Correspondence with R.J. Tillyard (Hornsby, Nelson, Canberra), 14 February 1916-19 August 1938

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Correspondence with R.J. Tillyard (14/02/1916-30/11/1936): (156p.)

Subjects include: his work on fossil insects of Australia; death of his brother at Ypres; 'war work' as Zoology lecturer; his discoveries re Dunstania; 'civic life is almost at a stand still' as a result of influenza epidemic; inflation after the war; work at Cawthron Institute, Nelson; his health; publication of his paper on Liassic Dragonflies; shipping strike of 1925 in New Zealand; visit to Europe in 1926; organising CSIR Division of Economic Entomology; work with Edgeworth David on Pre-Cambrian fossils; death of Edgeworth David; suicide of F.Chapman.

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Photograph of Belmontia.

British Liassic Dragonflies by R.J.Tillyard.

Correspondence with P.Chalmers Mitchell, Zoological Society, re publication of his paper.

Press cuttings from Sydney Morning Herald re death of David.

Tillyard to Royal Society, 18 August 1935, re newly discovered Upper Triassic Insect fossil beds at Mount Crosby, Queensland.

Tillyard to Royal Society, 30 November 1936, re publication of results of Mt Crosby expedition.

Correspondence with R. Winckworth (Royal Society) Mrs Patricia Tillyard (Rochester) and Dr Anderson (Sydney) (29/06/1937-19/08/1938): re presentation of Tillyard's collection of insects from Mt Crosby to British Museum (Natural History) (29p.)

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