MC/17 - Box 17 Richard Meinertzhagen
Reference code
MC/17
Level of description
File
Title
Box 17 Richard Meinertzhagen
Date/s
1917-2014
Quantity & Format
1 box Mixed
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The contents of boxes 15-17 were deposited in a shopping bag in September 2017. The contents relate primarily to Richard Meinertzhagen.
Scope and content
SELECTED DIARY ENTRIES BY RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN
- Includes accounts from India, Nyasaland (Malawi), Quetta, England, Paris, Germany, Ladakh, Iraq, Spain. Includes the odd press article by Meinertzhagen. These have been selected by MC and include an index. Pages are numbered by MC in red.
- In addition there are select pages which do not carry the red numbering. These diary entries relate to:
Pakistan and India, 1925.
Algeria, 1931.
Bulgaria, 1933.
Hungary, Iraq, 1936-37.
Tibet. India and Nepal, 1937.
South West Africa (Namibia), 1949.
- Photocopied handwritten diary entries of Richard Meinertzhagen, 1930. Written on headed notepaper with address Alces Place, East Blatchington, Seaford, Sussex (seven leaves).
PUBLISHED WORKS BY RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN (photocopies)
- 'Middle East Diary, 1917-1956' by Richard Meinertzhagen. (Photocopy).
- 'Pirates and Predators: the Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds' by Richard Meinertzhagen. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1959. (Photocopied chapters and handwritten transcript by MC).
- 'Army Diary 1899-1926' by Richard Meinertzhagen. London: The Cresset Press, 1959. (Photocopy).
PRESS ARTICLES BY RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN, 1938, [1962?]
REVIEWS OF RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN'S BOOKS, 1930, 1958-1983
Includes reviews on:
'Nicoll’s Birds of Egypt' (1930).
'Kenya Diary 1902–1906' (1957).
'Pirates and Predators. The piratical and predatory habits of birds' (1959).
'Kenya Diary 1902–1906' (re-issued by Eland Books, 1983).
'Middle East Diary, 1917–1956'.
'Diary of a Black Sheep' (1964).
'A HIMALAYAN ORNITHOLOGIST: THE LIFE AND WORK OF BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON', BY MARK COCKER (1988) – review
Contains one item.
'RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN: SOLDIER, SCIENTIST AND SPY', BY MARK COCKER (1989) – articles and reviews, 1989-1994
Amongst other articles the following is included:
Richard Meinertzhagen of Mottisfont – Soldier, Scientist and Spy, MC. Hampshire, pp. 24-26, February 1991. [Journal article].
Once a hero, now a villain? (Richard Meinertzhagen), MC. 28/5/94. [Press-cutting and draft typescript].
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
Passenger list for Limosa Holidays Birdwatching Group Hungary, 1998. Includes MC.
Article, letters (2012-2014) and press releases from Brian Morris. In a letter he writes about Malawians and their relationship with nature. Includes a list of etymology of some Chewa words; and an article 'Fabre: the Incomparable Observer and Pioneer Ethnoentomologist' (article on Jean Henri Fabre).
[Countryside and conservation] handwritten notes by MC (three leaves).
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
A, L.T. and Jay Boy (postcard, 2006)
Buckley, Mick (missing p.1)
Gorton, Philip (missing p.1-2)
M, John, 1997
[Surname unknown], from Bacton-on-Sea (re birds)
Waterhouse, David (re birdlife in Australia), 2015
- Includes accounts from India, Nyasaland (Malawi), Quetta, England, Paris, Germany, Ladakh, Iraq, Spain. Includes the odd press article by Meinertzhagen. These have been selected by MC and include an index. Pages are numbered by MC in red.
- In addition there are select pages which do not carry the red numbering. These diary entries relate to:
Pakistan and India, 1925.
Algeria, 1931.
Bulgaria, 1933.
Hungary, Iraq, 1936-37.
Tibet. India and Nepal, 1937.
South West Africa (Namibia), 1949.
- Photocopied handwritten diary entries of Richard Meinertzhagen, 1930. Written on headed notepaper with address Alces Place, East Blatchington, Seaford, Sussex (seven leaves).
PUBLISHED WORKS BY RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN (photocopies)
- 'Middle East Diary, 1917-1956' by Richard Meinertzhagen. (Photocopy).
- 'Pirates and Predators: the Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds' by Richard Meinertzhagen. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1959. (Photocopied chapters and handwritten transcript by MC).
- 'Army Diary 1899-1926' by Richard Meinertzhagen. London: The Cresset Press, 1959. (Photocopy).
PRESS ARTICLES BY RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN, 1938, [1962?]
REVIEWS OF RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN'S BOOKS, 1930, 1958-1983
Includes reviews on:
'Nicoll’s Birds of Egypt' (1930).
'Kenya Diary 1902–1906' (1957).
'Pirates and Predators. The piratical and predatory habits of birds' (1959).
'Kenya Diary 1902–1906' (re-issued by Eland Books, 1983).
'Middle East Diary, 1917–1956'.
'Diary of a Black Sheep' (1964).
'A HIMALAYAN ORNITHOLOGIST: THE LIFE AND WORK OF BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON', BY MARK COCKER (1988) – review
Contains one item.
'RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN: SOLDIER, SCIENTIST AND SPY', BY MARK COCKER (1989) – articles and reviews, 1989-1994
Amongst other articles the following is included:
Richard Meinertzhagen of Mottisfont – Soldier, Scientist and Spy, MC. Hampshire, pp. 24-26, February 1991. [Journal article].
Once a hero, now a villain? (Richard Meinertzhagen), MC. 28/5/94. [Press-cutting and draft typescript].
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
Passenger list for Limosa Holidays Birdwatching Group Hungary, 1998. Includes MC.
Article, letters (2012-2014) and press releases from Brian Morris. In a letter he writes about Malawians and their relationship with nature. Includes a list of etymology of some Chewa words; and an article 'Fabre: the Incomparable Observer and Pioneer Ethnoentomologist' (article on Jean Henri Fabre).
[Countryside and conservation] handwritten notes by MC (three leaves).
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
A, L.T. and Jay Boy (postcard, 2006)
Buckley, Mick (missing p.1)
Gorton, Philip (missing p.1-2)
M, John, 1997
[Surname unknown], from Bacton-on-Sea (re birds)
Waterhouse, David (re birdlife in Australia), 2015
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