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Harold Earle Riddiford public lectures and speeches
- Date
- [ca 1953-1959]
- Reference
- MS-Papers-12631-11
- Description
Contains handwritten notes for talks and lectures given by Harold Earle Riddiford.
The first notes were for broadcast by the NBS network on 7 June 1953 and relate to his first meeting Sir Edmund Hillary and the First New Zealand Himalayan Expedition of 1951. They second account concerns the 1951 Everest Reconnaissance Expedition. There are also further outlines for talks and notes on expeditions. One listing records various mountain peaks and their heights.
Title taken from item.
Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "1" in a plastic sleeve with note in pencil describing the contents as "HER | Public lectures/speeches". Also written in blue ink "First meeting HER + Ed Hillary | Handwritten account 1951 Everest Rec. Exp. by Earle".
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Physical Description: Mss, typescript
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- Use/Reproduction
- Public or commercial use requires the written permission of the donor. The Library may provide members of the public with the donor’s contact details for the purpose of obtaining permission for public or commercial use of the material. Private use of the material is permitted. Copyright: Materials created by Earle Riddiford are in copyright; copyright is held by his four children. Copyright in other materials in the collection is not known.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance / Earle's letters
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Lectures, Mss, typescript
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