- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Yarrell, William, 1784-1856
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- William Yarrell Collection
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/s1784k78t
- Dates:
- 1830-1961 (mostly 1833-1856)
- Size:
- 1 box and 1.25 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of letters and drawings of William Yarrell, a nineteenth-century British naturalist, and related printed matter.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters to William Yarrell, a Scottish fishery law document (1842), ninety watercolors, pencil drawings, and engravings of fish, and related printed matter
- Collection Creator Biography:
Yarrell, William, 1784-1856
William Yarrell, an eminent British naturalist, was for many years a vice-president of the Zoological Society. He was also a Fellow of the Linnaean Society, and between 1825 and 1856 he contributed eighty-one papers to scientific societies and journals. He was the author of A History of British Fishes and A History of British Birds. At his death, his collection of British fish and other specimens were purchased by the Trustees of the British Museum.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
No AM Given.
- Custodial History
The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
William Yarrell Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/s1784k78t
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Fishery law and legislation -- Scotland -- Dumfries -- 19th century.
Fishes -- Research -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Ichthyology.
Zoologists -- England -- 19th century -- Drawings. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence -- 19th century
Legal documents -- Scotland -- 19th century.
Watercolors -- 19th century.
