Yorkshire Mammal Group Papers

Minutes, financial records, membership details, fieldwork and species surveys, 1970-2008.

The Yorkshire Mammal Group (YMG) was established in 1970 by naturalist Dr Michael Thompson.
The group aimed to promote the study of mammals, particularly in Yorkshire, and to raise interest in mammalian fauna more generally. In 1996, the YMG moved towards collecting species records in a more systematic way and appointed founder Michael Thompson as Mammal Recorder, with the position subsequently held by James Mortimer and John Ray. In 2007, a preliminary atlas of North Yorkshire mammals, based on these recordings, was published. Further records were added to it until 2010.
The YMG has strong connections to other local, regional, and national conservation groups and continues to contribute to large-scale species surveys, as well to produce their own research projects on specific species.

Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws.

The papers were gifted to the Borthwick Institute in 2017 by the Yorkshire Museum.

The Yorkshire Mammal Group (YMG) was established in 1970 by naturalist Dr Michael Thompson.
The group aimed to promote the study of mammals, particularly in Yorkshire, and to raise interest in mammalian fauna more generally. In 1996, the YMG moved towards collecting species records in a more systematic way and appointed founder Michael Thompson as Mammal Recorder, with the position subsequently held by James Mortimer and John Ray. In 2007, a preliminary atlas of North Yorkshire mammals, based on these recordings, was published. Further records were added to it until 2010.
The YMG has strong connections to other local, regional, and national conservation groups and continues to contribute to large-scale species surveys, as well to produce their own research projects on specific species.

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

The papers were originally deposited with the Yorkshire Museum by the Yorkshire Mammal Group's founder, Michael Thompson. The papers were subsequently transferred to the Borthwick Institute.

Further accruals are possible.

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