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McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
- Date
- 1881-1917
- By
- McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918
- Reference
- MS-Group-0263
- Description
Consists of a small amount of correspondence, 1906-1913; diary entries, with gaps, Jan 1913-Jan 1917; notebooks, dated 1881-1912, six of which are labelled McL 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8 respectively, containing entries relating to specific birds and egg and feather finds and various bird-watching trips including many to Cape Kidnappers, Tutira and other areas in Poverty Bay and Hawkes Bay and one to Stewart Island and loose notes also relating to specific birds and to trips; newspaper clippings of columns and articles relating to natural science and history and to ornithology, 1888-1916 and copies of articles written by McLean.
Source of title - supplied title
Relationship complexity - see also MS-Papers-2145
John Chambers McLean was educated at Nelson College and then farmed Waitohu Station, Poverty Bay in partnership with his father. He was a keen ornithologist, belonged to many ornithological and related societies and published in `Ibis', the journal of the Zoological Society of London. He drowned in 1918 while attempting to cross the Waipaoa River.
Quantity: 15 folder(s). 6 volume(s). 0.22 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Dr C N Challies, Christchurch, 1993, 1997
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 15 folder(s), 6 volume(s), 0.22 Linear Metres, Diaries, Notebooks, Manuscripts, Mss, typescript and printed matter
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Newspaper clippings
Date: 1888-1916
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4870-12
Description: Newspaper clippings from a variety of New Zealand newspapers and the Australasian, dated 1888-1916, of columns and articles on ornithology, plants and natural science and history. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notebook
Date: [ca 1881-1912]
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: MSX-3746
Description: Notebook contains notes on various birds, some of these observations are dated and the cover page states that the observations were made in the Havelock North, Porongahau, Tutira and other parts of Hawkes Bay area. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Notebook - McL 8
Date: [ca 1905-1909]
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4870-07
Description: Notebook, labelled McL 8, containing lists and notes relating to birds, eggs and nests, mainly for the 1905-1908 seasons. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notebook - McL 4
Date: [ca 1883-1904]
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4870-03
Description: Notebook, labelled McL 4, containing notes and lists relating to various birds, eggs and nests and some dated sightings. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Articles and galley proofs
Date: 1889-1907
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4870-13
Description: Contains copies of articles written by McLean for `The Ibis' including `Notes on the spotted shag', July 1889; `Ornithological notes from New Zealand', April 1892; `On the interbreeding of Rhipidura fuliginosa with R. flabellifera', Jan 1894 and `Field-notes on some of the bush-birds of New Zealand', October 1907. Also contains galley proofs of articles to be published probably in `The Emu'. One by Mclean entitled `Bush-birds of New Zealand' and the other a review of `The birds of New Zealand' by Sir Walter Lawry Buller. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
In touch with nature by James Drummond
Date: 1908-1909
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-4870
Description: Contains clippings of James Drummond's column `In touch with nature' from the Lyttelton Times for the period 1908-1909. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Correspondence
Date: 1906-1913
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4870-01
Description: Contains two letters by McLean, dated 1906 one addressed to Oliver, the other to The Editors of `The Ibis' containing notes on McLeans's work; two letters to McLean from H Guthrie-Smith, dated 1907; a letter from McLean to H Guthrie-Smith, dated 1907 containing information about McLean's studies and a 1913 letter addressed to the Postmaster Hunterville giving instructions regarding the forwarding of a letter to Wellington. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notebook - Cuttings and miscellaneous notes
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4870-11
Description: Notebook, with most of the pages cut out, containing loose newspaper clippings, inserted lists and a few intact pages of lists. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notes
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4870-09
Description: Loose, undated, notes including general observations about various birds and notes on specific bird, egg and nest finds. Includes some sketches. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notebook - Tutira and Cape Kidnappers
Date: 1909-1911
From: McLean, John Chambers, 1871-1918 : Papers
Reference: MSX-3743
Description: Notes on nests and eggs observed during the 1909-1910 and 1910-1911 seasons at Tutira and a short visit to Cape Kidnappers in Jan 1911. Quantity: 1 volume(s).