Reference code
ZA UCT BC722_C_C1
Title
Research materials for “Our Wandering Continents”
Date(s)
- 1930-1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
TBA
Name of creator
(1878-1948)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
C1.1
Correspondence (1935-1938) re: research/preparation leading up to his book. ( Includes criticisms and support of the book by his colleagues)
Review articles about his book “Our Wandering Continents”
C1.2
Folder headed “Geodetic”:-
notes re: changing latitude in the Arctic.
articles by Alex Du Toit re: Gondwanaland.
rough notes and illustrations on “Our Wandering Continents”
newsclippings re: “Continental Drift”
3 maps initialled HBB.
C1.3 Gondwana - Paleozoic:- rough notes and articles. Includes a notebook and map by Y B Choubert.
C1.4 “Causes of continental drift” - rough notes.
C1.5 “The Paramorphic Zone (P-Zone)”- rough notes, articles by Leigh Fermor and from “Nature” journal and correspondence with F A Meinesz.
C1.6 “Analysis of foldings and movements”- notes, sketches
and articles.
C1.7 “Relation of Laurasia to Gondwana” - notes, sketches and articles.
C1.8a “Biological and Palaeontological connections” - newsclippings, articles, rough notes.
C1.8b notes on fossil “Tritylodon Longaevus”
C1.9 “Tertiary Fold Girdle etc. Fractures and parting of Continents” - rough notes
C1.10 “The Oceans” - rough notes and articles.
C1.11 Original and rough proofs of illustrations.
Correspondence (1935-1938) re: research/preparation leading up to his book. ( Includes criticisms and support of the book by his colleagues)
Review articles about his book “Our Wandering Continents”
C1.2
Folder headed “Geodetic”:-
notes re: changing latitude in the Arctic.
articles by Alex Du Toit re: Gondwanaland.
rough notes and illustrations on “Our Wandering Continents”
newsclippings re: “Continental Drift”
3 maps initialled HBB.
C1.3 Gondwana - Paleozoic:- rough notes and articles. Includes a notebook and map by Y B Choubert.
C1.4 “Causes of continental drift” - rough notes.
C1.5 “The Paramorphic Zone (P-Zone)”- rough notes, articles by Leigh Fermor and from “Nature” journal and correspondence with F A Meinesz.
C1.6 “Analysis of foldings and movements”- notes, sketches
and articles.
C1.7 “Relation of Laurasia to Gondwana” - notes, sketches and articles.
C1.8a “Biological and Palaeontological connections” - newsclippings, articles, rough notes.
C1.8b notes on fossil “Tritylodon Longaevus”
C1.9 “Tertiary Fold Girdle etc. Fractures and parting of Continents” - rough notes
C1.10 “The Oceans” - rough notes and articles.
C1.11 Original and rough proofs of illustrations.