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“Many Happy Returns!”
Archiving the Birthday Book of George Claridge Druce
Sarah Stewart, B.Sc. Hons., M.Sc. May 23, 2011
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OverviewPart I
• Druce: His Life and Work
• The Birthday Book: Historical Background
Part II
• Project Objectives and Methods
• Outcomes and What’s Next
• Summary and Conclusion
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George Claridge Druce (1850-1932)
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A Brief Biography1850 – b. Potterspury1872 – Passes Pharmaceutical Exams w, Honours1879 – Opens Chemists shop in Oxford
1886, 1897 – Flora of Oxfordshire published (2 eds.), Honorary MA from Oxford
1900 – Mayor of Oxford1903 – Presidency of Botanical Exchange Club1927 – Elected Fellow of the Royal Society1932 – d. Oxford
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Contributions to Botany
• Four county floras published: Oxon (2 editions –1886, 1927), Berks (1897), Bucks (1926), Northants (1930)
• Over 500 taxa described• 200,000 herbarium specimens• Northamptonshire Natural
History Society (1876)• Ashmolean Natural History
Society (1880)• Botanical Exchange Club
(1903)• Honorary MA (1889) and FRS
(1927)• Change in focus to
conservation• Potamogeton druceii (Now P.
nodosus)
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Photos: S. Harris
Orchis simia – The “Monkey Orchid”
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Druce in Oxford
9 Crick Road – Yardley Lodge118 High St. – Druce & Co.
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Max Beerbohm’s Zuleika Dobson (1911)
“Death cancels all engagements.”
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The Birthday Book
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A Fine Miscellany…
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Some Emminent Personages…
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Conservation Concerns
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Problems
• Information and images contained with the Druce Birthday Book are inaccessible
• Significant Conservation Concerns
• Need a project that will address these issues
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Project Objectives• Make contents of the Birthday Book accessible
for research
• Limit physical handling of a fragile and rare item
= Digital Archiving of Druce Birthday Book
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Access Database – Entry Form
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Special Relationships
1) One person connected with many separate items.
2) One item connected with many separate people.
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Imaging the Druce Birthday Book…
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Imaging, Cont’d…
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Outcomes
Items - 782Images - 901Individuals - 735Addresses - 347Total Records = 2765
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What’s Next?
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Happy 161th, Dr. Druce – (1850-2011)
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AcknowledgementsAnne-Marie Catterall
Dr. Stephen HarrisSerena Marner
Ollie BridleJuliet RalphRoger Mills
Catherine DockertyPenny Roberts