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Papers of Robert Millner Shackleton FRS, 1913-2004, comprising:

Brief biographical information, including: obituaries, 2001 and 2003; Shackleton's entry in 'Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society' written by J F Dewey and B E Leake, 2004;

Geological notebooks, 1929-1995, notably series relating to Shackleton's geological fieldwork, 1929-1988, recording his work throughout the world, with particularly good coverage of Shackleton's research in Kenya in the 1940s, Ireland from the late 1940s onwards, Fiji in the 1950s, Scotland and North Wales from the 1950s, and southern and east Africa in the 1960s;

Maps and photographs, 1913-[?1984], including material on the geology of: Moel Hebog, in North Wales for Shackleton's Ph.D, 1930s; Kenya, 1913-1954, mostly maps relating to Shackleton's surveying work for the Geological Survey of Kenya, 1940-1945, but notably including maps of the paleolothic site at Olorgesailie and the surrounding area, 1942-1947; photographs and maps of Great Britain, mostly Ordnance Survey six inch (12,500) and one inch (1:63,360) maps, annotated by Shackleton, 1922-1956; composite panoramic photographs of Tibet, [?1984];

Correspondence, reports, Parliamentary proceedings and other papers relating to the Tryweryn Dam Consultancy work undertaken by Shackleton for the Liverpool Corporation, advising on the geology of the site of the proposed Llyn Celyn reservoir in Merionthshire, North Wales, 1955-1966.