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Oldfield Thomas correspondence.

Author: Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929; Tunney, John Thomas, 1870-1929; Shortridge, Guy Chester, 1880-1949; Dollman, Guy, 1886-1942; Mathews, Gregory M. (Gregory Macalister), 1876-1949; Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, 1847-1909; Montague, P. D.; Glauert, Ludwig, 1879-1963; Alexander, Wilfrid Backhouse, 1885-1965; Hall, T. H.; Sherrin, T. V.; Grey, George, 1812-1898; British Museum (Natural History)

Year: 1900-1928

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9 Feb. 1900, 1 p.
1. Letter to Woodward on kangaroo specimens sent to Thomas.

7 June 1904, 1 p.
2. Letter to Woodward on specimens of American opossums wanted for WA Museum.

9 Jan. 1905, 1 p.

3. Letter to Woodward on Petrogale from islands off the south coast.

19 Jan. 1905, 1 p.
4. Letter to Woodward on specimens collected by Tunney. Mus tunneyi (rat) & Mus. delicatulus Gould (mouse) identified.

18 May 1906, 1 p.
5. Letter to Woodward on possum specimens

21 Jul. 1906, 1 p.
6. Letter to Woodward on possums

30 Oct. 1906, 1 p.
7. Letter to Woodward on rat specimens (mostly Mus rattus).

29 Jan. 1907, 1 p.
8. Letter to Woodward on rat specimens in bad condition.

2 Aug. 1907, 1 p.
9. Letter to Woodward on arrival of specimens for British Museum, selected by Shortridge.

8 Apr., 1907, 1 p.
10. Letter to Woodward from Guy Dollman on rat specimen identification, Mus norvegicus (decumanus) compared to Mus rattus, (includes note: "Best regards O.T.").

18 Aug. 1909, 1 p.
11. Letter to Woodward on rat specimen Mus woodwardi and others being sent to WA Museum.

22 Jan. 1910, 1 p.
12. Note from British Museum advising 2 cases of returned specimens shipped to Woodward, mainly bird-skins lent to Dr. Sharpe on behalf of G.W. Mathews.

1 Feb. 1910, 1 p.
13. Letter to Woodward about missing mammal specimens for WA Museum.

1 Feb. 1910, 1 p.
14. Letter to Matthews about missing mammal specimens for WA Museum.

Sep. 1910, 1 p.
15. Letter to Woodward about Lagorchestes conspicillatus specimen.

23 Dec. 1910, 1 p.
16. Letter to Woodward, thanking him for box of specimens.

10 May 1911, 1 p.
17. Letter to Woodward about a McClintock Range Kangaroo and Thomas's papers on Australian Muridae.

10 Jul. 1911, 1 p.
18. Letter to Woodward, thanking him for rat skull; commiserating over loss of collected specimens in a willy-willy; advising some specimens from New Guinea expedition will be put aside for him also a copy of paper by Shortridge.

6 May 1912, 1 p.
19. Letter to Woodward about mice specimens; also some from Tunney: mostly Conilurus penicillatus, also a Mus colletti and a Petaurus breviceps.

6 Nov. 1912, 1 p.
20. Letter to Woodward, sending specimens from New Guinea: Muridae and a Cuscus.

14 Dec. 12, 1 p.
21. Letter to Woodward: P. D. Montague has brought in a Lagorchestes from Barrow Island and will soon write out all his Montebello Island specimens.

24 May 1913, 1 p.
22. Letter to Woodward listing animals named gouldi, also comments on his (Thomas's) papers on Australian Muridae.

27 Oct 1913, 1 p.
23. Letter to Woodward on Trouessart's work on Macropus eugenii, and location of Eugene Island.

15 Dec. 1913, 1 card.
24. Postcard to Woodward containing Antechinomys spencerii reference,.

7 Feb. 1914, 1 p.
25. Letter to Woodward about arrival of bat specimens, the same as the English Nyctalus noctula, also found in Malaya and Borneo, but not known to occur in W.A. [Note by Glauert "bats caught near Lawlers by Tunney in 1899"].

14 Jul. 1914, 1 p.
26. Letter to Woodward about Nyctalus noctula.

10 May 1915, 1 p.
27. Letter to Woodward about Nyctophilus asking for a specimen of N. major and N. geoffroyi. Mentions that most of their collectors, including Shortridge, have gone to the front.

25 Jun 1915, 1 p.
28. Letter to Glauert thanking for bat specimens and identifying them as Nyctophylus major, Eptesicus pumilus and Chalinolobus morio and sending Rhinolophidae specimens; suggests future donations be described as "Exchanges".

20 Jul. 1920, 1 p.
29. Letter to Glauert about [W.B.?] Alexander's resignation and specimens he asked Thomas to send in exchange for the Notoryctes and Wyulda skulls, also a Notoryctes caurinus skin to go by registered post.

23 Feb. 1921, 1 p.
30. Letter to Glauert about delays to specimens being sent.

7 Jun. 1921, 1 p.
31. Letter to Glauert thanking for Wyulda skull (doubts about identification), Notoryctes caurinus and Patagonian specimens, also a query about the collector T.H. Hall.

14 Jun 1921, 1 p.
32. Letter to Glauert determining the Patagonian opossum as a new species: Notodelphus halli, also note about Wyulda: a distinct genus most closely allied to Trichosurus.

23 Jun. 1921, 1 p.
33. Letter to Glauert about Wyulda and Notoryctes,

26 Sep, 1921, 1 p.
34. Letter to Glauert about T.H. Hall; citing a book on colour standards by R. Ridgway; a collecting trip to Australia by T.V. Sherrin.

13 Aug., 1915, 1 p.
35. Note by Woodward recording receipt of specimens (bats) from Oldfield Thomas.

11 Sep. 1915, 1 p.
36. Note to the Director, WA Museum, from British Museum (Natural History): thanks for 4 bats from W.A.

21 Sep. 1920, 1 p.
37. Note to the Director, WA Museum, from S.F. Harmer, Director of British Museum (Natural History): thanks for 12 Petrels and 13 Skulls from W.A., 3 species of Phyllopoda and a large River-prawn from W.A.

15 Apr. 1922, 1 p.
38. Letter to Glauert asking about occurrence of Zaglossus (Echidna) in northern W.A.

9 Apr. 1926, 1 p.
39. Letter to Glauert about a Dasyurus hallucatus (Quoll) specimen sent from W.A. in 1840 by Sir G. Grey.

15 May 1926, 1 p.
40. Letter to Glauert about WA Museum rock wallaby specimen no. 10446, collected by G.F. Hill on 10.3.1910.

22 May 1926, 1 p.
41. Letter to Glauert asking for specimens of rats and offering an exchange and also to determine W.A. specimens, as he did for Woodward.

4 Jun. 1926, 1 p.
42. Letter to Glauert with thanks for 2 skulls, and 2 rats, one probably, Rattus woodwardi, and one from the Abrolhos, also thanks for a map.

23 Jun. 1926, 1 p.
43. Letter to Glauert asking for details of Sir George Grey's Kimberley journey, also asking to see 4 specimens of Dasyurus hallucatus.

30 Sep. 1926, 1 p.
44. Letter to Glauert to say sending exchange specimens, including a Notomys alexis, commenting on Grey's Journal, returning the Dasyurus specimens and thanking for offer of a Lyncodon patagonicus.

10 Jan. 1927, 1 p.
45. Letter to Glauert: he is unable as yet to give an opinion on the eugenii group of kangaroos; queries whether Shortridge collected from a locality (Archipelago) other than the mainland and if so seeks examples of specimens.

11 Feb. 1928, 1 p.
46. Letter to Glauert enclosing his paper on Notodelphys halli (Patagonian opossum now Lestodelphys halli), wants to find out what time of year it was collected by Mr. Hall.

16 May 1928, 1 p.
47. Letter to Glauert thanking him for Hall's letter; requests specimens from Garden Island.

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Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
Archives room (Bay 5, shelf 5)	Western Australian Museum		Available

Natural science - Enquiries and requests

Author: Glauert, Ludwig, 1879-1963; Rowe, H.; Carthew, R.; Jenkins, C. F. H. (Clee Francis Howard), 1908-1997; Crompton, Lewis; Berney, F. L. (Frederic Lee); Jefferson, J.; Jackson, W.; Foley, A.; Clegg, C. R.; Nagel, E.; Irving, F.; Sinclair, T. J.; Mahood, S. A.; Brown, G.; Wellstead, R. T.; Sims, T.; Hall, T. H.; Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929; Stubbs, R. S.; Sykes, T.; Rockett, H. P.; Feagey, S. H. J.

Call no: A220-75-9

Year: January-December 1928

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Letter to the Curator of the Museum from H.P. Rockett, Southern Cross. Thanks for your note re: Spiny weevil Acanthalophus. Offer to collect other specimens. 7/1/1928. 1p.
Reply from Ludwig Glauert, Curator of the Museum to H.P Rockett. Thanks for your offer to collect specimens for the Museum. Anything apart from birds would be welcome. 14/1/1928. 1 p.
Letter to Ludwig Glauert, from S. Feagey, Greenbushes. Reports sighting of the little squirrel near Balingup. 21/01/1928. 1 p.
Reply from Ludwig Glauert, to S. Feagey, Greenbushes. Thanks for report of fauna sighting. Should you acquire any specimens, please forward them to the Museum. 26/01/1928. 1 p.
Letter to Ludwig Glauert from Lewis Crompton, Burekup. Following your article in the Sunday Times inquiring about the Kangaroo Rat. Years ago there were hundreds about Lake Preston and the Myalup Swamp on the Coast. I saw one years ago at the Welsley near the Mornington Brook. Last year they had vanished. The opossum is now scarce in that locality. I have seen an animal about the size of a mouse but looked like an opossum and another about the same size with a dog’s nose and head and with a pouch like a native cat. Please identify. 30/01/1928. 1 p.
Reply from Ludwig Glauert to Lewis Crompton, Burekup. Thank you for your information regarding the distribution of the Kangaroo Rat. It is difficult to identify the animals from your description, but I suggest that one is a Munarda or Pigmy Opossum Dromicia conciana and the other is a Pouched Mouse or Dunnart Sminthopsis murina. 30/01/1928. 1 p.
Letter to Ludwig Glauert from T.J. Sinclair, North Perth. Information about Giant Earthworms at a building site on the corner of Wright St and Lincoln St, Perth where you could obtain specimens. 07/02/1928. 1 p.
Reply from Ludwig Glauert, to T.J. Sinclair. Thanking you for information about the Giant Earthworms. We will make efforts to obtain specimens. 07/02/1928. 1 p.
Letter to Ludwig Glauert from J. Jefferson, Subiaco. Please identify this stone. It was found amongst debris following my chimney being struck by lightning. 01/03/1928. 1 p.
Reply from Ludwig Glauert to J. Jefferson, Subiaco. The stone found is not a natural product. It is probably a portion of your building fused as a result of the electrical discharge. 01/03/1928. 1 p.
Letter to Ludwig Glauert from F.L. Berney, Barcarolle, Longreach, Queensland. Seeking information about the Flock Pidgeon, Histriophaps histrionica. Has been asked to write an article on the subject for the Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Reports of previous sightings included in letter. 28/01/1928. 3 p.
Reply from Ludwig Glauert to F.L. Berney, Barcarolle, Longreach, Queensland. The Flock Pidgeon, Histriophaps histrionica is found in Western Australia but it seems to be limited to the Kimberley district. The Chief Inspector of Fisheries reports that it is plentiful. It is one of the protected birds of the state. 01/03/1928. 1 p.
Letter to Ludwig Glauert from W. Jackson, Dangin. Please identify this beetle which is common in this district. 09/01/1928. 1 p.
Reply from Ludwig Glauert to W. Jackson, Dangin. The specimen is a Pentatomid Bug, an insect which is destructive to vegetation. 02/03/1928. 1 p.
Letter to Ludwig Glauert from G. Brown, Maylands. Please identify a small snake, now dead, found in my garden. 29/02/1928. 1 p.
reply from Ludwig Glauert to G. Brown. The specimen is not a snake but a lizard known as Burtons Slow Worm, Lialis burtonis. 03/03/1928. 1 p.
Letter to Ludwig Glauert from Harold Rowe of Claymore. Please identify a growth taken from a Sheoak tree in the Claymore district. 23/03/1928. 1 p.
Reply from Ludwig Glauert to Harold Rowe of Claymore. The growth on the Sheoak is an abnormality, the cause of which is not yet understood. It is the malformation of a branch caused either by a fungus disease or by a scale insect of some kind. 27/03/1928. 1 p.
Letter to F. Bradshaw of Tambellup from A. Foley of Wodenbillup via Kulikup. Reports on: -Seagull eggs collected on Wilsons Inlet. Sighting of a bandicoot sitting under a Zamia Palm. Honey eater birds particularly the Brown Honey eater (Stigmatops) attracted to the Marri blossom. Sightings of bats, dalgytes, squirrels, anteaters, opossums and rat kangaroos. Has eggs of the Western Whistler, the Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufa), the Painted Quail (Turnix varia), the Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopus argus) and the Boobook Owl (Ninox boobook). 14/02/1928. 2 p.
Letter to A. Foley of Wodenbillup via Kulikup from Ludwig Glauert. Mr Bradshaw has forwarded your letter of 14 Feb. The Museum would appreciate any specimens. 22/03/1928. 1 p.
Reply from A. Foley of Wodenbillup via Kulikup to Ludwig Glauert. If I secure any specimens of interest, I will forward them to you. 03/04/1928. 1 p.
Letter from E. Nagel, Albany to Ludwig Glauert. Please identify a large red ant with wings. 04/04/1928. 1 p.
Reply to E. Nagel, Albany from Ludwig Glauert. The specimen is a Bull Ant - Myrmecia vindex, a species widely distributed in the Southwest. 10/04/1928. 1 p.
Letter from C. Rex. Clegg Badgebup, East Katanning to Ludwig Glauert. Please identify a skull found on our property. Could not find the lower jaw. 03/04/1928. 1 p.
Reply to C. Rex. from Ludwig Glauert. The skull found on your property is a malformed skull of a rabbit. The tusks are the two median incisors teeth that have developed due to a defective lower jaw. 10/04/1928. 1 p.
Letter to T.H. Hall, Tenterden from Ludwig Glauert. Some years ago you presented this museum with some South American specimens. This included an Opossum which Mr Oldfield Thomas of the British Museum named Notodelphys halli. Mr Thomas is seeking further information. 24/03/1928. 1 p.
Letter to T.H. Hall, Tenterden from Ludwig Glauert. Thank you for the information regarding the South American Opossum. I will forward this to Mr Thomas. 12/04/1928. 1 p.
Letter to C.F.H. Jenkins, Seabrook via Northam from Ludwig Glauert. The beetles you sent were Dermestids and are related to the introduced Bacon Beetle Dermestes. Please continue with your experiments. 27/03/1928. 1 p.
Letter to C.F.H. Jenkins, Seabrook via Northam from Ludwig Glauert Your letter and specimens of 18 April are to hand. I was interested in the additional notes. 27/03/1928. 1 p.
Letter from R.T. Wellstead, Gnowangerup to Ludwig Glauert. Further to your article: Life in Pools and Puddles, Western Mail 10/05/1928. At Ravensthorpe during the copper boom, water in the Elverton mine which was heavily charged with salt and sulphuric acid, was pumped up and ran down the hill into a creek which only ran during the rainy season. 1896 in Balladonia, on the Norseman-Eyre line, were large dry rock holes that filled when it rained. When they filled, stingray shaped shrimps (beetles?) emerged about the size of a shilling, slightly oval with a thread like tail, brown on top and dark. The Shield Shrimp mentioned in your article reminds me of these creatures. 10/05/1928. 2 p.
Letter from R.T. Wellstead Gnowangerup to Ludwig Glauert. Referring to my letter to you, I am sorry that you misunderstood my meaning. I was pleading for better protection for the Outback. The Stirling Ranges would be an ideal sanctuary. 19/02/1928. 1p.
Letter from R. Cathew, Broad Arrow to Ludwig Glauert. I am sending specimens from a nest that I believe to be of honey ants. Please confirm. 05/1928. 3 p.
Reply to R. Cathew, Broad Arrow from Ludwig Glauert. The nest you describe was that of the Honey Ant. No specimens survived in the soil sample you sent. 26/05/1928. 1 p.
Letter from S.A. Mahood, The Murchison Times Company, Cue to Ludwig Glauert. Sending a specimen of a spider which bit a young man on the arm and caused severe pain for several days. Please identify. 30/05/1928. 1 p.
Reply to S.A. Mahood from Ludwig Glauert. Very little is known about the spiders of the West and your specimen was damaged. I was not able to identify the specimen. 08/06/1928. 1 p.
Letter from F. Irving, Bonshaw, Kojonup to Ludwig Glauert. I heard you were interested in specimens of pouched mice. I see these and would be happy to send you some. 09/06/1928. 1 p.
Reply to F. Irving from Ludwig Glauert. Thank you for your offer to forward specimens. We are also seeking larger animals such as numbats or banded anteaters and Boodie Rats and other members of the kangaroo family. 09/06/1928. 1 p.
Letter from T. Sims, Chorkerup to Ludwig Glauert. Please identify what we call "volcanic bombs" gathered on my property. 10/06/1928, 1 p.
Reply to T. Sims from Ludwig Glauert. The "volcanic bombs" gathered on your property are hollow ironstone nodules or concretions. They are not volcanic in origin but have formed in the rock after deposition. 14/06/1928. 1 p.
Letter from T. Sykes of Pithara to Ludwig Glauert. Please identify bird specimen. 14/06/1928. 1 p.
Reply to T. Sykes from Ludwig Glauert. The specimen you forwarded is the head of a Barn Owl, Tyto alba. 20/06/1928. 1 p.
Letter to R.S. Stubbs, Southern Cross from Ludwig Glauert. In reply to your letter of the 14th, the notes in the West Australian accompanying a picture of a Mallee Fowl, wrongly called a Scrub Turkey, were incorrect if they stated that only one egg is laid. Large nests contain quite a number of eggs. I am interested to hear that you have found a complete nest in the Southern Cross District. Please send me two copies of the photograph. 22/06/1928. 1 p.

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