J.H. Sherlock, a linotype mechanic with the 'Christchurch Star' from 1922 until his death in 1949, was a keen student of Antarctic affairs. During the late 1940s he published a number of informative features on developments in Antarctica, and associated industries such as whaling, in the 'Star'. His papers include manuscripts, as well as a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, photographs and feature articles on Antarctica entitled 'Antarctica', covering the period from 1910 until about 1949. A second volume, titled 'Antarctic notebook of J.H. Sherlock' is a draft account of developments in Antarctic exploration, written in pencil about 1933. It includes seven leaves of notes in a pocket at the rear of the notebook, and a further five sets of miscellaneous manuscripts in a folder. | 
