I believe the curator mentioned by Ana is my former correspondent about the
book covering Hidalgo's life and work.

Kurt

At 12:22 PM 5/1/03 +0200, you wrote:
>I´m surprised to read that Alfonso did not find Hidalgo´s work at the
>Natural Sciences Museum as the works are there (collections and
>publications). It is needed to say that most of the works on molluscs
>(fossil, Quaternary and modern)come through the works of the Geological
>Map Commission during XIX century, and they have been published as parts
>of the Bulletin of the Geological Commission, geological section of the
>Royal Natural History Society Bulletin and other scientific magazines or
>short works from some Museums. They are highly valuable pieces of work and
>it is not likely to be found in second-hand shops (unhappily not in modern
>libraries either). However, the Natural Sciences Museum in Madrid is
>carrying out a work on the iberic fauna referencing all old and modern
>works.  They also published a volume on the species preserved in the
>Museum collections, the Spanish ones but also the American and the ones
>from the Phillipines. The Fauna Ibérica  volume on molluscs is not
>published yet. And yes, there is still a lady curator of molluscs
>collections who takes care of anything concerning terrestrial molluscs:
>her name is Dr. María Teresa Aparicio (Maite Aparicio). The email address
>is [log in to unmask] (please check in the Museum webpage).
>
>I´m not much aware of Hidalgo´s works but I can try to find further
>information on them if anyone needs it.
>
>Best wishes,
>Ana.
>
>
>Ana I. Porras
>Depto. Geografía Física
>Universidad de Sevilla
>C/María de Padilla, sn
>41004-Sevilla
>Tel. +34 954.551.167
>Fax. +34 954.556.988

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