E. E. S. Clayton - papers, ca. 1910-1987

MLMSS 6745/Boxes 1-2
MLMSS 6745/Boxes 3X-6X

fonds

ca. 1910-1987

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

153338

0.90 metres of textual material (2 boxes, 4 outsize boxes) includes photographs - manuscript, typescript, printed
Albums
Clippings

E. E. S. Clayton was born in 1896. He was educated at Hurlstone Agricultural High School, Sydney, followed by Hawkesbury Agricultural College, and he joined the Department of Agriculture in 1915. The First World War interrupted his life when, in 1915, he enlisted in the Australian Light Horse and served in Egypt and Palestine. Upon his return to Sydney he was appointed experimentalist in the Department of Agriculture, then agricultural instructor on the New South Wales north coast. He was appointed a senior agricultural instructor in the Riverina and South-Western Slopes. In 1925 he became senior experimentalist in charge of field experiments on Government farms. Early in his career Clayton became aware of land degradation and recognised the need for erosion control with Australian soils. In the 1930s a government committee was established to investigate this problem and it nominated Clayton to study overseas methods, especially those used in the United States of America. The result was the Soil Conservation Act of 1938 which established the Soil Conservation Service of N.S.W.. Clayton was appointed its first director, then inaugural Commissioner. He held the post for 23 years. He also held the posts of Deputy Chairman of the Catchment Areas Protection Board and Foundation Member of the Kosciusko State Park Trust. His service in the field of soil erosion and control was recognised in 1976 when he was created a member of the Order of Australia. In 1984 he received the inaugural McKell Medal for outstanding contribution to soil and land conservation in Australia.

1931; "The control of soil erosion on wheat lands" by E. S. Clayton. Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/1)
1936; Report on visit overseas re control of soil erosion (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/1)
1936; Annotated map of central and southern Europe, showing Clayton's itinerary (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/2)
1936; Letters and receipts pertaining to overseas trip (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/2)
1942; Diary, including trip to Snowy Mountains with William McKell (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/3)
1958-1961; Correspondence with the Commissioner, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/4)
1966-1967; Correspondence re Clayton's book, "Catchment protection in the Snowy Mountains" (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/4)
1959-1966; Correspondence with Snowy Mountains Authority re withdrawal of stock (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/4)
1957; Copies of correspondence between the Premier, J.J. Cahill, and the Commissioner of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority, Sir William Hudson, re withdrawal of snow leases in the Kosciusko State Park, including the Premier's acceptance of Sir William Hudson's offer of compensation (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/5)
1968-1969; Reports on conservation work, Snowy Mountains area (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/5)
1966; Clayton's report on soil conservation on the Snowy Mountains Scheme, and a poem
(Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/5)
1961-1965; Reports on visits to Snowy Mountains Scheme (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/6)
ca. 1980; History of establishment of Kosciusko National Park - correspondence with Parks and Wildlife Service (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/6)
1984; Papers relating to the presentation of the Sir William McKell Medal for services to soil conservation, including an address by the Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/7)
Typescript copy of "The fight for the Snowy Mountains" by E.S. Clayton, the copy belonging to his daughter, Mrs Pat Cranfield (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/1/7)
ca. 1957; Correspondence with Sir William Hudson just prior to and at the time of withdrawal of Snow Leases above 4500 feet altitude (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/1)
1965; Scottish Australian Co. Ltd. - Report by Clayton on the use of nitrogen on oats at Texas (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/2)
1958; Correspondence between the Hon. J.J. Cahill and the Minister for Conservation about attacks on Clayton by J.W. Seiffert (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/2)
1965-1966; Correspondence with Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority re drought relief (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/2)
1958; Copies of articles printed by the Sydney Morning Herald relating to snow leases (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/3)
1969; Handwritten notes on the recollections on early soil conservation activities, addressed to Sir William McKell (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/3)
1950-1972; Congratulatory letters received (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/3)
1979; Correspondence with the Mitchell Library, Sydney, together with an annotated copy of "Discovering Monaro" by W.K. Hancock (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/3)
1969-1972; Reports on the last visit to the Snowy Region as a soil conservation consultant (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/4)
1978; Interview with H.N. Wrigley of the Soil Conservation Service (Call No.: LMSS 6745/2/4)
1937-1943, 1983; Scrapbook of cuttings on soil erosion (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/5)
1960-1988; Scrapbook of cuttings on soil erosion (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/6)
1937-1942; Newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/7)
ca.1960 - ca.1980; Newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/8)
1943; Map of Snowbelt trip
Date unknown; Map of Moorlands Survey, Hume Catchment Area (2 copies)
Date unknown; Map of erosion survey, Co. Gowen
1952; Annotated map showing Lands available for Permissive Occupancies, Shires of Snowy River and Tumbarumba. Labelled sheet 2 (2 copies)
1952, 1954; Annotated map showing Lands available for Snow Leases and Permissive Occupancies, Shires of Monaro, Snowy River, Tumbarumba, Tumut, and Yarrowlumla. Labelled sheet1 (3 copies)
Date unknown; Snowy Mountains Area Soil Conservation Report. Snowy Mountains Authority Map before Adaminaby Town was moved to new site
Date unknown; Map labelled "Primitive Areas"
Date unknown; Tourist map of the Australian Capital Territory. Place name "Yaouk" is annotated
1945; Vegetation Map of Western New South Wales (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/2/9)
Date unknown; Printed booklets by Howard Stanley: "A history of the establishment of Kosciusko National Park", "A history of the establishment and administration of Morton National Park", "A history of the establishment and administration of New England National Park", and "A history of the establishment and administration of Warrumbungle National Park". These booklets were published by the National Parks and Wildlife Service
1958; "Grazing factor and catchment in the Australian Alps". Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper no. 10. C.S.I.R.O.
1939; "Report of the Royal Commission to inquire into the causes of and measures taken to prevent the bush fires of January 1939, and to protect life and property" and "The measures to be taken to prevent bush fires in Victoria and to protect life and property in the event of future bush fires"
Date unknown; "Soil erosion and its control" by E. E. S. Clayton, and a copy of the 1948 revised edition
1948; Annotated "Legislating for conservation in New South Wales" by E. H. F. Swain, Commissioner for Forests
1959; Annotated "Tenth annual report of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority
1967; E.E.S. Clayton's copy of his booklet "Catchment protection in the Snowy Mountains" and another copy
1967; "Catchment protection works of the Snowy Mountains Authority" by Richard Wallace Bond and Eric George Warrell. The Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1968; "Prevent soil erosion". N.S.W. Dept. Conservation, Soil Conservation Service of N.S.W.
1983; "Australian soils in crisis". Soil Conservation Service
1984-1985; "Annual report". Soil Conservation Service of N.S.W.
1985; "Journal of soil conservation New South Wales". Soil Conservation Service of N.S.W.
1986; "Above the treeline". Soil Conservation Service of N.S.W. (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/3X)
Date unknown; Glass negative, 8cm by 8cm. "Summit of Kosciusko before the building of Observatory" by Clement Wragge (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/3X)
ca. 1910; Group photograph of third year class, Hawkesbury Agricultural College, showing E.E.S. Clayton as a young man
ca. 1930; Group photograph. Agricultural Bureau Conference, Hawkesbury Agricultural College
1936-1942; Photograph album showing soil erosion in the USA, Europe and Australia
1941; Group photograph of the first Soil Conservation Field Day, Cowra Research Station
Date unknown; Snowy River, Area of Erosion Hazard. Photographs in folder, with captions
1988; Note written by unknown hand in 1988 accompanying photographs of E.E.S. Clayton which had been given to Roland Brekwalt to copy for a Soil Conservation Service 50 years book that he was writing (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/4X)
1936-1958; Photographs taken in the course of Clayton's work with the Soil Conservation Service. They are photographs relating to soil erosion control programmes and include farms, dams, rivers and orchards in the following areas: Apsley River, Burrendong, Burrinjuck Dam, Camden, Campbelltown, Cowra, Douglas Park, Dalkeith, Hunter River, Kosciusko, Milparinka, Murray River, North west Victoria, Snowy Mountains, Tibooburra, White Cliffs, Wilcannia, Young District as well as some in North America and France. (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/5X)
1955-1971; Colour slides (stereo mount) showing erosion control measures. They have been removed from their original boxes and placed in archival quality albums. Clayton's grouping has been retained as follows: Snowy Mountains, Scottish Australian Co., Canberra, Queensland, New South Wales dams, Miscellaneous country N.S.W., Sydney . (Call No.: MLMSS 6745/6X)