Hyderabad -- Telangana -- India

Content Description The bulk of the accession consists of correspondence, in the form of typed and hand-written letters. Institutional correspondence includes memoranda and official correspondence with institutions and collaborators in India and abroad. Includes a few recommendation letters for former students made by Madhava Rao.The research reference materials in the accession are included as they are relatively rare and hard to find, and pertain to a network of persons, mathematical societies and...

Scope and Contents The collection contains material donated by different donors related to history of ecology and conservation in India. Series one contains papers of Zafar Futehally who was a prominent ornithologist and writer. Futehally was involved with BNHS, NLFBW, BET, WFF, MoE etc and has worked on writing about birding and conservation of ecosystems in India. It includes birding diaries that belonged to Thomas Waterfield who was a birder based out of Pune. Series two contains material from L Shyamal...