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Mary Eleanor GIllham
1921
2013
1953 PhD at Aberystwyth University
1957 4 year study tour of Australasia
1959 1 of first 4 women scientists to enter Antarctic
1970 1 of first women scientists to visit Aldabra
1962 Begins life and work in Cardiff
1949-2009 Writes 22 books, 51 journal articles and co-writes a further 9 books.
1962-2013 Teaches 5? 10? 000 students through Cardiff University, CNS, WTSWW etc
The Project
Written notes, travel journals, wildlife diaries, unpublished manuscripts, maps, illustrations and 14 000 slides
The data
The stories Landscape change in Wales, biodiversity, women in science, conservation biology, international travel
150 000 wildlife records
(spanning 60+ years)
Vols… Social media Flickr Archiving Face to face engagement Oral history recording
Progress (up to November)
But what was Mary like?
Barcelona 1954
Did Mary recognise the ‘firsts’ she achieved?
Why did she dislike computers so much?
What was her personality?
Did she reminisce about her earlier travels?
What made her such a success?
Acknowledgements
The heroic Mary Gillham Project volunteers All the other folk who have helped, supported and enthused about the project Heritage Lottery Cardiff Naturalists Society Cardiff University Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council National Museum Cardiff Natural Resources Wales South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales On completion of the project the archive with be stored at Glamorgan Archives, the pictures and sound recordings will be archived on the People’s Collection Wales website (National Library of Wales). Annie Irving, Ibrahim Kayoueche, Chris Lawrence, Iain Munnery, Valmai Lewis, Museum Victoria and Alan Wilkins for images