Assorted publications mainly regarding alpine areas in Australia, Rocky Mountains, Scotland, Papua and New Guinea, 1954-1976

Containers:

Box 29 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 340

Content Summary:

"Grasses and grasslands in relation to soil conservation" by A.B. Costin, 1961. Photocopy with some sections highlighted.

"Principal range plants of the central and southern rocky mountains: Names and symbols" by Mona F. Nickerson et al., 1976. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-20.

"Stone stripes and other surface features of Tinto Hill" by R. Miller and R.W. Galloway, 1954. Reprinted from the Geographical Journal. Annotated on cover as "A. Costin" and "with compliments of Robert Galloway". Labelled "16" on cover.

Copies of "Ecology of the high plains I" by A.B. Costin, 1962. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 1962.

"Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 86: Summary of the sixth Archbold expedition to New Guinea" by L.J. Brass, 1964. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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