The reports of the meetings are selective accounts of the decisions of the Board of Graduate Studies based on the minutes of each meeting. They are often headed ‘For Council and Readers’.
These are copies of citations and certificates for honorary degrees (and higher degrees earned by publication). They are often signed and sealed. They include Doctors of Laws, Letters and Science, and Masters of Arts and Science. There is also one ‘Distinguished Visitor’.
This series includes files created by the centre mainly to document two events, the "What Makes a Champion" seminar and the "Geniuses, Prodigies and Savants" seminar. This work was mainly undertaken by Professor Alan Snyder. The series includes material documenting the proceedings at the seminars, the books that came from the seminars, and interviews with prominent individuals.
Records of the National Institute for Asian Pacific Studies including governance and committee meetings, media and events files, conference proposals and programs, reports, charter, constitution, correspondence, publications, newsletters and photographs.
This volume contains signed minutes of the following Council Committees - Advisers on Buildings and Grounds, Board of Graduate Studies’ Site Development Committee, Librarian’s Advisory Committee, Deputy Chairman’s Committee, and the University House Committee
This is a general subject index to photographs then held by the Marketing and Communications Division, in particular those of people (ANUA 225) and subjects (ANUA 226). There is often reference to where the photograph has been published, such as an issue of The ANU Reporter.
The black and white and colour photographs were taken to document the demolition of heritage buildings at Mt Stromlo following the 2003 bushfires which destroyed a number of buildings. There are negatives, prints, architectural plans which indicate where photographs were taken from, and a catalogue to the photographs. Set A is the master set – Set B is a reference set for issue to the reading room. Colour prints with catalogue sheets are in envelopes C1-C94, black and white prints in envelopes BW1-BW62.
The index cards record handwritten summaries of Council and Committee decisions by date of meeting under a subject heading. The cards have columns for date, Council (completed with number of meeting), Committee (name of Committee), paragraph (of minutes) and decisions. There are several sets of cards for common topics: Centres, Committees, Graduate Diplomas, Halls of Residence, Leave, Scholarships, Staff and Students. There are two separate runs in the last box of cards culled from the main run, one of which is early staff appointments. Item 5 is a folder of index card headings.
The papers range from school and university awards and photographs, to research notes and lectures over a thirty-year teaching career. There are also drafts of unpublished books, draft chapters of the book 'Tale of Two Trippers' (Items 22-33), and correspondence with colleagues and students. Includes cassette tapes of lectures (Items 111-114), research papers on Monty Miller (Items 117-126), lectures and research material for a book on Australian history 1949-72 (Items 127-147), draft history of the Australian National University (Items 148-160), ANU PhD bonnet and gown.
These annual folders contain student assessment reports for Australian History and Historiography and have been retained as a sample of assessment methods.
These are the minutes and agenda papers of meetings of the School Committee (1957–1967) which was later known as the Faculty Board. There are also the Director’s papers relating to Faculty meetings (1972–2000).
This series includes original source material dating from 1949 as well as photocopies of published and unpublished material, photographs, and notes made by Waterhouse in researching and writing University House As They Experienced It: A History 1954–2004.
The awards range from primary and high school medals, war service medals, imperial and Australian honours, university degrees and honorary degrees, and science awards, such as the Copley Medal. There is a signed copy of each of the books Fenner authored or edited and two photograph albums presented to him. There is also a small collection of papers and publications relating to the John Curtin School of Medical Research, the Research School of Biological Sciences and the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, which include original correspondence.
This small collection of papers includes the monthly Research School newsletter 1970–1974 and papers relating to ANZAAS conferences, and papers by Barker published in science journals 1947 - 2009.
There are administrative files maintained by the head of the department and files relating to seminars and conferences, research material of Professor Noel Butlin and Lloyd Robson, and publications including conference proceedings, Working Papers in Economic History nos. 1-197 (no. 72 is missing), and Source Papers in Economic History nos. 1-20.
ANU Department of Economic History, Research School of Social Sciences
These books were printed annually for the year ahead and include information about the College including a calendar of dates, members of the Council and committees, members of staff, legislation affecting the College, information about prerequisites, enrolment, assessment, fees, and courses offered (such as syllabus, number of lectures and tutorials, and recommended reading). They also include a list of graduates, current students, scholarships and prizes (including past winners). This is a complete set from the first edition in 1930-1931 to 1960.
The series includes Cambridge lecture notes and thesis, correspondence and minutes from the Department of Applied Mathematics, material relating to the Yerkes Observatory, photographs of staff, glass plates of astronomical observations, and reprints of articles by Archibald Brown, notes for articles published in physics and mathematical journals. There are also several books in French, German and English.
ANU Department of Applied Mathematics, School of General Studies
These are minutes and agenda for the lunch meetings attended by heads of the Research Schools and Deans of Faculties within the School of General Studies.
These are original minutes and agenda papers in black binders of the committee responsible for the management of the University’s Kioloa campus on the south coast of New South Wales.
These are copies of minutes and agenda papers in black binders of meetings of the Heads of Research Schools (known colloquially as HORS) within the Institute of Advanced Studies.
These black binders contain copies of the minutes and agenda papers of the Degree Committee of the Board of Graduate Studies, from 1960 the Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies.
The minutes and agenda papers date from 1964, when the Faculty Board was known as the School Committee. There is a gap from 1967 to 1973, then minutes of the Faculty Board from 1974 to 2003. The minutes and agenda papers of the Faculty meetings date from 1969 to 1997. They include papers from the Director’s office. The series also includes submissions, reports and reviews relating to the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering from 1976 to 1997.
These are copies of printed greetings sent to Australian and overseas universities on special occasions such as inauguration, installation of Chancellors and anniversaries. Some examples include special messages and appoint a representative of the University to deliver the greetings in person.
The Pro-Chancellor’s correspondence covers educational issues, administrative arrangements and invitations and dates from November 1998 to September 1999.
The Chancellor’s correspondence ranges over many subjects from administrative, political and educational issues to drop copies of documents and invitations.
The series consists of research proposals by staff and students which are considered against established protocols by the Committee. There are separate registers for Psychology, Science Communications, Medical, and Sociology for 1997–1999, and registers for Archaeology and Anthropology, Legal, and the Institute of the Arts for 1999. The registers are contolled by an annual single number with alphabetical prefix indicating the subject, eg P=Psychology, SC=Science Communications. In 1999 a new consolidated annual single number system was introduced, eg 1999/25, irrespective of subject.
This series documents the granting of scholarships to Cambridge University by the Cambridge Australia Trust, which was known as the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, Australian Committee until 1997.
This series includes Council minutes, agenda papers and reports of the School of Music before its amalgamation with the Canberra School of Art to become the Canberra Institute of the Arts.
The earliest files in this series relate to the Canberra School of Music and the Canberra School of Art. From 1987 the files relate to the Canberra Institute of the Arts, an amalgamation of the Schools. In 1992 the Institute transferred from the ACT Government to become part of the Australian National University. The series includes minutes of meetings of the Councils or Boards for all these bodies and files about graduation ceremonies, celebrations and donations.
The correspondence, conference papers and reports relate to the development of the University’s Equal Employment Opportunity Program and include material from other universities. Contents date from 1974.
The original typed minutes of meetings of the Board, signed by the Master of University House as Chairman, are pasted into binders. From 16 December 1986, the minutes of the Management Committee are also included. There is one hard-bound volume of duplicate minutes for 1953-1958.
There is a complete run of minutes from 1951 to 2000. Items 1–5 are signed originals. From 1961 joint minutes of Faculty and Faculty Board meetings were taken and bound together. Items 11 and 12 are duplicate bound sets and 13 and 14 are minutes of the School Committee and the Academic Matters Standing Committee not included in the bound set.
The Academic Advisory Committee was appointed by the Interim Council to provide advice on the establishment of the ANU. The initial members were Sir Howard Florey, Professor Keith Hancock (replaced by Professor KC Weare in 1949), Professor Mark Oliphant (till 1950) and Professor Raymond Firth and they met in Oxford. The original minutes are signed. A reference set of the minutes (Box 2) will be issued in the reading room.
The minutes are bound in dark blue hardback volumes. Original minutes are typed and signed and there are also duplicate copies of minutes for the period 1952 to 1963.
The original signed minutes of both the Interim Council (1946–1951) and the Council (from 1951) are bound in dark blue hardback volumes. For the period 1946 to 1962 there are both originals (Box 1) and an unsigned duplicate set (Boxes 2 and 3).
These are the original signed minutes and agenda papers of the Building and Grounds Committee (known as the Advisers on Buildings and Grounds from August 1951 to October 1960). There is a gap between 7 April 1989 and 20 March 1992 when the Committee is said to be ‘re-established’. There are duplicate copies for the period 1947–1970 and copies of minutes of joint meetings between the Advisers on Building and Grounds and the Board of Graduate Studies’ Site Development Committee 1954–1957 in boxes 4–5.
The original signed and bound minutes and agenda papers of the Finance Committee of Council are in boxes 1-7. Duplicates are held for 1946-1963 and 1995-1996 in boxes 8-10.
These are original signed minutes and agenda papers in bound volumes. Minutes and agenda paper for the Board of the School of General Studies from 1960 - 1980, and Board of the Faculties from 1980 - 2004. The first volume of each year contains an index to the meetings.
Subject files on the ANU Students Association, Australian Union of Students and ANU Law School Action Group, including notes, correspondence, position papers, circulars and printed material.
This is an alphabetical subject index to the envelope series of photographs maintained by University Information later known as the Public Affairs Division. There are alphabetical tabs but entries are not in alphabetical on the pages. Careful handling is recommended as some pages have been ripped and have been placed in protective sleeves.
Newsletters include Owls and Fowls from 1956 produced by the General Staff Association, Apropos issued by the Secretary, Warwick Williams, in the 1980s, RSBS News from the Research School of Biological Sciences, Hexagon from the Research Schools of Social Sciences and Pacific Studies, and Staff News, published by the Public Affairs Division.
This monthly publication lists expected visitors to the University for the coming month, particularly academic staff visiting from other universities. Early issues also include new members of staff. The list indicates whether the visitor is accompanied by their wife, and from 1967 ‘their wife (or husband)’.
This collection of publications includes an incomplete run of the Australia-Japan Research Centre’s Pacific Economic Papers and various annual reports.
This collection of publications includes copies of Members’ News and Notes (1970-1986, 1996–1997), publications about the Leonard French artworks Genesis: The Seven Days, and other publications relating to University House.
The handbook is an annual publication published by the Students’ Association for new students to the University. The programs relate to events in Orientation Week, usually the last week in February or the first week in March.
These are printed copies of annual reports of the Faculties of Science, Asian Studies, Arts, Economics and Commerce, Law, and Engineering and Information Technology. There are also some annual reports for administrative units.
The main newsletters represented are the Research School of Physical Sciences newsletter Advance, Research School of Biological Sciences newsletter Biologic, Research School of Earth Sciences newsletter Earth Sciences @ ANU, MedScience, ANU College of Science newsletter Science Wise, Australian Development Studies Network (RSSS) newsletter Development Bulletin, National Centre of Development Studies issues of Development, Social Science Data Archives (RSSS) National Social Science Survey Report, Humanities Research Centre newsletter HRC Bulletin, the New Guinea Research Unit Bulletin and Pacific Research.
There are irregular sets of printed Faculty guides for each of the Faculties which are various titled as faculty guides, information guides or similar. Faculty guides for the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Asian Studies, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine, and Faculty of Science.
There are five booklets with essays by Sue Fenwick, Diane Whiteford, Stephen Haswell, Stephen Dodds and Ryl Fardell, published by the Department of Economic History, Faculty of Economics and Commerce.
ANU Department of Economic History, Faculty of Economics and Commerce
There are a variety of publications in this series: general publications on undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses available, the annual publication ‘Studying at the ANU’, information for overseas students, directories of services for students, leaflets about scholarships and special admission schemes, leaflets about studies in each faculty, and information about accommodation.
The National Graduate was a publication produced by Public Relations and designed to inform members of convocation about current activities and research being undertaken at the University. There are many gaps in this master set but it is not clear whether particular issues were produced. One issue of The Convocation News newsletter from 1990 is also included.
Natuni was an annual publication for members of Convocation, primarily graduates of the University and current and former staff. Issues held: No 1, Autumn 1980 – No 7, Winter 1988. There is a long gap between issues 5 and 6 with no issues published in 1984–1986.
The binders contain typed research notes prepared for the writing of the 50th anniversary history of the University by Stephen Foster and Margaret Varghese. There are often copies of source material (correspondence or other documents) attached to the notes. The dates listed against each folder on the item list refer to the period of time covered by the notes rather than their date of creation – there is material dated from 1904 included.
The forms headed ‘Record of former member of University’ record name, department, file number, ‘if married to another member of ANU, husband’s/wife’s name’, degree conferred, country of birth, country from which recruited, scholarships and posts at ANU, date left ANU and posts held subsequently. Most relate to students but also to students who became staff members. It appears that the forms were to be the basis of a research project using punch cards to analyse where students were recruited from, when they left (either 1948-57 or 1958-67) and their subsequent career. This appears to be an attempt to evaluate the success of recruitment and scholarship programs for ‘early scholars’. The data seems to go to 1960 when the ANU and Canberra University College amalgamated. There are three separate runs of forms with no apparent reason for this.
This suede-bound volume contains a handwritten Roll of Convocation, listing members 1 to 201 from 1951 to 1952. It is not clear why it was not maintained for later years. There are numerous corrections to the numbering, spelling of names and the order of entries. There is a typed ‘Convocation List’ in the front cover and many of the names on this list are not in the volume, so it may be that the formal list in the volume was abandoned when further errors were discovered.
This collection includes teaching materials, publications, material relating to the theatre and travel, as well as family photographs and objects, including items of academic dress.
There are two versions of this plan of Walter Burley Griffin’s design for Canberra City which shows the proposed site for the National University. There is a negative of a lithograph (570 x 500mm) identified as 70/CAN/174A and printed copy (940 x 670mm) identified as 70/CAN/176. Griffin's design is overlain on a 1910 contour map provided to participants in the Federal Capital Design Competition.
The binders contain copies of transcripts, exhibits and awards relating to cases in the Federal Court brought by various unions relating to the Australian National University and other universities. The binders were maintained by the Industrial Library in the Human Resources Division.
The typescript articles about Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific appear to be chapters for a proposed publication, as a published compilation has not been identified. Authors include Keith Sinclair (University of Auckland), Mary Boyd (University of Wellington), Deryck Scarr (ANU), M P K Sorrenson (University of Auckland), Joseph Jones (University of Texas), L F Crisp (ANU), Geoffrey Sawer (ANU), Sir John Crawford (ANU), C G F Simkin (University of Sydney), F W L Wood (University of Wellington), Norman Harper (Melbourne University).
This is a typescript version of Shumack’s memoirs which relate to the early days of Canberra. He lived at ‘Duntroon’ from 1856 and then at ‘Springvale’ in Weetangera from 1866 to 1940. There is additional material such as obituaries, copies of death notices and letters at the back of the volume relating to Shumack, other family members and John Gale (1831–1929), Queanbeyan journalist.