Series 7 - Subject Files - Correspondence 1929-1986


Date Range1929 - 1986
ProvenanceEdwin Sherbon Hills
Description

Mostly correspondence, but also notes, reprints, minutes and reports. Organized under subject headings including: Cliffy coastal profiles; Fitting boulders; Fossil fishes; Geology teaching; Hydrology; Morphotectonics; Tim O'Driscoll; Quaternary research; Shore platforms.


Inventory Listing

7-1 Cliffy coastal profiles - requests for reprints

Mostly inward correspondence requesting reprints of ESH's article 'A study of cliffy coastal profiles based on examples in Victoria, Australia'. Correspondents include: Eric Bird; Charlotte Chastain; J.L. Davies; R. Dolan; Dirk van Husen; A. Naqash; L.A. Robinson; M.J. Selby; Ann S. Smith; S.T. Trudgill; R.J. Wasson; Alan Wood.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1971 - 1972    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-1 Box Number 13 Series 7
7-2 Fitting boulders - correspondence and reprints

Inward and outward correspondence with Nature concerning a letter submitted for publication by ESH commenting on an article on fitting boulders by David Shelley. Also includes: letters from David Shelley and Nancy Kirk; reprints of articles by Shelley; clipping from Canberra Times, 18 May 1970, 'Waves the "hand" that builds'.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968 - 1970    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-2 Box Number 13 Series 7
7-3 Fitting boulders - requests for reprints

Mostly inward correspondence requesting reprints of ESH's article 'Fitting, fretting and imprisoned boulders'. Correspondents include: R. Moberly; Harold D. Palmer; Colin Simms.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1969 - 1971    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-3 Box Number 13 Series 7
7-4 Fossil fishes - alphabetical correspondence

Inward and outward correspondence, arranged alphabetically, relating to Devonian fossil fishes. Correspondents include: C.C. Brooks; D.A. Brown; R.H. Denison; W.S. Dun; D.H. Dunkle; J.W. Evans; N.H. Fisher; E.D. Gill; W. Graham-Smith; W. Gross; Anatol Heintz; Erik Jarvik; Walther M. Lehmann; N.W.G. Macintosh; O. Nybelin; D. Obruchev; Tor Orvig; P'an Kiang; B. Schaeffer; Keith S. Thomson; M. Waldman; J.W. Warren; Errol I. White; Arthur Smith Woodward.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1929 - 1981    Quantity 0.9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-4 Box Number 13 Series 7
7-5 Fossil fishes - autobiographical notes

Inward and outward correspondence with James Stubblefield concerning Errol White and other autobiographical topics. Includes a copy of 'Adventures of a young man who found Hugh Miller's old red sandstone fishes on a mountainside near Taggerty in Victoria, and who remains forever grateful to Albert for his success with the Great Exhibition, The Crystal Palace, and the 1851 Scholarships deriving therefrom', autobiographical notes by ESH relating to his work on fossil fishes. Also includes inward and outward correspondence with John Long concerning ESH's work on fossil fishes.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1985    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-5 Box Number 13 Series 7
7-6 Fossil fishes - correspondence

Inward and outward correspondence relating to fossil fishes. Includes some notes on women in palaeontology. Correspondents include: J.W. Warren; John Long; Erik Jarvik; Judith Philip; Graeme Philip; Susan Turner.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1964-1966, and 1980-1986.
Inventory Identifier 7-6 Box Number 13 Series 7
7-7 Fossil fishes - correspondence, Australian Museum

Inward and outward correpondence with Harold O. Fletcher and Alex Ritchie of the Australian Museum concerning fossil fishes.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1957 - 1978    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-7 Box Number 13 Series 7
7-8 Fossil fishes - correspondence, Ken Campbell

Inward and outward correspondence mainly with Ken S.W. Campbell (ANU) concerning fossil fishes and in particular the 'Symposium on the Evolution and Biogeography of Early Vertebrates' held in Canberra in 1983. Also includes copies of symposium circulars. Other correspondents include: L.J. Hayes; John Long.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1982    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-8 Box Number 13 Series 7
7-9 Fossil fishes - correspondence, Susan Turner

Outward correspondence with Susan Turner (Queensland Museum) concerning fossil fishes, particularly historical and biographical aspects. Includes copies of Who's Who in the World data sheet for ESH, and an article from University of Melbourne Gazette, October 1972, 'Professor E.S. Hills retires' by C.M. Tattam.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1985 - 1986    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-9 Box Number 13 Series 7
7-10 Fossil fishes - correspondence, Gavin Young

Inward and outward correspondence with Gavin Young (Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics) concerning fossil fishes. Also includes copy of letter to H.S. Edgell.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1950, and 1972 - 1982    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-10 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-11 Fossil fishes - early correspondence

Inward correspondence, arranged chronologically, concerning fossil fishes. Correspondents include: W.W. Watts; D.M.S. Watson; T.E. Green; H.C. Richards; Anatol Heintz; O.m.B. Bulman; Walter Gross; H.C. Stetson; W.E. Schevill; Heber A. Longman; V.M. Tanner; T.W. Edgeworth David; Dorothy Hill; William H. Gregory; Alfred S. Romer; R.S.(?) Priestley; C. Anderson; D.E. Chabanauel(?); Tilly Edinger; W. Weiler.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1931 - 1939    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-11 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-12 Fossil fishes - Maccullechella - correspondence

Notes and inward and outward correspondence concerning fish of the family Maccullochella, particularly Maccullochella macquariensis (Murray cod). Correspondents include: A.B. Walkom; Ida A. Brown; J.Alan Tubb; H.F. Whitworth.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1944 - 1945    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-12 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-13 Fossil fishes - reprints

Copies of published articles on topics relating to fossil fishes. Authors include: Susan Turner; J.A. Long; Anne Kemp; K.S.W. Campbell; R.E. Barwick.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1980s    Quantity 4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-13 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-14 Geology teaching - Australian Universities Commisssion

Inward correspondence from the Australian Universities Commission, returning copies of ESH's memorandum on geological training. Also includes three copies of the memorandum entitled 'The Earth Sciences'.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1963    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-14 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-15 Geology teaching - Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria

Inward and outward correspondence with Rob Stowell of the Geography Teachers Association of Victoria, concerning the 'Earth in Action' section of their Year 12 geography course.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range No date (1980s)    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-15 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-16 Geology teaching - IUGS Committee - correspondence, minutes, etc.

Inward and outward correspondence as well as copies of circulars, minutes and reports relating to the International Union of Geological Sciences' (IUGS) Committee on Geology Teaching. Correspondents include: P. Bellair; S. van der Heide; Michel Batisse; A.V. Baez; P.T. Warren; J.L. Lewis; R.C.L. Wilson; M.J. Guillemot; J.R. Martinez; John Sutton. Also includes copy of EHS's report on the committee's Sydney meeting in 1976.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1975 - 1978    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-16 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-17 Geology teaching - IUGS Committee - correspondence with members

Inward and outward correspondence with members of the International Union of Geological Sciences' Committee on Geology Teaching. Correspondents include: Neville George; P. Bellair; S. van der Heide.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1972 - 1976    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-17 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-18 Geology teaching - IUGS Committee - correspondence, Z. Pouba

Inward and outward correspondence with Z. Pouba (Institute of Geological Sciences, Charles University, Prague) mostly relating to the International Union of Geological Sciences' Committee on Geology Teaching, of which Pouba became Chairman in 1969.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1966 - 1971    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-18 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-19 Glaciation in Australia - correspondence, notes, references

Inward and outward correspondence with W.R. Browne concerning glaciation in Australia. Also includes several pages of handwritten notes on 'Glaciation of Alps'; and a copy of the bibliography from a paper by J.A. Peterson, 'On the distribution of cirques in the southeastern uplands'.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1972    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-19 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-20 Hydrology - International Association of Hydrology - correspondence

Inward and outward correspondence relating to the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, International Association of Hydrology. Also inwards and outwards correspondence relating to hydrology research in Australia and the formation of the Australian National Committee on Geodesy and Geophysics, Sub-Committee on Hydrology. Correspondents include: L.J. Tison; J.M. Rayner; Marguerite Richard; Stevenson Buchan; C.H. Munro; E. Smith; G.N. Alexander; J. DeLeu; P.B. Nye; J. Deeble; Michele Viparelli; M. Dubertret; also includes ESH's Interim Report on the Sub-Committee on Hydrology.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1950 - 1963    Quantity 1.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-20 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-21 Hydrology - Conference on the Status of Hydrology, 1955

Inward and outward correspondence and circulars relating to the Conference on the Status of Hydrology sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science at ESH's request. Also includes some earlier correspondence relating to hydrology research in Australia and the formation of the National Committee for Hydrology. Correspondents include: C. Mulholland; E.B. Kraus; Grenfell Ruddock; F.W. Whitehouse; E.B. Pender; Anne F.T. Bauer; David K. Todd; D.F. Martyn; W.H. Bryan; C.J. Burleigh; J.C. Foley; W.H.R. Nimmo; C.C. Morton; J.G. Symons; L.J. Dwyer; S.B. Dickinson; F. Loewe; D.W. Thomas; H.A. Ellis; C.H.B. Priestley; F. Penman; J. Deeble. Also includes draft and final copies of the report on the conference, and a reprint of EHS's article 'The International Hydrological Decade'.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1954 - 1961 (mostly 1955), and 1965    Quantity 1.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-21 Box Number 14 Series 7
7-22 Hydrology - National Committee for Hydrology - general correspondence

Inward and outward correspondence on matters connected with the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Hydrology and its predecessor, the Sub-committee on Hydrology of the National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics. Correspondents, arranged alphabetically, include: B. Sheedy and P.D. O'Connor (Australian Academy of Science); G.N. Alexander; R.L. Aston; S.H. Bastow; S. Buchan; C.J. Burleigh (including reports and correspondence on 'Artesian Water Investigation, Tritium and Radio-Carbon Determinations'); T.M. Cherry; C.S. Christian; D.E. Davidson; D.R. Dawdy; N.H. Fisher; W.J. Gibbs; J. Healey; L.G.H. Huxley; J.C. Jaeger; D.M. Large; E.M. Laurenson; L.H. Martin; D.F. Martyn; C.H. Munro: M.L.E. Oliphant; F. Penman; H.G. Raggatt; J.N. Rayner; A.L.G. Rees; L.J. Tison; the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures, Water Resources Committee; D.V. Walters.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1950 - 1969    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-22 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-23 Hydrology - National Committee for Hydrology - correspondence, J. Deeble

Inward and outward correspondence with J. Deeble (Assistant Secretary, Australian Academy of Science) on matters relating to the National Committee for Hydrology. Also includes copies of correspondence from H.G. Raggatt; F. Dixey; H.J. Russell; C.H. Munro; Australian Water Resources Council; G.N. Alexander; H.L. Jones; L.F. Bott; E.A. Francis; and copies of reports by ESH entitled 'Request for visit of overseas expert', and 'The education and training of hydrologists in Universities'.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1956 - 1970    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-23 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-24 Hydrology - National Committee for Hydrology - notices, minutes, reports etc.

Copies of notices, including minutes and agenda, relating to meetings of the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Hydrology (and its predecessor the Standing Committee on Hydrology). Also includes: Annual reports by ESH for 1964, 1966, 1969 and 1970; a report on the 'International Union of Geological Sciences, Proposed Southern Continents Project'; a memorandum by G.N. Alexander on 'Research in Hydrology'; copies of letter from V.M. Yevdjevich to G.N. Alexander and a paper by Yevdjevich entitled 'Purpose and Plans for Organizing an International Stochastic Hydrology Working Group'; written comments by W.J. Gibbs (Director of Meteorology) for meeting on 21 November 1967; memorandum by M.L. Oliphant on 'Water in Australia'.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1956 - 1970    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-24 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-25 Morphotectonics and geodesy - correspondence, Ron Mather

Inward and outward correspondence with Ron Mather (School of Surveying, University of NSW) concerning his research on gravity anomalies and its relation to lineaments. Includes photographs of Mather's maps together with accompanying sketch maps by EHS showing lineaments. Also includes a reprint of the article 'Electrical conductivity anomalies and continental seismicity in Australia' by F.E.M. Lilley.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1975    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-25 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-26 Morphotectonics - correspondence, H.J. Harrington

Inward and outward correspondence with H.J. Harrington (Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics) concerning lineaments, basins and the digital terrain model of Australia. Includes two colour photographs of images produced using the digital terrain model. Also includes: copy of a reprint by Harrington, with C.J. Simpson and R.F. Moore, on 'Analysis of continental structures using a digital terrain model (DTM) of Australia'; draft copy of a paper by Harrington on 'ACORP and the testing of the 'rift' hypothesis of the origin of the main interior basin systems'.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1982    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-26 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-27 Morphotectonics - correspondence, Colin Simpson

Inward and outward correspondence with Colin Simpson (Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics) concerning the digital terrain model of Australia. Also includes a large photograph of a 'reflectance map' of Australia.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1982    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-27 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-28 Tim O'Driscoll - nomination, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences

Inward and outward correspondence with W.H. Algar concerning E.S. Tim O'Driscoll's nomination for election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences. Also includes copies of notes on 'Objects of the Academy' and 'Criteria for Election'.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1984    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-28 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-29 Tim O'Driscoll - nomination, AAS - formal documents

Inward and outward correspondence and copies of supporting material relating to ESH's nomination of E.S. Tim O'Driscoll for election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Includes biographical notes; 'List of publications'; curriculum vitae; 'Short list of possible referees'; copy of the 'Certificate of a Candidate for Election'; an 'extended citation' by ESH; copies of some of O'Driscoll's correspondence giving evidence of his activities. Also includes a copy of 'Candidates for election in 1984'. Correspondents include: E.S. Tim O'Driscoll; P. Vallee; Lisa Elkerbout.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1983 - 1984    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-29 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-30 Tim O'Driscoll - nomination, AAS - correspondence with referees

Inward and outward correspondence with prospective referees concerning ESH's nomination of E.S. Tim O'Driscoll for election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Correspondents include: Janet Watson; R.M. Shackleton; Sir Peter Kent; John Ramsay; Martin F Glaessner; R.L. Stanton; J. Tuzo Wilson.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1983    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-30 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-31 Tim O'Driscoll - nomination, AAS - biographical data

Inward correspondence from E.S. Tim O'Driscoll, with biographical and career data, relating to his nomination for election as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Includes extract from Directory of Commonwealth Fund Fellows and Harkness Fellows; clipping from the Age, 7 July 1982, 'Attractive bodies a matter of gravity'; article from the Bulletin, 10 August 1982, 'The key to Roxby Downs (and perhaps more)'; reprint from the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Proceedings, no. 264, 'Presentation of the President's Award, 1976 to Elliot Sylvester Timothy O'Driscoll'; 'Record of reprints & illustrations sent in response to enquiries'; 'Selected comments from correspondence received'; list of 'University lectures given by request'; copies of citations in structural geology texts; copies of 'Distinguished Lecturer' certificates; notes by Haddon King; some copies of correspondence, particularly relating to O'Driscoll's role in the discovery of the Roxby Downs mineral deposits.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1976 - 1983    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-31 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-32 Tim O'Driscoll - nomination, AAS - correspondence, R.L. Stanton

Inward and outward correspondence with R.L. (Dick) Stanton (University of New England) concerning the Australian Academy of Science and E.S. Tim O'Driscoll's nomination for fellowship.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1983 - 1985    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-32 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-33 Tim O'Driscoll - nomination, AAS - correspondence, Sir Geoffrey Badger

Inward and outward correspondence with Sir Geoffrey Bader concerning ESH's nomination of E.S. Tim O'Driscoll as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and some related issues.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1982 - 1983    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-33 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-34 Quaternary Research - National Committee - Annual Reports

Draft and printed copies of annual reports (prepared by ESH) of the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Quaternary Research, together with some related correspondence. Also a copy of ESH's report on the IXth Congress of INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research).

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1970 - 1979    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-34 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-35 Quaternary Research - National Committee - minutes, reports etc.

Copies of notices, minutes and reports relating to the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Quaternary Research, together with some related correspondence. Includes: report on 'INQUA Loess Commission'; reports on Xth INQUA Congress by ESH and J.M. Bowler; copy of Australian Quaternary Newsletter, October 1977; reports on the CLIMANZ Project. Correspondents include: Ian Macdougall; Jon Firman; P.D. O'Connor; J.M. Bowler; Jeanette Hope.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1970 - 1981    Quantity 1.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-35 Box Number 15 Series 7
7-36 Quaternary Research - IXth INQUA Congress, 1973

Computer list of delegates attending the IXth INQUA Congress in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1973. Also includes: typed list of 'Additional INQUA Members' with annotations by ESH on delegates' countries of origin; typed list of 'Participants - Tour A6', including ESH.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1973    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-36 Box Number 16 Series 7
7-37 Quaternary Research - INQUA - notices, correspondence etc.

Inward and outward correspondence, notices and reports relating to the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA). Includes: notes relating to Xth INQUA Congress held in Birmingham in August 1977; a copy of ESH's report on the Congress; copy of Official Compte Rendu of the Xth Congress, with handwritten note by ESH indicating that he attended the congress representing the Australian INQUA and ICSU groups. Correspondents include: U. Radok; Jane M. Soons; R. Paepe; J.M. Bowler; D. Walker.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1977 - 1979    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-37 Box Number 16 Series 7
7-38 'Regolith in Australia' Symposium - correspondence and notes

Inward and outward correspondence concerning regolith and in particular ESH's participation in the 'Regolith in Australia: Genesis and Economic Significance' symposium, held in Canberra in 1983. Also includes: handwritten notes; photocopies of material relating to the derivation of the word 'regolith'; circulars giving details of the symposium; copy of the 'Summary papers' presented at the symposium. Correspondents include: Cliff Ollier; G.E. Wilford; P.D. Singleton.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1983    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-38 Box Number 16 Series 7
7-39 Shore platforms - correspondence

Inward and outward correspondence relating to shore platforms and wave ramps. Also includes: copy of 'Review of the quaternary eustatic data for Western Australia and adjacent states' by R.W. Fairbridge; printed notes relating to ANZAAS excursion to Rockingham, Point Peron and Safety Bay. Correspondents include: D. Currie; A. Guilcher; Cyril Everard; Laurie W. Wright.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1954 - 1971    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-39 Box Number 16 Series 7
7-40 Shore platforms - correspondence and reprints, Alan S. Trenhaile

Inward and outward correspondence with, and reprints by, Alan S. Trenhaile (University of Windsor) relating to shore platforms.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1971-1974 (reprints) and 1979    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-40 Box Number 16 Series 7
7-41 Shore platforms - correspondence, requests for reprints

Inward correspondence, mostly requests for reprints, relating to ESH's article 'Shore platforms and wave ramps'. Also includes: references on index cards; London Geologists' Association newsletter. Correspondents include: A.S. Trenhaile; M.J. Selby; J.R. Hails.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1972 - 1973    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 7-41 Box Number 16 Series 7

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