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Papers of John Armitage, Yorkshire naturalist

Catalogue reference: LEEDSM.C.1993.1

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This record is about the Papers of John Armitage, Yorkshire naturalist dating from 1915-1989.

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Reference: LEEDSM.C.1993.1
Title: Papers of John Armitage, Yorkshire naturalist
Date: 1915-1989
Description: A series of over 100 diaries and field note-books, starting in 1915 and running through to 1989 with a gap from 1917 to 1927. Large numbers of letters including correspondence with H F Witherby, P C R Jourdain, P D Hollam, A E Ellis, A G Stubbs, Fred Taylor, Michael Blackmore, Harry Britten and many more. A large number of newspaper cuttings of articles published in the Oldham Chronicle under the name 'Moorcock', Daily Mirror, the Buxton Herald, the journal 'Photography' and the Yorkshire Evening Post. Leeds Museums also hold all his photographic negatives and many hundreds of photographic prints.
Held by: Leeds Museum Discovery Centre
Language: English
Creator(s): <persname>Armitage, John, 1900-1996, naturalist</persname>
Physical description: 100 items
Access conditions: Open (by appointment)
Administrative / biographical background: For obituary, see 'Naturalist' 122:27-28
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/fd153ac3-bd4f-4075-84b8-dee8b5a4d0b5/