Reeks HWW/3/1 - Papers relating to the Zaire River Expedition 1974-1975 of which Harold W Woolhouse was a field member, studying the growth of plants in soil poluted by copper and cobalt

Extent: 2 boxes

Includes notebooks, maps with information about vegetation, lecture notes, photographs, draft report on expedition, articles 'African Vegetation', R.W.J Keay, 'Ecological effects of wetland utilization in Africa' and 'The primary productivity of African wetlands, with particular reference to the Okavango Delta', 'The Nile, biology of an ancient river', Keith Thompson, Carte des sols et de la vegetation du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, G. Yangambi, Notice explicative de la carte des sols et de la vegetation, 1954, Carte des regions climatique du Congo Belge, 1950, post expedition correspondence re findings and report much of it with Dr Peter Shewry and Keith Thompson who along with Prof Woolhouse carried out the botonical work on the expedition and Dr F.C Roger, correspondence re a symposium on the results of the expedition, critique of some elements of the expedition, minutes of the Scientific Exploration Society AGM and annual report, 13 May 1975, Scientific Exploration Society newsletters, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep 1975, copy report on the botanical work of the Zaire River Expedition with rough draft and comments, planning instruction for the expedition and paper outlining scientific objectives of the project, 1973