A Dedicated Naturalist The Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project 1921 1953 PhD at Aberystwyth University
1957 4 year study tour of Australasia
1959 1 of first 4 women scientists to enter Antarctic
1962 Begins life and work in Cardiff
1970 1 of first women scientists to visit Aldabra Mary Eleanor GIllham 1949-2009 Writes 22 books, 51 journal articles and co- writes a further 9 books. 1962-2013 Teaches 5? 10? 000 students through Cardiff 2013 University, CNS, WTSWW etc The Project
Written notes, travel journals, wildlife diaries, The data unpublished manuscripts, maps, illustrations and 14 000 slides 150 000 wildlife records (spanning 60+ years)
Landscape change in Wales, biodiversity, The stories women in science, conservation biology, international travel How are we doing it? The data
June ‘63, ’64, ‘65
plus 1890
Harrison’s 1967 list
and 1971’s additions
Vols…
Social media Flickr Archiving Face to face engagement Oral history recording
Progress (up to November) Checked and live… The stories
South Africa 1960 Aran Islands 1979 Forest Farm 1977 Flickr – people, flora, fauna…. The battle for Llantrisant Common
1970s campaign against open cast mining
But what was Mary like?
Did Mary recognise the ‘firsts’ she achieved? Why did she dislike computers so much? What was her personality? Did she reminisce about her earlier travels? What made her such a success?
Barcelona 1954 … and who else should be recognised?
Skokholm 1979 We’ve come for your memories… Acknowledgements
The heroic Mary Gillham Project volunteers All the other folk who have helped, supported and enthused about the project
Heritage Lottery Cardiff Naturalists Society Cardiff University Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council National Museum Cardiff Natural Resources Wales South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
On completion of the project the archive with be stored at Glamorgan Archives, the pictures and sound recordings will be archived on the People’s Collection Wales website (National Library of Wales).
Annie Irving, Ibrahim Kayoueche, Chris Lawrence, Iain Munnery, Valmai Lewis, Museum Victoria and Alan Wilkins for images