item details
NamePapers and correspondence associated with Frank Robson’s marine mammal collection
ProductionFrank Robson; creating agency; 1970-1980s
Classificationcorrespondence, notes, papers, photocopies, clippings
Materialspaper, ink
Materials SummaryLoose papers in folder
Techniqueshandwriting, typewriting, printing
Registration NumberCA001253/001/0001
Credit linePurchased 2004
Overview
Papers previously belonging to Frank Robson, a cetacean worker who was prominent in New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s. Te Papa acquired these papers when it purchased, what remained of, Frank’s marine mammal collection in 2004. They relate both to the mammel collection and Frank’s life as a researcher.