RefNo | MS/924/2/7 |
Level | File |
Title | Letters of Nikolaas Tinbergen to Lawrence Shaffer with associated papers 1973 |
Date | 1973 |
Description | Chiefly comprises letters to Lawrence 'Lary' Shaffer from Nikolaas 'Niko' Tinbergen addressed from the Department of Zoology, Animal Behaviour Research Group, Oxford. Letters cover both personal and professional matters, some are annotated. Topics include a crab paper by Shaffer, research into sheepdogs, the facilities at the Tinbergen's holiday residence 'High Slakes' in Walney, Nikon camera lens, photographs of gulls, Tinbergen's Nobel Prize and the prize money.
Correspondence also includes: Photocopies of correspondence between Robert A Hinde, Medical Research Council Unit on the Development and Integration of Behaviour, University of Cambridge and Dr J D Armstrong, University of Nottingham, Department of Psychology, Blind Mobility Research Unit.
A printed acknowledgement letter thanking well-wishers for their congratulatory letters on Tinbergen being awarded the Nobel Prize 1973 for physiology or medicine. Features a photograph of a gull as the header.
A letter from Pankaj Prasoon editor of science news and features, Masterpara, Hirapur, Dhanbad, India congratulating Tinbergen on his Nobel Prize.
A letter in German from Heide Sievers to Tinbergen
Other papers: 'Comments on Lary's crab ms'
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Language | German |
Extent | 1 folder |
Format | Typescript |
Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Loose papers |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA1869 | Tinbergen; Nikolaas (1907 - 1988) | 1907 - 1988 |