| Description | Maps and photographs of Robert Millner SHACKLETON. Section is divided into four.
The first subsection presents material documenting the geology of Moel Hebog, in North Wales. Shackleton's Ph.D. was on the geology of this area and he returned to Moel Hebog later in his career. Accordingly the material may have originated from a number of visits, although it certainly includes postgraduate research work.
The second subsection, Kenya, includes the bulk of the maps. They principally cover Shackleton's surveying 1940-1945. He worked throughout Kenya producing reports for the Geological Survey of Kenya on the areas of Malikisi, North Kavirondo (1944), Nyeri (1945), Migori Gold Belt (1946), and Nanyuki and Maralal (1946). This subsection also includes maps of the Olorgesailie site and surrounding area. There are a few figures from the 1950s and later relating to his ongoing work in East Africa, particularly on the geology of the Rift Valley.
Maps of Great Britain and Ireland comprise the third subsection. These are mostly Ordnance Survey six inch (1:2,500) and one inch (1:63,360) maps, annotated by Shackleton. The majority are of Scottish sites and appear to have been used from the 1930s to the 1950s. The bulk of this material, C.52-C.92, is the contents of Shackleton's envelopes of 6 inch (1:2,500) maps inscribed with the location or locations to which they refer. These have been presented in an alphabetical order by the location. In some cases, where the envelope bears more information, it has been retained. Loose 1 inch Ordnance Survey maps used by Shackleton are presented at C.97-C.107. Many are annotated.
The section is completed by composite panoramic photographs from Tibet in the 1980s. |