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Ladybird Lab book Vol. 1
CCPP/MAJ/2/1986 · Item · 1986
Part of Clare College - Personal Papers

Each notebook contains comments on environmental conditions, diagrams of ladybirds, relevant articles or notes, descriptions of experiemental conditions and various correspondences with other ecological geneticists.

Ladybirds
CCPP/MAJ/1/24 · Item · c. 1990-1994
Part of Clare College - Personal Papers

Handwritten letter to the editor of the New Naturalist concerning article and the editors replies. Correspondence concerning publication of Majerus' book. Includes cuttings from New Naturalist.

CCPP/FOR/1 · Series · c.1948-1990
Part of Clare College - Personal Papers

Notes made by Forbes in preparation for lectures he gave. Subjects include the Scottish Enlightenment; Adam Smith; Auguste Comte; Immanuel Kant; Montesquieu; David Hume; Natural Law; the History of Ideas; the Proper Society; History of 18th century thought, 18th century political thought; Georg Hegel and Edmund Burke; J. S. Mill; Theories of the Modern State - Idealists (Rousseau, Kant, Busanquet); Theories of the Modern State - Utilitarians (Rentham, J. S. Mill, Carlyle, Buckle); Theories of the Modern State - Marxism; Philosophy and Painting for Trinity Hall Dillitante Society 8th November 1948; History and Historicism, 1949; The historical novel, 1951; The futility of history; Man on his past; Reflections on the history of ideas; Human thoughts: on being a moderate; The European (or cosmopolitan) dimension on Humes Science of politics.

Also includes reading lists created by Forbes for his students and articles taken from newspapers and magazines Forbes used to compile reading lists.

CCPP/ODELL/2/1 · File · 1933-1940
Part of Clare College - Personal Papers

File called 'Geography Lectures General Examination'.

Contains a copy of the outline schedule of Geography - General Examination Part II; Odell's thoughts on the syllabus; and his lectures on:

  • the climate
  • weather
  • the atmosphere
  • temperatures
  • high pressure and anti cyclones
  • clouds and rainfall
  • the geography of food supply
  • economic geography of the raw materials of the textile industry
  • industrial crops
  • communications and transport
  • China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, North America, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, South Africa and other countries in Africa.