The Wally Johnson collection relating to Papua New Guinea volcanology, 1880-2016 (bulk 1969-2016)
- Bib ID:
- 7467795
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Johnson, R. W. (Robert Wallace)
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [between 1880 and 2016]
- 2.57 m (26 security binders) + 5 boxes.
- Summary:
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The collection consists of Dr Johnson's personal research papers, photographs and slides relating to scientific and historical studies of the active volcanoes of Papua New Guinea from 1969 to 2016. The papers consist of letters, notes, reports, and maps, together with colour and black-and white prints, negatives, colour transparencies (both 35 mm and 60 mm), 35 mm lecture slides and some CDs (which comprise copies of some items from the collection). The collection also documents the work of other volcanologists including Dr N.H. Fisher, G.A.M. Taylor, M.A. Reynolds, R.J.S. Cooke and Dr Takashi Kizawa.
- Biography/History:
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Robert Wallace Johnson was born in Gateshead, Britain in 1941. He studied at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, and completed his PhD on the geology and petrology of a volcano in Kenya, 1963. Johnson undertook postdoctoral work at the University of California Berkeley, and later began work for the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources as a field officer in Papua New Guinea. This was the beginning of 36 years of mapping and study of the volcanic geology of New Britain.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference number: MS 10261.
- Please note: in the first instance readers should refer to photographic prints or copies rather than the original negatives. Exceptions will be made on a case-by-case basis for readers wanting to access the negatives, but this requires 48 hours’ notice for retrieval.
- Subject:
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- Johnson, R. W. (Robert Wallace) -- Archives
- Taylor, G. A. M. (George Anthony Morgan), 1917-1972
- Cooke, Robin, 1938-1979
- Fisher, N. H. (Norman Henry), 1909-2007
- Kizawa, Takashi
- Reynolds, M. A
- Volcanologists -- Australia -- Archives
- Volcanologists -- Papua New Guinea -- Archives
- Volcanological research -- Papua New Guinea
- Volcanoes -- Papua New Guinea
- Volcanic eruptions -- Papua New Guinea
- Time Coverage:
- 1880-2016
- Other authors/contributors:
- Terms of Use:
- Copying of Wally Johnson's copyright material is permitted for research purposes.
- Copyright:
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Copyright Undetermined
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- Reason for copyright status:
- A Manuscript Collection may have a range of formats and dates.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
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