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Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880-1963)

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Griffith Taylor Collection

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Accession numberA0714Collection summaryA collection documenting geographer and Antarctic explorer Thomas Griffith Taylor’s scientific expeditions and academic career.CreatorThomas Griffith Taylor (1880-1963)Description

Thomas Griffith Taylor was a geographer and Antarctic explorer who participated in Scott's 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition as the senior geologist of the Western Geological Party. He later became a pioneering academic geographer, holding positions at the University of Sydney, the University of Chicago, and the University of Toronto.

This collection documents Taylor's scientific and academic career, with a particular focus on his Antarctic expeditions. Materials include original handwritten diaries and journals from the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), correspondence with fellow explorers including Captain R.F. Scott, extensive photographs of Antarctic landscapes and expedition activities, maps, publications, and personal expedition equipment. Materials relating to his academic work—such as lecture notes, publications, and research on Australia, Canada, and Chile—are also represented.

Notable items include Taylor's Antarctic sledge diaries, original correspondence with Captain Scott, equipment used during Antarctic expeditions including his wind-proof helmet and compass, and photographs documenting the Terra Nova expedition.

The collection was initially gifted to the Department of Geography by Professor Thomas Griffith Taylor in 1960 and was formally donated to the University of New England Archives by the Geography & Planning Department in 1988.

Date range1856-1964 (predominant 1910-1913)Request accessBook an appointment to view this item in our Reading Room.Request a digital copyComplete the form with details of your requestLearn more aboutCopy services

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Antarctic Helmet as worn by Griffith Taylor Thomas, 1911

Second Western Geological Party 1911 - 1912

From Camp looking towards crater, 1911

Motor Sledge Trials, October 1911

Hut, Ramp and Erebus, January 1911

Ice Grottoes, Windvane Hill, January 1911

Terra Nova off Cape Evans, January 1911

Tabular Berg and two motor sledges

Debris-Cones

Billing and Cooing on Cape Evans

Helmsman keeping his feet warm on the Terra Nova, showing Cherry and Drake

Priestley, Wright and Dimitri on the poop deck of the Terra Nova

"Probably the first bicycle on the Antarctic continent"

Expedition members outside the hut at Cape Evans

Garwood Glacier after the snowfall

Antarctic avalanche [c.1910-1913]

Edge of glacier tongue, 25 January 1911

"Too Inquisitive!", 1911

Discovery hut with Observation Hill behind, 1911

Griffith Taylor at Tewkesbury, 1913

Dogs tied up beside Terra Nova, with Dimitri stopping a penguin from getting close to them

Two motor sledges at Cape Evans, showing a large tabular iceberg & the Terra Nova in the background

Landing the Motors 11, showing the Terra Nova moored by the ice shelf

Bound Volume

A Journal of the 1910 Expedition (Part A), by Griffith Taylor

A Journal of the 1910 Expedition (Part B), by Griffith Taylor

Journal of Narrative of Western Party, 1911-1912

Photo Album - Antarctic Photographs, Griffith Taylor

Artwork

Study of "BIPES" sketched in the Cape Evans Hut, by E.A. Wilson

'The Rush to Safety over the Blue Glacier', by David Low

Publication

Long ago in Alcala, sheet music annotated by Griffith Taylor

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