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Total number of records: 7

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	6
Art items	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
natural history	7
botany	4
zoology	3
algae	2
mites	1
microscopes and microscopy	1
fossils	1
evolution (biology)	1
lecture notes	1
desmidiaceae	1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)	2
West, Tuffen (1823-1891)	1
Garstang, Walter (1868-1949)	1
Corda, August Carl Joseph	1
Armitage, Edward (1822-1906)	1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	1
From 1800	5
From 1900	1

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	1
Up to 1899	4
Up to 1999	2

Archive Sub-collection:
MS 235

Notes of botanical observations, compiled by Edward Armitage

1878-1904

The volumes also contain many loose papers and documents, often addressed to the "Rev. E. Armitage"

Archive File:
MS 186

Notes from various authors on the Desmidiaceae; compiled by William Barwell Turner

c.1870-1880

Contains very detailed autograph manuscript botanical and bibliographical notes on the desmidiaceae, partly listed in columns, and chiefly written in Latin, compiled by W.B. Turner between 1870 and 18...

Archive File:
MS 187

Four papers on microscopic Algae, by August Carl Joseph Corda, copied from Almanach de Carlsbad

1835-1840

Comprises transcription and illustrations

Archive Art File:
MS 196

Original drawings from the microscope, (of the natural order, Acarina) by the late Tuffen West, F.L.S.

c.1840-1890

Comprises above 124 coloured drawings and a large number of outline and detail drawings of the general

Archive File:
MS 269

Vegetabilium historia, Animalium historia, Fossilium historia, etc. Notes written in a small hand on these subjects and divided into 161 sections (processus)

16--

Comprises: (1) Vegetabilium historia, (ff. 1-39); (2) Animalium historia, (ff. 40-50); (3) Fossilium historia, (ff. 51-78); (4) Index and Addenda, (ff. 79-82)

Archive File:
MS 437

Two note-books of William Barwell Turner

1880s

Contains (i) the text of Barwell's presidential address to the Leeds Naturalists' Club on 25 January 1881, entitled 'The origin of organic life'; (ii) an undated survey of the history of systematic zo...

Archive File:
MS 892

Papers of Walter Garstang

1917-1948

Comprises two accessions: 1) A red loose leaf file containing manuscript notes towards occasional lectures, c.1917. by Walter Garstang. Signed 'Walter Garstang University' at the front. Includes ...