[Mervyn Davis papers : biographical information on Australian botanists.]
Material type: Text 1954-1986Description: 3 boxes ; 34 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Manuscript | State Botanical Collection | Archives & Manuscripts | RB MSS 636 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not For Loan | RBGM00004351 |
Correspondence and notes of Mervyn Davis and Daphne Pearson relating to their project (with Jim Willis) to compile biographical information of Australian botanists and plant collectors (initially known as A catalogue of botanical collectors and delineators). Includes correspondence with individuals (particularly Willis, Jean Galbraith {1979-1986} and Norman Hall {1978-1986}) and institutions, and notes as to the structure and process of the project. Information compiled under this project is now at RB MSS 316. Collection received from Pearson 1989.