Series 8 - New Guinea, Spitsbergen and Jan Mayen Expeditions


Date Range1929 - 1981
Quantity71 cm, 40 files
ProvenanceAlan John (Jock) Marshall

Inventory Listing

8-1 Oxford University Expeditions - New Hebrides and New Guinea

Correspondence with: T. Bird; T. Harrisson; rough account of expenses; J.R. Baker; L. Baker; Radiotelegram from Oxford to AJM; unsigned note to AJM??? 'Instructions Re Packing'; Radiotelegram from Baker to AJM; copy of radio message from AJM to ???; manuscript notes on expedition arrangements, procedures and policy by T. Harrisson; reports from T. Harrisson concerning T. Harrisson's current expedition and arrangements for the proposed expedition to New Guinea; Thos. Cook & Son - Wagons-Lits; manuscript notebook or letter to AJM; unsigned typescript 'Provisional Plan for an Expedition to Stone-Age New Guinea'; typescript 'The Oxford University Expedition to the New Hebrides', initialled by AJM; typescript 'Proposed Expedition to New Guinea, 1936-38', signed by T. Harrisson and AJM.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1933 - 1936    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-1 Series 8
8-2 Oxford University Expedition - New Hebrides

Sketch map of Santo Island, New Hebrides, with some annotations; letter from ??? A/Comdt of ??? to AJM; letter to AJM from ??? on British Residency Vila letterhead; letter from AJM to A. Joy, Resident Commissioner, Vila; note from G. Kerr, East Santo Plantations Ltd, to AJM with annotations; note from AJM to G. Kerr with annotations; two letters from G. Kerr to AJM; letter to T. Harrisson from ???.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1934    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-2 Series 8
8-3 Photographs - New Hebrides

Forty four B/W photographs, various sizes. Some with descriptions and annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1934?    Quantity 3 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-3 Series 8
8-4 Photographs - New Guinea

Seventeen black and white photographs, various sizes. Some descriptions and annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1936?    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-4 Series 8
8-5 Liklik Katolik Baibel

Copy of Liklik Katolik Baibel [Little Catholic Bible], Alexis Catholic Mission (1934). Has some annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1936 - 1945    Quantity 1 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-5 Series 8
8-6 Photographs - New Guinea

Fifty eight black and white photographs, various sizes. Some with typescript captions appended, others with annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1936    Quantity 5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-6 Series 8
8-7 Photographs - New Guinea

Forty five black and white photographs, various sizes. Some annotated.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1936?    Quantity 3 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-7 Series 8
8-8 Photographs - New Guinea

Forty six black and white photographs, various sizes. Some annotated.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1936    Quantity 3 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-8 Series 8
8-9 Photographs

Thirty four assorted black and white photographs, most of birds but some of New Guinea. Some with descriptive annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1929 - 1936    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-9 Series 8
8-10 Men and Birds of Paradise - Photographs, Letters and Typescripts

Letter from T. Curnow on Curtis Brown (Aust) letterhead, to Jane Marshall; letter to T. Curnow from J. Collins on Jacaranda Wiley Ltd letterhead; forty eight black and white photographs; packet of medium format negatives {estray}???; twenty one black and white photographs; seven further black and white photographs, two portraits of AJM, remainder annotated and attributed to Prof. E.A. Briggs; several letters from Jane Marshall and Miss Wagner??? regarding publications; typescript and two photocopies of 'Illustrations for New Guinea Article 'Into the Stone Age'' by AJM; note about publishing style for Men and Birds of Paradise photograph captions.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1970 - 1981    Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-10 Series 8
8-11 Field Notes, newspaper clippings

Copy of Royal Dublin Society Calendar for the 207th Session 1937-38; various papers including: newspaper clipping '1940 explorer discovers US'; page from Woman, January 28, 1946; sketch map with annotations; part page of typescript with annotations {estray}; copy takes for two newspaper articles with annotations; two newspaper clippings; letter with manuscript of song from Josi ???; portion of letter with annotation on back; various pages from Pacific Islands Monthly; typescript page, numbered 50, titled 'The Seven Citizens' with corrections {estray}; page from The Illustrated London News, Sept 22, 1934; two pages of ethnographic notes on New Guinea; page of book references on sexual selection amongst birds; various groups of typescript and manuscript drafts; notes from expedition, one in Pigdin; portion of typescript page; page 9 of a letter from W. Hook; typescript copy of 'The Pacific Islands Club, Report Submitted at the Annual Meeting on April 5, 1939', signed by Ian Hogbin, President, annotated.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1933 - 1940    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-11 Series 8
8-12 Espiritu Santo Expedition

Note signed AJM, requesting finder to forward details of its recovery to him; copy of hymn book Nere Pep Hert Co, annotated; manuscript booklet 'Breeding Seasons Instructions for Marshall' various authors, J.R. Baker, L. Baker and T. Harrisson named.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1934    Quantity 1 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-12 Series 8
8-13 Spitsbergen

Typescript copy of article 'A Crossing of the North-West Peninsula of Spitsbergen' by AJM; sketch map of West Spitsbergen.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1938?    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-13 Series 8
8-14 Photographs - Spitsbergen and Norway en route

Nineteen black and white photographs with descriptive annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1937    Quantity 1 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-14 Series 8
8-15 Maps - Spitsbergen

Maps of Spitsbergen, North Svalbard, Baltic and Norden-Karta

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1934    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-15 Series 8
8-16 Photographs - Spitsbergen and Norway en route

Thirty five small black and white photographs, some with descriptive annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1937    Quantity 3 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-16 Series 8
8-17 Messages, Stores Lists - Jan Mayen Expedition

Series of radio telegram messages through expedition; list of supplies.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-17 Series 8
8-18 Correspondence - Jan Mayen Expedition

Various items of correspondence relating to the organisation of the expedition including letters to F. Wells and to AJM from: Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge; S. Glen?; Spanky Hume; Royal Geographical Society.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-18 Series 8
8-19 Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, Typescripts - Jan Mayen Expedition

Various documents including letters to AJM from: R. Deakin, on Times Publishing Company letterhead; from S. Graham, G-B Instructional Ltd letterhead; ??? on Royal Geographical Society letterhead; copy of letter from A.C. Hardy to F. Wells, Gaumont-British Instructional Ltd; to Bob [R.C. Bostrom] from Francis [F. Huxley]; to AJM from F. Wells covering letter to AJM from Scott [S. Russell]; to Oxford University Exploration Club from AJM; to S. Graham from Treasurer of Oxford University Exploration Club; to AJM from J. Huxley on UNESCO letterhead and reply; Newspaper clippings; Correspondence: to F. Wells from AJM; to AJM from John D ?; from W.L.S. Fleming, on Scott Research Institute letterhead; copy of letter to S. Graham from S. Russell; between AJM and Larry ???; Articles by AJM 'The Jan Mayen Expedition Returns', London Calling, February 19, 1948 and as galley proofs 'Oxford Goes Exploring: Expedition to Jan Mayen Island, Volcanoes and Bird Sanctuaries' and '... Study of Wild Life on Jan Mayen, Relics of Earlier Occupations'; Copy of The Geographical Magazine, Vol XXI, No 1 [which contains an article by AJM]; Typescript of radio broadcast from Calling Australia, 'Oxford University Expedition to Jan Mayen', and BBC Home Service 'Arctic Laboratory' by AJM; article Die Expedition der Universität Oxford nach Jan Mayen i. J. 1947; Typescript of paper by AJM 'The Oxford University Expedition to Jan Mayen'; Two copies of expedition accounts balance sheet; Correspondence between AJM and expedition members John??? and D. Boyd; a contract between AJM and BBC for a broadcast; to AJM from John ???; from R. Boswell, BBC Talks Booking Manager; between AJM, Lt. Col. ? Beauchamp, District & Regtl Paymaster and others; between AJM and H.G. Eley, Imperial Chemical Industries Limited; copy of letter to Barclays Old Bank from AJM; Telegram to AJM from Kirwan ? and AJM reply; Letter to S. Graham from D. Boyd; unsigned typescripts 'Notes on Beerenberg' and 'Southern part of Jan Mayen'; Norwegian ? newspaper clippings; further correspondence between AJM and John D; to AJM from Arktisk Næringsdrift A/S {Oslo Bank}.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 2 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-19 Series 8
8-20 Oxford University Expedition Club - Jan Mayen Expedition

Maps of North America and of Jan Mayen Island; Newspaper clippings on various topics; letters to AJM from Royal Geographical Society; from Malcolm Canney???; note to AJM from G. Hattersley Smith; letter to AJM from B. Roberts on Scott Polar Research Institute letterhead; note from Anion Ritchinson???; note from K. Sandford.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 1 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-20 Series 8
8-21 Notebook - Jan Mayen Expedition

Manuscript book 'Jan M during War Years ...' by S. Richter.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1941 - 1945    Quantity 1 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-21 Series 8
8-22 Collecting Record - Jan Mayen Expedition

Manuscript notebook 'Collecting Record, Marshall, Oxford Expedition to Jan Mayen, 1947'; field notes?.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-22 Series 8
8-23 Contact Prints - Jan Mayen Expedition

Group of thirty five millimetre contact prints.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-23 Series 8
8-24 Photographs - Jan Mayen Expedition

Seventy four black and white photographs of various sizes, some en route but most on Jan Mayen. Some descriptive annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 4 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-24 Series 8
8-25 Aerial Photographs - Jan Mayen Expedition

Forty five black and white ærial photographs.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-25 Series 8
8-26 Photographs - Jan Mayen Expedition

Thirty seven black and white photographs of various sizes, some with descriptive annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 3 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-26 Series 8
8-27 Photographs - Jan Mayen Expedition

One postcard to AJM from Lady V. MacFadyen [?]; set of small black and white photographs; ninety six black and white photographs various sizes, some with descriptive annotation.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-27 Series 8
8-28 Photographs - Jan Mayen Expedition

Two group and eleven individual portrait black and white photographs of the expedition members.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-28 Series 8
8-29 Slides - Jan Mayen Expedition

33 colour slides in 2 boxes.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1947    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-29 Series 8
8-30 Lecture 'The Oxford University Expedition to Jan Mayen, 1947'

Typescript of lecture to the Royal Geographical Society and discussion; letter from D. Middleton on Royal Geographical Society letterhead.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1948 - 1963    Quantity 1 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-30 Series 8
8-31 Publications and Typescripts

Monographs: Søren Richter Jan Mayen I Krigsarene, Minner Fra Det Første Stykke Noorek Land Vi Besatte og Holdt Under Hele Krigen; G.C.L. Bertram and D. Lack Bear Island; typescript 'Notes on Physical Geology and Weather of Jan Mayen Island, Greenland Sea', signed J.D.; typescript translation of Dr H. Tollner? and others 'Fourteen Months in the Arctic, the Austrian Arctic Expedition (1932/33) to Jan Mayen ...'; typescript of shooting script 'Arctic Laboratory' by S. Graham.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1933 - 1948    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-31 Series 8
8-32 Publications - Jan Mayen

Monograph Jan Mayen, en oversikt Over Oens Natur, Historie Og Betyding.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1929    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-32 Series 8
8-33 Maps - Jan Mayen

Two maps of Jan Mayen Island with some annotations.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1939? - 1947?    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-33 Series 8
8-34 Publications - Expedition Information

Articles: C. Fenner 'Two Historic Gumtrees: Associated with the Burke and Wills Expedition of 1861'; A.P. Elkin 'Grey's Northern Kimberley Cave-Paintings Refound', Oceania, Volume XIX, No 1, 1948; J. Huxley Huxley in Africa; Copy of 'Summary Report of the 1959 University of London Expedition to Jan Mayen Island, Greenland Sea'; Article by F.W. Whitehouse 'Cape York Peninsula', Walkabout, October 1st, 1947; Map of Central North Kimberleys, Western Australia; Department of Lands and Surveys Western Australia Report on Central and North Kimberley Region, 1954; Article from Nature, March 19, 1960, 'Academic Freedom and University Standards'; photocopy of a section from R. Chambers The Book of Days, 1864; Copy of University of Sydney Gazette, Vol 2, No 4; two articles from New Scientist, 17 February, 1966: 'The Gloomy Cleric's Gift to Darwin' and 'Is Malthus Right'.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1948 - 1966    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-34 Series 8
8-35 Map - Central Africa

Map of Southern Portion of 'Victoria Nyanza', Central Africa, with survey additions up to 1939.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1939    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-35 Series 8
8-36 Negatives - Africa

Four rolls of negatives.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1955 - 1956    Quantity 2 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-36 Series 8
8-37 Large format negatives - Africa

8 large format negatives.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1955 - 1956    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-37 Series 8
8-38 Slides - Africa

43 colour slides in 3 boxes.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1955 - 1956    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-38 Series 8
8-39 Slides - Kimberley

36 colour slides of Kimberley trip. Most are labelled.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1965    Quantity 1 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-39 Series 8
8-40 Negatives

Unidentified work related negatives.

Creator Alan John (Jock) Marshall
Date range 1945? - 1955?    Quantity 2 cm, 1 File
Inventory Identifier 8-40 Series 8

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