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Volume 9 Number 2 GEOLOGICAL CURATORS’ GROUP Registered Charity No. 296050 The Group is affiliated to the Geological Society of London. It was founded in 1974 to improve the status of geology in museums and similar institutions, and to improve the standard of geological curation in general by: - holding meetings to promote the exchange of information - providing information and advice on all matters relating to geology in museums - the surveillance of collections of geological specimens and information with a view to ensuring their well being - the maintenance of a code of practice for the curation and deployment of collections - the advancement of the documentation and conservation of geological sites - initiating and conducting surveys relating to the aims of the Group. 2009 COMMITTEE Chairman Helen Fothergill, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery: Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AJ, U.K. (tel: 01752 304774; fax: 01752 304775; e-mail: [email protected]) Secretary David Gelsthorpe, Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K. (tel: 0161 3061601; fax: 0161 2752676; e-mail: [email protected] Treasurer John Nudds, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K. (tel: +44 161 275 7861; e-mail: [email protected]) Programme Secretary Steve McLean, The Hancock Museum, The University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4PT, U.K. (tel: 0191 2226765; fax: 0191 2226753; e-mail: [email protected]) Editor of Matthew Parkes, Natural History Division, National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street, The Geological Curator Dublin 2, Ireland (tel: 353 (0)87 1221967; e-mail: [email protected]) Editor of Coprolite Tom Sharpe, Department of Geology, National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, Wales, U.K. -
The Evolution of Asia's Major Rivers
GeoscientistThe Fellowship magazine of The Geological Society of London | www.geolsoc.org.uk | Volume 23 No 8 | September 2013 WELSH ROCKERS Swansea boys who mapped the world SCOTS MISSED End of Higher geology looms READ GEOLSOC BLOG! [geolsoc.wordpress.com] YANGTZE INCIDENT The evolution of Asia’s major rivers CL:AIRE Annual Conference hosted by and in conjunction with the Geological Society, London Sustainable Land Management Decision support frameworks and tools for the sustainable development of land Thursday 26th September 2013 Morning Session 1 – SuRF UK (Sustainable Remediation Forum) • An overview of the SuRF UK Framework • Case studies • Ask the experts / debate session Afternoon Session 2 – Definition of Waste: Development Industry Code of Practice • A review of this approach to excavated materials management • Case studies • An overview of plans and progress for version 3 Contact • Lessons learnt from the development of similar initiatives overseas Georgina Worrall • Ask the experts / debate session Conference Manager E: [email protected] £120 early bird – non CL:AIRE Member / Geol Soc Fellow [ends 30th August 2013] T: +44 (0)20 7434 9944 £150 non CL:AIRE Member / Geol Soc Fellow F: +44 (0)20 7494 0579 W: www.geolsoc.org.uk/slm13 £100 CL:AIRE Member / Geol Soc Fellow £50 Public Sector The Geological Society Burlington House £15 Student (limited spaces) Piccadilly London This event will be followed in the evening by a panel discussion on W1J 0BG policy implications CLAIRE CONTENTS GEOSCIENTIST IN THIS ISSUE SEPTEMBER -
Ornithology on “The Rock”: Territory, Fieldwork, and the Body in the Straits of Gibraltar in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Ornithology on “The Rock”: Territory, Fieldwork, and the Body in the Straits of Gibraltar in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Kirsten A. Greer Gibraltar—To every European the name suggests a group of ideas, and arouses certain emotions....In England the Gibraltar tradition is less vivid than in Victorian times, but the Rock has a place, and an important place, in the mental hinterland in which our political ideas and prejudices mostly originate. It is bound up in our minds with sea-power, with Trafalgar, with our strug- gles to prevent, first a French, and then a German hegemony over Europe, with our development of an Empire in the East, and with our route to India. We like to see in its dignified strength the characteristics of our race. Perhaps there is no bet- ter proof of its place in English life than that it is habitually known as ‘the Rock,’ without other qualification.1 hen Lieutenant Colonel L. Howard Irby (1836-1905) of the 74th Highlanders published The Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar in 1875 and revised it in 1895, he intended the work to assist “offi- Wcers, who, like the writer, may find themselves quartered at Gibraltar. For it admits of little doubt,” Irby writes, “that the study of Natural History will always help to pass away with pleasure many hours that would oth- erwise be weary and tedious during the time military men may have to ‘put in’ at dear, scorching old ‘Gib.’” Irby, a military hero of the Crimean War and “Indian Mutiny” with the 90th Regiment of Foot, gained status as an intrepid ornithologist who was -
The H. Winnett Orr Historical Collection
H. WINNETT ORR, M.D., F.A.C.S., 1877-1956 A CATALOGUE OF THE H. WINNETT ORR HISTORICAL COLLECTION AND OTHER RARE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS American College of Surgeons : Chicago i960 COPYRIGHT, 1960, BY AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 60-11348 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO MICHAEL LIVINGOOD MASON SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 1950-1959 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT 1959-1060 CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY 1952 TO DATE THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE EDITORS FOREWORD the committee on the library ofthe American College ofSurgeons, appointed by the Board ofRegents, has longfelt the responsibility ofpublishing a catalogue ofthe outstanding collection of books contributed to the Library by Dr. H. Winnett Orr. Doctor Orrfrequently expressed his hope that such a compilation would be published by the College. It is therefore with a deep sense ofgratitude that the Committee congratulates Miss L. Margueriete Prime, the editor, on its completion. Miss Prime and her staff, including Miss Kath leen Worst, in this task, as in all others, have distinguished themselves in the quality oftheir work. The Committee desires to pay tribute to Miss Primefor her years of inspirational service to the American College of Surgeons. Michael L. Mason, Chairman John R. Orndorff, Acting Co-Chairman E. Lee Strohl, Acting Co-Chairman vn H. WINNETT ORR M.D.,F.A.C.S. The Man Dr. H. Winnett Orr, a much loved and distinguished surgeon, died on October 11, 1956. His contributions to surgery are well known. -
An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society 1799-1882 Mss.B.D25
An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society 1799-1882 Mss.B.D25 American Philosophical Society 3/2002 105 South Fifth Street Philadelphia, PA, 19106 215-440-3400 [email protected] An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical ... Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Background note ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Scope & content ..........................................................................................................................................7 Administrative Information .......................................................................................................................23 Related Materials ...................................................................................................................................... 24 Indexing Terms ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Other Finding Aids ................................................................................................................................... 30 Other Descriptive Information ..................................................................................................................30 -
Annual Report 2006-2007
4mm Spine Annual Report 2006-2007 AnnuAl RepoRt 2006-2007 Annual Report 2006-2007 AnnuAl RepoRt 2006-2007 Table of Contents HM Mission Statement 5 the Chairperson’s Statement 6 the Ceo’s Statement 8 Board of Directors and Management team 9 Bringing World Culture Closer to the people Safeguarding Óa©ar Qim and Mnajdra 7 the large Bronze ordnance in the national Collections 9 Capital, Rehabilitation and Maintenance Works 33 Interpretation, events and exhibitions 45 Research, Conservation and Collections 59 HM Conservation Division 79 the Institute for Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage 93 eu and other International Initiatives 0 HM Services limited Activities 05 Appendices I List of Acquisitions 09 I a Arts Collection 09 I b Ethnographic Collection 0 I c Maritime Collection 5 I d Natural History Collection 2 I e Palace Armoury Collection 26 I f List of artefacts transferred from the nMA 28 I g List of artefacts from the Joseph Sammut Collection 38 II HM Diary of events 2006-07 4 III Visitor Statistics 53 IV Audited Financial Statements 65 2 AnnuAl RepoRt 2006-2007 List of Abbreviations AFM Armed Forces of Malta AMMM Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums CHIMS Cultural Heritage Information Management System CRpMo Conservation and Restoration projects Management office EU European union HM Heritage Malta ICMCH Institute of Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage, Bighi MCASt Malta College of Arts, Science and technology MCCA Malta Council for Culture and the Arts MepA Malta environment and planning Authority MMM Malta Maritime Museum, Vittoriosa MtA Malta tourism Authority MtAC Ministry for tourism and Culture, Malta nMA National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta nMFA National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta nMnH National Museum of natural History, Mdina nWM National War Museum, Valletta ppCD Planning and priorities Coordination Division SCH Superintendence for Cultural Heritage, Malta uoM University of Malta WHS World Heritage Sites unless otherwise stated, all dates refer to the period under review: october 2006 - 30 September 2007. -
Red Coats and Wild Birds: Military Culture and Ornithology Across the Nineteenth-Century British Empire
RED COATS AND WILD BIRDS: MILITARY CULTURE AND ORNITHOLOGY ACROSS THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH EMPIRE BY KIRSTEN ALETTA GREER A thesis submitted to the Department of Geography in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada August 2011 Copyright © Kirsten Aletta Greer, 2011 ABSTRACT “Red coats and wild birds: military culture and ornithology across the nineteenth-century British Empire” investigates the intersections between British military culture and the practices and ideas of ornithology, with a particular focus on the British Mediterranean. Considering that British officers often occupied several imperial sites over the course of their military careers, to what extent did their movements shape their ornithological knowledge and identities at “home” and abroad? How did British military naturalists perceive different local cultures (with different attitudes to hunting, birds, field science, etc.) and different local natures (different sets of birds and environments)? How can trans-imperial careers be written using not only textual sources (for example, biographies and personal correspondence) but also traces of material culture? In answering these questions, I centre my work on the Mediterranean region as a “colonial sea” in the production of hybrid identities and cultural practices, and the mingling of people, ideas, commodities, and migratory birds. I focus on the life geographies of four military officers: Thomas Wright Blakiston, Andrew Leith Adams, L. Howard Lloyd Irby, and Philip Savile Grey Reid. By the mid-nineteenth century, the Mediterranean region emerged as a crucial site for the security of the British “empire route” to India and South Asia, especially with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. -
H-Environment Roundtable Reviews
H-Environment Roundtable Reviews Volume 11, No. 4 (2021) Publication date: July 25, 2021 https://networks.h-net.org/h- Roundtable Review Editor: environment Kara Murphy Schlichting Kirsten A. Greer, Red Coats and Wild Birds: How Military Ornithologists and Migrant Birds Shaped Empire. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2020. ISBN: 978-1469649832. Contents Introduction by Kara Murphy Schlichting, Queens College CUNY 2 Comments by Robert M. Wilson, Syracuse University 4 Comments by Vinita Damodaran, University of Sussex 7 Comments by Maria Lane, University of New Mexico 10 Comments by Philip Howell, University of Cambridge 14 Comments by Ruth A. Morgan, Australian National University 18 Response by Kirsten A. Greer, Nipissing University 22 About the Contributors 26 Copyright © 2021 H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online H-Net permits the redistribution and reprinting of this work for nonprofit, educational purposes, with full and accurate attribution to the author, web location, date of publication, H-Environment, and H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2021) 2 Introduction by Kara Murphy Schlichting, Queens College CUNY irsten A. Greer’s Red Coats and Wild Birds: How Military Ornithologists and Migrant Birds Shaped Empire examines how British officers on tour in K the Mediterranean engaged in formal and informal scientific research in the nineteenth century. It is a study of the ways in which transnational encounters between military men and birds shaped military strategy, ideas about race and masculinity, and conceptions of the British Empire. This roundtable brings together environmental history, histories of science and imperialism, and animal geography for an interdisciplinary consideration of scientific knowledge across spaces and imperial networks in Red Coats and Wild Birds.