Finding Aid
Denis M. Shaw fonds. 1935-2003; 1946-2003 predominant. – 1.92 m of textual records and graphic material.
Series 1:
Personal. – 1935-2003; 1935-1947 predominant. – 20 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series.
Box 1
F.1-F.13
Articles, pamphlets, post cards and newspaper clippings while in Jamaica; certificates and diplomas (Geochemical Society, Certificate of Canadian Citizenship,1958, marriage certificate,1946, diplomas ); material from elementary school and high school (report cards, musical programs, sport booklets,1938); day planners (1982-2003); diaries (two books, 1942 and 1943, and several documents written while in Jamaica,1946); essays and poetry prior to 1950; McMaster University events (memorial services, newspaper clippings); notes, speeches and jokes; newspaper clippings; passports, driver licences and resume; Spanish class notes.
Series 2:
Correspondence. – 1945-2003. – 44 cm of textual records. – 2 b&w photographs. – Title based on content of series.
F.14
Ahrene, Louise 1950-1957
Albuquerque, Carlos A. R. 1970-1975
Allen, Alastair 1984-1985
Anders, Edward 1986
Angold, Don 1957
Armstrong, Herbert 1948-1991
Arrhenius, Gustaf 1950
F.15
Baird, David 1963
Barker, Colin 1985
Bazzant, Karen 1997
Bea, Fernado 1991-2000
Beattie, Paul 2002
Beaulieu, P. J. 1959
Bernard, André 1959-1970
Best, Ray 1954
Boctor, Nabil Z. 1985
Bourns, A. N. 1967-1968
Bowen-Holmes, Angharad 2000
Brett, Robin 1985
Bristiel, P. 1960-1966
Buckley, J. 1951
Buffet, George 1981-1983
Bureau de Recherches Géologique, Géophysiques et Minières 1959-1960
Burnaby, Tom 1949
Buseck, Peter 1983
Butler, John 1954
F.16 Bolton, Deric 1962-1979
F.17
Cabri, Louis J. 1985
Cailleux, A. 1960-1965
Campbell, G. W. 1983-1984
Caron, C. 1961
Casalis, M. 1960-1963
Chaing, Ming Chen 1985
Chavanne, André 1966
Chayes, Felix 1954
Chen, Chou 1985
Chesworth, Ward 1971-1975
Choubert, Boris 1965
Church, Mike 1985
Civis, Jorge 1991-1993
Clague, John J. 2003
Clair, Jeau 1977
Cloos, E. 1953
Cohen, Bonnie 1973
Copeland, Peter 2002
Coppens, René 1976
Cosson, M. 1960
Cunningham/Shaw, Jill & Ian 1972-2001
F.18
Davis, Seth M. 2003
Davis, Ellen 1973
Davidson, Douglas. 1981
Davoin, M. 1972
Davos Tourismus 2002
de la Roche, Hubert & Monique 1962-1999
Diller, C. S. 1954
Drake, Michael 1985-2002
Dupuy, Claude 1970-1977
Duval, Jean 1960
F.19
Edgar, Alan 1963
Elliott, Helen (née Wescott)
Evans Dostal, Deborah 1974
Evans, Susan (Shaw) 1971-2003
F.20
Fabries, J.
Fallick, Tony 2003
Farmilo, A.W. 1956
Faure, Gunter 1996-1997
Fein, Jeremy B. 2002
Ferayorri-Ivaldi, Christina 1980
Ferguson, R. B. 1954
Ferrara, Giorgio 1978
Figuerola L.C. Garcia 1991
Flanagan, Francis S. 1986
Fleiseher, Michael 1959
Fotia, John 2002
Fredrickson, Penny 1991
Fung, Pat 1978
F.21
Gaboury, Thérèse 1959
Galimov, E. 1978
Gallant, René 1962-1963
Garland, W. J. 1994
Garland, George D. 1981
Gatterer, Alois 1950
Gibbons, Clive 2003
Gittens, John 1957-1989
Gentleman, Susan M. 1970-1971
Goldsmith, Julian 1991-2003
Goles, Gordon G. 1999
Goodman, John E. 1983
Goodwin, Al M. 1963
Goswami, J. N. 1997
Govinduraju, K. Raj. 1960-1985
Graham, Ron 1984
Grand 1985
Greenwood, S. 1972
Gregor, Bryan 1986
Grew, Ed and Priscilla, encl. col. photograph
Box 2
F.1
Hall, Fred L. 2003
Hallaud 1966
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 1993
Haskin, Larry A. 1989
Helson, Jan 1984
Hilena, Pat 1985
Hill, Graham H. 1999
Heier, K. S. 1968
Hodel, Donald Paul
F.2 Irvine, Neil, T. 1962-1973
F.3
Jack, Ann 1985
Jeruta, Ajuko 1972
Joeusum, Oliver 1950-1951
Johannes, W. 1991
Jones, Dorothy 1991-1999
Jordan, G.
F.4
Kavanagh, Robert, J. 1984
Klaus, Anne 1976
Korzinsky, D. S. 1963
Kramish, Arnold 1984-1986
Kretschmar, Uri 1971
Kretz, Ralph 2000
Kvalheim, Aslak 1972
F.5
Lacoste, Francis 1958
LaFleche, A. J. 1972
Lange, Rebecca 2002
Latham, A. G. 1987
Lattitte, M. P. 1958
Leutivein, F. 1953-1965
Levinson, Alfred, A. 1987-2003
Lloyd, Matt 1999
London, David 1985
Lopez-Ruiz, José 1994
Loubat, Henri 1968-1976
F.6
McKenzie, Judith 2002
McLennan, Scott M. 2002
McNutt, Robert H. 1988-1992
Mahdi, The 1967
Mansfield, Charles F. 1980
Marion, Léo 1964
Marshall, J. B. 1958-1960
Martens, Christopher S. 1988
Mason, Brian 1990-1997
Matisoff, Gerald 2001-2002
Meisel John 1992
Melville-Jones, Geoffrey 1991
Metivier, Lea 1958
Milne, Vic
Mines, Department of 1949-1962
Mitsch, R. 1993
Moorhouse, W. W. 1963
Morris, J. E. 1984
F.7
McMaster University (correspondence with the following individuals) Gilmour, G. P. 1948-1970
Hedden, D. M.1956 Lee, Alvin A. 1981-1989
Lerd, C. M. 1963
Mawdsley, J. B. 1955
Paterson, W. N. 1950-1951
Petch, H. E. 1964
Thode, H. G. 1950-1966
Wallace, George 1982
also one postcard to the Geology Dept.
F.8
Nakamura, Eizo 1997
Nelles, H. V. 1992
Newhouse, W. H. 1951
Nockolds, S. R. 1968
Northfield, H. 1951
Nriagu, Jerome O. 1983
F.9 Olsen 1949
F.10
Panha, Eugene N. 1997
Paterson, W. N. 1952
Pergrum, Reginald H. 1963
Pidruczny, Alice 2000
Piispanen, Risto 1986
Plummer, M. 1944
Plummer, L. Neil 1985
Poldersvaart, Arie 1954
F.11 Pereira Gomez, Maria Dolores (Lola) 1992-1996
F.12 Pereira Gomez, Maria Dolores (Lola) 1996-2003
F.13 Correspondence with Shaw’s first wife, Doris Pauline Mitchell, related to their divorce:
Shaw, Paula 1969-1986
Evenden, J. N. 1970
Hinton and Hines 1968
Lazier and Lazier 1971-1975
Weatherston, Bowlby, Luckhak and Martino 1970-1975
Government of Ontario 1975
Ministry of the Attorney General 1974
F.14 Queens University 1954-1956
F.15
Rambaldi, Ermanno 1977-1978
Rankama, Kalervo 1950-1972
Rapela, Carlos 1976-1987
Ravin, Arnold W. 1963
Ready, William 1979-1981
Redfield, Florence 1951
Remy, J. 1973
Robinson, S.C. 1959-1963
Rosbaud, P. 1951
Rosenqvist, I. Th. 1971
Roubault, Marcel 1954-1965
Ruiperez, Daniel Hernandez 1994
Runnegar, Bruce 2002
F.16
Saielle, J. 1969
Sagar, Hilda and Frank 1973-1978
Saukov, A.A. 1963
Saunders, Frank and Hilda 1998-2000
Sclar, C. B. 1986-1987
Scott, Ed 1995-2000
Seabrook, W. D. 1984-1985
Sears, Derek W. 2002
Shalom, Bert 1978-1979
Silcox, James A. 1975
Slater, W. J. 1980
Smith, S. 1981
Spectator, The 1970
Speakman, H. B. 1957
Spivak, J. 1956
Stanton, Richard Limon
Stauffer, Mel 1995
Stearn, C. W. 1969
Stevenson, John S. 1955
Stewart, Charlotte A. 1998
Symons, Frank S. 1946
F.17 Shaw, Denis Martin 1945-1946; letters to Shaw in his capacity as a flying officer of the 89th Staging Post
F.18 Shaw, Geoffrey 1958-2002
F.19 Shaw, Leslie 1946-2003
F.20 Shaw, Leslie, letters from Denis M. Shaw 1945-1950
F.21 Shaw, Peter 1970-2003
F.22
Taylor, S. R. 1969-2001
Terrier, Claudius 1966
Teruta, Yuko 1992
Thiemens, Mark H. 2000
Thomas, Sally 2003
Thomson, R. 1954
Thompson, James B. 1963
Tompsett, A. 1963
Touret, Jacques 1962-1985
Treadgold, Donald W. 1971
Treuil, Michel & Jean-Louis Jordan 1998
Trower, Linda 2002
Truscott, Marilyn G. 1980-1990
Turabian, Kate L. 1951
F.23
University of Chicago 1948-1983
Université Nancy 1959-1960
University of New Brunswick 1984
University of Toronto 1956-1964
Urey, Harold C. 1949
F.24
van de Kamp, Peter 1964-1983
Vernadsky, George 1971
Virieux-Raymond, Antoinette 1974
Vopins, D. 1963
von Engelhardt, Wolf 1980
Vuagnat, Marc 1966-1981
F.25 Vatin-Perignon, Nicole 1972-1997
F.26
Wager, L. R. 1951-1962
Warren, H. V.1954-1955
Wasserburg, G. Jerry 1986-1998
Wason, John T. 2000
Weaver, John C. 1999
Wedepohl, K Hans 2003
Westcott, Hazel 1985
Whiteside, Anna 1983
Wickman, Frantz E. 1988
Williamson, D. H. 1968
Wilson, J. T. 1960
Woodcock, Laurence and Barbara 1977-2000
Woodfeld, James 1984
Wolff, John A. 2002
F.27 Wade, Norman
F.28
Yuttuuiou, Manty 1960-1964
Young, David A. 2002
F.29
Zbysz (Zbysh) 1954-1959
Zhai, Mingzhe 1973-2002
F.30 Unidentifiable Correspondence
Series 3:
Manuscripts. – 1950-2003. – 50 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series. – This series consists of published work and research, listed chronologically.
Boxes 3 and 4
Includes: “Studies on Scapolite” (1961); “An Estimate of the Composition of Part of the Canadian Shield in Northwestern Ontario” (1967); “The Earth’s Evolution: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis” (1981); “To Pergamon and back. An account of a Homeric Voyage, with Observations on the Beliefs and Practices of Fellow Travellers and Natives” (1988); and “Trace Element Behaviour in Magma Crystallization and Rock Melting” (2003); 22 files in Box 3 and 17 files in Box 4.
Also page proofs of book: Trace Elements in Magmas: A Theoretical Treatment. Location: Box 7.
Series 4:
Research. – 1952-2003. – 32 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – This series consists of various research projects and results, analysis, and reports, such as: Antarctic meteorite photographs and results; melting points of various elements; D-values; earth composition; crystallization; mixing elements and ratios; and volcanic rock research. Box 4, F.18-F.33. Box 5, F.1-F.26.
Box 5, F.27-F.37
Series 5:
Geochemical Society and Meteoritical Society. –1975-2003. – 14 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. This series has documents such as the history of the society; conference meetings; and a grant proposal.
Box 6, F.1-F.20a
Series 6:
Teaching notes and lessons. – 1953-1998. – 22 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series. – This series includes class lessons, lectures, projects outlines, history notes, and Geochemistry and Metamorphism course notes.
Boxes 6-9
Series 7:
Photographs. – [1935-1980]. – 337 b&w, 150 col. – Title based on content of series. – This series includes photographs from various periods of Shaw’s life as a young man; while he was a flying officer in Jamaica; his first marriage; McMaster University co-workers and students; and photographic slides for work and research. Box 6, F.21-F.28. Box 7, 160 envelopes, plus 8 photographs, 7 of which are mounted on stiff paper. Box 8, 4 framed photographs of Journal Club members. Box 9, 4 framed photographs of Journal club members.
Oversize: King Edward VII School, Lytham, class photograph, 1940, Map Cabinet 30.
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