Manuscript of Sir (Walter) Baldwin Spencer

Collection Level Description: Manuscript of Sir (Walter) Baldwin Spencer, 'Wanderings in wild Australia'

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 200-1, c. 140
Title: Manuscript of Sir (Walter) Baldwin Spencer, 'Wanderings in wild Australia'
Dates of Creation: 1928
Extent: 3 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929) was a biologist and ethnographer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Manuscript of Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, 'Wanderings in wild Australia', published in 2 volumes, London, 1928, with illustrations, including maps and diagrams, mainly printed.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The manuscript was given to the Library by Mrs Dorothy Young in 1930.

Access Conditions

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 43576-8.

Access Points

Spencer | Sir | Walter Baldwin | 1860-1929 | Knight, Biologist, and Ethnographer

Australia | Description and travel

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