[with apologies for cross-posting]
* Collections of the Month: Botany
Botany is the scientific study of plants, ranging from tiny single-celled
bacteria to the tallest trees.
This month the Archives Hub picks out the collections of botanists and
botanical societies of the past three hundred years. These include the
papers of herbalists, biochemists, geneticists, and even missionaries.
<http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/mar05.shtml>
* New contributor:
Taylor Institution Library, University of Oxford.
<http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/inst/oxtaylor.shtml>
* Additional descriptions:
From Cambridge University Library, the Labour History Archives and Study
Centre, Reading University Library, and the School of Oriental and African
Studies.
These include papers of papers of AIDS activist Peter Tatchell (born 1952);
papers of psychical researcher and bibliographer TDN Besterman (1904-76);
and papers of Edwin Morgan (born 1920), the Scots Makar (Poet Laureate of
Scotland).
<http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/>
* Contributor's event:
The University of Leeds will be hosting a conference on March 19th, 2005,
entitled 'Dialect and Folk Life Studies in Britain: The Leeds Archive of
Vernacular Culture in its Context'
<http://www.leeds.ac.uk/english/activities/lavc/conference.htm>
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Paddy Collis
Archives Hub Data Editor
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