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Table of contents

Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3

Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3
Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 7
Physical condition ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Series descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 7
MSG 1203-1, Research and writing, approximately 1850-1956, predominant 1911-1940 ......................... 7
MSG 1203-1-1, Introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology ........................................................ 9
MSG 1203-1-2, Some recollections of a long life. ................................................................................. 13
MSG 1203-1-3, Other research and writing projects for publication. ..................................................... 16
MSG 1203-1-4, Miscellaneous research, writing, and correspondence files. ......................................... 22
MSG 1203-2, Research trips, 1920-1937 ................................................................................................... 28
MSG 1203-3, Scrapbooks, 1887-1955, predominant 1926-1941 .............................................................. 33
MSG 1203-4, Library collections, 1918-1941 ........................................................................................... 37
MSG 1203-5, Published books, 1907-1981; predominant 1923-1936 ....................................................... 40
MSG 1203-6, Artefacts, 191-?, 1920-1937, predominant 1935-1937 ....................................................... 41
MSG 1203-7, Glass plate negatives, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1956 ................................................................... 43

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Summary information

Repository: Rare Books and Special Collections

Title: Casey Albert Wood Collection
Reference code: MSG 1203
Date: approximately 1850-1981, predominant 1913-1940 (date of creation)
Physical description: 11.25 m of textual records and other material.
Language: Arabic
Language: English
Language: French
Language: German
Language: Hindi
Language: Italian
Language: Latin
Language: Persian
Language: Sinhala
Dates of creation,
revision and deletion:

Administrative history / Biographical sketch

Note
Casey Albert Wood (1856-1942) was an ophthalmologist, an ornithologist, and a bibliophile. He was born
to American parents in Wellington, Ontario on November 21, 1856. Wood attended school in Ottawa and
graduated from the Ottawa Collegiate Institute in 1874. He then attended Bishop’s College in Montreal
where he graduated with an M.D.C.M. degree in 1877. Wood was awarded an ad eundem degree in 1906
following Bishop’s College merger with McGill University. He also received D.C.L, LL. D honorary
degrees from these institutions. Under Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Wood became the first clinical clerk
at Montreal General Hospital, which began a close lifelong friendship.
On October 28, 1886, Casey Wood married Emma Shearer, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Shearer, a
prominent Montreal family.
Based in Montreal from 1878-1886, Wood practiced general medicine and surgery and taught chemistry
and pathology. By 1886, Casey Wood decided to make Ophthalmology and Otology his speciality,
beginning further studies in New York followed by Europe. In 1890, Wood settled in Chicago where he

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practiced, taught and published extensively. He also travelled, held various appointments, and conducted
research during this time.
From 1916-1920 Wood served in the United States Army Medical Reserve Corps as a member of the
Office of the Surgeon General for the majority of his military career. In Autumn 1917, Major Wood was
put in charge of Camp Sherman Hospital’s Ophthalmology Department in Chillicothe, Ohio. Then in
December 1917, he was transferred to the War Department in Washington, D.C. where he served until his
retirement in 1920 holding the rank of Colonel.
Casey Wood's research in ophthalmology extended to an interest in the history of ophthalmology,
comparative ophthalmology, ornithology, and finally into a passion for collecting books and other
materials on these subjects. In 1917, Wood published the monograph ""Fundus Oculi of Birds, Especially
as Viewed by the Ophthalmoscope," a major milestone in his career. He also translated many hitherto
untranslated works of historical interest on ophthalmology and ornithology.
From 1920 until mid-1930, Casey Wood, his wife Emma, their niece Marjorie Fyfe, and their beloved
parrot John III travelled extensively to study birds in their natural habitat. They explored Europe, British
Guiana, India, Ceylon, Kashmir, the South Pacific, Northeast and Southeast Asia, Australia, and New
Zealand. Wood was supported in his travels and research by friends, researchers, book dealers, libraries,
museums, and locals. Wood also continued to produce publications and was an active member in many
international ornithological societies, unions, and associations. Wood also taught ornithology at Stanford
University beginning in 1927 and was research associate at the California Institute of Technology in 1932.
In 1911, Wood presented a large collection of rare books on the subject of diseases of the eye to
McGill's Medical Library and in 1919, he established and endowed the Emma Shearer Wood Library of
Ornithology. The Blacker Wood Library of Biology, established in 1988, resulted in the fusion of the
Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology with the Blacker Library of Zoology founded and endowed
by his friends Robert Roe Blacker (1845-1931) and his wife Nellie Canfield (d. 1946) of Pasadena,
California in 1920. During his travels, Wood actively collected materials for the Emma Shearer Wood,
Blacker, and Medical Library collections at McGill University and other institutions.
In 1931, Wood published one of his most extensive works "An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate
Zoology, based chiefly on the titles in the Blacker Library of Zoology, the Emma Shearer Wood Library
of Ornithology, the Bibliotheca Osleriana, and other libraries of McGill University, Montreal." The
volume was well received and provided a thorough catalogue of works published on vertebrate zoology.
Wood’s last work, published after his death and written with his niece F. Marjorie Fyfe, was "the Art of
Falconry," a translation of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen’s De Arte Venandi cum Avibus.
Casey Wood passed away on January 26, 1942 at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California, survived by
his wife Emma. Wood was cremated and buried in Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Custodial history
The majority of the collection was donated by the Wood Estate in July and September 1942 to the Wood
Library. The largest donation of materials by Casey A. Wood was to the Emma Shearer Wood Library of
Ornithology in 1934. Wood also donated material to the Emma Shearer Wood Library from 1920-1936,
Blacker Library from 1924, 1931-1933, and to the Wood Library from 1937-1939. Other associates of
Wood also donated materials to the Emma Shearer Wood, Blacker, and Wood Libraries from 1920-1944
and 1962. Additional custodial information is provided within acquisition descriptions for files and items
where applicable.

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Scope and content

This collection consists of materials dated from approximately 1850-1981, but predominantly from
1913-1940, relating to Dr. Casey Albert Wood’s research, writing, correspondence, and personal interest
concerning ornithology, vertebrate zoology, memoir and family history, Emma Shearer Wood and
Blacker Library collection development, ophthalmology, politics, and current events. Materials relate
chiefly to Wood’s “Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology” (1921-1956), falconry (1930s),
his unpublished memoir (1930s), the development of McGill University’s Emma Shearer Wood and
Blacker Libraries (1918-1941), the history of ophthalmology (1925-1936), “Fundus Oculi” (1911-1934),
his travels and research expeditions studying birds in their natural habitat (1920-1940), political interests,
and correspondence relating to these activities and subjects.
There are approximately 2902 incoming and outgoing pieces of correspondence including letters,
postcards, notes, telegrams, and cards. Series 1) Research and writing, contains the largest volume of
correspondence relating to “the Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology.” While Series 2)
Research trips, contains the largest portion of photographs. Other materials in this collection include
research notes, manuscripts, page and galley proofs, book and article reprint publications, postcards,
artwork, glass plate negatives, book plates, palm leaf manuscripts, artefacts, printed ephemera, clippings,
journals, and administration and financial records relating to Wood’s publications or the Emma Shearer
Wood and Blacker Libraries.
There are gaps within this collection relating to geographic locations, as not all locations Wood is known
to have visited are represented or are only minimally represented. Asian countries, such as China or Japan,
are not represented in this collection. While geographic locations that are prominent within the collection
are Fiji, Sri Lanka and India.
The series consists of 1) research and writing (ca. 1850-1956); 2) research trips (1920-1937); 3)
scrapbooks (1887-1946); 4) collection development (1918-1941); 5) published books (1907-1981); 6)
artefacts (191-?, 1920-1937); and 7) glass negative plates (1924, 1927, 1930, 1956).

Notes

Title notes
• Source of title proper: Title based on content of the collection.

Physical condition
The collection is in relatively good condition with some colour transfer, bleeding ink, stains, and
damage to binding and pages. Some volumes have brittle and/or discoloured pages and clippings, tape
and adhesive issues, some prints have foxing, and one leather artefact is damaged.
One photo negative item indicates it must only be opened in a photo development dark room and
another file contains untoned photographs which must not be opened in bright light. All glass plate
negatives are fragile, while a few are slightly chipped.

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Arrangement
This collection had no discernible original order and movement overtime likely altered it. The files and
items in the collection were arranged based on activity or type of record resulting in seven series with
four subseries within series one. Whenever possible original order of files continued and the content
of boxes or envelopes within the collection remained as individual files. Files are principally arranged
based on research project or activity, title volume if applicable, geographical region if applicable, and
then chronologically.

Alternative form available

Some materials within this collection have been photographed and featured in the online exhibit [The
Birdman of McGill: Casey Wood - Avid Collector, Magnanimous Donor and Generous Friend](http://
digital.library.mcgill.ca/caseywood/).
Where applicable, links for files and items with electronic copies have been added.

Restrictions on access
Open.
Some files subject to specific access conditions. One file within MSG 1203-1-4-11 are photograph
negatives and must only be opened in a dark room. Access to glass plate negatives in Series 7 are
restricted due to fragility. Please contact the [liaison librarian for the Blacker Wood Natural History
Collection](https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/rarebooks/staff) for further information.

Conditions governing use

Items can be requested for consultation by email at rarebooks.library@mcgill.ca. Advance notice is
recommended.

Finding aids
File level descriptions available.

Other notes
• Publication status: Published
• Physical description: Also includes 798 photographs, 263 postcards, 125 prints, 97 glass plate
negatives, 76 drawings, 30 bookplates, 30 palm leaf manuscripts, 18 imping needles, 14 exhibit
cards, 12 place cards, 12 paintings, 11 watercolours, 11 photograph photostats, 10 falcon hoods, 7
illustrations, 5 pictures, 5 feathers, 4 falcon bells, 3 maps, 3 lures, 3 small labels, 2 daguerreotype
photographs, 2 saddle bags, 2 jesses, 2 textile badges, approximately 5 undeveloped photographic
negatives, 2 large burlap envelopes, 2 small paper envelopes, 1 pair of buckskin gloves, 1 mounted
photograph, 1 knife and sheath, 1 three-fingered glove, 1 leash, 1 swivel, 1 taxidermy falcon on
weathering block with U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey identification band, and 1 palm leaf
manuscript fragment.
• Conservation: The collection was rehoused from individual shelved items and arranged into folders
and archival boxes for long-term preservation. Items contained in non-archival boxes and folders
were removed and placed in archival quality boxes or folders. Metal pins, staples, and paper clips

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were removed whenever able. Where needed materials were interleaved to curb colour transfer, ink
bleeding, and to protect materials within volumes and file folders. Photographic material, palm leaf
manuscripts and delicate textual records were placed in mylar envelopes when loose and interleaved
when mounted within volumes. Glass plate negatives were inserted into individual envelopes.

Access points

• Clippings. (documentary form)

• Manuscripts. (documentary form)
• Photographs. (documentary form)
• Books. (documentary form)
• Physical Objects (documentary form)
• Periodicals (documentary form)
• Research notes. (documentary form)
• Watercolors (paintings). (documentary form)
• Catalogs. (documentary form)
• Printed ephemera. (documentary form)
• Prints (documentary form)
• Correspondence. (documentary form)
• Illustrations (documentary form)
• Biographies (documentary form)
• Zoology. (subject)
• Ornithology. (subject)
• Birds -- Research. (subject)
• Political science. (subject)
• Ophthalmology -- History. (subject)
• Travel (subject)
• McGill University -- History. (subject)
• Palm-leaf manuscripts. (subject)

Series descriptions

Series MSG 1203-1: Research and writing

Date: approximately 1850-1956, predominant 1911-1940 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This series consists of research, writing, and correspondence files relating to Casey Wood's major
and minor publications and unpublished works, as well as, others assisting in Wood's publications,
research, or writing about Wood. The majority of the research and writing materials for Wood's
published and unpublished works were created between 1920-1940, while other materials collected
during Wood's life, those associated with his memoir and obituary, date from approximately
1850-1943.

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Some prominent writings by Wood include “Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate
Zoology” (1921-1956), his unpublished memoir (ca. 1850-1939), “Fundus Oculi” (1911-1934), Wood
family history (1920-1940), “Birds of Fiji” (1920-1928), “Through Forest and Jungle in Kashmir and
North India” (1921-1934); Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts (1927-1934); and “The Art of
Falconry” (1942).
The series consists of many volumes and files containing a number of record types including
manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, publications, photographs, correspondence, clippings, printed
material, postcards, journals, administrative and financial records, and artwork. Some of the volumes
are scrapbooks containing many of these materials mounted within, while others include similar
materials bound within. These volumes do not necessarily have a clear organization but are sometimes
arranged chronologically or by correspondent.
There are 2230 incoming and outgoing pieces of correspondence including letters, postcards, notes,
telegrams, and cards. Subseries 1) Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology includes 1313
pieces of correspondence, the largest number of correspondence within the collection.

Physical description: 3.7 meters of textual records and other material.

Language of the material:
Arabic
English
French
German
Hindi
Italian
Latin
Persian

Access points:
• Manuscripts. (documentary form)
• Correspondence. (documentary form)
• Books. (documentary form)
• Catalogs. (documentary form)
• Photographs. (documentary form)
• Research notes. (documentary form)
• Biographies (documentary form)
• Zoology. (subject)
• Ornithology. (subject)
• Birds -- Research. (subject)
• Ophthalmology -- History. (subject)

Physical condition:
Colour transfer, bleeding ink, stains, damage to binding and pages, brittle and discoloured pages, water
damage, foxing, and tape and glue issues are present in this series.

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Arrangement:
This series is arranged into four subseries. Two of Wood's writing projects, "An Introduction of the
Vertebrate Zoology" and an unpublished memoir, have a high volume of material compared to other
writing projects, so they are in separate subseries. Then the major research and writing projects were
arranged as a subseries and arranged as individual files or groupings according to the publication or
manuscript title, then chronologically. Other research, writing, and correspondence files related to
research and writing projects by Casey Wood or related to his professional career are arranged in the
fourth subseries according to subject area, then chronologically.

Restrictions on access:
In subseries 4, MSG 1203-1-4-11 contains undeveloped photograph negatives which must only be
opened in a photo development dark room.

Publication status:
Published

Physical description:
Also includes 280 photographs, 166 postcards, 57 prints, 43 drawings, 20 bookplates, 11 photograph
photostats, 8 paintings, 7 illustrations, 4 feathers, 2 daguerreotype photographs, 2 labels, 1 map, 1
palm leaf manuscript fragment, 1 mounted photograph, and approximately 2 undeveloped photo
negatives.

Subseries MSG 1203-1-1: Introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology

Date: 1921-1956, predominant 1921-1940 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This subseries consists of 11 volumes, correspondence files, and a box of notecards dated from
1921-1956 relating to Wood's publication “An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology”
published in 1931 and collection development within the Emma Shearer Wood and Blacker Libraries
at McGill University. The volumes and files contain correspondence, handwritten and typed annotated
manuscripts, proof sheets, the publication, notecards listing recipients of the publication, prints, printed
ephemera, clippings, financial and administrative records, book reviews, and McGill Library catalogue
listings related to the works within “An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology.”
Additional professional projects are also represented in the subseries including “Coloured Plates of the
Birds of Ceylon,” the Passing of John III, and Wood’s translation of Benevenutus Grassus’ de Oculis.
There are 1313 incoming and outgoing correspondence letters, telegrams, and cards; the largest
volume in the collection. The correspondents are located internationally and include public, academic,
government, and army libraries; museums, clubs and societies, literary journals, publishers, etc..
Some individuals and companies addressed include Lillian Bates, William Henry Mousley, Gerhard
R. Lomer, W. W. Francis, Robert de Resillac Roese, S. R. Burrell, Robert Blacker, Miss Hanington,
Elizabeth E. Abbott, John and Edward Bumpus Ltd., Oxford University Press, Sun Engraving Co.,
Parker & Sons Ltd., Herbert Putnam, George Iles, Colonel F. H. Garrison, Dr. Melville Black, W. J.
Belcher, Smithsonian Institute, Dr. Maude Abbott, Dr. A. D. Blackader, R. R. James, Pierpont Morgan
Library, Humphrey Milford, Basil H. Soulsby, William F. Petersen, University of Illinois College of
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Medicine, Natural History Museum, Dr. Robert A. Millikan, Douglas H. Campbell, A. J. Swann, Sir
Arthur W. Currie, Alexander Wetmore, E. Cowles Andrus, and John Johnson.

Physical description: 67 cm of textual records and other material.

Language of the material:
English

Access points:
• Manuscripts. (documentary form)
• Correspondence. (documentary form)
• Books. (documentary form)
• Catalogs. (documentary form)
• Printed ephemera. (documentary form)
• Zoology. (subject)
• Ornithology. (subject)
• Birds -- Research. (subject)

Physical condition:
Colour transfer and damage to binding is present.

Arrangement:
Series is arranged principally according to original order as dictated by the cover title's volume
number, then by format (correspondence, manuscript, publication, lists), then chronologically.

Publication status:
Published

Physical description:
Includes 55 postcards, 4 prints, and 1 photostat photograph.

Conservation:
Interleaving where needed.

File / item list

Reference code Title Dates Physical description
MSG 1203-1-1-1 File - Correspondence relative to the 1921-1932, 1 volume (approximately 275
introduction to the literature of the predominant pages) ; 29 cm1 print.
vertebrate zoology, 1928-31, volume 1929-1930
1.Correspondence introduction and
catalogue. Volume 1, 1928-30.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

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MSG 1203-1-1-2 File - Correspondence relative to the 1931 1 volume (approximately 400
introduction to the literature of the pages) ; 30 cm.
vertebrate zoology, 1928-1931, volume
2.Correspondence introduction and
catalogue. Volume 2. 1931.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-3 File - Correspondence relative to the 1929-1932 1 volume (approximately 320
introduction to the literature of vertebrate pages) ; 30 cm.
zoology, 1928-31, volume 3.An introduction
to the literature of the vertebrate zoology
correspondence, Blacker Library, 1929-31,
volume 3.compiled and edited by Casey A.
Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-4 File - Correspondence relative to an 1931-1932 1 volume (138 pages) ; 29 cm1
introduction to the literature of vertebrate post card : black and white.
zoology, volume 4.Correspondence relative
to the introduction to the literature of
vertebrate zoology, 1928-31.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-4.1 File - Miscellaneous correspondence chiefly 1929-1933 10 letters
Dr. Wood
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-4.2 File - Correspondence relating to the 1931-1942 102 letters, 15 postcards
introduction of the literature of vertebrate
zoology, A-F
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-4.3 File - Correspondence relating to the 1931-1936 102 letters, 12 postcards
introduction of the literature of vertebrate
zoology, G-M
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-4.4 File - Correspondence relating to the 1931-1952 159 letters, 26 postcards
introduction of the literature of vertebrate
zoology, N-Z
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-4.5 File - Correspondence relating to the 1931-1937 42 letters, 1 postcard
introduction of the literature of vertebrate
zoology, A-Y
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection

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MSG 1203-1-1-5 File - Rough corrected manuscript of an 1928-1931 1 volume (approximately 450
introduction to the literature of vertebrate pages) : illustrations ; 30 cm1
zoology, volume 1.An introduction to photostat
the literature of vertebrate zoology: vol.
1. Samples of the rough but corrected
manuscript.compiled and edited by Casey
A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-6 File - Corrected manuscript and typescript 1929-1931 1 volume (approximately 635
of an introduction to the literature pages) : illustrations ; 30 cm2
of vertebrate zoology, volume 1.An prints.
introduction to the literature of the
vertebrate zoology: Corrected manuscript
and typescript, 1929-30.by Casey A. Wood
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-7 File - Revised proof sheets of an 1930-1931 1 volume (643 pages) :
introduction to the literature of vertebrate illustration ; 30 cm1 print.
zoology, volume 2.An introduction to the
literature of vertebrate zoology: volume 2.
Revised proof sheets.compiled and edited
by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-8 File - Publication of an introduction 1923-1937 1 volume (approximately 643
to the literature of vertebrate zoology, pages) : illustrations ; 30 cm.
with additional book reviews and
correspondence.by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-9 File - List of recipients of Dr. C. A. Wood's 1931-1940 11 cm of textual records (1 box).
introduction to literature of vertebrate
zoology.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-10 File - Report on the parts wanted for February 24, 1933 1 volume (32 pages) ; 29 cm.
publications listed in an introduction to
the literature of vertebrate zoology, [and]
incomplete in the McGill Library.compiled
by Casey A. Wood.
Note [generalNote]:
This file previously included MSG 1203-2-19. It was removed and moved into Series 2 as it was not
related to An Introduction to Literature as it focuses on Casey A. Wood's research trip in Rome and his
illness.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

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MSG 1203-1-1-11 File - Report on the parts wanted for February 1933 1 volume (32 pages) ; 28 cm.
publications listed in an introduction to
the literature of vertebrate zoology, but
incomplete in the McGill Library.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-1-12 File - Report on the publications (serials) February 1933 1 volume (83 pages) ; 29 cm.
not in the McGill Library that are listed
in the introduction to the literature of
vertebrate zoology.by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

Subseries MSG 1203-1-2: Some recollections of a long life.

Date: between approximately 1850 and 1939 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This subseries focuses on the unpublished memoir of Casey A. Wood, which consists of manuscripts,
typescripts, notes, research project notes and publications, correspondence (1888-1939), photographs,
clippings and printed material, and journals (1891, 1930-1931) from approximately 1850-1939. Wood
had assistance from family members, professional connections, and friends to compile his biographical
information for the memoir. Wood was living in Rome during the mid- to late-1930s, so much of the
Canadian research was conducted by family members Samuel Casey Wood III, Alan Wood, and Edith
Hayes. There is correspondence between Wood and his family on the progress of the memoir, their
family, and personal lives. The subseries consists of approximately 110 letters and 1 telegram with
additional correspondence, clippings, and other materials integrated into the memoir’s manuscript and
typescripts.
Individuals addressed within the correspondence and other materials include Alan Wood, Samuel
Casey Wood III, George Iles, H. Clay Evans, Dr. George H. Mathewson, Francis J. Shepherd, Harvey
Cushing, Dr. George H. Simmons, Casey Hayes, Josephine Seymour, Dr. Charles P. Small, Ms.
Slaughter, Major J. C. Dawson, Dr. J. C. Simpson, J. R. Slonaker, Irving S. Cutter, Dr. H. D. Birkett,
Dr. Franck Brawley, Dr. Maude Abbott, Elizabeth E. Abbott, Dr. W. W. Francis, Harry Harris, G. R.
Lomer, Dr. Harry Vanderbilt Wurdemann, Dr. C. F. Wylde, V. C. Wynne Edwards, Dr. Andreas Nell,
Sir William Osler, C. F. Wylde, Frank Allport, and Norma Shearer.
Throughout the subseries common topics include providing information for the memoir, travel,
careers, education, Italy during the late 1930s, politics, ornithology, zoology, donations of materials
by Casey Wood, family, Emperor Frederick II and “the Art of Falconry,” Emma Shearer Wood and
Blacker Library collections, aviculture, John III, the Feather book, animal protection, history of
medicine, “Coloured Plates of the Birds of Ceylon,” Ali ibn Isa, and Wood’s research, career, and
health.
The printed material includes a variety of leaflets, brochures, cards, invitations, tickets, bookplates,
booklets, clippings etc. from or about various current events, travel experiences, publications, etc..
Within the subseries' photographs are images of Dr. Thomas Woodruff, Emma Shearer Wood, Casey
Wood, Marjorie Fyfe, James Shearer, Eliza Shearer, Dr. Richmond, Dr. Ridgway, other family
members and friends, and from research trips. Places related to Wood’s life mentioned in this subseries
include the United States, Canada, Germany, Sri Lanka, England, Italy, Ethiopia, Vienna, France,

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Afghanistan, British Guiana, Australia, Fiji, McGill and Emma Shearer Wood Libraries, Bishops’
College, Western General Hospital, Stanford University, and the Chicago Ophthalmological Society.

Physical description: 54 cm of textual records and other material.

Language of the material:
English
German

Access points:
• Manuscripts. (documentary form)
• Photographs. (documentary form)
• Clippings. (documentary form)
• Printed ephemera. (documentary form)
• Correspondence. (documentary form)
• Biographies (documentary form)
• Ornithology. (subject)
• Political science. (subject)
• Zoology. (subject)
• Birds -- Research. (subject)
• Travel (subject)
• Ophthalmology -- History. (subject)

Physical condition:
Some items are damaged from wear, moisture, and rust stains.

Immediate source of acquisition:

MSG 1203-1-2-1 to MSG 1203-1-2-14 were donated on September 5,1962 by Alan Wood who
assisted Casey A. Wood on the memoir. Publication reprints for "Curious and Beautiful Birds of
Ceylon" and "Some of the Commoner Birds of Ceylon" were donated by the Estate of the late Dr.
Casey A. Wood to the Wood Library on July 21, 1942.

Arrangement:
This series was largely unorganised as materials indicating they were a part of the memoir were not
located together and the majority of the files were within one large cardboard box without any obvious
order, aside from the two distinct memoir manuscript drafts. Minor rearrangement of the manuscripts
was needed due to movement within the box. Items that were inserted within MSG 1203-1-2-13, the
rough draft of the manuscript, were kept in original order while the remaining items were organised
according to genre, followed by date. Where items were contained within a bag or envelope, these
were arranged together as a file in their original order. MSG 1203-1-2-15 was removed from a large
flat box and rehoused in folders.

Publication status:
Published

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Physical description:
Also including 64 photographs, 23 postcards, 10 photograph photostats, 5 bookplates, 2 daguerreotype
photographs, 1 palm leaf manuscript fragment, 1 mounted photograph and 1 undeveloped photo
negative.

Conservation:
Some files have been interleaved due to discoloration or colour transfer. Rusted metal staples and
paper clips have been removed.

File / item list

Reference code Title Dates Physical description
MSG 1203-1-2-1 File - Correspondence and clippings. 1929-1938 2 cm of textual records1 post
card1 palm leaf manuscript
fragment.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-2 File - Correspondence relative to Casey A. 1888-1939 2 cm of textual records8 post
Wood. cards.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-3 File - Correspondence of relatives 1936-1937 3 cm of textual records1
providing assistance for memoir. photograph : black and white.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-4 File - Photographs, winter holiday cards, approximately 6 cm of textual records and other
and clippings. 1850-1930s material.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-5 File - Photographs approximately 5 cm of textual records and other
1885-1936 material.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-6 File - Personal journals 1891, 1930-1933 3 cm of textual records.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-7 File - Quotes, clippings, and San Diego undated 1 cm of textual records.
County Library description of Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

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MSG 1203-1-2-8 File - Printed material approximately 2 cm of textual records5 book
1865-1936 plates.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-9 File - Newspaper clippings approximately 2 cm of textual records.
1877-1936
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-10 File - Notes and manuscripts relating to approximately 5 cm of textual records.
research. 1920-1935
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-11 File - Published books. 1924-1936 2 cm of textual records (9
volumes).
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-12 File - Notes for some recollections of a long approximately 6 cm of textual records.
life. 1920-1938
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-13 File - Rough manuscript of some approximately 6 cm of textual records1
recollections of a long life, with inserted 1889-1936 photograph.
materials.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-14 File - First rough draft of some approximately 2 cm of textual records.
recollections of a long life, onionskin paper 1856-1939
copy.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-15 File - First rough draft of some approximately 1938 5 cm of textual records1
recollections of a long life. photograph.
Note [generalNote]:
Originally located in archival flat box. File was rehoused in folders.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-2-16 File - Typescript of the villa by the sea, October 1935-1937 1 volume (12 pages) ; 28 cm.
with two poems.by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

Subseries MSG 1203-1-3: Other research and writing projects for publication.
Date: 1904-1942, predominant 1913-1934 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
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This subseries consists of many of Wood's major publications in various iterations such as
manuscripts, typescripts, page proofs, and galley proofs. Additionally, this subseries contains other
manuscripts, research notes, photographs, prints or illustrations, correspondence, book reviews, and
other materials relating directly to Wood's research projects and publications. The material is dated
from 1904-1942 but focuses predominantly from 1913- 1934. Much of the subseries is composed of
bound volumes, some of which contain multiple record types, either bound or mounted within the
volumes.
The research and writing projects focus on the following topics and geographic regions: ornithology,
Fundus Oculi (1911-1934), Wood’s family history (1920-1940), South America (1920-1921), Fiji and
Fiji Islands (1920-1931), fossil eggs (1923-1925), flowers and meadows in Switzerland (1924-1934),
“An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology,” aviculture (1925-1928), New Zealand,
medieval Persian manuscripts (1927-1934), Benevenutus Grassus’ de Oculis (1930), John III, Kashmir
and North India (1921-1934), Ceylon (1925, 1928, 1934), "the Art of Falconry" (1938?-1942), and Ali
ibn Isa (1935-1936).
Other contributors to some publications and manuscripts include Marjorie Fyfe, Alexander Wetmore,
Wladimir Ivanow, Arthur William Head, Dr. Andreas Nell, W. J. Belcher, William C. Morgan, and
Marion C. Tallmon.
This subseries also contains 145 incoming and outgoing pieces of correspondence including letters and
notes. Some individuals addressed include Arthur William Head, Christopher Leggo, Lillian Bates,
Elizabeth E. Abbott, Cora Raymond, Dr. Richmond, W. J. Belcher, C. S. Walis, Theodore Hamblin
Ltd., James R. Slonaker, and R. R. Donnelley and Sons Co.. This subseries also includes photographs
of Wood’s family, professional colleagues and friends, and research and publications.

Physical description: 1.7 meters of textual records and other material.

Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Language of the material:
Arabic
English
French
Hindi
Persian

Access points:
• Manuscripts. (documentary form)
• Photographs. (documentary form)
• Prints (documentary form)
• Correspondence. (documentary form)

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• Research notes. (documentary form)
• Biographies (documentary form)
• Ornithology. (subject)
• Birds -- Research. (subject)
• Ophthalmology -- History. (subject)
• Travel (subject)
• Zoology. (subject)

Physical condition:
Damaged binding and items, brittle and discoloured pages, colour transfer, and bleeding ink is present.
One item is water damaged and another has colour bleeding and sticking issues related to tape and
glue.

Arrangement:
The subseries was arranged principally into files focused on the publication's title, either individually
or as groupings with multiple items. Then the files were organized based on geographical area of
research, then chronologically.

Publication status:
Published

Physical description:
Also includes 134 photographs, 39 postcards, 19 drawings, 9 prints, 7 illustrations and 1 bookplate.

File / item list

Reference code Title Dates Physical description
MSG 1203-1-3-1 File - Fundus oculi of birds. 1911-1934 20 cm of textual records1
folio QL697 W7 photograph : black and white ;
10.8 x 8.3 cm5 illustrations1
postcard
Scope and content:
File contains:-Page proof of fundus oculi of birds, 1917 / by Casey A. Wood (Box R-1203-13)-
Correspondence relative to Fundus Oculi (Box R-1203-24), including 60 letters, 1 black and white
photograph of Arthur William Head studying a bird eye-Fundus Oculi manuscript and galley proofs on
comparative ophthalmology in American Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Ophthalmology Volume IV,
1915 (Box R-1203-3 and box R-1203-4)
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection

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MSG 1203-1-3-2 File - An account of the Wood family 1920-1940 3 cm of textual records (3
volumes)9 photographs.
Scope and content:
File contains 3 items relating to the Wood family prepared by Casey Wood, including:-Typescript: An
Account of the Wood Family Shelf, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England (1574) and Later of Salam,
Mss. (1630); Long Island (Conn. And N.Y.) (1644): Newburgh, N.Y. (1765) and Canada / by Casey
A. Wood.-Typescript: The Wood Family of Shelf, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Long Island, N.Y., and Canada / by Casey A. Wood (2 copies)
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-3 File - Rough manuscript of reports on the 1920-1921 1 volume (101 pages) ; 29 cm.11
eyes of South American birds.drawings drawings : colour, black and
by Mabel Satterlee, manuscript by Harold white.
Gifford and Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-4 File - The Birds of Fiji and A Collection of 1920-1931 20 cm of textual records (7
birds from the Fiji Islands. volumes)30 photographs1 post
card.
Scope and content:
File contains manuscript material and drafts of and notes for the works "Birds of Fiji" and "A Collection
of Birds from the Fiji Islands," by Casey Wood and Alexander Wetmore.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Material for a work on the Birds of 1920-1928
1203-1-3-4-01 Fiji
MSG Item - Rough notes and other material for 1923-1926
1203-1-3-4-02 the monograph on the Birds of Fiji, volume
1, Ibis 1925-26
MSG Item - Manuscript material used in writing 1926
1203-1-3-4-03 A Collection of Birds from the Fiji Islands,
volume 2
MSG Item - Manuscript material used in writing 1926
1203-1-3-4-04 A Collection of Birds from the Fiji Islands,
volume 3
MSG Item - Manuscript of a collection of birds 1926
1203-1-3-4-05 from the Fiji Islands, volume 4
MSG Item - Manuscript of A Collection of Birds 1926
1203-1-3-4-05 from the Fiji Islands, volume 4
MSG Item - First rough draft and incomplete [1926?]
1203-1-3-4-06 manuscript of Birds of Fiji
MSG Item - Manuscript and publication of the 1923-1931
1203-1-3-4-07 Birds of Fiji and manuscript for My Quest
of the Imperial Parrot
MSG Item - Transcript of A Collection of Birds 1924
1203-1-3-4-08 from the Fiji Islands

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MSG Item - Typescript of A Collection of Birds 1925-1926
1203-1-3-4-09 from the Fiji Islands
MSG 1203-1-3-5 File - The fossil eggs of birds: Copies of 1904, 1923-1925 1 volume (50 pages) ; 28 cm.
three published papers on this subject.by
Casey A. Wood and Wm. Conger Morgan
with Marion Clover Tallmon.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-6 File - Some wild flowers from Swiss 1924-1934 3 cm of textual records (2
meadows and mountains. volumes)19 postcards5 prints.
Scope and content:
File contains original manuscript of "Some Wild Flowers from Swiss Meadows and
Mountains" (Smithsonian Institution, 1932) and of illustrations for Some Wild Flowers from Swiss
Meadows, compiled by Casey A. Wood. Manuscript has rough notes of some wild flowers from Swiss
meadows and mountains, and lists of persons and institutes to which the Introduction to Literature of
Vertebrate Zoology was mailed, with correspondence.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-6.1 File - Ceylon (Sinhalese) Olas, Book- 1925 0.1 cm of textual records.
Manuscripts, and How they are Made
Scope and content:
Typescript.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-7 File - Manuscript of lessons in aviculture 1925-1928 4 cm of textual records and other
from English aviaries material.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-8 File - Through Forest and Jungle in 1925-1934 9 cm of textual records and other
Kashmir and North India. material.
Scope and content:
File consists of 4 items related to Casey Wood's "Through Forest and Jungle in Kashmir and other parts
of North India" (Smithsonian, 1933), including: rough notes and other material, volume 1; material
for a paper, volume 2; material for a monograph on Through Forest and Jungle, volume 3, including
manuscript prepared for Smithsonian Report; and rough, inedited notes and other material for a paper on
early illustrations in ornithology.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-9 File - Rough, inedited notes and other 1927-1933 1 volume (23 pages) ; 30 cm.
material for a paper on early illustrations
in ornithology.by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

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MSG 1203-1-3-10 File - Ivanow and Wood's catalogue 1927-1934 11 cm of textual records.
of Persian, Arabic and Hindustani
manuscripts
Scope and content:
File contains Casey Wood and Wladimir Ivanow's annotated catalogue of the Casey A. Wood Collection
of Persian, Arabic, and Hindustani manuscripts, and related materials. Also included are rough notes for a
collection of medieval Persian manuscripts, 1928, Calcutta, India, by Wladimir Ivanow and Casey Wood,
and one related letter.
Note [generalNote]:
Most of the file is contained in the original custom box, some was placed in a file folder.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-11 File - Typescript of adventures of a 1928 1 volume (30 pages) ; 25 cm.
naturalist in Ceylon.Some adventures of a
naturalist in the Ceylon jungle.By Casey A.
Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-12 File - Manuscript of Benvenutus Grassus' approximately 1930 1 volume (88 pages) ; 29 cm.
De Oculis translationby Casey A. Wood.
Note [generalNote]:
This file was originally contained in an envelope labelled "MS of de oculi by Casey A. Wood."
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-13 File - Unpublished introduction and list of 1933-1934 1 volume (43 pages) ; 29 cm.
birds for a proposed key to familiar birds
of the Pacific Coast.by Florence Dickey,
introduction by Casey A. Wood
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-14 File - Curious and Beautiful Birds of 1934 4 cm of textual records (3
Ceylon volumes).
Scope and content:
File consists of records related to the publication, Curious and Beautiful Birds of Ceylon, by Casey
Wood. It includes rough manuscript notes, typed copy of the complete paper ("first carbon") and a second
typed copy of the paper ("second carbon).
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-15 File - Unmounted material for a proposed 1934 0.3 cm of textual records.
popular work on birds
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-16 File - Rough, uncorrected manuscript of 1934 1 volume (66 pages) ; 25 cm1 post
on the banks of the Hydaspes.by Casey A. card.
Wood.
Physical location:

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RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-17 File - Art of Falconry 1942 17 cm of textual records.
Scope and content:
File consists of materials related to the Art of Faculty by Casey A. Wood and Marjorie Fyfe, including
parts of the Geneva copy of books I-II of Emperor Frederick's De arte venandi cum avibus and a
manuscript of the translation of the Art of Falconry by Wood and Fyfe. Contains mounted photographs
and notes written by Casey Wood.
Note [generalNote]:
Manuscript was previously held in paper wrapping and tied with string. It was removed from wrapping
and rehoused in seven archival folders.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-3-18 File - Ali ibn isa approximately 12 cm of textual records.
1935-1936
Scope and content:
File contains manuscript translation of Ali Ibn Isa and research notes on the work, Ali Ibn Isa:
Erinnerungsbuch für Augenärzte / by Julius Hirschberg and Julius Lippert.
Note [generalNote]:
Item 1 was originally contained in damaged custom box and was removed and placed in file folders.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

Subseries MSG 1203-1-4: Miscellaneous research, writing, and correspondence files.

Date: 1852-1943, predominant 1920-1938 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This subseries consists of other research, writing, and correspondence files related to Wood's research
and writing activities (1852-1925), writings of others assisting in Wood’s research projects or written
about Wood (1936-1943), and volumes containing multiple publications by Casey Wood from
1852-1943, but predominantly 1920-1938. Some of these volumes include writings of other authors
as well. The subseries is composed mostly of publications, manuscripts, and correspondence, along
with photographs, clippings, book dust covers, feathers from John III, and printed materials pertaining
largely to ornithology, falconry, and Wood's research.
Included in this subseries are 661 incoming and outgoing correspondence (1914, 1927, 1933-1940)
including letters, postcards, and telegrams. Some of the individuals represented within the subseries
include G. R. Lomer, Elizabeth E. Abbott, Margaret E. Hibbard, Dr. Maude Abbott, Dr. Cresswell
Shearer, Marjorie Fyfe, Alan H. Wood, Samuel Casey Wood III, Arthur William Head, H. Gronvold,
H. Kirke Swann, Alexander Wetmore, Dr. Andreas Nell, Elliott Coues, George Arliss, Duke of
Wellington, Professor Arthur Willey, Dr. Witmer Stone, John Still, E. C. T. Holsinger, Dr. Burton
Chance, Wladimir Ivanow, John M. McWilliam, Dr. Max Meyerhof, W. L. Sclater, Harry Harris,
Dr. Arnold C. Klebs, Professor Alonzo Taylor, Dr. Harold Gifford, David Nutt, William Wrigley Jr.,

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Professor W. P. C. Zeeman, Eileen Thompson, William Thornwall Davis, H. S. Swarth, E. Edward
Newton, Joseph Pearson, R. T. Gunther, Dr. Jon Pearson, Sir George Perley, J. Wilkes, Edward Von S.
Dingle, George Edwards, W. E. Powell, L. J. Griffin, Robert Moore, and Major Chester Davis. Book
publishers and dealers represented include Wheldon and Wesley, G. E. Stechert and Co., Bernard
Quaritch Ltd., R. Friedlander and Sohn, K. F. Koehler’s Antiqarium, Foliophiles, Sotheby and Co.,
Francis Edwards, Vitty and Seaborne Ltd., Sun Engraving Co., Dulau & Co., Ltd., Samuel N. Rhoads,
and Franklin Bookshop.
Topics and research projects within the subseries include ornithology, aviculture, bird protection,
fossil eggs, zoology and sea life, collection and financial records for McGill Libraries and other
institutions, McGill Library exhibits, the Feather book, travel and research, professional and personal
lives, Wood’s ancestry, events Wood attended, politics and crime, Dr. Joseph Grinnell, Sir Henry and
Elizabeth Gwillim, James Graham Cooper, John III’s painting and life, Emma Shearer Wood library
boo plate, bird and zoology prints and other artwork, the dodo bird and related art, Sinhalese Olas,
coins, and Persian manuscripts, ayurvedic medicine, Dominion Parliament building, “Fundus Oculi
of Birds,” “An Introduction to Literature of the Vertebrate Zoology,” “Coloured Plates of the Birds of
Ceylon,” Benevenutus Grassus’ de Oculis, Tadhkirat of Ali ibn Isa translation, Frederick II’s de Arte
Venandi cum Avibus and falconry, “Catalogue du Fonds de Paul Lechevalier,” “James Craw Portrait
of Alexander Wilson,” “Monograph of the Birds of Prey,” and other manuscripts.
Places referenced in this subseries include the British Museum, McGill University, Emma Shearer
Wood Library, San Francisco, England, Barbados, New Zealand, Fiji, Oceania, Switzerland, India, Sri
Lanka, and others.

Physical description: 79 cm of textual records and other material.

Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Language of the material:
English
French
Latin

Access points:
• Manuscripts. (documentary form)
• Research notes. (documentary form)
• Correspondence. (documentary form)
• Prints (documentary form)
• Illustrations (documentary form)
• Ornithology. (subject)
• Birds -- Research. (subject)
• Zoology. (subject)
• Ophthalmology -- History. (subject)

Physical condition:

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Damage to binding and items, bleeding ink, discolouration and brittleness of some pages, colour
transfer, foxing, water damage, and stains are present in some files.

Arrangement:
This subseries had no original order, as volumes and envelopes containing loose materials were
moved over time. The subseries is arranged into files containing groupings of items with a similar
focus or research area. These files are then arranged mostly chronologically. The exception was
MSG 1203-1-4-11 which focuses on falconry as it contains a wide range of dates but was most likely
compiled mid- to late-1930s due to Wood's focus in falconry at the time. The materials in individual
files in the subseries remained in original order and were rehoused in archival folders.

Restrictions on access:
In MSG 1203-1-4-11 unprocessed photo negatives indicates only open in a photo development dark
room.

Publication status:
Published

Physical description:
Also including 82 photographs, 44 prints, 24 drawings, 49 postcards, 14 bookplates, 8 paintings, 4
feathers, 2 labels, unprocessed photo negative(s) and 1 map.

File / item list

Reference code Title Dates Physical description
MSG 1203-1-4-1 File - Research notes 1852-1925 5.5 cm of textual records.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Birds. Mammals. Notebook 1852
1203-1-4-1-01
MSG Item - Ornithological memorandum 1875-1876
1203-1-4-1-02
MSG Item - Ornithological research notebook. undated
1203-1-4-1-03
MSG Item - Page of listed items related to undated
1203-1-4-1-04 research of source materials.
MSG Item - Research and travel notebook. 1924-1925
1203-1-4-1-05
MSG 1203-1-4-2 File - Original drawings monograph 1886-1934 4 cm of textual records1 drawing.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

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MSG 1203-1-4-3 File - Opuscula non-medica: Being some 1892-1940 13 cm of textual records (3
excerpts from the minor scientific writings volumes)3 prints2 whiskey sticker
of Casey A. Woodby Casey A. Wood. labels1 post card.
Scope and content:
File contains two copies of Opuscula non-media : Being some excerpts from the minor scientific writings
of Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-4 File - Manuscript copies of published and approximately 9 cm of textual records22
unpublished papers. 1908-1941 photographs19 post cards.
Scope and content:
File consists of multiple manuscript copies of published and unpublished papers as well as
correspondence.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-5 File - Research and writing on parrots and 1919-1932 7 cm of textual records and other
John the Third material.
Scope and content:
File contains various materials related to Casey Wood's research and writing on parrots as well as John
the Third. It consists of:-Manuscripts of the passing of John the Third : An appreciation / by Casey A.
Wood-Psittacosis (parrot fever) and fate of John III-Rough unassorted notes for a proposed work on
parrots and their ways-The rival races: A brief and simply illustrated story of two birds, published in two
par(ro)ts
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-6 File - Odds and ends, Blacker and approximately 2 cm of textual records and other
E.S.Wood libraries. 1919-1932 material.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-7 File - Odds and ends 1920-1943 5 cm of textual records22
drawings6 photographs4 prints.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-8 File - Manuscripts and other material on 1920-1929 7 cm of textual records18 post
aviculture, Mauritius Dodo, ornithology, cards9 photographs3 prints.
and other topics.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-9 File - Layton and weaver birds June-August 1925; 29 photographs : black and white ;
1927 20 x 13 cm and smaller.
Scope and content:
File contains photographs of Layton and Weaver birds; many photographs are mounted on manuscript
pages.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

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Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-10 File - Manuscripts, varia. Among them, 1930-1933 1 volume (76 pages) ; 29 cm.
MS. of John Graham Cooper, contributed
to Ibis, 1933. MS. Notes on a hoard of
Sinhalese coins.by Casey A. Wood and
John Still.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-11 File - Falconry material for research and 1911-1941 10 cm of textual records1
publication. printunprocessed photo negatives.
Scope and content:
File consists of material collected on falconry, including:-A compilation of the definitions in the Oxford
English Dictionary and Webster's (unabridged) Dictionary of the birds in the de arte venandi cum avibus,
completely indexed / by Samuel Casey Wood III and Alan H. Wood (1936)-Film negatives of Hawking
implements in La Fauconnerie de Charles d'Arcussia (undated)-Assorted falconry publications and other
material (1911-1941)
Note [generalNote]:
Some items interleaved where needed.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-12 File - Material on Casey Wood by G. R. approximately 5 cm of textual records.
folio ZWL W85l Lomer, McGill librarian 1937-1943
cutter
Scope and content:
File consists of material collected about and writings on Casey Wood by McGill librarian G. R. Lomer,
including:-Manuscript of a bibliography of the writings of Casey A. Wood / compiled by G. R. Lomer-
Bibliography of the writings of Casey A. Wood / complied by Gerhard R. Lomer-Manuscript and
publication on Colonel Casey A. Wood, M. D., LL. D / by Gerhard R. Lomer
Note [generalNote]:
Item one in the file was originally contained in envelope titled "Casey Wood Bibliography by G. R.
Lomer"and rehoused in archival folders.
Note [generalNote]:
Bibliography of the writings of Casey A. Wood: also catalogued in the [McGill Library Catalogue]
(https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/61637172)
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-1-4-13 File - Correspondence related to research, 1914, 1927, 7 cm of textual records.
MSG 175 writing, and general affairs 1933-1940
Scope and content:
File consists of Casey Wood's correspondence, chiefly during the 1930s, relating to research and writing,
as well as some general topics.
Note [generalNote]:
File was originally designated MSG 175. It was reintegrated into the Casey Albert Wood Collection,
MSG 1203, in 2018.
Physical location:

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RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Casey Wood letters 1914; 1927; 6 letters.
1203-1-4-13-01 1938-1940
Note [generalNote]:
Originally located in RBSC manuscript collection - MS 175.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Correspondence, 1933 1933-1934 26 letters clippings
1203-1-4-13-02
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Correspondence, 1934 1934-1935 18 letters1 postcard2
1203-1-4-13-03 photographs : black and white ;
8.9 x 14.5 cm
Note [generalNote]:
Photographs from W. J. Belcher, featuring steam juggernaut, nest and eggs of little green heron.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Correspondence, 1935 1934-1935 1.7 cm of textual records75
1203-1-4-13-04 letters4 postcardsclippings1
photograph : black and white ; 5 x
7.5 cm
Note [generalNote]:
Photograph of William Belcher and his Morris-Cowley car in Suva.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Correspondence, 1935-1936 1935-1936 10 letters
1203-1-4-13-05
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Correspondence, 1936 1936 56 letters8 postcards
1203-1-4-13-06
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Correspondence, 1937 1937-1938 54 letters1 photograph : black and
1203-1-4-13-07 white ; 8 x 10 cm
Note [generalNote]:
Photograph from Dr. Andreas Nell featuring a building by the water.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection
MSG Item - Correspondence, 1938 1938 13 letters0.4 cm of textual records
1203-1-4-13-08
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Physical location:
RBSC Blacker Wood - Wood Collection

Series MSG 1203-2: Research trips

Date: 1920-1937 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This series consists of 23 volumes and 6 files focusing on travel, research, and expedition activities
conducted during Casey Wood's ornithological research trips from 1920-1937, including periodical
and newspaper publications written by Wood during this time. This series consists of manuscripts
and articles relating to letters to friends and family providing accounts of his travels, clippings,
photographs, printed ephemera, photostats, artwork, and feathers from John III. Some of the volumes
contain manuscripts, notes, and/or photostats, while others are scrapbooks containing multiple record
types seemingly curated, arranged and mounted by Wood or as directed by him.
Within this series are 209 incoming and outgoing correspondence including letters, notes and cards.
Individuals in correspondence with Wood include Cora Raymond, G. R. Lomer, E. V. Sanderson, Sir
George Perley, Sir Charles Major, H. Kirke Swann, Edith Hayes, Emma Shearer Wood, W. E. Wait,
Sun Engraving Co., Taylor and Francis, Bitty and Seaborne Ltd., Stuart Baker, G. M. Henry, and Allan
Brooks. Other individuals present in this series include Mabel Satterlee, L. F. Struthers, W. J. Belcher,
J. Sutton, G. M. Henry, F. Marjorie Fyfe, J. C. Harrison, Alexander Wetmore, and Dr. Andreas Nell.
Places referenced within this series' files include South America (1920), British Guiana (1922), Fiji
(1923), Oceania, New Zealand, Australia (1923-1924), England and Scotland, Ceylon (1925-1934),
Colombo, Kandy, and Italy (1934-1936). Some topics and research areas of note include ornithology,
zoology, bird protection, travelling, nightingales (1920-1934), John III (1924, 1937), “Coloured Plates
of the Birds of Ceylon” (1925-1927), Emma Shearer Wood and Blacker Library collections, Sinhalese
weights, Wood’s heath, Ali ibn Isa, and political printed material on Italy during the late 1930s.
There are also a number of photostats of publications or manuscripts copied approximately in 1937
related to Emperor Frederick II’s “de Arte Venandi cum Avibus.” These photostats were used for
reference during these research trips for Casey A. Wood and F. Marjorie Fyfe’s published translation
“The Art of Falconry.”

Physical description: 2.1 meters of textual records and other material.

Language of the material:
English
French
Italian
Latin

Note [generalNote]:
Research material within this series originated from 1296-1909.

Access points:
• Photographs. (documentary form)
• Correspondence. (documentary form)

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• Clippings. (documentary form)
• Manuscripts. (documentary form)
• Watercolors (paintings). (documentary form)
• Illustrations (documentary form)
• Ornithology. (subject)
• Birds -- Research. (subject)
• Travel (subject)
• Zoology. (subject)

Physical condition:
Some files within this series have colour transfer, bleeding ink, damage to bindings and clippings,
foxing, and stains. One volume has brittle loose pages containing mounted material and paste issues.

Arrangement:
Series is arranged principally by focus or location, then by manuscript stage from rough draft to final
draft if applicable, then chronological.

Publication status:
Published

Physical description:
Also includes 307 photographs, 24 prints, 25 drawings, 18 postcards, 9 watercolours, 4 palm leaf
manuscripts, 2 maps and 1 feather.

File / item list

Reference code Title Dates Physical description
MSG 1203-2-1 File - Aquarelle drawings and description 1920 1 volume (26 pages) ; 29 cm8
of the fundas oculi South American drawings : colour.
amphibia and reptiles.Drawing fundus
oculi South American reptiles and
amphibia.by Mabel Satterlee.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-2 File - Letter from Georgetown, British February 22, 1922- 1 volume (38 pages) ; 29 cm.
Guiana, February 22, 1922.by Casey A. March 1, 1922
Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-3 File - British Guiana.by Casey A. Wood. February 22, 1922 1 volume (21 pages) ; 28 cm.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-4 File - Fijian aquarellesdrawn by Mrs. L. F. October 1923 1 volume (14 pages) ; 26 cm9
Struthers watercolours1 feather.

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Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-5 File - Colored bird portraits and views of 1923 1 volume (18 pages) ; 30 cm17
Fiji.by W. J. Belcher. drawings : colour.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-6 File - Original manuscript of general letter November 1923 1 volume (72 pages) ; 28 cm.
from Fiji.Original manuscript of the third
general letter from South America and
Fiji, November 12, 1923by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-7 File - A letter from the south seas, 1923-1924 1 volume (38 pages) ; 29 cm.
unpublished mimeograph, number III.by
Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-8 File - In sunny southern seasby Casey 1923-1924 1 volume (51 pages) ; 28 cm.
Albert Wood, M.D.C.M., LL. D. (McGill)
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-9 File - Bird protection in Australasia; 1922-1924 1 volume (28 pages) ; 35 cm9
the Gould league: Australia and allied photographs : black and white.
subjects.by Casey A. Wood
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-10 File - Odds and ends collected during 1923-1924 1 volume (50 pages) ; 29 cm73
a journey through Australasia and the photographs1 map.
islands of Central Polynesia, March -
November 1923.by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-11 File - My quest of the nightingale and 1920-1924 1 volume (approximately 257
the letters of a naturalist from tropical pages) ; 32 cm43 photographs.
lands.by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-12 File - My quest of the nightingale: 1922-1934 1 volume (138 pages) ; 28 cm5
Unpublished manuscript and clippings.by photographs.
Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-13 File - John the Third the wise June 1924, June 1 volume (13 pages) ; 30 cm.
parrot.Typescript for passenger for 1937
Europe

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Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-14 File - Rough original manuscript notes of between 1925 and 1 volume (33 pages) ; 30 cm.
a visit to Ceylon in 1925.A few intimate approximately 1927
notes on Ceylon [mostly ornithological] by
a visitor in 1925.by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-15 File - A few intimate notes on life in Ceylon 1925 1 volume (15 pages) ; 30 cm.
by a visitor during 1925.A few intimate
notes on Ceylon life (mostly ornithological)
by a visitor in 1925.by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-16 File - Prospectus of the coloured plates of 1925-1927 1 volume (approximately 115
the birds of Ceylon.Notes on the prospectus pages) ; 33 cm12 prints.
and publication of the coloured plates
birds of Ceylon, 1925-1927.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-17 File - Views of Kandy, Ceylon and 1925-1933 1 volume (33 pages) ; 25 cm.
neighborhood volume 1, 1933.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-17.1 File - Photographs of Fiji [1926?] 1 photograph : black and white ;
20 x 15 cm8 photographs : black
and white ; 15.5 x 21 cm
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-18 File - Pictures of Ceylon with some bird 1926-1934 1 volume (approximately 100
clippingscollected by Marjorie Fyfe. pages) ; 34 cm.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-19 File - Letters on illness and research plans 1934 0.2 cm of textual documents.
in the Far East and Rome.
Note [generalNote]:
This file was separated from file MSG 1203-2-32 as they are unrelated.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-20 File - Recollections: Rome, March & April 1934-1936 1 volume (296 pages) ; 23 cm1
1936by Dr. Casey A. Wood. post card.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-21 File - Theodore of Antioch photostat 1937 1 volume (38 pages) ; 19 cm.
Corpus Christi Oxford MS 287 FO. 45-74
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Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-22 File - Federico II Falconeria. Excerpts 1937 1 volume (55 pages) ; 27 cm1
Encyclopedia Italiana and Britannia. photograph.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-23 File - Photostat traite de fauconnerie de Photocopied 1 volume (19 pages) ; 22 cm.
Frederic II, Jerome Pichon, 1864. November 24, 1937
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-24 File - The Bodleian Library MS Digby 152. [Photocopied 1 cm of textual records.
14th century - f 42-54. approximately
1937]
Note [generalNote]:
Original manuscript dated 14th century.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-25 File - Fred[erick] II de arte venandi, [Photocopied 46 cm of textual records.
Scheider edition books 1 & 2, also approximately
Stuttgart frontispiece. 1937]
Note [generalNote]:
The publication dates for the originals are 1788-1789. The copies were produced by the British Museum.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-26 File - De arte venandi cum avibus [Photocopied 12 cm of textual records.
manuscript photocopies. approximately
1937]
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-27 File - De Arte Venandi annotationes J. G. Photocopied 1937 9 cm of textual records.
Schneider.
Note [generalNote]:
Original manuscript by J. G. Schneider dated 1788-1789.
Note [generalNote]:
Contained in original box 9 x 33 x 25 cm.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-2-28 File - Notes on Emperor Frederick 1930 1 volume (29 pages) ; 34 cm.
Second's de arte venandi cum avibus,
Vatican Library, MS PAL. LAT. 1071
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

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MSG 1203-2-29 File - De arte venandi cum avibus. Book II. [Photocopied 4 cm of textual records.
Frideric II. Bibliotheque Nationale, MS. approximately
Fr. 1296. 1937]
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

Series MSG 1203-3: Scrapbooks

Date: 1887-1955, predominant 1926-1941 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This series consists of 14 scrapbook volumes and files of material collected by Wood that were of
interest to him either professionally or personally, dated between 1887-1955, but predominately
1926-1941. The scrapbooks and files contain newspaper and periodical clippings, correspondence,
printed ephemera, photographs, postcards, palm leaf manuscripts, prints, paintings and other artwork,
manuscripts, bookplates, place cards, and textile badges. There are also a few items within the volumes
relating to Wood’s research trips and minor writings.
Overall topics within the series include ornithology, Wood’s parrot John III, zoology, naturalists,
current events (1927-1941), poems, politics and war, British culture and people, health, obituaries,
education, tourism, science and medical research, McGill Library and other institution collections, bird
sanctuaries, and bird, ancient, and medieval artwork.
Printed ephemera from Wood’s travels include invitations, programs, brochures, tickets, visitation
membership cards, business cards, etc.. There are two volumes (1925-1932) with Saturday Evening
Post articles written by Hal G. Evarts, Stewart E. White, David Newell, Bozeman Bulger, Lord
William Percy, Donald R. Dickey, and others.
There are 63 incoming and outgoing correspondence, including letters, notes, cards and telegrams.
Individuals addressed include Dr. Axel Munthe, Irving Thalberg, Major Allan Brooks, Edith Swan,
William Beebe, Chester W. Davis, F. L. Struthers, Elizabeth E. Abbott, W. H. Poole, Thos. Cook
and Son Ltd., Margaret E. Hibbard, National Audubon Society, Senator William E. Borah, Stuart
Baker, T. S. Palmer, Samuel Casey Wood III, Alan Wood, E. E. Chambers, McGill University, C. F.
Martin, George Perley, Emma Shearer Wood, and Wheldon and Wesley. Some topics discussed within
correspondence include bird protection, ornithology, travel, holidays, politics, and a speaking event
during World War One.
Other individuals represented in this series include Archibald Thorburn, Robert Ridgway, Joseph
Addison, M. K. Wisehart, Charles D. Stewart, Dr. George Harlet, Charles Livingston Bull, Dr.
Harding, W. J. Belcher, Doris Rosenthal, Marquess of Tavistock, Francis Moore, Karel Fabritius, John
Burroughs, T. C. Harrison, R. L. Gallienne, W. H. Bartlett, Harvey Cushing, John H. Sage, Alexander
Wetmore, Dr. Andreas Nell, and John G. Howard.
Some locations either visited by Wood or represented in the series include England, Scotland, New
Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, India, Sri Lanka, Italy, British Guiana, British Museum of Natural
History, Notre Dame Cathedral, Victoria Albert Museum, and Bodleian Library.

Physical description: 2.9 meters of textual records and other material.

Language of the material:
English
German

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Sinhala

Access points:
• Clippings. (documentary form)
• Correspondence. (documentary form)
• Photographs. (documentary form)
• Prints (documentary form)
• Periodicals (documentary form)
• Printed ephemera. (documentary form)
• Manuscripts. (documentary form)
• Ornithology. (subject)
• Birds -- Research. (subject)
• Zoology. (subject)
• Ophthalmology -- History. (subject)
• Political science. (subject)
• Travel (subject)
• Palm-leaf manuscripts. (subject)

Physical condition:
Much of the series consists of ageing newspaper clippings causing colour transfer and brittle clippings.
Pages within some bound volumes are also brittle causing loose pages.

Arrangement:
There was no original order discernable for the series. Items are arranged based on focus or record
type, such ornithology, specific publication, multiple topics, correspondence, artwork and palm leaf
manuscripts, by volume year, then chronologically.

Publication status:
Published

Physical description:
Also includes 201 photographs, 44 prints, 37 postcards, 26 palm leaf manuscripts, 7 drawings, 5
pictures, 4 paintings with coloured feathers, 3 book plates, 2 watercolours and 2 textile badges.

File / item list

Reference code Title Dates Physical description
MSG 1203-3-1 File - Ornithology scrapbook (Wood 1921-1933 1 volume (8 pages) ; 30 cm.
Lib[rary] of ornithology, etc.)
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-2 File - Photos and clippings, etc. of 1922 1 volume (53 page) ; 32 cm.2
ornithologists collected for the Emma drawings1 photograph.
Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology,
McGill University, Montreal.

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Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-3 File - Titles of some rare ornithology 1930 1 volume (43 pages) ; 26 cm39
periodicals photographs : black and white.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-4 File - New England bird calendar April undated 1 volume (8 pages) ; 30 cm.
1-May 31: Newspaper clippings.New
England bird calendar. April 1st-May 1st.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-5 File - Collection of periodical and 1915-1932 1 volume (41 pages) ; 36 cm1
newspaper articles from the Saturday print.
Evening Post.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-6 File - The protection of American May 1930 1 volume (13 pages) :
animals.Quack! Quack! illustrations ; 36 cm.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-7 File - Newspaper and other clippings and 1887-1941 1 volume (119 pages) ; 31 cm.
scraps, 1921-1927
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-8 File - Opuscula ornithologica: Chiefly 1902-1934 1 volume (135 pages) ; 34 cm.
newspaper clippings 1926-33.by Casey A.
Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-9 File - Opuscula ornithologica: Chiefly 1926-1938 1 volume (approximately 116
newspaper clippings 1926-35by Casey A. pages) ; 34 cm.
Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-10 File - Newspaper and magazine clippings 1927-1941 1 volume (approximately 260
on current events, 1930-1932. pages) ; 40 cm.13 post cards1
photograph1 watercolour.
Note [generalNote]:
While this file is bound, many items within the volume are loose.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-10.1 File - Cutting from magazines and 1933 1.6 cm of textual records.1
newspapers for the scrapbooks in the letterclippings
E.S.W. Library

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Scope and content:
File contains one letter, print proof, and clippings.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-11 File - Axel Munthe and Irving Thalberg 1933-1934 1 volume (18 pages) ; 25 cm.
correspondence, Hollywood, California
and Capri, Italy.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-11.2 File - Clippings, artwork, and photographs 1933-1955 1.1 cm of textual records6
related to ornithology photographs : black and white ; 12
x 20 cm and smaller1 plate : black
and white ; 28 x 17.5 cm8 plates :
colour ; 24 x 19 cm and smaller
Scope and content:
File includes clippings, articles, artwork and photographs related to ornithology.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-12 File - Pictures from some haunts of a undated 1 volume (15 pages) ; 21 cm12
naturalist in Canada 1870-1880.compiled prints : colour.
by Casey A. Wood.
Note [generalNote]:
The 12 prints were originally produced approximately between 1839 and 1841.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-13 File - Bird portraits in ancient and 1930-1931 1 volume (approximately 155
WZ W85 cutter medieval art: Photographs and other pages) ; 37 cm.
reproductions.compiled by Casey A. Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-14 File - A collection of early East Indian & 1933-1937 1 volume (55 pages) ; 38 cm 26
Sinhalese drawings.compiled by Casey A. palm leaf manuscripts 11 prints.
Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-15 File - Mexican place cards 1946 12 place cards
Scope and content:
File consists of 12 place cards featuring bird feather art.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-3-16 File - Bird art clippings of original art by undated 14 clippings
Philip Rickman
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

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Series MSG 1203-4: Library collections

Date: 1918-1941 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This series consists of 399 incoming and outgoing letters and postcards, administrative and financial
papers, catalogue lists, bookplates, and manuscripts pertaining to collection development and other
library-related activities for the Emma Shearer Wood and Blacker Libraries from 1918-1941. The
correspondence relates directly to collection development of these libraries from 1921-1941; however,
the years 1931 and 1933 are not present.
Correspondence is primarily between Casey Wood and other individuals, such as Gerhard R. Lomer,
Lilian Bates, Elizabeth Abbott, J. H. Fleming, McGill’s Order Department, Henry Mousley, V. C.
Wynne Edwards, Margaret Hibbard, Otto Kals, and A. P. S. Glassco, as well as, book dealers, such as
Messrs. Wheldon and Wesley and Messrs Bernard Quaritch, Ltd.. Other correspondence is also present
between other individuals relating to McGill University Library collections including those donating
materials to the libraries and others affiliated with Wood.
Subjects within the collection often concern financial and administrative information, purchases or
material requests relating to ornithology, falconry, zoology, and Wood’s research and writing. Within
the catalogue lists and manuscripts for the libraries, some relate specifically to medieval, medieval
Persian, and fifteenth-century manuscripts. Additionally, this series also includes clippings and
photographs exchanged between Wood and Library staff.
Notably, one volume within this series is dedicated to the evolution of the Emma Shearer Wood
Library bookplate with the original drawing designed by United States government engraver G. F.
C. Smillie and 7 other versions of the bookplates between 1918-1922. The later bookplate was by
Bumpus of London designed by M. P. Barrett.

Physical description: 15 cm of textual records and other material.

Language of the material:
English

Access points:
• Correspondence. (documentary form)
• Catalogs. (documentary form)
• McGill University -- History. (subject)

Physical condition:
Some files in this series have damage to their binding, discolouration, bleeding ink, and past fire
damage.

Arrangement:
Files within this series were compiled and arranged within the collection relating to collection
development within the Emma Shearer Wood and Blacker Libraries. As such they were arranged
together as a series in chronological order. Correspondence files within the series are largely arranged
chronologically.

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Publication status:
Published

Physical description:
Includes 42 postcards, 7 bookplates, and 1 drawing.

File / item list

Reference code Title Dates Physical description
MSG 1203-4-1 File - E. S. W. Library book 1918-1922 1 volume (29 pages) ; 33 cm.1
plates.compiled by Casey A. Wood. drawing7 book plates.
Scope and content:
This file is a bound volume which contains a summary written by Casey A. Wood about the development
of the Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology's book plate which features Wood's parrot John III
from 1918-1922. The original 1918 drawing for the opening of the library by government engraver G. F.
C. Smillie from Washington, DC, is contained in this file as well as 3 other versions of the book plate by
them. There are also four book plates of the second design for the library by Bumpus of London designed
by M. P. Barrett.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-4-2 File - Manuscript titles E.S.W. Library, 1921-1928 1 volume (60 pages) ; 34 cm.
McGill University.
Scope and content:
This file consists of items relating to the collection at the Emma Shearer Wood (E. S. W.) Library of
Ornithology and correspondence from 1921-1928. This file contains a rough manuscript of "A Collection
of Medieval Persian Manuscripts" by Casey Wood and Wladimir Ivanow, and handwritten and typed
catalogue lists of titles within the Emma Shearer Wood Library. There is also a letter from Casey A.
Wood to the English book dealers Wheldon and Wesley ordering titles for the E.S.W. Library.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-4-2.1 File - Correspondence related to libraries 1927-1930; 1932; 4.5 cm of textual records156
and collection development 1934 letters3 postcards2 photographs :
black and white ; 9 x 6 cm and
smaller
Scope and content:
File consists of letters written by Dr. Wood to various addresses while at the library, September-
November 1927 (4 letters), 72 letters and 2 postcards to and from Dr. Wood in 1928, and various
correspondence on library collections development from 1928-1930, 1932, and 1934. Includes
photographs of Emma and Casey Wood, Piazzola.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-4-3 File - Correspondence relating to collection 1932-1936 2 cm of textual records.
development.
Scope and content:

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This file contains 35 incoming and outgoing letters written from 1932-1935 relating to the development
of the Emma Shearer Wood and Blacker Library Collections. This file was originally contained in an
envelope addressed to Miss Lilian Bates in England from Casey A. Wood. It also contains 21 letters and
1 postcard dating from 1935, and 59 letters, 6 postcards, and assorted clippings dating from 1935-1936.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-4-4 File - Notebook used for collection 1936-1937 1 volume (44 pages) ; 21 cm.
development.
Scope and content:
This file contains collection information from 1936-1937 between Casey A. Wood and G. R. Lomer with
an accompanying letter describing the bound notebook and information on medieval manuscripts and the
15th century. The annotated pages within the notebook contain typed or handwritten catalogue records
both mounted or loose for the McGill Library Collection. There is also a note from Casey A. Wood
included about collection development at McGill University libraries and collecting related material.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-4-5 File - Correspondence, 1937, on collection 1937 1 cm of textual records22 letters7
development postcards
Scope and content:
Contains correspondence dated 1937 on library collections development, including 22 letters and 7
postcards.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-4-6 File - Correspondence, 1938, on collection 1938 1 cm of textual records21
development letters14 postcards1 photograph :
black and white ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and content:
Consists of correspondence dated 1938 regarding library collections, including 21 letters, 15 postcards,
and one photograph.
Note [generalNote]:
Photographic postcard of Hotel Suisse in Ceylon addressed to Miss. Hibbard.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-4-7 File - Correspondence, 1939, on collection 1939 1.2 cm of textual records17
development letters5 postcards
Scope and content:
Consists of correspondence related to library collections, including 17 letters and 5 postcards.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-4-8 File - Correspondence, 1940-1941, on 1940-1941 1.5 cm of textual records2
collection development photographs : black and white ; 9
x 14 cm
Scope and content:
Consists of correspondence relating to library collections, including 22 letters, 6 postcards, 2 photograph
postcards, and 2 photographs. Photograph postcard is to Miss Hibbard of the Hotel de Coronado in
California.

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Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

Series MSG 1203-5: Published books

Date: 1907-1981; predominant 1923-1936 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This series consists of 30 bound volumes either published by Casey A. Wood, used for reference
during his research and writing projects, or published on his professional career and publications. The
volumes are dated from 1907-1981, with predominant dates from 1923-1936. Wood's publications
focus on his international work in ornithology between 1915-1936 and were published in prominent
ornithological journals such as the Smithsonian Report, Auk, Ibis, Bird-Lore, Condor Magazine,
McGill Publications, etc.
Two volumes contain a number of Wood’s published books and one also includes newspaper clippings
related to Fiji, Ceylon, Sinhalese coins, and McGill Library collection materials. One volume of "A
Collection of Birds from the Fiji Islands" includes presentations notes from W. J. Belcher on birds
from Fiji dated December 14, 1936.
The files used for Wood’s research dated from 1907-1937 include publications on Emperor Frederick
II and falconry, English-Italian dictionaries, and ornithology library catalogues. This series also
contains the 1981 Casey Wood Bio-bibliography compiled by E. C. Astbury. Not all of Wood’s
publications are present within this series, however various iterations of the manuscripts or parts of
manuscripts not represented within this series may be present in other series.
Individual cataloguing records of volumes can be found in the [McGill library catalogue](https://
mcgill.worldcat.org/profiles/mcgill.library/lists/3864941).

Physical description: 30 volumes (30 cm of textual records)

Physical location: RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Language of the material:
English
German
Latin

Note [generalNote]:
"The Golden Doves of Figi / by Casey A. Wood" found in three copies in this series.

Access points:
• Books. (documentary form)
• Clippings. (documentary form)
• Periodicals (documentary form)
• Catalogs. (documentary form)
• Biographies (documentary form)
• Ornithology. (subject)
• Zoology. (subject)
• Birds -- Research. (subject)
• Ophthalmology -- History. (subject)
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• Travel (subject)

Physical condition:
Spines on some volumes are damaged and there is some discolouration or staining of pages as well.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Eight items were donated by the Estate of the late Dr. Casey A. Wood to the Wood Library. Seven
were donated on July 21, 1942 and one on September 9, 1942. Three items were donated by Casey A.
Wood to the Wood Library between 1938 and 1939 and two items he donated to the Emma Shearer
Wood Library of Ornithology in 1926 and 1936. McGill University donated two items in 1920 and
1926, while Alexander Wetmore donated one item in 1926.

Arrangement:
Volumes previously disparate and were brought together to form this series in the collection.

Finding aids:
Individual cataloguing records of volumes can be found in the [McGill library catalogue](https://
mcgill.worldcat.org/profiles/mcgill.library/lists/3864941).

Publication status:
Published

Conservation:
The two Edward Ayer Library Catalogue volumes were previously interleaved causing damage to the
spines, interleaving was not needed so it was removed.

Series MSG 1203-6: Artefacts

Date: 191-?, 1920-1937, predominant 1935-1937 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This series consists of falconry equipment, falconry exhibit labels and cards, a taxidermy young
peregrine falcon, and two large burlap envelopes collected by Casey A. Wood from 1920-1937. Also
included in this series are two Wolf Envelope Co. (Ohio) allsteel transfer cases manufactured by
General Fireproofing Co., Ohio for book binding, found within Wood’s materials (191-?).
The leather falconry equipment and those worn by the young peregrine falcon were made by Otto
Kals in Dusseldor-Benrath, Germany approximately in 1930-1937 and the falcon bells were made by
Captain Russell Luff Meredith in the United States in 1920. The taxidermy young peregrine falcon
in training is mounted on a weathering block and wears a United States Bureau of Biological Survey
identification band, indicating that it was acquired legally. The falcon is also wearing a hood, a leash,
a swivel, and a jess. A falcon bell is also held with the falcon as well as another leather jess, which is
damaged.
Many of the artefacts in this series were purchased by Casey A. Wood due to his interest in falconry
during his research with Marjorie Fyfe for the publication “The Art of Falconry,” a translation of
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Frederick II of Hosenstaufen's “de Arte Vendandi cum Avibus.” The falconry items were gifted to the
Redpath Library at McGill University in autumn 1938 by Dr. Casey A. Wood.
The two large burlap envelopes previously held the contents of flat box MSG 1203-2-25, which
contains photostats produced by the British Museum of Emperor Frederick II's manuscript “de Arte
Venandi cum Avibus,” books I-II. It is evident on one envelope that labels were removed, while the
other includes two original labels indicating Persian miniatures and drawings from the "fourteenth to
nineteenth century, collected in North India, Bombay, Cairo, and London by Casey A. Wood," were
previously contained. These two labels were scratched out and the note "Fred. II" was added.

Physical description: 1.4 meters of artefacts.

Language of the material:
English

Access points:
• Physical Objects (documentary form)
• Ornithology. (subject)

Physical condition:
One leather jess previously attached to the young peregrine falcon is damaged.

Arrangement:
Within this series, the artefacts are initially organized according to original order then chronologically.
The falconry equipment in this series was contained in three separate boxes with labels detailing its
contents. This arrangement has continued and the labels used as file titles.

Alternative form available:

Some of these items were featured in McGill Library's digital exhibit [The Birdman of
McGill: Casey A. Wood - Avid Collector, Magnanimous Donor and Generous Friend](http://
digital.library.mcgill.ca/caseywood/) providing access to photographs of some artefacts in this [series.]
(http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/caseywood/browse.php?p=6)

Publication status:
Published

Physical description:
Includes 18 imping needles, 14 exhibit cards, 10 falcon hoods, 4 falcon bells, 3 small labels, 3 lures, 2
saddle bags, 2 jesses, 1 pair of buckskin gloves, 1 knife and sheath, 1 three-fingered glove, 1 feather,
1 leash, 1 swivel, 1 taxidermy falcon on weathering block with U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey
identification band, 2 large burlap envelopes, and 2 small paper envelopes.

File / item list

Reference code Title Dates Physical description

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MSG 1203-6-1 File - Falconry equipment [including] 1920-1936 18 imping needles and other
falconry hoods, lure, jesses and imping material.
needles
Scope and content:
This file contains falconry equipment from approximately 1920-1936 crafted by Otto Kals and Captain
R. L. Meredith for Dr. Casey A. Wood for McGill’s Redpath Library. Within this file are two lures, one
three-fingered glove, eight exhibit cards, three falcon bells, three item labels, and nine hoods. Three of
these hoods were fashioned in the styles of Anglo-Indian, Indian, and Dutch. The contents of the original
container have been respected in their rehousing.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-6-2 File - Falconry equipment [including] 1930-1936 6 exhibit cards and other material.
saddle bags, gloves, knife and sheath,
pigeon-wings lure.
Scope and content:
This file contains falconry equipment from approximately 1930-1936 crafted by Otto Kals for Casey A.
Wood and gifted to the McGill Library. Within this file are two saddlebags used to carry the game hunted
by the falcon or hawk, one pair of leather gloves, one knife and sheath, and one pigeon-wing lure. This
file also contains six exhibit name cards for these items with a description for the falconers’ gloves. The
arrangement of items within this file has been respected during rehousing.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-6-3 File - Peregrine Falcon with hood, bell, [2] 1920-1937 A taxidermy young peregrine
jesses and bird-band [on pedestal]. falcon attached to a weathering
block and other material.
Scope and content:
This file contains a taxidermy young peregrine falcon in training leashed to a weathering block and
wearing falconry equipment including a hood, a bell, 2 jesses, 1 swivel, a U.S. Bureau of Biological
Survey identification band ,which shows legal acquirement. Items worn by the falcon were crafted by
Otto Kals in Dusseldorf-Benrath and the bells crafted by Captain R. L. Meredith for Casey A. Wood as
a gift for the Redpath Library at McGill University. This file was obtained in approximately 1937. The
falcon's presentation has remained unchanged.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-6-4 File - Large burlap envelopes. 1935 2 burlap envelopes ; 2 x 43 x 48
cm.
Note [generalNote]:
These envelopes previously held file MSG 1203-2-25 Fred[erick] II De Arte Venandi Scheider Edition
Books 1 & 2.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

Series MSG 1203-7: Glass plate negatives

Date: 1924, 1927, 1930, 1956 (date of creation)
Scope and content:
This series consists of glass plate negatives and other photographic materials with their original boxes
relating to the Feather Book, ornithology, falconry, McGill University Library, and Casey Wood. The
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majority of the glass plates were produced in Berlin, Germany by Agra, while a few were produced
in London, England and Toronto, Canada; which is indicated on the boxes the plates were contained
in. On many of these boxes, McGill University librarian Dr. G. R. Lomer’s name appears, indicating
these plates and photographic materials were used for library-related activities. Most of the plates,
photographs, and photographic negatives (1927, 1930, 1956) show pages from the Feather Book by
Dionisio Minaggio. Other glass plate negatives and photographic material depict artwork or images
relating to ornithology and falconry, a portrait of Casey Wood (1927), Gronvold’s painting of Wood’s
parrot John III (1930?), an ornithological archeological exhibit in the Redpath Library (1924), and
library stacks in the Redpath Library (1924).

Physical description: 73 cm of graphic material and other material.

Language of the material:
English

Note [generalNote]:
Glass plates are contained in boxes R-1203-25 and R-1203-26, while the original plates boxes are
contained in flat box R-1203-27.

Access points:
• Photographs. (documentary form)
• Glass plate negatives. (documentary form)
• Physical Objects (documentary form)
• Ornithology. (subject)

Physical condition:
Small chips on a few glass plates.

Arrangement:
Photographic material from each plate box was removed and arranged in original order, then
chronologically. Plate boxes are contained in flat box MSG 1203-27, while photographic materials are
contained in boxes MSG 1203-25 and MSG 1203-26.

Restrictions on access:
Access to glass plate negatives in Series 7 is restricted due to fragility. Please contact the liaison
librarian for the Blacker Wood Natural History Collection for further information.

Publication status:
Published

Physical description:
78 photographs : glass negative plates ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm 9 photographs : glass polychrome plates ; 20.2
x 25.4 cm. 8 photographs : glass negative plates ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm 8 photographs : black and white ;
16.5 x 12 cm 2 photographs : negatives ; 10.3 x 15.2 cm 1 photograph : negative ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm
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1 photograph : glass negative plate ; 20.3 x 15.2 cm 1 photograph : glass negative plate ; 10 x 8 cm
6 small boxes ; 19 x 14 x 2.5 cm and smaller 2 medium boxes ; 27.3 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm and smaller 1
medium box lid ; 26 x 21 cm

Conservation:
All photographic materials were filed individually into envelopes and organized in archival boxes.

File / item list

Reference code Title Dates Physical description
MSG 1203-7-1 File - Gallery exhibit 1924 8 photographs : glass polychrome
plates ; 20 x 25.5 cm1 Royal Dry
Plate box lid ; 26 x 21 cm1 letter
Note [generalNote]:
Letter attached to box lid. Plates feature Redpath bird archeological exhibit and library stacks.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-7-2 File - Birds 5 x 7 neg 1927 14 photographs : glass negative
plates ; 13 x 18 cm1 photograph ;
glass negative plate ; 10 x 8 cm1
Agfa panchomatic plate box ; 19 x
14 x 2.5 cm
Note [generalNote]:
Glass plates feature images from the Feather Book and a portrait of Casey Wood.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-7-3 File - Dr. Lomer birds 1927 13 photographs : glass negative
plates ; 13 x 18 cm1 photograph :
negative ; 13 x 18 cm1 Agfa
panchromatic plate box . ; 19 x 14
x 2.5 cm
Note [generalNote]:
Plates feature Feather Book images.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-7-4 File - Dr. Lomer figures 1927 14 photographs : glass negative
plates ; 13 x 18 cm1 Agfa
panchromatic plate box ; 19 x 14
x 2.5 cm
Note [generalNote]:

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Plates feature images of the Feather Book.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-7-5 File - Plates for feather pictures, birds, 1927 14 photographs : glass negative
human figures plates ; 13 x 18 cm1 Agfa
panchromatic plate box ; 19 x 14
x 2.5 cm
Note [generalNote]:
Plates feature images from the Feather Book.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-7-6 File - Figures feather book 1927 14 photographs : glass negative
plates ; 13 x 18 cm1 Agfa
panchromatic plate box ; 19 x 14
x 2.5 cm
Note [generalNote]:
Plates feature images from the Feather Book.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-7-7 File - Fossil egg of the tropic bird - 192-? 1 photograph : glass negative
Phaethon flavirostris plate ; 20 x 15 cm
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-7-8 File - Dr. Lomer Pan. Plates. Feather 1930, 1956 2 photographs : negatives ; 10
pictures 1/12/30 x 15 cm1 photograph : glass
polychrome plate ; 20 x 25.5 cm1
Imperial Dry plate box ; 26.5 x
21.5 x 2 cm
Note [generalNote]:
Plates feature images of the Feather Book. Negatives are of Feather Book plates 73 and 108.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-7-9 File - Plates of the feather book and 1930? 8 photographs : glass negative
painting of John III plates ; 20 x 25.5 cm1 Eastman
Kodak Company plate box ; 27 x
21.5 x 1.5 cm
Physical location:

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Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
MSG 1203-7-10 File - Joseph Strutt falconry engravings 1930? 9 photographs : glass negative
and Pepysian MS 1916 plates ; 13 x 18 cm8 photographs :
black and white ; 16.5 x 12 cm1
Hinton & Co. plate box ; 18 x 13
x 2 cm
Note [generalNote]:
Plates and photographs reate to Joseph Strutt, Loutrell Psalter, Meidum geese, Pepysian MS 1916, etc..
"Gurney" noted on the back of many photographs.
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection
Physical location:
RBSC Blacker-Wood - Wood Collection

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