IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0814 ZAAP
Held at: Zoological Society of London
Title: Hopkins, June Mary (b 1930)
Date(s): 1962-2005
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 vol
Name of creator(s): Hopkins | June Mary | b 1930 | naturalist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
June M Hopkins raised several orphaned duikers and other animals for the Zoo of the University of Ibadan.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of June Hopkins, 1962-1968, comprising observational notes on the rearing and behaviour of duikers and other animals (lions, antelopes and a pet cat) in Nigeria. Includes some correspondence. Also an extract from June Hopkins' journal describing a visit to Nairobi National Park Animal Orphanage in Dec 1966; and explanatory notes by Brian Hopkins, 2005. People mentioned in the notes include Niels Bolwig (Professor of Zoology) and Robert Golding (Curator of the Zoo).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Available. Please make an appointment in advance of your visit.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Finding aids:
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated by Brian and June Hopkins, 2005.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry transcribed by Sarah Drewery, April 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: April 2011