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Dovers Family - Papers, 1911-1915, 1953-1958

Dovers Family - Papers, 1911-1915, 1953-1958

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Dovers Family - Papers, 1911-1915, 1953-1958

About this item

Full title

Dovers Family - Papers, 1911-1915, 1953-1958

Author / Creator

Date

1911-1915, 1953-1958

Call Numbers

MLMSS 3812

Record Identifier

YRlZ5Jln

Reference Code

421417
Physical Description

Contents

1 box - 0.13 Meters

Photographs

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Collection

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : CY 4413, frames 102-392 (MLMSS 3812/1, Items 1-4).

Microfilm : CY 4413, frames 393-507 (MLMSS 3812/2, Items 1-3).

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Series 01: George Harris Sarjeant Dovers papers, 1911-1915

Series 02: Robert G. Dovers papers, 1953-1958

a. 2 Diaries, 31 Dec 1951 - 17 Jan 1953 and 2 Dec 1954 - 4 Jan. 1955 (Call No.: MLMSS 3812/2/1-2: Issue CY 4413, frames 393-499)
b. Letters received from Sir Douglas Mawson, 1955-1958 (Call No.: MLMSS 3812/2/3: Issue CY 4413,...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Dovers Family - Papers, 1911-1915, 1953-1958

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Maps (3) from this collection are filed in the maps collection at M Ser 4000/1, MSS 3812 items 1-2
Photographs (3) from this collection are included in the Mitchell Library Small Pictures File. For description see Pic.Acc. 5438

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Robert Dovers in 1980

Administrative / Biographical history

George Harris Sarjeant Dovers, 1887-1971, was a surveyor and cartographer who helped explore and map Antarctica. He was a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, which was led by Sir Douglas Mawson on the ship Aurora. He was at that time a surveyor with the Commonwealth Government Office in Sydney.

Robert G. Dovers, d.19...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 3812

Record Identifier

YRlZ5Jln

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZ5Jln

Other Identifiers

Reference code

421417

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