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The Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Book Collection, donated in 1997 by Dr. Hugh Wynne-Edwards and Dr. Janet Sorbie and their families, consists of 1852 books, pamphlets, periodical and ephemeral pieces in the field of natural history, and was the working library of Vero C. Wynne-Edwards (1906-1997) C.B.E, F.R.S., Regis Professor of Natural History, University of Aberdeen, 1946-1974.
Vero Wynne-Edwards was a British ethnologist and naturalist, whose writings on group selection in evolution became the focus of debate among theorists in the 1960's and 1970's. Professor Wynne-Edwards championed the theory that natural selection acts on both individuals in social groups and on each group as a whole in relation to its environment. This theory pitted behavioural ecologists against proponents of the Darwinian theory of evolution.
For more information on this collection, see The Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Collection on the Special Collections website.
Brief records have been added to the catalogue for this material. However, most of this collection has not yet been fully catalogued. The majority of the material has somewhat abbreviated records, with running shelf numbers. A project to add collation information and barcodes is in progress. However, it is recommended that the material in this collection be updated to full cataloguing.
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Catalog the item as usual, with the following additions:
Within the bibliographic record, make a note, as follows:
590::Gift of: Dr. Hugh Wynne-Edwards and Family and Dr. Janet Sorbie and Family, 1997.
In addition, the note should also include details about the provenance of the specific copy, including presentation statements, autographed copies, etc.
Make an added entry as follows:
710::Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Book Collection.
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This collection is not classed together. Each work should be classified as usual. Instead, the collection is maintained separately through the use of a separate location code. Use one of the following:
sc,we - Jordan Special Collections - Wynne-Edwards Coll.
sc,wefo - Jordan Special Collections - Wynne-Edwards Coll.(folios)
sc,weff - Jordan Special Collections - Wynne-Edwards Coll. (flat folios)
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Section 10, Subsection SC, Part T6
Created April 13, 1999 by E. Read
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