Series 20 - Slides 1953-1975


Date Range1953 - 1975
ProvenanceEdwin Sherbon Hills
Description

Colour slides, organized by date and place, mostly taken by ESH while on overseas trips to locations including Egypt; Spain; Beirut; United Kingdom; Netherlands; Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy; China; Sri Lanka; India; Iran; USSR; Yugoslavia; France; Mexico; Peru; Argentina; and Brazil.


Inventory Listing

20-1 Trip to Queensland

55 Olympus 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in and en route to Queensland. Slides are unlabelled, but marker slip reads 'Trip with Winnie to Queensland'. Subjects include: bush landscapes; wildlife; beaches; Sydney Harbour.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1950s - 1960s?)    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-1 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-2 Barrier Reef etc.

7 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts. Slides are unlabelled, but original storage envelope is annotated 'Slides from Winnie/Barrier Reef etc'. Subjects include: corals; family group.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-2 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-3 Egypt

62 colour slides in cardboard and plastic mounts, taken in Egypt, presumably during ESH's visit for Unesco in 1953-1954. Many are labelled. Subjects include: a variety of landscapes, types of agriculture, ancient ruins, wells and oases, aerial views; Wadi Natrun; Desert Institute, Heliopolis; Stepped Pyramid, Sakhara; Jacob's Well; Nile River; Shukki and friends; Cairo; Pyramids of Giza; Luxor; Gebel Asfar; Sinai; A. Chata; Umm Bogma; Coptic Museum; Mohammed Ali Mosque; Temple of Luxor; Ramasseum Temple; Colossus of Memnon; Temple of Sakkara; Aswan; Farafra Oasis.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1953 - 1954)    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-3 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-4 Spain #1

17 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard and plastic mounts, taken in Spain, presumably while ESH was present for a Unesco meeting in 1959. Some slides are labelled. Subjects include: a variety of buildings, city views and street scenes; Toledo; Roman aqueduct at Segovia; restaurant group with Michel Batisse.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1959?)    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-4 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-5 Spain #2

15 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Spain, presumably while ESH was present for a Unesco meeting in 1959. One slide is labelled. Subjects include: a variety of rural and urban scenes; street in Madrid; restaurant group with Frank Dixey and Michel Batisse.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1959?)    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-5 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-6 Spain #3

16 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard and plastic mounts, taken in Spain, presumably while ESH was present for a Unesco meeting in 1959. Most slides are unlabelled. Subjects are mainly rural scenes, including crops under cultivation and villages.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1959?)    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-6 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-6 Spain #4

16 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Spain, presumably while ESH was present for a Unesco meeting in 1959. Most slides are unlabelled. Subjects include a variety of buildings, views and coastal scenes.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1959?)    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-6 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-8 Singapore, Beirut

8 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Singapore and Beirut en route to Europe for British Council Tour in 1960 (see also 3/25 and 3/26). All are labelled. Subjects include: BOAC Comet at Mascot Airport; CDH at Raffles Hotel; views of Singapore; aerial views of snow on the Lebanon, and Beirut; Place des Canons; view of Beirut from Plaza Hotel.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range April 1960    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-8 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-9 United Kingdom

71 Kodachrome 1/2 and full frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in the UK. 1/2 frame slides are unlabelled and seem to continue the Elridge Hunt and Dunster/Somerset series in 20/39. Many of the full frame slides are labelled and were presumably taken during ESH's British Council Tour of the UK in 1960 (see also notes on photographs in 3/26). Subjects include: preparations for hunt; village streets and buildings; Cambridge University; South Stack; Caenarvon Castle; Beaumaris Castle; CDH; Gloucester Cathedral; Ross on Wye; Hereford Cathedral; Ludlow Castle; Hopcrofts Halt; Oxford University; Kettlewell; Dent.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1960 and ?)    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-9 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-10 Netherlands

35 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in the Netherlands during ESH's visit in 1960. Some are labelled (see also notes on photographs in 3/26). Subjects include: many scenes of tulips, and some daffodils, in glasshouses, gardens and on farms; buildings and street scenes in Leiden and Delft; countryside beyond Neimegan; Rhine River at Westerbouer; Gothic Cathedral, s'Hertogenbosch; Hooglauschekerk, Leiden; 1324 Latin School, Leiden; Maas-Waal Canal.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1960    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-10 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-11 Germany and Switzerland

27 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while visiting Germany and Switzerland in 1960, on a car trip from Rotterdam to Rome with CDH and her sister Iris Wells. Some slides are labelled (see also notes on photographs in 3/26). Subjects include: a variety of views, landscapes and buildings along the Rhineland between Cologne and Heidelberg; Lake Lucerne; St Gotthard; views of, and from, Pilatus; Hotel Eugel at Liestal. Also includes 5 commercially produced slides of Heidelberg and Pilatus.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1960    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-11 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-12 Jungfrau

28 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while visiting Switzerland in 1960, on a car trip from Rotterdam to Rome with CDH and her sister Iris Wells. Some slides are labelled. Subjects include: views of, or near, Jungfrau; ESH, CDH and Iris in the snow.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1960    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-12 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-13 Switzerland, Austria and Italy

26 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while visiting Switzerland, Austria and Italy in 1960, on a car trip from Rotterdam to Rome with CDH and her sister Iris Wells. Some slides are labelled (see also notes on photographs in 3/26). Subjects include: view of glacier from Disentis; CDH and Iris; wildflowers; Maienfeld; Liechtenstein; Innsbruck; Gross Glockner; Goldswil; Aar Gorge; Lake Brienz; Dolomites at Bolzano.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1960    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-13 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-14 Italy

23 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while visiting Italy in 1960, on a car trip from Rotterdam to Rome with CDH and her sister Iris Wells. Some slides are labelled (see also notes on photographs in 3/26). Subjects include: views of landscapes, buildings and ruins around Verona and Malcesine; Citadella, between Treviso and Verona; Juliet's balcony, Verona; Dolomites at Bolzano. Also includes 4 commercially produced slides showing artwork and buildings in Siena.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1960    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-14 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-15 Rome

25 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while visiting Italy in 1960, at the end of a car trip from Rotterdam with CDH and her sister Iris Wells. Many slides are labelled (see also notes on photographs in 3/26). Subjects include: a variety of landscapes, buildings and ruins in and around Rome and Tivoli; St Peter's; Lago di Albano; Rocca di Papa; Lago di Nemi; Castel di Ruspoli; Marino; Villa d'Este; Fontane di Trevi. Also includes 3 commercially produced slides from Tivoli and Taorima.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1960    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-15 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-16 China, October Parade (Anscochrome #1)

41 Anscochrome 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while ESH was in China as part of an Australian scientific delegation in 1964. Most slides are unlabelled. Main subject is the October Parade, with views of the procession, crowds and the Peacock Dance. Also includes a view of a People's Commune.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1964    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-16 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-17 China, October Parade (Anscochrome #2)

30 Anscochrome 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while ESH was in China as part of an Australian scientific delegation in 1964. Most slides are unlabelled. Main subject is the October Parade, with views of the procession and the Peacock Dance. Also includes two slides showing a piggery at a People's Commune in Peking.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1964    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-17 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-18 China (Agfacolor #1)

42 Agfacolor 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while ESH was in China as part of an Australian scientific delegation in 1964. All slides are unlabelled. Subjects include: a variety of ornate buildings and monuments; Great Wall of China; group of Chinese scientists; Mark Oliphant.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1964    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-18 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-19 China (Agfacolor #2)

34 Agfacolor 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while ESH was in China as part of an Australian scientific delegation in 1964. Some slides are labelled. Subjects include: a variety of ornate buildings and monuments; view at Ming Tombs; reservoir; scientists at Geomagnetic Institute; Great Wall of China; E.J. Underwood.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1964    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-19 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-20 China (Kodachrome #1)

50 Kodachrome 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken while ESH was in China as part of an Australian scientific delegation in 1964. Most slides are unlabelled. Subjects include: a variety of buildings, views, landscapes and people; cave at Chou Kou Tien; geological disconformity; folded jurassic; groups including members of Australian scientific delegation; dam under construction; ESH.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1964    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-20 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-21 Ceylon

22 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Ceylon on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Slides are unlabelled. Subjects include: scenes of forests and gardens; unknown family.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-21 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-22 India - Delhi

27 Kodachrome 1/2 frame colour slide in cardboard mounts, taken in India on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Slides are unlabelled, but came from projector cassette labelled 'Delhi'. Subjects include: river settlements; street scenes; ESH and CDH with unknown couple.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-22 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-23 India - Delhi

39 Kodachrome 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in India on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Slides are unlabelled, but came from projector cassette labelled 'Delhi'. Subjects include: buildings and monuments; snake charmer and trained monkeys.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-23 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-24 Iran

35 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Iran on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Slides are unlabelled, but note on box reads 'Teheran to Isfahar and Qumr'. Subjects include: buildings and decorative architecture; mosques; street scenes; landscapes.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-24 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-25 Iran-Elburz Mountains

32 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Iran on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Slides are unlabelled, but note on box reads 'Trip to Elburz Mountains ex Teheran w. Gordon Williams'. Subjects include: mountain and snow scenes; group by car, presumably including Gordon Williams.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-25 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-26 Moscow

35 Kodachrome 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Moscow during ESH's visit to the USSR in 1968. Many slides are labelled in pen, some with more detailed annotations in pencil (see also 'Russia I' notebook in 4/28 for more detailed notes, however, numbers in notebook do not correspond to slide numbers). Subjects include: a variety of buildings and views; Moscow University; Moscow River; Unfinished Palace; Kremlin; Cathedral of the Annunciation; Cathedral of the Assumption; Archangelskoye; Hall of Space Exploration. Also includes one unlabelled full-frame slide.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range May 1968 - June 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-26 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-27 Leningrad

37 Kodachrome 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Leningrad and elsewhere during ESH's visit to the USSR in 1968. Many are labelled (see also 'Russia III' notebook in 4/28, however, numbers in notebook do not correspond to slide numbers). Subjects include: a variety of buildings, views and people; Neva River; Leningrad University; the Aurora; Piskaryovskoye Cemetery; Winter Palace Square; Pushkin; Summer Palace, Peterhoff; Repin's House, 'Penates'; Gulf of Finland; ESH and CDH with M.P. Petrov outside restaurant.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range May 1968 - June 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-27 Box Number 57 Series 20
20-28 Crimea

34 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in the Crimea during ESH's visit to the USSR in 1968. Many are labelled (see also 'Russia III' notebook in 4/28 for further notes, however, numbers in notebook do not correspond to slide numbers). Subjects include: a variety of buildings, views and landscapes; Bachchiserai; Cave Monastery at Uspinskaya; Catherine Mile-post; Stone Forest; Eagles Eyrie; group of Voronesh University students on a field trip.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-28 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-29 Yugoslavia

23 colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Yugoslavia on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Most slides are unlabelled. Subjects include: Dubrovnik; buildings; street scenes; waterfront views.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-29 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-30 Europe

36 colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Europe on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Slides are unlabelled, and although they came from projector cassettes labelled 'Around Cuzco' and 'Pisac', they appear to be have been taken in Yugoslavia. Subjects include: coastal views; street scenes; folk dancing.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-30 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-31 Germany, Austria and France

33 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts. taken in Germany, Austria and France on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Slides are unlabelled, but came from box labelled 'Nurnberg, Strasbourg, Austria (Iris)'. Subjects include: a variety of buildings and street scenes; coastal and city views; CDH and Iris Wells.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-31 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-32 France - Orsay

15 Kodachrome 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in France on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Slides are labelled. Subjects include: forests around Orsay; Department of Geology, Orsay; ESH with P. Bellair; earth pillars; statue of Napoleon.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-32 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-33 Mexico, Lima, Argentina, Brazil

66 colour slides in cardboard mounts, a mixture of Kodachrome and Ektachrome, both 1/2 and full frame, taken in South America on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Some slides are labelled, and markers with place names provide rough groupings. Subjects include: street scenes and buildings in Mexico and Lima; many scenic views of Rio de Janeiro, some including CDH; Sierra de la Ventana in Argentina; Sao Paulo.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-33 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-34 Machupicchu and Cuzco

26 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in and around Machupicchu and Cuzco, Peru, on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Some slides are labelled. Subjects include: scenic landscapes; many views of ancient ruins, presumably at Machupicchu, including barracks and temple; Urubamba River. Also includes one slide labelled 'Inca Terracing, Pisac', used as an illustration in one of ESH's books.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-34 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-35 Pisac and Cuzco

31 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in and around Pisac and Cuzco, Peru, on part of ESH's round-the-world trip in 1968. Some slides are labelled. Subjects include: views of Cuzco; ruins and bluegums at Cuzco; market and street scenes; terracing at Pisac; glaciated stones and ruins at Sacsayhuaman.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-35 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-36 Spain and Portugal

30 Ektachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Spain and Portugal during ESH's visit for the International Council of Scientific Unions Conference in 1970 (see also 4/31). All are unlabelled. Subjects include: a variety of historic buildings, views and coastal scenes; ESH, CDH and Iris Wells.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range August 1970    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-36 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-37 Spain and Portugal

34 Ektachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in Spain and Portugal during ESH's visit for the International Council of Scientific Unions conference in 1970 (see also 4/31). All are unlabelled. Subjects include: a variety of historic buildings, views and coastal scenes; CDH; rock formations on beach. Also includes commercially produced slide showing Palcio Nacional de Pena in Sintra.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range August 1970    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-37 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-38 United Kingdom - Land's End and Penzance

28 Ektachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken along the English coast near Land's End and Penzance while ESH was visiting the UK in 1970. All slides are unlabelled, but location is given on box lid. Subjects are mostly coastal scenes, showing cliffs, shore platforms and other coastal features.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1970    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-38 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-39 UK - Eldridge Hunt and Dunster

25 Kodachrome 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in the UK. Slides are unlabelled, but labels on box read 'Elridge Hunt' and 'Dunster, trip w. Rita across Somerset', and slides appear to be from two different periods. Subjects include: preparations for hunt; village streets and buildings, presumably Dunster; rural and coastal views.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1970s?)    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-39 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-40 Scotland and Brittany

15 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, presumably taken in Scotland and Brittany in 1972. All slides are unlabelled, but containing envelope is labelled 'Scotland/Brittany'. Subjects include: villages; lochs; coastal scenes; geological features.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1972    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-40 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-41 India

28 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in India in 1972. Slides are unlabelled, but notes on box give some subjects. Subjects include: CDH with couple, presumably Elora and Ajanta; old temples and ruins; artwork and statues; river scenes; geological features.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1972    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-41 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-42 India - Madhya Pradesh

39 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in India during ESH's visit to Madhya Pradesh in 1972. Slides are unlabelled. Subjects include: a variety of buildings and temples; Mandu Fort; Sanchi; village scenes; Kari Camp; ESH and CDH together with a number of their Indian hosts, including Dan Asthana.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1975    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-42 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-43 India - Madhya Pradesh, Kajuraho

31 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in India during ESH's visit to Madhya Pradesh in 1975. Slides are unlabelled, but marker gives location as Kajuraho. Subjects include: temples at Kajuraho, with close-ups of carving and statues.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1975    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-43 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-44 India - Madhya Pradesh

36 colour slides in cardboard mounts, taken in India during ESH's visit to Madhya Pradesh in 1975. Slides are unlabelled. Subjects include: landscapes; buildings and temples; Panna; Kajuraho; groups including ESH, CDH and Dan Asthana.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1975    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-44 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-45 Bali

40 Kodachrome colour slides in cardboard and plastic mounts, taken in Bali in 1975. Slides are mostly unlabelled, but note on box reads 'Bali Beach / Dance - Barong (protector of men)'. Subjects include: scenic views; village and beach scenes; traditional dance.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1975    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-45 Box Number 58 Series 20
20-46 Illustrations

15 Kodachrome full and 1/2 frame colour slides in cardboard mounts, selected for use as illustrations. Many are labelled with figures numbers and size of reproduction. Also includes slides from ESH's trip to South America in 1968.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1968 - 1974    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 20-46 Box Number 58 Series 20

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With support from Thomas Baker (Kodak), Alice Baker and Eleanor Shaw Benefactions and The University of Melbourne
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