald, R. D. (Robert Desmond)
  Fletcher, J. J. (Joseph James), 1850-1926
  Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899
  Hamilton, A.G. (Alexander Greenlaw), 1852-1941
  Macleay, Alexander, 1767-1848
  Macleay, William, Sir, 1820-1891
  Macleay, William Sharp, 1792-1865
  Sloane, Thomas Gibson, 1858-1932
  Mueller, Ferdinand, Baron von, 1825-1896
  
• Subject
  Scientists--19th century--Australia.
  Scientists--20th century--Australia.
  Voyages and travels--19th century.
  Natural history--New South Wales.
  Science--New South Wales--Societies, etc.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Lost Gardens - Museum of Sydney (29 July - 13 December, 2008). Applies to: MLMSS 2009/115
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE9165000

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