Henry Boase

• Reference:GB 254 MS 56
• Dates of Creation:1900-1955
• Name of Creator:
  Henry Boase
• Physical Description:
  1 box (0.16 linear metres).

• Scope and Content

  Surveys and reports of birds in Perthshire, North Fife and Angus

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Henry Boase of Invergowrie was born in 1892. A descendant of Henry S. Boase, the Dundee jute manufacturer, he worked in the jute industry himself, dedicating much of his spare time to the study of ornithology. The result of part of his work was a set of unpublished reports on the birds of the Tay area. Henry Boase died in 1974.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  The records were originally sent to Professor Peacock of University College, Dundee. They were transferred from the University Library in 1976 (AccM/9).

• Note

  Henry Boase of Invergowrie was born in 1892. A descendant of Henry S. Boase, the Dundee jute manufacturer, he worked in the jute industry himself, dedicating much of his spare time to the study of ornithology. The result of part of his work was a set of unpublished reports on the birds of the Tay area. Henry Boase died in 1974.

  See Scottish Birds the journal of the Scottish Ornithologist's Club, Volume 8, 1974-1975, for an obituary and a list of his life's work, with reviews indicated;
  
  This collection was originally numbered Ms 56/1/1-3 and Ms 56/2/4-7

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper.

• Archivist's Note

  Fonds level description compiled by Sarah Chubb, Archives Hub Project Archivist, October 2001.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 56

• Subjects

  Ornithology

  Natural history

  Environment