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- 1945-1975 (Creation)
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Edward Henry T. Bible, a naturalist, was born in Hitchen, Hertfordshire, in 1873. He worked in the Birmingham and Malvern areas, and served in the Worcestershire Volunteers during the First World War. After the War he moved to Aberdyfi, where his first wife died in 1926. He remarried in 1928 and had a son, Timothy, by his second wife. During the 1920s and 1930s he contributed a column, entitled 'Nature Notes', to The Shrewsbury Chronicle, which was edited by his friend and fellow naturalist, H.E. Forrest. He was well acquainted with other local naturalists, including Dr J.H. Salter, and also William Condry, whom he first met in 1948, and with whom he was in regular correspondence by 1949. With friends and correspondents he used the nickname 'Biblos'. He died in 1956.
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The file comprises letters and postcards, some of them annotated by Condry, concerning sightings, distribution and identification of birds, mammals, insects and plants, bird photography, persecution of birds of prey, kite protection, birdwatching activities at Bird Rock, published and private wildlife records, especially in connection with West Wales Field Society. Correspondents include E. H. T. Bible, (16) 1945-1954, on birds seen in and around Aberdovey, particularly starlings, swifts and herons, recognition of the need for egg protection and contact with Mary Richards; A. W. Boyd, (1) 1950, on identifying features of the Little Stint; Hugh Chater, (1) 1950, discussing cultivated strawberries, spartina and familiarity with Devon; T. A. W. Davis (1) 1951, in note form, reporting sightings of squirrels, long-tailed tits, mute swans and the breeding status of starlings; Jack [Grasse] (5) [1951], mainly concerning birds seen during visits to Wales and identification of ants; Geoffrey Ingram, a postcard, 1950, on chaffinch migration, acknowledging Bible and Salter, and the updating of a fauna of North Wales; Philip ('Pip') Miles (4), 1952, on insect migration and identification, with printed entomological bulletins and observation sheet; J. H. Owen (12), 1949-53, concerning wildlife books, numerous different birds, especially robins, and wasps, Morrey Salmon, (2), 1950, on eider ducks, and a letter to Salmon 1960, on the ecology of Borth Bog; Irene ('Benjamin') and H. R. H. ('Taff') Vaughan, (4), 1952, mainly regarding red kite protection, butterfly migration and dialect bird names; and Kyffin Williams, (1) 1951, about the sighting of a hoopoe.
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Copyright of William Condry’s writings belongs to Mrs Penny Condry, Ynys Edwin, Eglwys-fach, nr Machynlleth, Powys, September 2000.
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Endorsed: 'inc. many relating to Merioneth birds' Enclosures: bibliographic reference, offprints from articles by Bertram Lloyd on folk names of birds, 1945-1946, a bird census card and press articles relating to wild goats, reindeer, weather and nature reserves.
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Preferred citation: RT10/3
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- Bible, E. H. T. (Edward Henry T.), 1873-1956 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Chater, E.H. (Edward Hubert), 1903-1975 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Grasse, Jack, 1942- -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Ingram, G.C.S. (Geoffrey Cheselden S.), 1881-1971 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Miles, Philip M. ca. 1930- -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Owen, J.H., d. 1959 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Salmon, H. Morrey (Harry Morrey) -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Vaughan, H.R.H. 1893-1978 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Vaughan, Irene, 1890-1993 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Williams, Kyffin, 1918-2006 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Richards, Mary, 1885-1977 (Subject)
- Chater, E.H. (Edward Hubert), 1903-1975 (Subject)
- Grasse, Jack, 1942- (Subject)
- Ingram, G.C.S. (Geoffrey Cheselden S.), 1881-1971 (Subject)
- Miles, Philip M. ca. 1930- (Subject)
- Owen, J.H., d. 1959 (Subject)
- Salmon, H. Morrey (Harry Morrey) (Subject)
- Vaughan, H.R.H. 1893-1978 (Subject)
- Vaughan, Irene 1890-1993 (Subject)
- Williams, Kyffin, 1918-2006 (Subject)