Record

RefNoMS/924/2/6
LevelFile
TitleLetters of Nikolaas Tinbergen to Lawrence Shaffer with associated papers 1972
Date1972
DescriptionChiefly comprises letters to Lawrence 'Lary' Shaffer from Nikolaas 'Niko' Tinbergen on both personal and professional matters. Topics include, preparation of documentary series with Hugh Falkus and the BBC [British Broadcasting Corporation], an autism article by Tinbergen, lecturing, the Wolfson scholarship for Shaffer.

Correspondence also includes:
One letter from Tinbergen to Mr Steel, County Land Agent and Valuer, Cumberland County Council regarding Tinbergen and Shaffer's project to produce educational films on animal behavior with a Nuffield Foundation grant.

Correspondence between Tinbergen and Lars V. Haartman, Department of Zoology, University of Helsinki, Iceland. Haartman requests animal behaviour films for use in a course at Helsinki University

Other papers:
One press cutting concerning a warning about taking film through airport x-ray screening devices

'Notes about Sheep dog project'

'Lary's 'Opportunist' book'
Extent1 folder
FormatTypescript
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLoose papers
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1869Tinbergen; Nikolaas (1907 - 1988)1907 - 1988
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