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SCA171-GA146-5-36 · File · 1956-1957
Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

Contains material relating to Anne Innis Dagg's research and observation of the giraffe. Includes 3 blue notebooks, loose notes and a note pad containing typed observational notes by theme, hand drawn graphs and tables, a reprint of instructions to authors from the Zoological society of London, and 40 photographs.

Notebook 1 and 2 contain field research notes regarding giraffes and the front covers of each book are annotated "Good Giraffe Notes. Notebook 3 contains personal observations about people living and working in and around Fleur de Lys, including attitudes about gender and race, as well as notes regarding wage rates, labour conditions and a strike, and the front cover is annotated "Notes 1956/1957. Anything 6. Dagg. Now in print form."

The graphs and tables in the file illustrate aggregate data of behavioral activities of giraffe including eating, resting, fighting and distance of movement.