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MS 004 – ANDREWS, Ernest Clayton (1870-1948)
Geologist

Andrews was Government Geologist, New South Wales, 1920-31 and published two major works on Australian geology entitled Broken Hill District (1922) and Mineral Industry of New South Wales (1928)

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1. Unpublished autobiography, typescript (366pp)

2. MS autobiographical notes, December 1935 (88pp)

3. MS autobiographical notes, pp 89-133. On the reverse of the paper is a 56 page manuscript memorial of T W Edgeworth David by ECA

4. Typed version of autobiographical notes (items 2 and 3)

5. Handwritten analysis of ECA’s character by a phrenologist and palmist, 11 May 1900

6. Letter to Dr Francis Farquhar , 17 April 1947, enclosing a ballad on the death of Methuselah in the World Deluge written by ECA

7. Presidential address by ECA to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in 1930, entitled ‘The philosophical significance of science and history’

8. ‘The eternal goodness’. Book by ECA published in 1948

9. ‘Ernest Clayton Andrews 1870-1948’. Extract from Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. lxxvii, parts 3-4, 1952. Memorial Series, no. 13

10. The Australian National Review, vol. 5, no. 26, Feb. 1, 1939. Contains an article by ECA, "Future of mankind"

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1. ‘Let not your heart be troubled’. Unpublished philosophical essays, typescript (112pp)

2. Ballads, poems, essays by ECA. Typescript

3. Letter from ECA to C. Montague Cook, 20 May 1927

4. Correspondence with American scientists, 1925 and 1944

5. Miscellaneous correspondence 1925-1949 - largely biographical material

6. Biographical notes prepared by Mrs Andrews: ‘Notes on the life and scientific attainments of E C Andrews’

7. Correspondence relating to scientific medals, honours and appointments conferred on ECA, 1923-1939

8. Photographic portrait; collection of photographs

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