Assorted publications regarding glaciation and polar research, 1961-1964

Containers:

Box 42 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 463

Content Summary:

"Origin of ice ages: An ice shelf theory for Pleistocene glaciation" by Dr. A.T. Wilson, 1964. Reprinted from Nature, Vol. 201 No. 4915, pp. 147-149.

"The shape of New England mountains" by Will F. Thompson, 1961. Part 111. Reprinted from Appalachia. Annotated and handwritten note inside front page to Dr Costin from W. Thompson.

Copies of "Recent polar literature" by unknown author, 1962. Reprinted from The Polar Records, Vol. 11 No. 70.

Photocopies from an article section entitled "Correspondence". Includes handwritten note to Dr Costin from G. Falconer, dated 12 September 1962.

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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