Papers of Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer [microform] : [M2422-M2425] 1800-1930
- Bib ID:
- 781818
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Spencer, Baldwin, Sir, 1860-1929
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
- 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Series:
- Australian Joint Copying Project microform collection.
- Summary:
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Includes: correspondence on the Horn Expedition to Australia, 1894-96 ; correspondence with A.W. Howitt, 1895-1903 ; L. Fison, 1899-1906 ; A.C. Haddon, 1900-23 ; E.B. Taylor, 1897-9 ; G.C. Bourne, 1889-93 ; Sir E. Ray Lankester, 1897-1917 ; G.B. Howes, 1899-1902 ; F.J. Gillen, 1894-1904 ; H. Goulty, 1880-1900 ; A. Lang, 1899 ; P. Cahill, 1913-21 ; H. Balfour, 1897-1929 ; R.J. Cooper, 1913-15 ; Solomon, 1912 ; J.G. Frazer, 1897-1928 and others. Also includes notebooks and diaries, 1895-1929 of trips to the Northern Territory including word lists ; journal of expedition to Tierra del Fuego, 1927 and other papers. The papers concern personal and university matters ; details on the planning and progress of expeditions ; anthropological matters including discussions on Aboriginal ceremonies and culture generally, the effect of white man, etc. ; discussion of Spencer's publications, lectures, specimens of fauna and weapons and other topics.
- Full contents:
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- Reel 2422 Contents predate 1912
- Reel 2423 Contents miscellaneous letters predate 1902
- Reel 2424 Contains letters from Joe Cooper, Paddy Cahill ; Larrakia elder "Solomon", Henry Balfour and Sir James George Frazer mentioned in correspondence
- Reel 2425 Contains Spencer's diary from 15 Jan 1912 to 7 April 1912.
- Biography/History:
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Biologist and ethnographer. Professor in Biology, Melbourne University, 1887-1919. Studied the Aborigines of Northern and Central Australia.
- Notes:
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- 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.
- Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2422-2425.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1127482824
- Microfilm copy of originals held by Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Descriptive list available (89 p.)
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1800-1930
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Miscellaneous Series (Australian Joint Copying Project)..
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