Agenda and minutes of committee meetings.

Joint committee meeting agenda and minutes.

Departmental records re New Guinea Research Unit houses, policy material re New Guinea School Services, reports, handbook and guide, manuals, inventory of research materials, correspondence, photographs of staff and properties in Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea, plans and records relating to the HC Coombs Building.

These folders contain indexes to Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies meeting agenda and minutes by topic and date

The folder contains indexes to committee meeting agenda and minutes by year

This small collection of files relates to various legal issues including drafting of leases, contracts and agreements, and legal opinions on University powers in relation to the site.

Hal Kendig correspondence files (1981 - 1985), D. Rowland correspondence files (1980-1985), project correspondence, computer printouts of statistical results (1982-1985) with computer coding files included, chapters from the project book, Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs (AIME) Ethnic Aged Survey 1984. This deposit also holds records of the Adelaide Housing Survey (1977-1979) which was conducted by the ANU Urban Research Unit, a project which Hal Kendig directed.

The report by architects Mussen, Mackey and Potter includes colour sketches and plans of the proposed building, as well as cost estimates.

Research files, minutes of Board and Management team meetings, annual reports and strategic plans, publications and media files, correspondence, agreements and legal material. Also includes files relating to the Australian Greenhouse Office and partnerships.

Research papers relating to professionally trained displaced persons who migrated to Australia from Europe after the Second World War. Includes passenger lists, questionnaires and printed material for some of his published books.

Research material, including manuscripts, notes and copies of documents; published papers and related correspondence; work diaries, 1982–1991; copy of a Master of Arts Thesis, 1979.

Research papers for 'Beyond the Protective State: The Policital Economy of Australia's Manufacturing Industry Policy' by Ann Capling and Brian Galligan, and for his book 'Utah and Queensland Coal' published in 1989 on the acquisition and development of central Queensland coal resources by the US company Utah International. The records include material on the Utah/General Electric merger in 1975 obtained through US Freedom of Information procedures from the United States Department of Justice, Anti-Trust Division, which had investigated the merger, as well as tape recordings, transcripts of interviews, photographs and printed material. Also includes papers of the Committee of Inquiry into the Assets and Public Debt of the Australian Capital Territory, on which Galligan served as a member.

Papers documenting Max Neutze's involvement with the Victorian Urban Land Council, Canberra Commercial Development Authority and the Australian Population and Immigration Council.

Legal Workshop and Committee of Management minutes, agenda and correspondence, marketing records, historical material, administrative files, reports, GDLP results, staff records, and course programs material.

This series has not been processed yet.

Examination papers.

This series contains research files on subjects including hospital figures, public debt in Australian states and employment.

Index cards A - K (incomplete).

This series has not been processed yet.

Records documenting the exchange agreement between the Australian National University and Moscow State University in the Soviet Union.

This series has not been processed yet.

This series contains copies of the Humanities Research Centre Bulletin (1975 - 1980) and brochures called The Humanities Research Centre: A Description (1978 - 1995).

The collection includes photographs; video and audio tapes; published papers; research notes, diaries and log books; construction notes and manuals; correspondence and a diorama of the foundations of the Cockcroft Building. The series is not yet processed.

Correspondence files arranged in subject group areas. The subject groups are Ass. (Associations, Colleges, Universities), B. (Buildings), Cal. (School Calendar), Camps (School Camps), Club, Cur. (School Curriculum), Dip. (Diploma), Employment, Eq. (Equipment, Plant, Maps, Books, Photographs), Exam. (Examination papers and results), Exh. (Exhibits, Donations), Not. (Notices), Pol. (Policy), Pubs. (Publications), Public. (Publicity), Rep. (Reports), Sch. (Scholarships, Prizes), Soc. (Social - staff-student functions), Sport, Sta. Qld (State of Queensland), Sta. NSW (State of New South Wales), Sta. Vic. (State of Victoria), Sta. S.A. (State of South Australia), Sta. W.A. (State of Western Australia), Sta. Tas. (State of Tasmania), Sta. N.Z. (New Zealand), Sta. N.I. (Norfolk Island), Sta. Philippines, Sta. Burma (Burma), Stu. (Students).

Draft examination papers, copies of roneoed examination papers, schedules of students' marks signed by examiners, copies of roneoed schedules of marks and results and also correspondence with students about results and 'posts'.

Reports on students' academic records and progress, letters from students requesting statements of academic records, letters from sponsors, copies of statements of academic records, and photographs.

Personal and career records of graduate foresters covering graduates from the Adelaide Forestry School, the Australian Forestry School and other forestry schools (mostly overseas). The information about foresters includes secondary and tertiary education, postgraduate research school, professional qualification details of employment and publications.

The black binders contain minutes and agenda papers for meetings of the Undergraduate Awards Committee which considered a range of prizes such as the University Medal. There are some gaps and overlaps; in particular no papers for the period mid-1985 to 1986.

Reports from students on field studies taken while on vacation employment. Includes reports on particular forests, overseas trips by prize-winning students, maps, diagrams and photographs.

Enrolment and academic records of students. Each entry has birth date and place, secondary education, tertiary qualifications, practical experience, forestry school exam results and year in which Diploma was awarded.

This deposit comprises photographs and negatives relating to field studies, research and publications; glass lantern slides of trees and forests in ACT, NSW and overseas, c. 1950s; draft and roneoed lecture notes, correspondence and notes on field and laboratory exercises by N W Jolley, C E Lane Poole and M R Jacobs, 1941-45; publications and miscellaneous papers collected by M R Jacobs, 1939-1957; reports, calculations, plans and photographs relating to a long-term study of the Murray River Red Gum at Mathoura State Forest, New South Wales; files related to Malayan and Polish students, 1950-52;

Contents include minutes of meetings, newsletters and advertising material explaining the purpose of the division.

In the period covered by this series the position of Director was held by Professor Max Neutze (1980–1985), Professor Paul Bourke (1985–1991), Professor Geoffrey Brennan (1991–1996) and Professor Ian McAllister (1997– 2004). Includes files on Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Group meetings, Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee of Academic Standards, University House review, files from departments and centres including Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology and Demography, History, History of Ideas, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Sociology, Law, Urban Research, Social Psychiatry, Encyclopedia of Australian People, Centre for Information Science Research, Federalism Research School, Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Pacific Studies, Statistics, Statistics Consulting Centre, Centre for Democratic Institutions, Social Science Data Archive, Archives, ANU Press, Public Policy Program, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies, Centre for Social and Political Theory and the Archives of Business and Labour/Noel Butlin Archives. Also files from committees, councils, projects and other initiatives including the National Social Science Survey, Policy Advisory Committee, Public Policy Program, Middle Australia Project (part of the Economic Rationalism and Citizenship Project), Ethics in Human Experimentation Committee, Australian Family Project, Australian Science and Technology Council, Committee on General Policy Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies, the Max Crawford Chair of History, John Clive Fellowship Fund (set up at Harvard University with a contribution from ANU), American Studies Centre (set up at the University of Sydney) and the Automated Reasoning Project.

Correspondence, notes and reports on matters concerning the internal governance of the Australian National University created by Professor Low and relating to the more sensitive and confidential matters he had to deal with as Vice-Chancellor from 1975 to 1982.

Subjects include academic staffing and research positions, graduate education, students’ organisations, tertiary education fees, government funding, the University’s budgetary position, a review of the University’s Research Schools (Institute of Advanced Studies) 1976-1982, ANU conferences and seminars 1980-1981, proposed Australian Institute of Development Studies and the development of the University of Papua New Guinea.

Also included are speech notes, invitations and letters of appreciation relating to various functions including conferring of degrees ceremonies and official visits, reports of overseas visits and the Vice-Chancellor’s reports to the Australian National University 1976, 1978, 1979 and 1982.

Research material for chapters, interviews, slides, photographs and images used in the production of the publication.

This series has not been processed yet.

Correspondence and minutes in bound volumes relating to Brown's role as undergraduate representative on the ANU Council, Chairman and member of the Governing Body of Graduate House, student member of the Faculty of Law and President of the ANU Law Society. Includes material on student accommodation, compulsory membership of student organisations, and ANU Law Society publications and events, and posters for events on campus.

This set of annual reports belonged to Don Faulkner, a Fellow at Mount Stromlo from 1965 and acting Director 1992 - 1993. Included is a list of students 1951 to 1990.

Written correspondence between Robert Crompton and various academics, including Australian Journal of Physics correspondence, examiners reports and letters, fellowship program, Gaseous Electronics Conference information, grant submissions and results and drawings.

Research meeting minutes of the Electron and Ion Diffusion Unit 1961 - 1991 and quarterly reports of the Electron and Ion Diffusion Unit 1960 - 1990.

This is a photocopied set of Annual Reports for the Canberra University College, copied from parliamentary papers and other sources. The 1937 and 1938 reports which were missing are draft reports and were copied from the CS Daley papers (National Archives: CP487/1, item 14).

This series has not yet been processed.

Research collection compiled by David Russell Lawrence while writing the book, The Naturalist and his 'Beautiful Islands, Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific, Canberra: ANU Press, 2014

completed survey forms

The directories provide telephone extension numbers for staff and university departments and units. Up until 1991 these were in one alphabetical run but were then divided into a general directory and a staff directory as the publication increased in size. The directories changed format over the years: between 1964 and 1982 they were loose-leaf rather than side-stapled or bound.

This is an artificial collection of records, publications, both printed and audiovisual, and memorabilia associated with the celebration of the University’s fiftieth anniversary in 1996. It was assembled by the Pro-Chancellor Pauline Griffin and Giles Pickford in the Public Affairs Division who were involved in organising the celebrations. The material has been boxed in acid-free document cases and each of these has been treated as an item.

Having recognised the growing impact of the US economy on Australia, both through investment and trade, Sir John Crawford, as Director and Professor of Economics, Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University, wished to make these matters the subject of research within the School’s Economics and International Relations Departments. On discovering that Donald Brash was examining possible subjects for a Doctoral thesis at the Australian National University, Professor Crawford invited him to conduct a survey of American corporate investment in Australian manufacturing. The papers in this series comprise the notes and working papers of Donald Brash in preparation for his Doctoral thesis on the contribution made to Australian development by American investment, 1960-1965, and the likely future trends in this field.

Records include agendas and minutes for some committee and staff meetings, student competition and concert programs, posters and flyers, correspondence, reports and curriculum review documents, student reports and enrolments, Canberra School of Music newsletters, concert recordings, and photograph collection.

This series is not processed yet but contains both official and personal correspondence, addresses, articles and other material from the 1930s onwards including material relating to Haileybury School, Oxford University, Makerere University College in Uganda, the University of Sussex, the Australian National University, and the University of Cambridge. The material is organised in rough chronological order with the first box covering 1930s to 1960s, the second 1959-1970, the third 1965-1975, the fourth the 1980s, the fifth 1982-1991, the sixth 1991-1994, the seventh 1992-1996, the eighth 1997-2000 and the ninth 2001-2011. Box 10 contains offprints of articles and reviews of publications and box 11 contains a manuscript for 'Kingdoms on the Equator 1862 - 1902'.

The series includes files maintained by the head of the Department, copies of teaching materials such as reading lists, essay topics and examination papers, and a run of papers presented in departmental seminars and seminars held jointly with the Department of Economic History, Research School of Social Sciences. Items 1-79, 145-146 are course materials; 80-144 are departmental files; and 147-153 are head of department files.

This series includes greetings from universities in the form of scrolls, leatherbound folders and documents, a register signed by representatives of other universities, the presentation copy of Lord Bruce’s honorary Doctor of Laws degree, and printed programs and briefing papers relating to the installation of Lord Bruce as the first Chancellor on 23 October 1952. There are also two scrolls from the University of Melbourne relating to their centenary in 1953.

Papers relating to the Review of the Institute of Advanced Studies by a team led by Sir Ninian Stephen (the Stephen review) including Department of Employment, Education and Training documents released after a Freedom of Information request by Dr Peter McCullagh and review of the original FOI decision. Includes material about the implementation of the Review's recommendations, the subsequent Senate Standing Committee report on the John Curtin School of Medical Research, and McCullagh's personal recollections of the review.

Papers relating to the Western State Movement, Solomon Islands, 1999 - 2001 (items 1 - 36), papers relating to Solomon Islands Government Provincial Government Review Committee (items 32 - 37), report of the State Government Task Force 2001 (items 38 - 44) and newspaper cuttings related to the Western State Movement 1999 - 2001 (item 45).

Research material, speeches, teaching material and index cards. This series has not been processed

Posters and publications on Papua New Guinea Independence

The honorary Doctor of Literature degree was awarded to Mary Anne Hutton by the National University of Ireland on 26 October 1933. It is believed to have been awarded in recognition for her contribution to Irish scholarship through her translation of the Tain Bo Cuailgne (The Tain). The degree is held in its original leather scroll case and was transferred to the Archives with similar scroll cases containing greetings on the installation of the first Chancellor. The scroll case also contains a single-page highly-decorated manuscript of unknown origin, which includes the Paternoster, Ave Maria and Gloria Patri.

The Australian National Time Service at Mount Stromlo Observatory engages in pure research and sends out time signals which are used for the correction of clocks and as a frequency standard for the determination of exact locations in geodetic and cartographic work, as well as for southern ocean navigation. The Time Service researches, primarily, into problems connected with the motions of the earth and their seasonal and occasional determination. The Photographic Zenith Tube (PZT) is an instrument that checks the time by astronomical means, recording the passages of stars close to the zenith. The PZT was brought into regular use at the Mount Stromlo Observatory from March/April 1957. The last plate observed was on 27 August 1985. The records in this series comprise PZT observing data, Positional Astronomy (National Time Service) day books, minutes of meetings, correspondence, subject files, as well as photographs, diagrams and drawings.

This annual (but intermittent) literary magazine of the Students’ Association includes articles, poetry, prose and reviews by staff and students, as well as advertisements from mostly local businesses. Issues up till 1958 were published by the Canberra University College Student’s Association and from 1966 by the ANU Students’ Association. No issues were published in the periods 1942–1948, 1951–1955, and 1959–1965.

The lectures are typescript or printed and most of them are Commonwealth Literary Fund lectures. Some proceedings of commencement ceremonies are included.

There are three files which relate to the recruitment of Sir Keith Hancock and Sir Howard Florey’s report on the John Curtin School of Medical Research. They contain confidential correspondence which was either removed or withheld from official files.

There are two items of which the first is more significant: it contains confidential correspondence about Sir Howard Florey, Sir Mark Oliphant and the Research School of Physical Sciences, Lord Lindsay and other matters. The second relates to Coombs appointment as Economic Advisor to the Commonwealth Government in 1972.

The records include display photographs used for promotion, recruitment and the activities of the Centre.

The papers relate to confidential matters involving University staff during Crawford’s time as Director of the Research School of Pacific Studies and as Vice-Chancellor. They were enclosed in envelopes annotated by D Hodgkin, the Registrar, identifying their contents and restrictions to access. Items 1 to 6 were originally held in one large bundle.

There are fifteen reels of microfilm of the plan registry. The first two reels have their own numbering system but the others use an annual single number to identify the plans of ANU buildings and landscaping projects.

This series contains papers from two distinct periods: 1946–1949 when Hancock was a member of the Academic Advisory Committee (items 1–52 originally contained in four box files) and 1956–1961 when he was Director of the Research School of Social Sciences (items 53–57). There is original correspondence from Vice-Chancellor Copland, Dr HC Coombs, WR (‘Rusty’) Crocker, Professor JW Davidson, Sir Frederic Eggleston, Professor R Firth, Professor RC Mills, Sir David Rivett, Roland Wilson, Professor RD Wright, and Vice-Chancellor Melville, including carbon copies of Hancock’s correspondence with them and copies of various reports and minutes of meetings.

Most of the papers are agenda and minutes of the Management Board, the Executive and various committees of the Union of which Refshauge was a member. There are also minutes of the Faculty of Arts Education Committee and papers relating to the Australian Union of Students.

The folders of reprints were maintained by Arndt but are not comprehensive as he was a prolific writer and wrote for many journals and newspapers on subjects ranging from economics to defence to immigration to development, diplomacy and regional affairs including Indonesia, Malaysia, Timor and the Pacific, to wages and employment, money, banking, monetary theory, the balance of payments, protection, aid, and macroeconomic policy. The folders are mostly chronological with a gap from 1991 to 1993. There are separate folders for Quadrant and translations, and there is also a manuscript for a book. Item 19 is a folder containing notices of meetings and papers relating to the Economic League for European Co-operation with correspondence addressed to Arndt.

This research material was gathered by William Rolph who was the first Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science in the Research School of Social Sciences at the ANU. There are research files, including drafts of papers, pamphlets and other publications and index cards of election results and research notes.

This collection of papers includes correspondence with colleagues in other universities, correspondence about the archival profession, Research School of Social Sciences seminar papers, and papers relating to association of the ANU and Canberra University College. There are also records documenting Fitzhardinge's research for his biography of Prime Minister William Morris Hughes.

These records were created by Florey during his association with the Australian National University as a member of the Academic Advisory Committee, adviser to the John Curtin School of Medical Research and Chancellor. They contain Florey’s copies of official records such as minutes of meetings and correspondence with other senior University staff from the 1940s to 1960s about the establishment of the University, new buildings and staff appointments.

There are two files maintained by JJ Graneek, University Librarian, relating to preparation for the opening of the RG Menzies building as the new Library by Queen Elizabeth II. Included are printed memorabilia such as the program and invitation and copies of the speeches.

Most of the papers relate to the Synroc project: correspondence, reports, and submissions 1978–90. There are also papers relating to the history of the Research School of Earth Sciences, the 1991 review of the Institute of Advanced Studies, and papers relating to Ringwood’s membership of the CRA Scientific Advisory Board 1981–1993.

Huxley’s personal file (annotated 8.1.1.3) and other files created in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office relating to the explosion at the Research School of Physical Sciences on 3 July 1962 and subsequent investigations and court proceedings. Item 4 relates to the reorganisation of the Department of Particle Physics in 1964 and includes papers of Senior Fellow J Blamey and Fellow R Marshall.

The first seven folders consist of Crocker’s manuscript The United Nations No Solution which was progressively sent to him by the ANU Administrative Officer in the United Kingdom in 1951. There is also a note signed by Michael Lindsey forwarding the manuscript to another unknown person. The remaining folders are of ANU material such as seminar papers, circulars, notices and agenda papers sent to Crocker when he was Australia’s High Commissioner to India.

The course materials include translation exercises, examination papers, notes and readings for courses undertaken by Douglas Ross as a mature age student.

This is a collection of folders containing published papers, usually off-prints, written by academic staff of the University.

There are over 70 mainly colour slide transparencies, many taken by Bob Cooper, of the campus and also copies of older photographs of ceremonies and events as background information for an introductory training course in the Administrative Development Program.

This collection has not been processed.

The two correspondence files relate to Professor Lewis' engagement as Consulting Architect to the University when he was Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne.

The set of posters for each Faculty and for 'student accommodation' with photographs of the campus provide an example of approaches to student recruitment.

The cards relate to undergraduate students at the Canberra University College from 1932, and from 1960 to undergraduate and Masters degree students in the School of General Studies (from 1980, The Faculties) at the Australian National University. This summary indicates the relevant box numbers:

CUC student record cards, 1952–1960, 1–4
ANU ‘Non-Current’ Student Record Sheets, arranged by Faculty, students enrolled 1961–62 but course not completed, 5
ANU ‘Completed’ Student Record Sheets, 1962–1964, 5
ANU ‘Non current’ Student Record Sheets, arranged by Faculty, students enrolled 1962–63 but course not completed, 5–6
ANU ‘Higher Degree’ Record Sheets, two alphabetical runs for Masters’ degrees, completed and not-completed, 1960s, 6
CUC Matriculation Roll – lists of those who signed the roll, 1951–1957, 7
CUC Student record cards ‘1957 and previous years’ (blue), [1932]–1957, 7–8
ANU Course cards Arts A–Z (orange), 1960–1963, 9
ANU Discipline (white), 1960s, 9
CUC University Entrance for Adults – special English test (blue), 1950s, 9
ANU Masters of Arts/Economics/Science, 1961, 9
ANU Course cards Arts A–Z (blue), 1961–1963, 9–10
ANU Course cards Law A–Z (cream), 1961–1963, 10
ANU Course cards Science A–Z (green), 1961–1963, 10
ANU Course cards Economics A–Z (yellow), 1961–1963, 11
ANU Course cards Oriental Studies A–Z (pink), 1961–1963, 11
ANU Student Record Cards ‘non-current’ students who did not complete their course, 1960s to 1990s, 12–42
ANU ‘Graduates’ Student Record Cards, students who graduated 1960s to 1990s, 42–69

This series documents the academic progress of an ANU Science student who graduated with First Class Honours and the University Medal in 1998. It includes material from her primary and secondary education, university studies and extracurricular activities, as well as personal correspondence and photographs. There is also material relating to her death and the setting up of the Anjeli Nathan Scholarship and Fund.

This small collection of letters, invitations, and a menu includes photographs of the 1948 Easter Conference, showing participants at the Institute of Anatomy building including members of the Academic Advisory Committee (Florey, Hancock, Oliphant, and Firth).

Photographs donated to the Archives relating to its collection including photographs of Tahlee House, steamships, trade union parades and demonstrations, Gindie State Farm, trade union officials, hotels, wool cartage, and other subjects.

Correspondence and subject files including asbestos files, industrial files, membership records (1970s-1987), financial records, printed material, posters, photographs and Eureka Flag banner. Includes records of the Women's Committee and the ACT Branch of the Federated Furnishing Trade Society.

Rules and certificates of registration, minutes and agenda, reports, correspondence, financial records, membership records, arbitration material including transcripts, awards and agreements, ballot results, questionnaires, journals, photographs, and miscellaneous printed material including rules of other organisations, some Merchant Navy material, and manuals.

This deposit consists of records of the AIMPE Federal Council Head Office and the Sydney District including minutes, rules, correspondence, arbitration records including transcripts of proceedings, financial records, reports, ships' plans, membership records and wages books, ballot papers, records relating to the Maritime Industry Commission, roneoed circulars and questionnaires, periodicals, pamphlets, books and photographs.

This deposit consists of the personal files of JR Cleworth, General Secretary of AIMPE during 1965-68, 1970-71,1972-75. The files are collections of papers which include correspondence, minutes, notes and transcripts, arbitration material, printed material, pamphlets and newspaper cuttings.

Photocopies of annual reports (except 1913), conference reports and minutes.

The deposit consists of Head Office and Sydney Branch records largely produced during JR Cleworth's tenure as Federal Secretary 1965-1977. The records include minutes, correspondence, financial records, Head Office general files including industrial records, transcripts and ships' plans, membership records, reports, publications, pamphlets, press cuttings and photographs.