Correspondence of relatives providing assistance for memoir.
- CA RBD MSG 1203-1-2-3
- File
- 1936-1937
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
Correspondence of relatives providing assistance for memoir.
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
Photographs, winter holiday cards, and clippings.
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
Quotes, clippings, and San Diego County Library description of Wood.
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
Other research and writing projects for publication.
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
This subseries consists of many of Wood's major publications in various iterations such as manuscripts, typescripts, page proofs, and galley proofs. Additionally, this subseries contains other manuscripts, research notes, photographs, prints or illustrations, correspondence, book reviews, and other materials relating directly to Wood's research projects and publications. The material is dated from 1904-1942 but focuses predominantly from 1913- 1934. Much of the subseries is composed of bound volumes, some of which contain multiple record types, either bound or mounted within the volumes.
The research and writing projects focus on the following topics and geographic regions: ornithology, Fundus Oculi (1911-1934), Wood’s family history (1920-1940), South America (1920-1921), Fiji and Fiji Islands (1920-1931), fossil eggs (1923-1925), flowers and meadows in Switzerland (1924-1934), “An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology,” aviculture (1925-1928), New Zealand, medieval Persian manuscripts (1927-1934), Benevenutus Grassus’ de Oculis (1930), John III, Kashmir and North India (1921-1934), Ceylon (1925, 1928, 1934), "the Art of Falconry" (1938?-1942), and Ali ibn Isa (1935-1936).
Other contributors to some publications and manuscripts include Marjorie Fyfe, Alexander Wetmore, Wladimir Ivanow, Arthur William Head, Dr. Andreas Nell, W. J. Belcher, William C. Morgan, and Marion C. Tallmon.
This subseries also contains 145 incoming and outgoing pieces of correspondence including letters and notes. Some individuals addressed include Arthur William Head, Christopher Leggo, Lillian Bates, Elizabeth E. Abbott, Cora Raymond, Dr. Richmond, W. J. Belcher, C. S. Walis, Theodore Hamblin Ltd., James R. Slonaker, and R. R. Donnelley and Sons Co.. This subseries also includes photographs of Wood’s family, professional colleagues and friends, and research and publications.
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
File contains:
-Page proof of fundus oculi of birds, 1917 / by Casey A. Wood (Box R-1203-13)
-Correspondence relative to Fundus Oculi (Box R-1203-24), including 60 letters, 1 black and white photograph of Arthur William Head studying a bird eye
-Fundus Oculi manuscript and galley proofs on comparative ophthalmology in American Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Ophthalmology Volume IV, 1915 (Box R-1203-3 and box R-1203-4)
Ivanow and Wood's catalogue of Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts
Part of Casey Albert Wood Collection
File contains Casey Wood and Wladimir Ivanow's annotated catalogue of the Casey A. Wood Collection of Persian, Arabic, and Hindustani manuscripts, and related materials. Also included are rough notes for a collection of medieval Persian manuscripts, 1928, Calcutta, India, by Wladimir Ivanow and Casey Wood, and one related letter.