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Offprint of ‘So-called ‘Glacier-Worms’ in New Zealand’ from Nature, vol. 177, p. 534, 17 March 1956.

Syllabus for a course of study on Re-Discovering the Earth: The Polar Regions and the Temperate Regions by Prof N.E. Odell Oxford University Delegacy for Extra-Mural Studies Crayford Sessional Class, Oxford 1965.

A4 brown envelope marked 'Dr N.E. Odell Finland' containing:

(1) Copy of the newspaper Keskisuomalainen, 13 Nov 1959

(2) Copy of the newspaper Jyvaskylan Sanomat, 1959

(3) Finlandia Pictorial Special Issue Lapland, No. 11, vol. XIV Nov 1959

(4) Brochure on cotton manufacturers in Finland

(5) Brochure called ‘Libri’ about the new library building at Abo Akademi (an independent university catering for the Swedish speaking minority in Finland founded in 1918 solely on private endowments).

(6) Off print of ‘Underground Exploration at Otanmaki Mine’ from Mine & Quarry Engineering, December 19578

(7) Typed copy of a presentation on the Otanmaki Company with a note stapled to the front saying that Odell would visit the company on 10 Nov [1959]

(8) General programme for the Helsinki City Orchestra, 1959-60. There is a pencil tick next to a concert on 13 Nov 1959

(9) Programme for the Finnish Dance Artist Association Ballet Section Scholarship, 8 Nov 1959

(10) Travel brochures

Envelope with the following written on the front:
Kangchenjunga geology – translation of Dyhrenfurth’s chapter for book
N.E. Odell 182 Huntingdon Road
Cf. Arnold Heinz views on Himalayan Structure 1938

Contains hand written notes.

Printed copies of a 'Section through Mount Everest and Makalu' showing Makalu, Pethangtse, Thrust Plane, Lhotse, Everest and the North Col. Kept in an envelope on which is written 'Tilman Everest Drawing'.

Notebook containing hand drawn diagrams of the following rocks and minerals [undated]:

• orthoclase feldspar
• orthoclase
• plagioclase feldspar
• micas
• chlorites
• clintonites
• glauconites
• chamosite
• kaolinite
• talc
• orthorhombic pyroxones
• monoclinic pyroxenes
• monoclinic amphiboles
• orthorhombic amphiboles
• olivines
• serpentine
• silicates of alumina
• topaz
• staurolite
• cordierite
• the humite group
• sphenein amphibolite
• axinite
• monazite
• baryte
• brookite
• tetragonal feldspathoids
• tourmaline

Book of handwritten lecture notes taken by Noel Odell of lectures given during the war. Subjects include special tunnelling, military drilling, adaptation to military uses of diamond drill, care & lubrication of drills & pipes, surveying & laying out of anti-tank obstacles, carburettors, demolitions, and explosives.

File called 'Geography Lectures General Examination'.

Contains a copy of the outline schedule of Geography - General Examination Part II; Odell's thoughts on the syllabus; and his lectures on:

• the climate
• weather
• the atmosphere
• temperatures
• high pressure and anti cyclones
• clouds and rainfall
• the geography of food supply
• economic geography of the raw materials of the textile industry
• industrial crops
• communications and transport
• China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, North America, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, South Africa and other countries in Africa.

Handwritten lectures given by Noel Odell in the Department of Geology at Harvard University on Glacial Geology. Some lectures have an annotation indicating they were also given in Cambridge in 1932.