Stock and price books, share certificates, cost cards, annual reports and financial records, newspaper articles, minutes books, wages books, correspondence, reports of overseas trips, certificates of incorporation, records of subsidiaries including Analite Pty Ltd, H B Selby and Co Pty Ltd, and Selby's Scientific Ltd, photographs and history files. Includes files of the Selby Scientific Foundation.
H B Selby and Company Proprietary LimitedPress clippings; draft history of the company by E J Selby (?); notes of E J Selby on his visit to Nazi Germany in 1937 for talk given to the Downtown Club in Sydney and other matters; copies of extracts from early company correspondence; history of Wilton & Co Ltd in New Zealand; copies of pay sheets for 1935-1937; '59 years at Selby's' by J T Pollard, 1968; 'Selby share history' [summary] for 1949-1978; notes of E J Selby for the Chamber of Commerce talk, November 1980; correspondence re taxation, 1930s; copies of E J Selby resignation letters, 1983; H B Selby & Co Ltd private code book
Warburton O'Donnell newsletter, 1982; Australian National Industries newsletter, 1983-1985; Selby Anax buyers guide, 1988.
Includes letters to and from staff, shareholders, minutes of Directors meetings; Acquisition by Australian National Industries of Comeng Holdings Ltd. Selbys Scientific Ltd, PNG: Report on present trading and future activity in PNG
Matters for discussion about Analite Sydney, Roger Sayers, and future plans, 1981; A brief history of Analite, Melbourne, 1962; Correspondence re building application – proposed additions to Artarmon factory, 1947 – 1948; Acquisition by Analite of Rauchfuss Instruments, 1978; Correspondence with Sydney County Council re restrictions on use of electricity, 1949-1950; Correspondence re purchase of shares, 1948-1951; Analite Pty Ltd: - consent to formate by Delegate of Treasurer, 1946; List of expenses incurred during building of 355 Pacific Highway, Artarmon, 1947; Correspondence with Delegate to the Treasury re 355 Pacific Highway, plus bribery allegation, 1947; Correspondence re shortage of building materials, 1947; Correspondence, newspaper clippings re planning permission, 1947; Correspondence from Jason Manufacturing Company, Production Engineers, 1950; Analite: minutes of Directors’ meeting , 1951; Purchase and sale of Layton St, Camperdown building, 1941.
Correspondence relating to Unemployment Relief Tax, 1932; Mrs E C Englander's NSW income tax on dividends, 1917; with Trade and Customs about admission under bylaw of analytical balances, 1937; with Treasury re non-payment of J & J Fric account due for payment after start of WWII, 1947; Instructions to staff from N F Simonsen re controlled lines (items restricted by order of Ministry of Munitions), 1942.
Correspondence between H B Selby and J T Pollard (various subjects) c. 1921 - 1930; to the Tariff Board about scientific glassware, 1924; to George McLean about the threat of boycott by Sydney University departments if Collins is sacked, 1925; with F L McLaren re job, 1925; with Tax Department, 1926; with Townson and Mercer, England about the use of that name in Australia, 1929; Balance sheet, 1921.
Certificates of Incorporation, 1912; Change of company name of Silberberg to Selby, 1916; Change to a proprietary company, 1937; E J Selby letter to Melbourne Directory regarding the Brisbane office being a branch of Sydney, 1945; List of salaries and wages, 1920-1921.
Letters re Silberberg name, 1915-1916; typescript 'Japan and scientific apparatus', probably by H B Selby c.1934; Correspondence with G P Steele regarding the establishment of a NZ branch, 1920; Correspondence with Elliott Bros about possible amalgamation, 1921. Also includes contracts between Mr H B Selby and the company, 1912; with George McLean as Manager, 1915; With A L Franklin re manufacturing, 1912-1921