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Collapse D2375 - Harpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey - [12th-20th cent]D2375 - Harpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey - [12th-20th cent]
Expand A - Manorial recordsA - Manorial records
Expand B - Ecclesiastical recordsB - Ecclesiastical records
Expand C - Charity recordsC - Charity records
Expand D - Deeds of title and related documentsD - Deeds of title and related documents
Expand E - Estate managementE - Estate management
Collapse F - Family and personal papersF - Family and personal papers
Expand A - Records of the Harpur family pre-baronetcyA - Records of the Harpur family pre-baronetcy
Expand B - Records of Sir Henry Harpur, 1st BaronetB - Records of Sir Henry Harpur, 1st Baronet
Expand C - Records of Sir John Harpur, 2nd Baronet and his second wife Lady SusanC - Records of Sir John Harpur, 2nd Baronet and his second wife Lady Susan
Expand D - Papers of Sir John Harpur, 3rd BaronetD - Papers of Sir John Harpur, 3rd Baronet
Expand E - Papers of Sir John Harpur, 4th BaronetE - Papers of Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet
Expand F - Papers of Sir Henry Harpur, 5th BaronetF - Papers of Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet
Expand G - Records of Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet, his wife Frances and his daughter FrancesG - Records of Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet, his wife Frances and his daughter Frances
Expand H - Papers of Sir Henry Harpur (later Crewe), 7th Baronet, his wife Nanette and his childrenH - Papers of Sir Henry Harpur (later Crewe), 7th Baronet, his wife Nanette and his children
Expand J - Records of Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet, his wife and children - c.1808-1845J - Records of Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet, his wife and children - c.1808-1845
Expand K - Records of Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet, his wife and his childrenK - Records of Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet, his wife and his children
Collapse L - Records of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet, and his childrenL - Records of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet, and his children
Collapse 1 - Records of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet1 - Records of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
Expand 1 - Correspondence of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet1 - Correspondence of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
Expand 2 - Accounts of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet2 - Accounts of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
Expand 3 - Personal records of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet3 - Personal records of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
Expand 4 - Travel records of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet4 - Travel records of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
Collapse 5 - Records relating to the natural history interests of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet5 - Records relating to the natural history interests of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
1 - Manuscript volume of "The Natural History of Calke and Warslow" by Vauncey Harpur Crewe, Vol. I" - Oct 1858
2 - Notebook of personal accounts for trips abroad and ornithological notes on foreign and British museums - 1869-1896
3 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1868
4 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1869
5 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1870
6 - Diary of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe - 1871
7 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1872
8 - Diary of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe - 1873
9 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1874
10 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1875
11 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1878
12 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1879
13 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1880
14 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1882
15 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1883
16 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1884
17 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1885
18 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1886
19 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1887
20 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1888
21 - Diary of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe - 1889
22 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1890
23 - Diaries of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe - 1891-1892
24 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1893
25 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1894
26 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1895
27 - Diary of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe - 1896
28 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1897
29 - Diary of Vauncey Harpur Crewe recording game, rabbits, birds, etc, killed with some ornithological notes of sightings - 1898
30 - Diaries of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe - 1899-1923
31 - Correspondence, catalogues and bills addressed to Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe concerning purchases and taxidermy relating to his interests in ornithology and entomology, with correspondence from fellow naturalists and collectors - 1869-1924
32 - Newspaper report of the sale of an egg of a great auk to Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe for 300 guineas - [1875]
33 - Letters on ornithological topics addressed to Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, including correspondence from dealers in natural history specimens - 1878-1928
34 - Receipts and correspondence on the purchase of specimens, books and taxidermy - 1883-1905
35 - Miscellaneous receipts and notes of J. Whitaker for shot birds - 1885-1910
36 - Bills for taxidermy, natural history books, etc - 1890-1898
37 - Accounts and bills for specimens, books, etc, of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe relating to natural history - 1892-1929
38 - Receipts and correspondence, mainly from O.E. Janson and Son, natural history agents and booksellers, 44 Great Russell Street, London, relating to purchases of stuffed birds, animals, etc and payment for taxidermy services - 1894-1922
39 - Correspondence and newspaper cuttings about the purchase and sale of the Great Auk's egg and other ornithological matters - 1894-1934
40 - Photographs of an egg (of the Great Auk) - late 19th cent
41 - Photograph of an albino bird - late 19th cent
42 - Bills from O.E. Janson of 44 Great Russell Street, London, natural history agents and booksellers - 1895-1911
43 - Receipts and correspondence, mainly from O.E. Janson and Son, natural history agents and booksellers, 44 Great Russell Street, London, relating to purchases of stuffed birds, animals, etc and payment for taxidermy services - 1895-1924
44 - Signed declaration for a shot Little Bittern by George Brewster of Claverly, co Salop, 5 Feb - 1898
45 - Letter from George Cooke of Shrewsbury offering the wingbones of a Great Auk for sale to Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe - 4 Nov 1898
46 - Letter to Sir V. Crewe from A. Ford, entomologist, on bidding for a specimen - early 20th cent
47 - Assorted bills for natural history items - 1910
48 - Account books for receipts from sale of stock, hides and game and payments for stuffed animals, birds' eggs etc - 1912-1915
49 - Letters from F. Ernest Gunn of T.E. Gunn, naturalist and taxidermist of St Giles Street, Norwich on the sale of specimens and taxidermy services - 1919-1924
50 - Notes of nature observations of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe - 1888
51 - Manuscript notes on godwits [type of bird] - late 19th cent
52 - Note book containing an alphabetical index of birds, with numerical references - late 19th cent
53 - Manuscript book listing birds, eggs, insects and books purchased by Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, bart, with prices and some details of where the birds were shot - 1904-1915
54 - Typescript list of whereabouts of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe's collections at Calke Abbey - Mar 1931
55 - Unused Calke Abbey order book which has been used for sketch plans for the location of stuffed animals and birds and of pictures. - late 19th cent
56 - Manuscript notes including sightings of birds and statistics, a list of birds eggs and their place of origin and a list of varieties of British Birds seen or killed in Derbyshire and Staffordshire - 1858-1920
57 - Album of cuttings relating to natural history [probably of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe] - c.1854-1924
58 - List of curious animals, birds, fish and insects - mid 19th cent
59 - List of birds names in Latin, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - 19th cent
60 - List of birds and eggs to be obtained in the Orkneys - late 19th cent
61 - Envelope labelled 'ORTHNIOLOGY' containing three news cuttings relating to sightings of birds - c1886
62 - Folio of scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about natural history, including on the sale of the egg of a Great Auk (on 23 April 1895) - 1894-1895
63 - Newspaper cuttings of ornithological and natural history interest - c.1895-1931
64 - Manuscript copy of "Catalogus Plantarum Universalis Angliae Raii" [by John Ray], comprising a catalogue of plants in England, giving botanical and English names, habitat and number of plants - 19th cent
65 - Printed catalogue of the natural history collection at Aldeburgh Museum, acquired and arranged by W.C. Sewell - 1877
66 - Printed copies (2) of Act to amend the laws relating to the protection of wild birds - 1880
67 - Offprint of article by William White, entitled "Is Vanessa polychloros the prototype of V. Utricae" - 1881
68 - Printed article on "The fish eating birds of Norfolk" by T.E. Gunn, F.L.S., reprinted from "East Anglian Handbook and Agricultural Annual" - [1885]
69 - Printed catalogue for sale of a collection of birds in cases and birdskins formed by F. Raine of Durham - 30-31 Mar 1885
70 - [Number no longer used]
71 - "A Priced Catalogue" of British and foreign birds'-skins and eggs, animal skins, lepidoptera, shells, cabinets, taxidermists tools etc, books on natural history, of H.W. Marsden of Bath - Jul 1889
72 - Advertising leaflets (2) for "The Forester - a practical treatise" by James Brown and "Encyclopaedia Britannica" - Sep 1894
73 - Illustrated booklet entitled "Birds of Europe not observed in the British Isles" - late 19th cent
74 - Offprint of article by T.E. Gunn entitled "On the presence of two ovaries in certain British birds, especially the Falconidae" - 1912
75 - Sale catalogue for first portion of the collection of Western Palaearctic Birds Eggs formed by Major F.W. Proctor - 21 Nov 1912
76 - Book catalogue of Witherby and Co. of High Holborn, London - 1913
77 - Printed article on "Newly discovered Irish colonies of Roseate and Sandwich terns" by C.J. Carroll - [1 Nov 1917]
78 - Charter and byelaws of the Entomological Society of London - Nov 1918
79 - Sale catalogue for British Lepidoptera by J.C. Stevens, Covent Garden - 20 Apr 1920
80 - Price list of British Macro-Lepidoptera from Leonard Tatchell & Co. of Bournemouth - early 20th cent
81 - Printed catalogue of important and rare books on zoology and geology - Mar 1924
82 - Printed catalogue of the library of books on British and foreign ornithology formed by Major W.H. Mullens - 1924
83 - File of sale catalogues for the natural history collections of the late Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, bart - 1925-1926
84 - Sale catalogues (some annotated) for the first portion of the natural history collections of the late Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, bart, for British birds and mammals - 10 Nov 1925
85 - Sale catalogues for the late Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe's collections of British birds, mammals, bird's eggs, etc - 1925
86 - Sale catalogue for the first day of the sale of the natural history collections of the Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe on 20 Oct 1925, with annotations of prices - 1925
87 - Sale catalogue for the first day of the sale of the natural history collections of the Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe on 20 Oct 1925 - 1925
88 - Sale catalogue for the third day's sale of the natural history collections of the late Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, bart, for British butterflies and moths - 24 Nov 1925
89 - Sale catalogue for the third day of the sale of the natural history collections of the Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe on 24 Nov 1925 - 1925
90 - Sale catalogue for the third day of the sale of the natural history collections of the Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe on 24 Nov 1925, with annotations of prices - 1925
91 - Sale catalogues for the second portion of the natural history collections of the late Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, bart, for British birds, mammals and eggs - 23 Feb 1926
92 - Account of sales of the natural history collections of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, deceased, in Oct-Dec 1925 - 25 Mar 1926
93 - Account for sale of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe's natural history collections - 1926
94 - Letters and notes concerning gifts of natural history specimens to museums in Sheffield, Derby and Burton on Trent - 1928-1931
95 - Letters from Sotheby & Co, London, to Lt. Col. G. Mosley on the sale of his books - Feb - Jul 1929
96 - Sale catalogue for printed books to be sold by Sotheby & Co - 25-26 Jul 1929
97 - Sale catalogue of printed books to be sold by Sotheby & Co of London - 28-29 Nov 1929
98 - Rough notes and estimate for glass exhibition case for specimens to A.J. Griffiths of 3 Evelyn Terrace, Brighton - 1933
Expand 6 - Records relating to the will of Sir Vauncey Harpur Creweand his executorship6 - Records relating to the will of Sir Vauncey Harpur Creweand his executorship
Expand 2 - Records of Lady Isabel Crewe, wife of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet2 - Records of Lady Isabel Crewe, wife of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
Expand 3 - Records of Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe, son of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet3 - Records of Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe, son of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
Expand 4 - Records of Winifred Isabel Harpur Crewe, daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet4 - Records of Winifred Isabel Harpur Crewe, daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
Expand 5 - Records of Airmyne Catherine Harpur Crewe, daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet5 - Records of Airmyne Catherine Harpur Crewe, daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet
Expand 6 - Records of Frances Julia Caroline Harpur Crewe, daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet, before her marriage to Arthur William Jenney in 19176 - Records of Frances Julia Caroline Harpur Crewe, daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet, before her marriage to Arthur William Jenney in 1917
Expand 7 - Assorted records relating to several Miss Crewes or to a Miss Crewe, the individual identity of whom is unknown7 - Assorted records relating to several Miss Crewes or to a Miss Crewe, the individual identity of whom is unknown
Expand 8 - Records of Hilda Ethelfreda Harpur Crewe until her marraige to Colonel Godfrey Mosley on 4 February 19188 - Records of Hilda Ethelfreda Harpur Crewe until her marraige to Colonel Godfrey Mosley on 4 February 1918
Expand M - Records of the Mosley familyM - Records of the Mosley family
Expand N - Records of the Jenney familyN - Records of the Jenney family
Expand O - Records relating to other familiesO - Records relating to other families
Expand P - Records relating to family interestsP - Records relating to family interests
Expand H - Household recordsH - Household records
Expand J - Illustrative materialJ - Illustrative material
Expand K - School recordsK - School records
Expand L - Legal case papersL - Legal case papers
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