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Two albums of and relating to John P. Ritchie largely concerning ornithology especially of Saint Kilda. With a bronze plaque for 1st Prize in Beginners Lantern Slides, 1930, awarded to John P Ritchie by the Paisley Philosophical Institution and his inscribed copy of John Morrell McWilliam`s `The Birds of Bute`, 1927.

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Inscribed John P. Richie, 2 Braesidwe, Hawwood, Renfrewshire.

Scope and Contents The collection includes: interviews with Scottish ornithologists; after dinner speeches, 1968-1981, made at the annual Scottish Ornithologists' Club conference; recordings relating to Fair Isle and the Scottish Bird Islands Study Cruise at the time of the International Ornithological Congress in 1966. The remainder of the collection comprises recordings of birds from various locations around Scotland, including St Kilda. Amongst the group represented here is a selection from a...

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1. Album consisting largely of press-cuttings and printed notices of lectures by John P. Ritchie on ornithology, his film of the evacuation of Saint Kilda, 1930, and related letters, 1923-1974

2. Album of photographs of scenes on Saint Kilda and its bird life especially eagles in August 1930, of John P. Ritchie at a lecture, his family and social life, 1923-1966, undated.