Donald Gunn sketchbooks of antiquarian and ornithological subjects
Overview
In these 9 sketchbooks, collectively spanning the period 1903-1939, Donald Gunn has recorded his antiquarian and ornithological observations in the form of notes, church plans, sketch maps, sketches of architectural details and diagrammatic sketches of birds. Notebooks 1-4 are antiquarian in subject, while 5-9 are ornithological. The notebooks are for different locations visited and cover various time periods. The churches recorded are in Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Surrey and other southern counties of England. Birds were observed in London, including at Staines (Stanwell) reservoir (now near Heathrow Airport in London), and Barn Elms reservoir.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1938
Creator
- Gunn, Donald, Dr. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Donald Gunn
In the notebooks Donald Gunn gives his address in London as 40 Dover Street, W1, the address of the Arts Club. He is presumably the Dr. Donald Gunn who was a member of the Arts Club and gave the same address in 1903 when he donated several African artefacts from the Southern Sudan to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.
Extent
9 Volumes : Ornamentation: Sketches throughout, most of good quality. Some maps and plans. ; Volumes 1-3 are longer than they are tall; no volume measures taller than 25cm.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS K23
- Title
- Guide to the Donald Gunn Collection.
- Subtitle
- Donald Gunn sketchbooks of antiquarian and ornithological subjects
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1978; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0034129698
- Preferred citation
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Donald Gunn sketchbooks of antiquarian and ornithological subjects, MS K23, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository