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Bewick ephemera

Series consists of ephemera relating to Bewick and his life, including articles and clippings, short biographical pieces, and postcards and products featuring Bewick's work. The ephemera includes commercially-produced items and packaging featuring Bewick engravings, such as wrapping paper and wine labels, and ephemera relating to his place of birth or with his name (for example, matchbooks). One file consists of postcards with watercolours, engravings, and other English scenes. The series also contains a DVD of a film on Thomas Bewick's life written and narrated by Iain Bain. Two files contain clippings and photocopies of articles relating to Bewick; one is a 19th-century clipping originally found by Geraldine Cole between two pages of one of Bewick's volumes previously in her possession. The last file (20) contains 4 original letters from Thomas Bewick to various correspondents, dating between 1813 to 1825. This file also includes a letter on amourning stationery from Isabella Bewick (1881), another 1881 letter from Robert Robinson regarding Bewick cuts, and an 1818 receipt of sale for Esop's Fables.

Sir William Dawson

This series includes John William Dawson's papers, which are chiefly scientific and scholarly in character, with some materials reflecting other aspects of Dawson's career, particularly educational work and religious controversy.

Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899

Pantins

Series consists of pantins, paper puppets which can be cut out from printed paper sheets and assembled. Includes nine sheets of pantins. Files are described individually.

Minutes

The minutes series comprises eight bound volumes, two publications and one envelope of loose duplicate minutes. The minutes document proceedings from the annual, general, monthly, special, ordinary and extraordinary meetings held by the Society. It consists of the minutes from the Natural History Society (1827-1923), the Natural History Society Council (1827-1922), and the Natural History Society Committees (1906-1908).

The handwritten and typed minutes document the Society’s activities, including lists of members, newspaper articles, donations to the Society, elections, advertisements for sponsored lectures, and reports from committees. Handwritten copies of letters from Dr. Meade, Mr. C.U. Shepard, Major Delafield (File 5.2) and Robert Burn (File 9.1) to the Society as well as letters sent on behalf of the Society (Smithsonian Institute, File 5.1) are included with the minutes.

Reports

The reports series has a plethora of information about the functioning of the Society. Three files (10.1, 10.2, 10.3) contain the published and printed reports of the Society covering yearly highlights of activity. They cover the years 1828, 1830-1836, 1854-57, 1859, 1864-1871, 1873-1874, 1877-1878, 1881. Also included for each year are reports from the Treasurer, Librarian and Cabinet Keeper. The reports were signed off by the Chairman or President of that year.

In addition, included in this series is a ledger with Reports from the Indian Committee (file 13.3), with a handwritten report for the end of the year and survey forms. The committee members were W. M. McKay ( President of Committee), George Simpson, D. C. Napier, John Samuel McCord, A. F. Holmes, William Pardey, Robert Armour (Secretary).

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