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Total number of records: 28

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English Literature2
Brotherton Collection2

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natural history28
botany16
algae13
desmidiaceae11
zoology3
microscopes and microscopy2
letters2
lecture notes1
fossils1
plant species1

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Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)16
Wallich, George Charles (1815-1899)3
Roper, Ida Mary1
Reinsch, Paul Friedrich1
Sowerby, James (1757-1822)1
Yorkshire Naturalists' Union1
Wills, Arthur Winkler1
Gosse, Ellen (1850-1929)1
Wiltshire, Thomas1
Gosse, Edmund (1849-1928)1

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Archive Collection:
MS 1329
School Natural Science Society Archive
c.1903-1995
Comprises: (1) Administrative correspondence of the Society; (2) Annual and conference reports; (3) Executive Committee meetings minute books, expenses book, and receipt book; (4) Many publications of...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Dalton
James Dalton, correspondence
c.1795-1824
Comprises 35 letters from James Dalton to James Sowerby, the naturalist; also, letters from W. Brunton, John Larcom, Peter Murray, and Robert Teesdale to Sowerby, and one letter from J. Wood to Dr Smi...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Gosse
Edmund Gosse Archive
c.1823-1954
The Gosse collection includes material from five generations of the Gosse family, but is largely the archive of Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), the writer and literary critic. The collection hol...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1982/2
Yorkshire Naturalists' Union Archive
1876-1904
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 File:
MS 205
Proof copies of plates for a proposed Ray Society monograph on British Desmidiaceae and a draft of a work by G.C. Wallich on Indian Desmidieae, drawn and written by William Barwell Turner
1884-1894
The Wallich volume includes a list of his books and papers on scientific subjects written between 1858 and 1883 dated 29 December 1884. The envelope contains correspondence between Turner and Thomas W...
Archive File:
MS 206
Bibliography of the Desmidieae, compiled by William Barwell Turner
1887
Covers works published between ca.1811-1893
Archive File:
MS 207
Memoirs and memoranda on the Desmidieae; compiled by William Barwell Turner
1886-1887
Contains an index to the volume, followed by autograph manuscript notes written in 1886-1887 on various aspects of different species of the Desmidieae illustrated by many hand-drawn plates, some of wh...
Archive File:
MS 208
Classification of the Desmidieae, by William Barwell Turner and others
c.1828-1883
Includes an extract from G.C. Wallich's "Are the desmids and diatoms simple cells" and Archer's arrangement of the Desmidieae
Archive File:
MS 209
Index to the microscopic cabinet of W.B. Turner
1876
Contains an index to the volume, followed by many autograph manuscript lists of species or types of 'Animalia', 'Vegetabilia', 'Minerals, & c.', and 'Economic products', written in March 1876, accordi...