| Description | File, mainly letters from Dan McKenzie or about McKenzie's work on plate tectonics for early written histories on the subject, notably comprising: cutting of McKenzie's article "Drifting Continents", 'The Listener', 7 May 1970; photocopy of letter from McKenzie to Janet Watson, President of the Geological Society of London, England, sending biographical information [to be used for the citation for the Wollaston Medal] particularly on the scientific scene in the 1960s at Cambridge and the influence of Edward 'Teddy' Bullard, 18 February 1983; copy of letter from McKenzie to Ron Oxburgh, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, England, sending a list of his publications [not included] with explanations of the context and arguments contained in them, 4 April 1984; copy letter from McKenzie to Miss B M de Vere, Royal Society, London, England, explaining the important stages of his research, 7 April 1989 [McKenzie has annotated the letter stating that it was written in response to the Royal Society's request for biographical information as it had nominated McKenzie for the Japan Prize, dated 3 May 1990]; letter from Henry 'Hank' Frankel asking McKenzie 47 interview questions on the topic of his university education, scientific contemporaries and how he came up with the theory of plate tectonics, 2 February 1990, with copy, detailed reply [mss & typescript] from McKenzie, 18 March 1990; copy letter from McKenzie to Spencer Weart, Director American Institute of Physics, Maryland, USA, forwarding copies of material which he had made for Frankel, and describing his working and filing methods and seeking suggestions for how his papers (apart from his written manuscripts which he sends to Celal Sengor) may be looked after in the future, 1 August 1997. Includes photograph of Dan McKenzie taken in 1997, similar to: LDGSL/1107/C/11/1. |
| Administrative History | Some of the file was prepared for Henry 'Hank' Frankel's use for his histories of plate tectonics. |