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.

There are minutes and agenda of Faculty Board meetings 1968–2002, Faculty meetings 1968–2001, and the Studentship Review Committee 1988–1991.

These are binders of the minutes and agenda of Faculty Board meetings.

This is a subject index to the publication The ANU Reporter.

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.

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

The folders contain correspondence and reports on ANU Colleges and Centres, and other universities and educational institutions.

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.

Processing of this series is not completed.

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The binders include copies of the minutes and agenda papers.

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.

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’.

These are bound volumes of minutes and agenda papers.

These are bound sets of agenda, minutes and agenda papers for meetings of the Standing Committee.

These are copies of the minutes and agenda papers for meetings of the Advisers on Legislation.

The binders of copies of minutes and agenda papers were maintained by William Hamilton, the Bursar.

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’.

The folder contains registers of residential properties by property number and by suburb, covering all university properties located in Canberra but also in Coonabarabran and Darwin. A list originally created in 1971 has been updated to reflect subsequent changes such as changes to tenant or when the property is sold, transferred or demolished.

The binders contain copies of minutes, agenda papers, background material and attendance lists for Faculty and Faculty Board meetings.

The binders contain copies of minutes, agenda papers and background material.

There are correspondence and administrative files as well as ‘author’ files created by editors Justine Molony and Duncan Beard which contain correspondence with authors and the original manuscript submitted. There is a copy of each publication produced from 2001 to 2006 and promotional material including a book of reviews.

The papers reflect Dr Wace’s research interest in the island group of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island, particularly the conservation of native plants and the eradication of introduced plants, weeds and pests. There are field notebooks, correspondence with the Tristan Island administration, Tristan islanders and academics, working papers, research notes and copies of articles. There are also notes and photocopies of ships’ journals and other sources relating to ships which stopped at Tristan da Cunha and material on other islands and Antarctica. The photographic material includes slides and prints of land formations and plants on Tristan da Cunha and nearby islands, comparison slides of locations to map changes in vegetation, and slides of travels within Australia and overseas (South Africa, United States and Antarctica). There are also seed and grass specimens.

The framed black and white photograph of Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia 1939–1941 and 1949–1966, is signed and dated by him. The portrait hung in the foyer of the Menzies Library from the 1960s until 2008.

Applications for scholarships, correspondence between trust members and assessment committee, register of scholarship recipients.

Research papers, notes and drafts on the Pacific Islands. Papers particularly relate to Daws’ book A Dream of Islands and his research into various Europeans involved in the Pacific.

These records are minutes documenting the Intermediate Awards committee’s decisions and background information to those decisions.

Paper files containing research material on people included in and considered for inclusion in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Includes research notes; copies of birth, death and marriage certificates; drafts of articles; correspondence between authors and editors and corrigenda.

This series contains posters produced by the Canberra School of Art at the ANU. The posters were produced to publicise exhibitions of student work, other exhibitions held at the school, or the ANU’s open day. Many of the posters are not dated.

Duplicate posters and posters of events not connected with the ANU were destroyed in December 2008.

The files were maintained by Professor Pearce in his role as convenor of the Assessment Committee in conducting the review for the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission. The role of the other members, Professor Enid Campbell (Monash University) and Professor Don Harding (University of NSW) is also documented through regular correspondence.

The reports are about research commissioned by the committee on options for calculating tertiary entrance scores in the Australian Capital Territory. They were originally held in two box files and left for safekeeping with the ANU Registrar.

These records include course notes, correspondence, annual reports, exam papers and information about Creative Arts and Visiting Arts Fellows.

This is a framed photograph of former Prime Minister Ben Chifley holding a pipe. The photo is housed in a glass-fronted wooden frame.

This series contains Board minutes, Academic Committee minutes, School of Art handbooks, exhibition catalogues, newsletters, publications, and promotional material and files on alumni.

Most records in this series are paper but some in boxes 15 to 19 are video cassettes and audio cassettes.

This bound set of CUC and ANU exam papers, formerly available for reference in the Menzies Library, contains copies of exam papers sat by Canberra University College and Australian National University undergraduate students in the School of General studies and Faculties of Arts, Science, Law, economics and Oriental studies, later Asian studies.

The four volumes from 1955-1959 contain examination papers for the Canberra University College some of which are labelled University of Melbourne.

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Reports of meetings and notices of seminars and staff movements are contained in one folder.

Minutes of the Student Representative Council and Executive Committee.

These records document the decisions and activities of the governing body of the preschool and childcare centre from its inception to 1984. This governing body has gone by various names including Board of Directors and Staff Council.

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This file of papers contains draft minutes, motions, correspondence, some financial records, and the newsletter The Crucible (‘a publication for burning issues’). Members contributing articles include Ross Garnaut, Tony Whitlam and Craddock Morton. There are also papers relating to the 1966 Australian Student Labor Federation Conference and various other newsletters such as Spies for Peace, Purge (ANU Arts Society) and the newsletter of the Vietnam Action Committee.

Annual reports and appendices summarising Research School activities each year.

Minutes and agenda of general meetings and financial committee, clubs and societies committee and cultural affairs committee meetings.

These records are 20cm x 13cm cards. Each contains information about an item in the Lyttelton-Taylor Collection. The cards contain the item identification number, accession number, a description of the item including dimensions and condition. The cards also give the location of the item and its source. Most cards contain a photograph of the item. The information does not appear to be updated since the records were created except to say if Mrs Lyttleton-Taylor wanted it back.

The constitution, statutes and regulations of the Australian National University Students' Association.

Examination booklets containing questions set for Law students.

Results of student examinations

The papers cover many aspects of Ms Griffin’s career as a social worker and personnel manager, and later as an industrial relations commissioner and ANU Pro-Chancellor and member of the ANU Council. They include correspondence, speeches, reports, photographs and two audiotapes of presentations.

Administrative files of University House relating to artworks, building, furniture, accommodation, functions including dinners and wine symposia, membership, residents, library, music program, Old Canberra House, visiting fellows and other visitors.

The mostly annual compilations of correspondence include correspondence to the Master of University House and copies of their replies in chronological order. In earlier years the correspondence is in binders and in later years loose in folders.

The folders include Brazil’s papers as a member of University House and the Governing Board as well as her research into its history.

The annual folders include copies of all notices and circulars distributed to residents and staff including notices of meetings and events.

Press cuttings relating to University House and to its Master Dale Trendall have been placed in the book in chronological order.

There is both a rough and final minute book of meetings of the Residents’ Committee for 1968-1970, as well as a Suggestion Book in which residents made suggestions for improvements; these are responded to by the Steward.

This volume has an alphabetical index at the side. Names of people attending University House dinners are noted in the appropriate alphabetical section (by surname or in the case of diplomats, by country) with the dates of the dinners they attended.

Most of the videos were produced to promote the ANU and its programs at events such as open days. Some are advertisements produced for television advertising in collaboration with other Canberra tertiary institutions.

The film titled ‘The Honey Ant Ceremonies of Ljaba – North Aranda Group’ was filmed by Theodor Strehlow while he was a Research Fellow at the Australian National University from 1949 to 1951.

The four binders contain carbon copies of letters and cables sent by EH Clark, the Administrative officer to December 1951, then R Mathews the Administrative Officer to January 1953, and then Joan Morrish, Secretary. The correspondence is mainly to ANU staff in Canberra particularly the Registrar RA Hohnen and the Assistant Accountant l Bellingham, members of the Academic Advisory Council located in the United Kingdom, and staff recruited there, and relates to recruitment of staff, accommodation, payment of salaries and allowances, and the purchase of equipment for the University. There is a short history of the London Office at the front of the first binder dated 30 November 1960.

This series contains minutes of meetings, agenda and meeting papers, correspondence, reports and submissions, financial records, material relating to the publication of Studying Law in Australia (SLIA), Council of Australian Law Deans website development and handbook.

This is a guide to presenting written information published by the University. It covers signs, fonts to be used, corporate colours and use of the ANU logo.

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Research notes, correspondence and publications. Some material appears to have been created by other people including WEG Salter. Use item 488, index, to find articles in items 450-477 early papers in Australian economics by various authors.

These records document the research undertaken by Dr Barnard into the wool industry and Goldsbrough Mort & Co. The items include original Goldsbrough Mort documentation, client histories, station information as well as Dr Barnard’s analysis and research notes. Also included are the presentations and notes from the ‘Wool Seminars’, a multidisciplinary study which took place at Australian National University 1957-1959.

This typescript volume includes a carbon copy of a subject index to meetings of the Interim Council, the Council and its Committees. Each entry indicates subject, Council/Committee and meeting number, date and paragraph number in the minutes.

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This series has not been fully processed

There is a master copy and a reference set of the microfiche which was produced by the Department of Political Science. The original collection covered 1952-1978, with some earlier content resulting from personal collections of newspaper cuttings (eg NSW trade unions from 1938). Annual supplements were produced from 1979 to 1992.

The cuttings were taken from The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Canberra Times and The Australian Financial Review, supplemented by The Courier Mail, The Advertiser, The West Australian, The Mercury, The Examiner, The Northern Territory News, and the weekly National Times and The Sunday Mail (Brisbane). Periodically there are cuttings from other country and suburban papers.

The classification scheme developed over time but the summary published in 1986 gives an indication of the range of topics:

1. Commonwealth: Commonwealth government, Commonwealth parties, Commonwealth parliament, Senate, constitutional crises, Commonwealth elections, Commonwealth electoral system
2. The States (a set for each State): State government, State finance, State parties, State parliaments, State elections, State electoral systems, State trade unions, State local government
3. Foreign Affairs and Defence: general, then by countries and continents
4. Finance and Economic: general, aid to overseas countries, airlines, banking, budget, Campbell Report, Martin report, decimal currency, consumer protection, economic affairs internal, European Economic Community, government enterprises, employment/unemployment, inflation, international trade, marketing (primary products), wool marketing inquiry, national development, Maralinga, overseas investment, pollution and conservation, primary industry, restrictive trade practices, tariff/industry policy, taxation, transport, Vernon Committee report
5. General: arbitration – general, arbitration – wages, broadcasting and television, church-state, education, Federal/State relations, health, medical and drugs, housing, immigration, ethnic communities, New Left, northern development, Northern Territory, personalities, posts and telegraphs, pressure groups, public opinion polls, Returned Servicemen’s League, Public Service, social services, Commonwealth trade unions, industrial disputes, local government, urban development, urban research and decentralisation, civil liberties, law ethics, legal aid, High Court and Constitution, Constitutional Convention, referendums, divorce, homosexuality, abortion, censorship, women’s issues, equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination, aborigines.

Processing of this series has not been completed.

This series has not been processed

This suede-bound volume is a register of higher degrees including honorary degrees: Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts and Master of Science. It was signed by the recipient of the degree on the day it was conferred. The first few pages include signatures of notable people including politicians, senior public servants and writers. Most of the entries relate to Doctor of Philosophy degrees from 1954 to 1983 which include the person's full name and their signature.

The binder contains handwritten notes of lectures (by Harold White, CL Drake and others) and summaries of reference books relating to library classification (including the Bliss system), reference work and book production. It appears that the material was used and added to for training purposes within the ANU Library.

The research material includes original statistical tabulations from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, questionnaires completed by Queensland schoolchildren, and population projections. There are also agenda papers and minutes of meetings of the Commonwealth Immigration Planning Council and its committees 1966-1975.

The papers include agenda papers and minutes of meetings of the Immigration Planning Council from its first to the twelfth meeting, and also meetings of various subcommittees.

The research material consists of speeches, articles, statistics and reports, many gathered when Hawkins worked in the Department of Immigration as a research officer. There is a copy of Hawkin's draft Masters thesis on immigration policy and practice, 1942-1949.

Minutes and agenda papers of faculty meetings. Note that there is no minute book for 1998 but an index of proceedings.

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The two binders labelled '1st book Archives 1946-1948' and '2nd book Archives 1946-1948' contain roneoed typescript memos, minutes of meetings, reports and press releases. Each volume is divided into sections by subject, eg Library, Scholarships, and Letters to Vice-Chancellor. It appears to be a deliberate collection of important documents to form the 'archives' of the University in its early days.

Stephen Foster and Margaret Varghese trace the ANU’s history from its wartime origins to its fiftieth anniversary in 1996, featuring many of the prominent Australians who contributed to its making: ‘Nugget’ Coombs, Howard Florey, Mark Oliphant, W.K. Hancock, Douglas Copland, John Crawford, Peter Karmel; and others who stood out in particular fields, such as J.C.Eccles, Arthur Birch, Manning Clark, Russell Mathews, Ernest Titterton, Beryl Rawson, John Mulvaney, John Passmore and Frank Fenner.
The Making of The Australian National University explores many themes in higher education during the last half century, including academic freedom, relations between universities and politicians, recruitment practices, the ‘two cultures’ of science and the humanities, collegial versus managerial structures, equality of opportunity, student politics, academics and architecture and universities in the marketplace.

This is the main correspondence file series of the Canberra University College before it amalgamated with the Australian National University in 1960. Most of the files were top-numbered into the ANU multiple number Central Files series (ANUA 53) or destroyed. The remnant of the series are files relating to housing assistance to staff members and staff files.

Post-war reconstruction training files of Canberra University College students. Files contain correspondence and a small number of files include photographs.

3 folders of correspondence documenting part of Professor Carver's time as acting Deputy Vice Chancellor and Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies at the ANU.

Addresses from the Australian National University to other universities celebrating significant events such as the installation of Chancellors or anniversaries.

The files were maintained in alphabetical order by subject by Dr de Crespigny while Master of University House. They include correspondence with senior University administrators in Chancelry, members and staff, and deal with policy issues, financial management, reviews, events, artworks and the general management of the House.

The files contain agenda and minutes of meetings, correspondence, financial statements and other reports considered at the meetings.

This series includes Burton's administrative files relating to the Canberra University College, some student papers, photographs of events and folders of research papers, including correspondence with Professor Hancock.

The files were maintained in alphabetical order by Dr Susan Bambrick as Master of University House. While some are subject files most are organised by the person, position or body that she corresponded with, and include original correspondence and copies of her correspondence to others.

Papers relating Ted Steele’s academic career, 1981-2003; scientific research and publications, 1993-2003, mainly pertaining to his reassessment of Lamarck’s evolution theories; alleged scientific misconduct by John Curtin School of Medical Research director, Professor Kevin Lafferty, 1977; plagiarism dispute with British scientist, Professor John Cairns, 1981-1992; criticism of the University of Wollongong’s academic standards and the assessment of honours students in Department of Biological Sciences, 1989-2001; dismissal from the University of Wollongong, 26 Feb 2002, and the involvement of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) following this event. Includes the campaign against proposed changes to the administrative and financial control of the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University, 1991-1993; Senate Inquiry into the capacity of public universities to meet Australia’s higher education needs, 2001. Also contains photographs, audio visual material and books.

Index to meeting agenda and minutes

Folder containing student name, age, marital status, whether full-time or part-time, occupation, assistance (eg Colombo Plan, cadetship, Commonwealth scholarship holder, CPS free place), year of course, whether doing the honours or pass course and course results.

These files appear to have been assembled for the ANU History Project as early original and duplicated correspondence and reports have been placed in more recent ANU file covers.

This series has not been processed yet.

Examination registers containing name of degree, date of examination, name of subject, student name and examination number and result,

Files and correspondence, Pacific Research newsletters and files relating to volumes of the newsletter.

Includes student and lecture notes, reports, correspondence, material relating to Cambridge Australia Trust, ANU Investment Advisory Committee agenda and reports, financial records, research papers, news clippings, publications and newsletters.

This is an artificial compilation of records which relate to the amalgamation (formally known as the association) of the Australian National University and the Canberra University College. There are often several folders about the same committee combined into one file. Some papers are from the Registrar, some from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Dale Trendall, and some probably from Thomas Owen, Registrar of the Canberra University College.

Certificates, medals, family photographs, printed material and correspondence. Includes a slide collection.

Papers relating to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) including transcripts of interviews for the Inquiry into the Use of Pituitary Derived Hormones in Australia and CJD (1993-1997) and other animal studies, correspondence, transcripts, reports and submissions, publications, arbitration material, medical records, working diaries, obituaries, CV and press cuttings. Items 137-175 contain APQ legal documents, and mainly transcripts of interviews for the Inquiry into the Use of Pituitary Derived Hormones in Australia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (referred to here as the CJD Inquiry).

The manuscript of 'The Structure of Accounting' dated 25 August 1947 was written by Tom Owen and entered in the Commonwealth Institute of Accountants' Accounting Treatise Competition under the pseudonym 'Fontes'. It was awarded a cash prize c. 1949. It was rescued from the fire at the Melbourne Building in April 1953 and is charred at the edges but readable. There are several copies: part 1 is about 69 pages and part 2 135 pages. It has been retained because of its association with the fire.

The summaries are translations into English of articles appearing in ethnic newspapers published in Australia. There are three runs: the 1927-1939 set are from the Italo-Australian Weekly Journal only (item 1), those from mainly 1964 are from newspapers in European languages (items 2-18), and those from 1982-1984 are in European, Arabic and Asian languages (items 19-44). The 1982-1984 set were sent weekly from the Department of Immigration to the Sociology Department in The Faculties at the Australian National University and were then sent on to the Demography Department in the Research School of Social Sciences.

Bound minutes and agenda papers of the University Research Committee (2001-2010)