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Gould, John (1804 - 1881)

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Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
 
[Repository details]
Title:John Gould - Records
Reference:ML MSS 547
Date Range:1839 - 1843
Description:Correspondence and other records of J. Gould and J. Gilbert 1839, 1842-3 mainly concerning natural history.
Formats:Artwork and Microform.
Quantity:1 volume
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Gilbert, John (1810? - 1845)

Title:Linnean Society of London - Records
Reference:FM 4/2699
Date Range:1792 - 1870
Description:Correspondence, 1805-1870, and manuscripts, 1792-1861.
Formats:Microfilm.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Archer, William (1820 - 1874) | Backhouse, James (1794 - 1869) | Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820) | Bauer, Ferdinand Lukas (1760 - 1826) | Bloxam, A. | Clarke, William Branwhite (1798 - 1878) | Cunningham, Allan (1791 - 1839) | Darwin, Charles Robert (1809 - 1882) | Gipps, George (1791 - 1847) | Hooker, William Jackson (1785 - 1865) | Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | Macarthur, D. | Macarthur, James (1798 - 1867) | Macleay, William John (1820 - 1891) | Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865) | McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848) | Swainson, William John (1789 - 1855)
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National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Gregory Macalister Mathews - Records
Reference:MS 1465
Date Range:1900 - 1949
Description:Manuscript and typescript material relating to Mathews's published and projected work including photographs and original drawings, offprints of articles, press-cutting books 1910-43 and photographs; correspondence 1928-35, 1929, and personal letters and papers; overall dates c1900-49. Also includes some papers of Roy Bell, T. H. Bowyer-Bower, Sylvester Diggles, John Gould, G. R. Gray, Tome Iredale, Richard Bowdler Sharpe and C. J. Temminck.
Quantity:4.1 m
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: Papers of G. M. Mathews, National Library of Australia, 2003, http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/1465.html.
Related Entries:Bell, Raoul Sunday (1882 - 1966) | Bowyer-Bower, Thomas Henry (1862 - 1886) | Diggles, Silvester (1817 - 1880) | Gray, George Robert (1808 - 1872) | Iredale, Tom (1880 - 1972) | Mathews, Gregory Macalister (1876 - 1949) | Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842 - 1916) | Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1847 - 1909) | Temminck, C.J. (1778 - 1858)

Title:John Gould - Records
Reference:MS 587
Date Range:1838 - 1884
Description:Includes: letters from John Gould to John Gilbert (10), 1841-1844, concerning Gould's publications and Gilbert's work; to Sir John and Lady Franklin (3), concerning his new work on ornithology (1841); family letters (6). Letters (2) to John Gould from Edward Prince, 1838-1839, concerning business affairs in London; letters (3) to C. Gould 1867-1874, concerning Tasmanian topography. Miscellaneous papers, including lists of Natural History material prepared by John Gilbert.
Quantity:1 folio item (0.03 m)
Access:Available for reference

Title:John Gould - Records
Reference:MS 454
Date Range:1838 - 1884
Description:10 letters from John Gould in London to Edward Pierson Ramsay in Australia, 1865-1869. The letters concern Gould's publications, shipment of specimens collected on Ramsay's scientific expeditions, and discussion of those specimens. Also receipts and legal papers issued to Ramsay concerning his actions in Australia on Gould's behalf.
Quantity:137 pages
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842 - 1916)

Title:John Gould - Records
Reference:MS 1755
Date Range:1888 - 1951
Description:Typescript copies of letters: H. Lotheran & Co. to E. P. Ramsay, 17.8.1888; E.P. Ramsay to E. Johnson, 21.10.1890; J. Gibson to E.P. Ramsay, 21.4.1891; G.K. Sircom to E.P. Ramsay, 7.5.1891; Tom Iredale, An amazing discovery, 1951.
Quantity:7 pages
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842 - 1916)

Title:John MacGillivray - Records
Reference:mfm G 1881
Date Range:1844 - 1855
Description:Includes: "Voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake. Correspondence 1847-1849" containing copies of letters on natural history to Professor Edward Forbes 1847-1849, John Gould 1848-1849, Sir William J. Hooker 1848-1849, Dr. J. D. Hooker 1848 and Adam White 1848; Notebook containing notes on natural history of Cape York and Northern Australia; "Voyage of H.M.S. Herald under the command of Captain H. Mangles Denham R.N., being private Journal kept by John MacGillivray, naturalist" 21 February 1852 - January 1855. Also included are extracts from Mr. Calvert's manuscript 26 July 1853. The journal is illustrated with small sketches.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:1 reel
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Hooker, William Jackson (1785 - 1865) | MacGillivray, John (1821 - 1867)

Title:Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey - Records
Reference:MS 1217
Date Range:1857
Description:Twenty page letter written to J. Gould on Elsey's return to England regarding his trip and bird specimens collected whilst in Australia 1857.
Quantity:1 item
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Elsey, Joseph Ravenscroft (1834 - 1857)
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Royal Society of Tasmania
 
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Title:John Gould - Records
Reference:Ms 58/29-37
Date Range:1838 - 1942
Description:Letters addressed to Gould referring to specimens or publications 1838-42 [8 items, Ms 58/29-37].
Quantity:8 letters
Access:Available for reference
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State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
 
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Title:John Gould - Records
Reference:M725-7
Date Range:1857 - 1877
Description:A small collection of records including ten letters to A. Tulk and five to R. Barry concerning the purchase of his works by the Melbourne Public Library 1857-77. Microfilm of various records 1835-76 from originals in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, England [AJCP 3 reels positive microfilm M725-727]. A list to this collection is available.
Quantity:36 36 items, 3 reels
Access:Available for reference
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Western Australia Herbarium
 
[Repository details]
Title:John Gould - Records
Reference:58(044) Gil
Date Range:1842
Description:Letter to Gould from J. Gilbert 13 September 1842, copied by Rica Erickson [9 pages, 58(044) Gil].
Quantity:9 pages
Access:Available for reference
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