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Item is labelled '40th year of the RG Menzies Library Building' but the anniversary refers to the establishment of the ANU Library in May 1948. The RG Menzies Building was not opened until March 1963.

Side 1: Arrival of guests and official party and speeches by Sir John Cockcroft (Chancellor), JJ Graneek (Librarian) and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Side 2: Royal procession inside building and departures.

The ANU Arts Building was later called the Haydon-Allen Building.

The cassette tapes record Tom Owen reminiscing about his time as Registrar of Canberra University College. There are also copies of recordings of events such as the laying of the foundation stone for the Haydon-Allen building, and the opening of the RG Menzies Building and the Chemistry building, and tapes relating to his early life, the Richmond Hoyts Cinema, and oral histories recorded in the 1990s. Some tapes are annotated with file references 14.1.0.83-14.1.0.92 (ANUA 53).