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MS 142, AN 8307 - COTTON, Leo Arthur (1883-1963)

Cotton was Professor of Geology and Physical Geography at the University of Sydney 1925-48 after being associated with the department from 1908.

1. Pencil sketches of Antarctica in the area of the South Shetland Islands by Waterschoot van de Gracht. 1912

2. Black and white photo, 19 x 12.5cm, from Shackleton's expedition, 1907. Wheels from the first car to run in the Antarctic - either an Allard or an Arrol-Johnson 12-15hp

3. Black and white photo, 19 x 12.5cm, from Shackleton's expedition, 1907-08. Mackay, Day, David, Mawson, Priestly, with first car at the Antarctic

4. Pen and ink sketch by Griffith Taylor of Cotton Glacier, a river of ice in the Antarctic two miles wide. 1920

5. Pen and ink map of McMurdo Sound. Undated

6. "Voyage of the Nimrod": album of Antarctic photographs. Photographs in the front section were taken by Professor LA Cotton during Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907-08 expedition. Photographs in the back section were taken by a member of Scott's last expedition and given to Professor Cotton (donor uncertain)

7. Explanatory notes on the album, by Professor Cotton's daughter

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