Guide to the Papers of Ian McDougall
MS 10586
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: December 2021
Collection Summary
- Creator
- McDougall, Ian, Professor
- Title
- Papers of Ian McDougall
- Date Range
- 1957 - 2015
- Collection Number
- MS 10586
- Extent
- 1.65 metres (11 MS boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Content Description
The collection comprises predominately field notes from Australian geologist and geochemist Professor Ian McDougall's research in Australia, New Zealand, Ethiopia, Brazil, Kenya, USA, Canada, Mauritius, Thailand, China, and Europe. The collection also includes personal correspondence to family members detailing his journeys and field work and also some transparencies from his field work in Lord Howe Island, Iceland, China and Kenya.
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Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ian McDougall, National Library of Australia, MS 10586, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid contains descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Item Descriptions
Class 1. Consignment received 2021, 1957 – 2015
The consignment comprises predominately field notes from Australian geologist and geochemist Professor Ian McDougall's research in Australia, New Zealand, Ethiopia, Brazil, Kenya, USA, Canada, Mauritius, Thailand, China, and Europe. The collection also includes personal correspondence to family members detailing his journeys and field work and also some transparencies from his field work in Lord Howe Island, Iceland, China and Kenya.
Series 1. Field notes, 1957-2015
Field notes journal - Travel notes and costs, 1978 (File 9) - Box 1 (MS 10586)
Study leave. USA, Snowmass - August; Iceland, Tanzania - September; Mauritius - October.
Field notes journal - Snowy Mountains, 1963 (File 16) - Box 1 (MS 10586)
Snobs Creek Area, Burrungubugee Heading, Snowy - Eucumbene Tunnel
Field notes journal - Roma New South Wales, Tektites notes, circa 1960s (File 23) - Box 2 (MS 10586)
Department of Geophysics, Australian National University.
Field notes journal - New Zealand, 1968 (File 24) - Box 2 (MS 10586)
1968-9 study leave with family. Also includes a letter.
Field notes journal - USA, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, UK, Mauritius, 1968-1969 (File 25) - Box 2 (MS 10586)
1968-9 study leave with family. Also includes itinerary and airline pamphlets.
Field notes journal - Canada, Norway, Switzerland, UK, 1968 (File 27) - Box 2 (MS 10586)
1968-9 study leave with family.
Field notes journal - Hawaiian Islands, 1968 (File 28) - Box 2 (MS 10586)
1968-9 study leave with family.
Memory stick - Scanned pdf copy of Field notes journal, circa 1970s (File 29) - Box 2 (MS 10586)
Originals at Turkana Basin Institute, Kenya.
Field notes journal - Iceland, UK, Italy, USA, 1977 (File 46) - Box 3 (MS 10586)
Also includes airline tickets.
Field notes journal - Central Australia, 1985 (File 53) - Box 4 (MS 10586)
Also includes ephemera - Yulara Visitor Guide; telegram from Peter Rese to McDougall.
Field notes journal - New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA, 1986 (File 54) - Box 4 (MS 10586)
Volcanology meeting; ICOG meeting. Also includes an invitation letter and newspaper cuttings.
Field notes journal - East of Lake Turkana, Koobi Fora Research Project, Mineral Separation Details etc. Book 1, 1978-1980 (File 59) - Box 4 (MS 10586)
Kenya. Also includes handwritten notes and printed materials.
Series 2. Research, 1972-1982
Field note journals - Lord Howe Island I, 1972 (File 62) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
Also includes 5 colour photographs and maps.
Field note journals - Lord Howe Island II, 1975 (File 63) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
Also includes "Geological Map of Lord Howe Island".
Lord Howe Island, 1981-1998 (File 65) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
File contains a journal article, a black and white photograph showing a map of Lord Howe Island, a letter from McDougall and printed materials relating to Lord Howe Island.
Lord Howe Island, 1975-1978 (File 66) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
File contains associated forms and a letter relating to fieldwork to Lord Howe Island research date; handwritten research notes; ministerial address given by senator J. J. Webster; other printed materials.
Lord Howe Island, 1977-1979 (File 67) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
File contains journal articles, research notes and research data; correspondence from McDougall to Brian Embleton; 15 black and white photographs showing maps of Lord Howe Island; among others.
Tasmantid Seamounts, 1973-1988 (File 68) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
File contains correspondence to and from McDougall; research notes and data; Seamount Chains of the Tasman Sea project; maps; among others.
Ball's Pyramid, 1981-2002 (File 69) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
File contains research notes and annotated research data; correspondence between McDougall and Mark Dickson; journal article; map of Lord Howe Island; annotated honours thesis; among others.
Lord Howe Island, 1980 (File 70) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
Includes associated materials relating to journal article "Origin and Evolution of Lord Howe Island, Southwest Pacific Ocean". Some includes correspondence to, maps, 20 black and white photographs showing Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid.
Lord Howe Island, 1980-1981 (File 71) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
File includes correspondence to and from McDougall; among others.
Geology Meetings, Tasmania, 1979 (File 72) - Box 5 (MS 10586)
File contains 1 black and white photograph showing map of Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid; associated meeting papers.
Visit to China, 1975-1976 (File 75) - Box 6 (MS 10586)
File contains associated materials relating to the visit to China by 6 Australian National University scientists.
Geologists visits, 1975-1983 (File 76) - Box 6 (MS 10586)
Papers relating to six geologists from ANU visiting China and six geologists from Academia Sinica visiting Australia. Some include map, correspondence, postcards, academic papers.
A Discussion of Some Results of Geochronological Studies in China, 1964 (File 77) - Box 6 (MS 10586)
Published in K'o hsüeh t'ung pao, translated from Chinese.
Publication - 黄土的物质成分和结构 / 刘东生等著, 1975 (File 78) - Box 6 (MS 10586)
Gift to McDougall from the author Liu Dongsheng.
China visit - ephemera, n.d. (File 79) - Box 6 (MS 10586)
including 3 black and white photographs, name cards, maps, stamps, among others.
DVD - Visit to China, 1975-1977 (File 80) - Box 6 (MS 10586)
DVD of film taken by McDougall, schedule annotate.
Journal - China, 1975 (File 82) - Box 6 (MS 10586)
Also includes loose forms, receipts, newspaper cutting.
Visit of the Chinese Quaternary scientists to Australian National University, 1976 (File 83) - Box 7 (MS 10586)
Programme.
Visit of the six Australian Quaternary scientists to China, 1976-1982 (File 85) - Box 7 (MS 10586)
File contains papers relating to china visit, some including maps, reports, journal articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, 1 black and white and 1 colour photographs.
Correspondence, 1982-2007 (File 87) - Box 7 (MS 10586)
File contains letter and 6 black and white photographs, journal articles in Chinese from 王松山 [Wang Songshan]; emails between McDougall and Jim Bowler with photographic images relating to Liu TS interview.
Series 3. Correspondence, 1964-1983
Correspondence, 1964 (File 92) - Box 8 (MS 10586)
Mauritius, June - July; Reunion, July; Mauritius, July - August.
Correspondence, 1965-1968 (File 93) - Box 8 (MS 10586)
New Zealand, September - October 1965; ANZAAS, 1968.
Correspondence, 1967 -1970 (File 97) - Box 8 (MS 10586)
Papua New Guinea, October - November 1967; ANZAAS; Norfolk Island, November - December 1970.
Correspondence, 1971 (File 98) - Box 9 (MS 10586)
ANZAAS Conference Queensland, May; Norfolk Island, July - August.
Correspondence, 1972 (File 99) - Box 9 (MS 10586)
Canada, September; French Polynesia, September - October; Lord Howe Island, December.
Correspondence, 1973 (File 100) - Box 9 (MS 10586)
Iceland, June - July; Canary Island, July; New Zealand (INQUA), December.
Correspondence, 1974 (File 101) - Box 9 (MS 10586)
USA, April - June; Paris-Iceland-Paris, August - September; USA (Rhode Island), September.
Correspondence, 1975 (File 102) - Box 9 (MS 10586)
Lord Howe Island, January; USA, June - July; Iceland, July to August.
Correspondence, 1975 (File 103) - Box 9 (MS 10586)
London-Grenoble-Athens-Crete, August - September.
Correspondence, 1978 (File 105) - Box 9 (MS 10586)
USA, August; Iceland, September; Kenya, September.
Correspondence, 1980 (File 107) - Box 10 (MS 10586)
Lord Howe Island, March; New Hebrides, April; Mauritius and Comores, August - September; Kenya (Koobi Fora), September.
Correspondence, 1982 (File 108) - Box 10 (MS 10586)
Samoa, April; China, July; Japan, July; USSR, July- August; United Kingdom -Canada-USA, August- September.
Series 4. Transparencies, 1972-1999
Transparencies - Lord Howe Island, 1972-1980 (File 111) - Box 11 (MS 10586)
1 sheet - sheet 1 - 1972,1973, 1980
Transparencies -Iceland, 1973-1977 (File 112) - Box 11 (MS 10586)
5 sheets - sheets 1,2,3 (1973); sheet 4 (1974-1975); sheet 5 - (1976-1977). Sheet 1 includes Laotoli, Tanzania