MC/11 - Notebooks and Diaries
Reference code
MC/11
Level of description
File
Title
Notebooks and Diaries
Date/s
1983-2013
Quantity & Format
1 box; 15 Notebook
2 Diaries
2 Diaries
Scope and content
MC has provided a note on the first nine notebooks:
“They cover the period from 1984-2008 and were largely a way of keeping tabs on themes or providing myself with a handy desktop source of key data: addresses, phone numbers, books to look up or a source into which I could transcribe notes directly when caught unawares out and about.”
1. 1983 some early material on trip to India 7-10/1984 and earliest efforts to be published by magazines, newspapers etc.
2. 1984-85 research on Brian Hodgson and preliminary research prior to biography of Richard Meinertzhagen.
3. 1986-87 research on Brian Hodgson and for biography of Richard Meinertzhagen.
4. 1986-89 work notes on Richard Meinertzhagen biography and on exploration of biographies on Gavin Maxwell and Henry Williamson before developing Loneliness and Time as next writing project.
5. 1990-92 covering work on Loneliness and Time and including correction notes for various versions of proofs etc.
6. 1992-94/5? covers work on Rivers of Blood Rivers of Gold and various journalism.
7. 1997-2001 notebook supporting Birders including bibliographic references and people/ contacts or subjects to chase down.
8. 1998?-2005 notebook for Birds Britannica including bibliographic references and people/ contacts or subjects to chase down.
9. 2004-2008 notebook for Crow Country including bibliographic references and people/ contacts or subjects to chase down.
Notebooks on Birds and People (deposited August 2016)
10. Notebook: Birds & People A black notebook. Includes notes, a few photographs of museum artefacts, sketches and a number of business cards.
11. Notebook: Birds & People An orange notebook. Includes notes and a few business cards.
12. Notebook: Birds & People Cover title: Photography and images; Birds and People.
Notebooks and diaries (deposited April 2022)
13. Blue-cloth notebook in which MC assembled breeding data for the Yare Valley rooks. They were central to Birds Britannica and a distillation of his original notes taken in the field.
14. Blue-cloth notebook in which MC assembled roost data for the Yare Valley rooks. They were central to Birds Britannica and a distillation of his original notes taken in the field.
15. Blue-cloth notebook in which MC noted behaviour / vocalisations of the Yare Valley rooks. They were central to Birds Britannica and a distillation of his original notes taken in the field.
16. 2004 Diary. Covers the completion of Birds Britannica and includes summaries of progress on Birds Britannica in the two preceding years when MC was writing the book.
17. 2008 Diary. Written when MC was still heavily promoting Crow Country, with original notes for Birds and People which was devised in that year.
“They cover the period from 1984-2008 and were largely a way of keeping tabs on themes or providing myself with a handy desktop source of key data: addresses, phone numbers, books to look up or a source into which I could transcribe notes directly when caught unawares out and about.”
1. 1983 some early material on trip to India 7-10/1984 and earliest efforts to be published by magazines, newspapers etc.
2. 1984-85 research on Brian Hodgson and preliminary research prior to biography of Richard Meinertzhagen.
3. 1986-87 research on Brian Hodgson and for biography of Richard Meinertzhagen.
4. 1986-89 work notes on Richard Meinertzhagen biography and on exploration of biographies on Gavin Maxwell and Henry Williamson before developing Loneliness and Time as next writing project.
5. 1990-92 covering work on Loneliness and Time and including correction notes for various versions of proofs etc.
6. 1992-94/5? covers work on Rivers of Blood Rivers of Gold and various journalism.
7. 1997-2001 notebook supporting Birders including bibliographic references and people/ contacts or subjects to chase down.
8. 1998?-2005 notebook for Birds Britannica including bibliographic references and people/ contacts or subjects to chase down.
9. 2004-2008 notebook for Crow Country including bibliographic references and people/ contacts or subjects to chase down.
Notebooks on Birds and People (deposited August 2016)
10. Notebook: Birds & People A black notebook. Includes notes, a few photographs of museum artefacts, sketches and a number of business cards.
11. Notebook: Birds & People An orange notebook. Includes notes and a few business cards.
12. Notebook: Birds & People Cover title: Photography and images; Birds and People.
Notebooks and diaries (deposited April 2022)
13. Blue-cloth notebook in which MC assembled breeding data for the Yare Valley rooks. They were central to Birds Britannica and a distillation of his original notes taken in the field.
14. Blue-cloth notebook in which MC assembled roost data for the Yare Valley rooks. They were central to Birds Britannica and a distillation of his original notes taken in the field.
15. Blue-cloth notebook in which MC noted behaviour / vocalisations of the Yare Valley rooks. They were central to Birds Britannica and a distillation of his original notes taken in the field.
16. 2004 Diary. Covers the completion of Birds Britannica and includes summaries of progress on Birds Britannica in the two preceding years when MC was writing the book.
17. 2008 Diary. Written when MC was still heavily promoting Crow Country, with original notes for Birds and People which was devised in that year.
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