Catalogue description Papers of PROFESSOR HUMPHREY HEWER, C.B.E. (1903 - 1974)
This record is held by Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit
Reference: | CSAC 23.17.74 |
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Title: | Papers of PROFESSOR HUMPHREY HEWER, C.B.E. (1903 - 1974) |
Description: |
The papers include many drawings and photographs by Professor Hewer and his colleagues for various wildlife films or to illustrate their written work. These drawings and photographs will be found throughout the collection with the particular subject which Hewer was investigating. Likewise, Professor Hewer kept correspondence referring to specific topics with the relevant data and this arrangement has been retained. I. Biographical 1 - 12 II. Notebooks and journals 13 - 40 III. Working papers 41 - 87 IV. Committees and societies 88 - 106 V. Lectures 107 - 131 VI. Publications 132 - 164 VII. Films, photographs and drawing 165 - 198 |
Note: |
Listed by: Jeannine Alton and Harriot Weiskittel " |
Date: | 1926 - 1974 |
Related material: |
Professor Hewer's early work on Burnet Moths was deposited in the Archives of Imperial College when he was Professor of Zoology. |
Held by: | Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
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Physical description: | 7 series, 198 items |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
Professor Hewer's papers were received from Mrs. O. Hewer. |
Selection and destruction information: |
Two box files of committee papers were in the collection. Professor Hewer's own notes, correspondence and annotated papers have been retained but duplicated material (agenda, minutes, newsletters etc) has been discarded. A list of these committees and societies appears in Section IV. |
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Administrative / biographical background: |
b.1903 1920 entered Imperial College 1923 Beit Fellowship 1926 - 37 Lecturer in Zoology, Imperial College 1927 m. Olive Mary La Trobe Stooke 1937 - 64 Assistant Professor and Reader in Zoology, Imperial College 1941 - 45 Chief Rodent Officer, Ministry of Food 1959 Secretary-General of International Congress of Zoology 1959 O.B.E. 1964 - 70 Professor of Zoology in the University of London (conferred by decree) 1965 - 74 Chairman, Advisory Committee, Infestation Control Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1967 - 74 Chairman of Farm Animals Welfare Committee of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1971 C.B.E. |
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