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Correspondence sent to E. R. Waite from Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, 1895-1898

Archive Collections / Edgar Ravenswood Waite / Series AA356/10 / Correspondence sent to E. R. Waite from Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, 1895-1898
  1. Handwritten lined and folded letter in ink, dated 11 November, 1895. Baldwin Spencer writing from Melbourne, regarding receiving the drawings for the plate and writing an introduction. Baldwin Spencer then describes the landscape around Alice Springs. He also requests a species to be named after a Mr Field.

  2. Handwritten unlined and folded letter in ink, dated 14 November, 1895. Baldwin Spencer writing from Melbourne, regarding the animals Waite had been describing and his disappointment that one was not named after Mr Field. He also requested that the name be changed on a species named after himself.

  3. Handwritten lined and folded letter in ink, dated 20 November, 1895. Baldwin Spencer writing from Melbourne, regarding thanking Waite for the drawings. Baldwin Spencer again insisted the species named after him be changed.

  4. Handwritten lined and folded letter in ink, dated 23 November, 1895. Baldwin Spencer writing from University, Melbourne, regarding the relief he felt 'with lifting off such a burden of scientific name'.

  5. Handwritten unlined and folded letter in ink, dated 5 December, 1895. Baldwin Spencer writing from Melbourne, regarding enclosing proof drawings of one of the plates.

  6. Handwritten unlined and folded letter in ink, dated 15 March, 1896. Baldwin Spencer writing from The University of Melbourne, regarding the naming of an article in the Horn Volume.

  7. Handwritten unlined and folded letter in ink, dated 3 August, 1896. Baldwin Spencer writing from University of Melbourne, regarding Dr Gunther from London wanting a copy of Waites Horn paper.

  8. Handwritten unlined and folded letter in ink, dated 12 September, 1898. Baldwin Spencer writing from Melbourne, regarding asking after Waites Trawling Expedition.

CreatorEdgar Ravenswood Waite
ControlAA356/10/4
Date Range1895  -  1898
Quantity   8  
FormatsGeneral Correspondence
Series AA356/10
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