Guide to the British Museum (Natural History): Collections of the Bryozoa Section (as filmed by the AJCP)

Zoophytes by Busk and Hancock etc. Volume 1 (File 1)

Letter between p. 86-87. Wyville Thomson, Belfast to [unknown], 6 October 1858, "Dear Sir" acknowledging wrong naming of New Zealand specimen in his paper on the new genera and species of Polyzoa from the collections of Professor W.H. Harvey. Proceedings of the Dublin University Zoo and Botanical Association. I 1859.

Eliza C. Jelly Manuscript notebook on Polyzoa, 18 January 1897 (File 2)

Given to S.Harmer January 18, 1897.

Filmed selectively.

A. Waters. Fossil and recent Bryozoa (papers), September 1887 (File 4)

Includes: Between p.200-201 of Bryozoa from New South Wales, North Australia etc. Reprint from Annals and Magazine of Natural History.

Water's Port Jackson etc. species. (2p.)

Manuscript list. Notes by A.B. Hastings 'This is Busk's'.

Discovery expedition. Distribution of Polyzoa by stations (5p.) (File 1)

Distribution of Polyzoa from Antarctic expeditions by species (File 2)

Includes data from National Antarctic Expedition, Terra Nova Expedition and Discovery, and giving other Australian locations for British Museum (Natural History) specimens. (234p.)

Printed list of museum personnel assigned to various specimens from Discovery (4p.), 1905 (File 1)

HMS Terra Nova Antarctic Expeditions. Collection of Polyzoa, 1910 (File 1)

Lists of specimens with date and location. Typed and manuscript copies. Typed version. 19.p.

M.E. Palk's manuscript on Terra Nova Polyzoa (File 2)

Corresponding to lists. Detailed description of the specimens with some sketches. 115p.

Burrow's Discovery plates and E.M. Palk's typescript on the species represented. (3 plates. 8p.) (File 4)

George Busk (London, Lyme Regis, Hastings) to Miss Gatty, 25 June 1875 - 16 February 1886 (File 1)

Discusses his work on Challenger Polyzoa, various Australian specimens and MacGillivray's work. 22 letters (no. 1-20, 24-25).

George Busk (London) to [unknown] 'Dear Madam', 7 February 1885; 1 June 1885 (File 2)

Re Australian specimens (include notes on addressee). Miss E. Busk (London) to Kirkpatrick re. her father's Australian specimens.

Elinor Busk (London) to Mr Kirkpatrick, 4 June 1934 (File)

Re her father's specimens and notes on Polyzoa.

Thomas Hinks (Clevedon) to Miss Gatty, 13 April 1881 - 23 January 1882 (File 3)

Returning some Australian specimens.

Joseph Gabriel (Kew) to 'Doctor', 7 March 1911 (File)

Re specimen collected in Bass Strait.

W.A. Haswell (University of Sydney) to Harmer, 10 October 1909 (File)

Sending specimens from Tasman Sea.

Eliza C. Jelly (Red Hill) to Harmer, 23 May 1895 - 22 October 1896 (File)

Filmed selectively. Includes: no. 225 23 May 1895; no. 228 10 July 1895; no. 230 August 1895; no. 363 2 September 1896, no. 366 7 October 1896; no. 367 22 October 1896.

Subjects include specimens she had received from Australia, Mac Gillivray's death.

Xeroxes of letters in Cambridge University Zoology Department.

Kirchenpauer (Ritzebuttel) to 'Dear Sir', 23 March 1863 (File 1)

Re specimen of Farciminaria from Port Philip.

S.F. Harmer (Cambridge) to Kirkpatrick, 21 September 1900 (File 2)

Re specimens from Torres Straits.

S.F. Harmer to Charles O'Donoghue, 3 June 1933 (File)

Re identification of specimens from South Africa and South Australia as different species.

G. Uttley (Scots College, Wellington) to A. Waters, 23 June 1922 (File)

Re his work on New Zealand specimens originally collected by A. Hamilton and named by E.C. Jelly.

F.W. Hutton (Canterbury College, Christchurch) to A.W. Waters, 5 April 1887 (File 1)

With criticism of his paper on Chilos. Bryozoa from New Zealand. (xerox of original in Manchester Museum).

A.W. Waters, Bournemouth and Switzerland to Kirkpatrick, 29 March 1901 - 16 January 1922 (File 2)

Dates include: 29 March 1901, 24 April 1901, 16 May 1901, 20 November 1902, 21 July 1902, 25 July 1903, 4 October 1903, 30 October 1903, 2 December 1903, 22 January 1922, 16 January 1922.

Subjects include specimens from New Zealand and Antarctic; MacGillivray.

Correspondence between W.C. Banta (American University, Washington) and P.L. Cook British Museum (Natural History), 20 August 1976 - 13 March 1978 (Item)

Re his sabbatical leave working with Robin Wass at University of Sydney (30p.). Subjects include his good working conditions at the University and the research interests of other Australian and New Zealand scientists.

BANZAR Expedition, 21 December 1951 - 20 March 1956 (Item)

Correspondence between Professor Sir Douglas Mawson (Adelaide) and Anna Hastings (British Museum (Natural History)) asking her to report on the Bryozoa collected by the BANZARE Expedition. (6p.)

Beresford E. Bardwell, 7 November 1934 (Item)

Anna Hastings to Beresford E. Bardwell (Broome, WA) with details of specimens to be collected from Western Australia.

Elizabeth Batham, 3 October 1972 - 26 October 1972 (Item)

Correspondence between Elizabeth J. Batham (Plymouth) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)), re Bryozoa collected at Portobello Marine Biological Station, New Zealand. (4p.)

Frederick M. Bayer, 29 April 1986 - 3 June 1986 (Item)

Correspondence between Frederick M. Bayer (National Museum of Natural History, Washington) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re unidentified adeonid Bryozoa from Western Australia. (3p.)

Johann Bell, 12 November 1976 - 10 March 1977 (Item)

Correspondence betweem Johann Bell (NSW State Fisheries, Sydney) and P.L.Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re his research. (2p.)

Bille Hansen, 26 Jan 1982; 18 Feb 1982; 2 Nov 1982 (Item)

Correspondence between Karen Bille Hansen (Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History), re. re-examination of Mortensen's New Zealand Bryozoa.

Phillip E. Bock, 12 November 1976 - 18 October 1985 (Item)

Correspondence between Philip E.Bock (Royal Melbourne Institue of Technology) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re his research; letter of 30 June 1983 describes his experiences of 'Ash Wednesday' fires; news of other Australian scientists and details of the visit in 1982 to Australia by P.L. Cook and P.J. Chimonides. (49p.)

Brian J. Brock, 26 September 1973 - 5 June 1985 (Item)

Correspondence between Brian Brock (Adelaide College of Arts and Education and other South Australian addresses) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History). (25p.)

Subjects include his research on South Australian material, collecting specimens, news of other Australian scientists.

A.J. Bruce, 3 March 1982 - 13 April 1982 (Item)

Correspondence between A.J. Bruce (Division of Natural Sciences, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History) re identification of specimen. (6p.)

John S. Bullivant, 2 Jul 1959-9 Nov 1967; 4 Jan 1977 (Item)

Correspondence between John S. Bullivant (New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Wellington) and Anna Hastings and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re specimens collected from Ross Sea. (26p.)

Neville Coleman, 13 February 1980 (Item)

P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) to Neville Coleman (Caringbah, NSW) re her research on Parmularia (Lanceopora) and asking permission to use his photographs; 1 April 1980 reply from Coleman.

Michael F. Cooper, 1 April 1975 - 18 May 1984 (Item)

Correspondence between Michael Cooper (Department of Geology, University of Melbourne and Department of Geology, Macquarie University) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)). (25p.)

Subjects include P.L. Cook's work on Australian specimens, M.F. Cooper's thesis, exchange of specimens. Includes letters from Proffessor J.F. Lovering and Dr. Reid R. Keays (Melbourne University) re. return of specimens.

Dr. Cyril Crossland, 1927-08-12 - [1929?] (Item)

Correspondence between Cyril Crossland (Cambridge and Tahiti) and Anna Hastings (British Museum (Natural History)) on his Tahiti collection of Polyzoa and her Discovery material. (7p.)

Robert Day, 14 April 1982 - 10 May 1982 (Item)

Correspondence between Robert Day (Zoology Department, Melbourne University) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re Australian specimens. (5p.)

Brian A. Engel, 18 December 1973 - 19 June 1985 (Item)

Correspondence between Brian A. Engel (Berlin and University of Newcastle (NSW)) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re his research on Carboniferous Bryozoa in Eastern Australia. (9p.)

Christine Eugene, 19 February 1979 - 18 June 1979 (Item)

Correspondence between Christine Eugene (CSIRO, Marmion WA) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) on P.L. Cooks work on epizoies of red algae and C. Eugene sending specimens from Western Australia. (9p.)

R. Grace, 11 November 1982 (Item)

P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) to R. Grace (Auckland) re. New Zealand species and asking him to collect specimens of Otionella squamosa.

James A. Grant-Mackie, August 1983 - 24 November 1983 (Item)

Correspondence between James Grant-Mackie (Department of Geology, Auckland University) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re identification of his collection of Tertiary Lunulites. (7p.)

Doug Hall, 16 July 1979 - 31 October 1981 (Item)

Correspondence between Douglas Hall (James Cook University and Doncaster, Victoria) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re his research on Townsville species and collecting Selenaria for the Museum. (29p.)

N. Holmes, 23 September 1982 - 21 February 1984 (Item)

Correspondence between Nicholas Holmes (Marine Science Laboratories, Queenscliff, Victoria) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re Bryozoa from Bass Strait. (7p.)

I.W. Keyes, 20 April 1982 - 9 July 1986 (Item)

Correspondence between I.W. Keyes (New Zealand Geological Survey, Lower Hutt) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re exchange and registration of NZ specimens. (31p.)

Macken: Correspondence between Judith Macken (Dominion Museum, Wellington), Anna Hastings (British Museum (Natural History)) and P.L. Cook, 28 Jan [1957?] - 12 Aug 1965 (Item)

Re her work in New Zealand and on Discovery specimens. (25p.)

L.M. Marsh: Correspondence between Loisette Marsh (Western Australian Museum, Perth) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)), 23 February 1978 - 21 January 1987 (Item)

Regarding Western Australian species and material from Sprightly. (14p.)

McCleay Museum, 26 November 1981; 2 June 1982 (Item)

P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) to Director McCleay Museum (Sydney University) regarding their collections of Bryozoa.

C. McLay, 31 Aug 1982; 3 Nov 1982 (Item)

P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) to Dr. C. McLay (Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury) regarding her research and New Zealand species.

K. McNamara, 8 November 1982 - November 1983 (Item)

Correspondence between Dr. K. McNamara (Western Australia Museum, Perth) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) regarding loan of specimens from Sprightly. (9p.)

F.A. McNeill, 21 May 1931 - 27 July 1931 (Item)

Correspondence between Dr. F.A. McNeill (Australian Museum, Sydney) and Anna Hastings (British Museum (Natural History)) re Tunicates from Great Barrier Reef Expedition. (4p.)

Mines and Energy Department, South Australia, 7 September 1983 - 22 August 1984 (Item)

Correspondence between Murray Lindsay (Department of Mines and Energy Parkside, SA) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) regarding her examination of material provided by the Department. (7p.)

Lucy B. Moore, 1 February 1937 - 14 April 1939 (Item)

Correspondence between Lucy Moore (Department of Zoology, Auckland University) and Anna Hastings (British Museum (Natural History)) regarding specimens from Auckland Harbour, Rangitoto Island and Poor Knights Islands. (11p.)

Angus Muirhead, 13 April 1982 - 27 May 1982 (Item)

Correspondence between Dr. Angus Muirhead (University of South Pacific, Suva) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) regarding collection of specimens from Fiji. (3p.)

E. Muton, 14 May 1962 - 25 July 1962 (Item)

Correspondence between E. Muton (State Marine Office, Brunei) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) regarding specimens gathered in Brunei. (5p.)

National Museum of Victoria, 1 September 1977 - 9 July 1986 (Item)

Correspondence between National Museum of Victoria (Melbourne) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)). (47p.)

Australian correspondents include: Brian Smith, C.C. Lu, D.J. Holloway, P. Jell. Subjects include Cook's research on Australian specimens and loan of specimens from the Sorrento bore.

C.S. Nelson, September 1983 - 16 October 1984 (Item)

Correspondence between Dr. C.S. Nelson (Waikato University, Auckland) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History) re New Zealand species. (5p.)

New South Wales, 5 June 1961 - 14 July 1961 (Item)

Government: Correspondence between A.C. Fielding (New South Wales Government Office, London) and J.P. Harding (British Museum (Natural History) re problems of fouling by Polyzoa. (4p.)

Pacific Entomological Survey, 6 December 1932 - 19 July 1939 (Item)

Correspondence concerning Pacific specimens of Bryozoa. 23p.

Correspondents include Anna Hastings (British Museum (Natural History), C.A. Kofoid (University of California Berkley), A.M. Anderson (Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, Experimental Station) Edward P. Mumford (Pacific Entomological Survey, Honolulu), Clara Vincent (Imperial Institute of Entomology, Farnham Royal).

Correspondence between N.A. Powell, (Geology Department, Australian National University) and Anna Hastings (British Museum (Natural History)), 2 December 1963 - 11 December 1964 (Item)

Re his examination of Discovery material. (19p.)

Correspondence between N.A. Powell (ANU), Anna Hastings (British Museum (Natural History)) and Professor David Brown (ANU), 13 February 1964 - 1 September 1965 (Item)

Re Powell thesis on the Discovery and Terra Nova. Ascophora. (99p.)

Winston F. Ponder, 8 November 1982 - 19 January 1987 (Item)

Correspondence between Winston Ponder (Australian Museum) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re specimens from Sprightly dredgings. (6p.)

Joyce Richardson, 9 February 1984 - 4 October 1986 (Item)

Correspondence between Joyce Richardson (National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re dredging in Bass Strait. (7p.)

Frank Rowe, 8 October 1976 - 12 June 1985 (Item)

Correspondence between Frank Rowe (Australian Museum, Sydney) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re. Australian specimens and conditions in the Museum. (9p.)

Garry Russ, 16 November 1976 - 22 September 1982 (Item)

Correspondence between Garry Russ (Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re exchange of specimens and news of other Australian scientists. (30p.)

Scoresby A. Shepherd, 11 October 1968 (Item)

Scoresby A. Shepherd (South Australian Museum, Adelaide) to P.L. Cook re his work on South Australian waters. Includes 29 October 1968. Reply from Cook.

G.G. Smith, 23 February 1978 - 9 May 1979 (Item)

Correspondence between G.G. Smith (University of Western Australia, Nedlands) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re. her work on Bryozoa on red algae in Western Australia. (8p.)

South Australian Museum, 22 September 1982 - 27 January 1988 (Item)

Correspondence between South Australian Museum (Adelaide) and (British Museum (Natural History)) re identification of Bryozoa formerly in Tate Museum. (22p.)

Australian correspondents include Neville Pledge and Shane Parker. Letter of 27 January 1988 includes 15p list of Bryozoa in the SAM collection.

G. Tandy, 12 December 1931 (Item)

Anna Hastings' analysis of Polyzoa collected by G. Tandy from Tortuga. Includes distribution in Australia. (12p.)

R. Len Thomas, 28 September 1956 - 15 July 1966 (Item)

Correspondence between Len Thomas (North Parramatta) and Anna Hastings and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re. his research and that of other Australian scientists. (6p.)

Dr. R. Titgen, 16 October 1984 - 19 January 1987 (Item)

Correspondence between Richard Titgen (Bishop Museum, Honolulu) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re specimens from Fatu Hiva and Hawaiian locations. (12p.)

University of Adelaide, 22 September 1982 (Item)

P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) to Professor of Geology (Adelaide University) re her work on Australian Bryozoa.

University of Perth, 18 November 1977 (Item)

P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History) to Professor of Botany (University of Perth) re. her work on Australian bryozoa.

L.Wake, 6 February 1978 - 7 September 1978 (Item)

Correspondence between Lindsey Wake (Materials Research Laboratory, Maribynong) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History) re fouling. (3p.)

R.Whitton, 21 February 1977 (Item)

Ron Whitton (Department of Geology, University of Auckland) to P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re problems with Hutton's terms. Includes 17 March 1977 Reply from PLC.

W.J. Woelkerling, 11 April 1979 - 26 September 1985 (Item)

Correspondence between William Woelkerling (Department of Botany, La Trobe University) and P.L. Cook (British Museum (Natural History)) re his research on Neoeuthysis. (5p.)