British Museum (Natural History) - General Library - Miscellaneous collections, 1804-1946

M 2710-2713

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [199-?]

432950

Microfilm : M 2710-2713. See contents list (12pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/277, vol. 18.

a. 3,201 pp.

This collection is comprised of: (1) Letters to and from malacologists - such as Arthur Blok. Some of the subjects in the letters include Tasmanian and North Sumatra mollusca, Bailer shells, Bernard Cotton and his book 'South Australian mollusca'. (2) Andrew Bloxam's natural history notes during the voyage of H.M.S. Blonde (1824-1825) to the Hawaiian Islands and correspondence. (3) Papers of Charles Darwin; F.D. Godman's (1834-1919) letter book, 1879-1898; Richard B. Hinds' diary of his voyage on H.M.S. Sulphur, 1836-1840. (4) Papers of the Royal Society of London and Sowerby family. (5) Alfred K. Wallace and his correspondence with Samuel Stevens. (6) First and second drafts of Sir George Hubert Wilkins', 'Undiscovered Australia', an account of Wilkin's expedition to tropical Australia to collect fauna for the British Museum (Natural History), 1923-1925. Typescript with ms. alterations, 274pp. and 241pp., paginations erratic. Includes 87 photographs, identified - subjects include: animals, fossils, natives, Thomby Head Station, camp, emu brought to bay by dogs, rock carvings [end of reel M 2713].

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 the microfilm masters.
Available for reference.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series: M 2710-2713. See AJCP Handbook, Part 8, Entry 62, p.21.
Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Library of Australia, [199-?]. 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm
Microfilm copy of originals held by General Library, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington SW7 5BD.
Descriptive list available (12pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/277, vol. 18.