Series 2 - Diaries and Notebooks


Date Range11 March 1880 - 31 July 1985
Quantity135 cm, 86 files, notebooks
ProvenanceFrank Macfarlane Burnet
Description

Early diaries, notebooks and diary letters 1880-1928, general and travel diaries,
personal diaries and office diaries 1951-1985, notebooks 1932-1985, Linda Burnet's Travel Diaries 1950-1968.

Formats include diaries, sketches, notes, catalogue, photographs, photographic negatives, diary letters, notebooks, notes, experimental results, newspaper cuttings, graphs, maps, photocopied notebooks.


Inventory Listing

2-1 'Diary of My Voyage in the Steamship Taramming from Glasgow to Melbourne' - Frank Burnet 11 March 1880 - 26 May 1880
Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 11 March 1880 - 26 May 1880    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/001 Box Number 7 Series 2
2-2 Diary - F.M. Burnet

Holiday diary with sketches, Port Fairy

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 6 January 1913 - 26 January 1913    Quantity 0.9 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/002 Box Number 7 Series 2
2-3a Notebook - Biology and Chemistry Notes, F.M. Burnet

Chemistry and biology notes, Public Library

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 1917    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/003a Box Number 10 Series 2
2-3b Notebook pages - Coleoptera Catalogue

Numbered catalogue of Coleoptera, with descriptions, probably of F.M. Burnet's collection of beetles. See photo, file ...

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range c. 1918    Quantity 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/003b Box Number 10 Series 2
2-4 Diary - F.M. Burnet

General diary, with pen and ink and pencil sketches, chemistry, zoology, neurology, physiology and biochemistry notes. Includes photograph: Group photo, at Melbourne University(?) November 1918

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 15 April 1918 - 17 February 1920    Quantity 2.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/004 Box Number 7 Series 2
2-5 Diary / Sketchbook - F.M. Burnet

General diary, with notes on Coleoptera, pen and ink and pencil sketches from camping trips. Includes accompanying photographs: Hiker in forest, December 1920; Gaffneys Creek, December 1920; Knockwood, December 1920; Jamieson River, December 1920; Camping party members at Stevenson's Falls, Marysville, December 1920; Photographic postcard of hikers in mountain scenery, no date,; Photographic postcard of three men, no date,; Sawdust heap by Yarra River, no date, (1920-1921); Dockyards on the Yarra River, May 1921; Anglesea River, May 1921; Beach at Anglesea, May 1921; View of ocean from Big Hill, May 1921; Coastal view at Lorne, May 1921; Cumberland Cliffs, Lorne, May 1921; Coastal view, from Great Ocean Road, May 1921; The two piers at Wye River, May 1921; Forest gully, west of Lorne, May 1921; Hut and hillside, Cape Patten, May 1921; Coastal view of beach and Cape Patten, May 1921; Sheoaks in Apollo Bay, May 1921; First bridge after Lorne, Great Ocean Road, May 1921; Fire damaged forest country, May 1921; Falls in Apollo Bay, May 1921; Coastal valley, May 1921 Hiker and beach at Anglesea, May 1921. Includes single water color sketch of forest, no date,

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 21 August 1920 - 28 November 1921    Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/005 Box Number 7 Series 2
2-6 Diary - F.M. Burnet

General diary, with pressed leaves and photographic negatives; Group photo, no date, (1920s); Landscape with house, no date, (1920s); Campers at campsite, no date, (1920s)

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 14 February 1920 - 29 January 1922    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/006 Box Number 7 Series 2
2-7 Diary - F.M. Burnet

General diary, with medical notes, cartoon. Sketches and photographic negative: Group photo, by riverside, no date, (1920s). Includes two-page notes on beetle collecting, possibly from earlier period, no date,

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 29 January 1922 - 17 April 1924    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/007 Box Number 8 Series 2
2-8 Diary / Notebook / Sketchbook - F.M. Burnet

Notebook, Melbourne Hospital. Contains diary entries, speculative and philosophical writings, fictional writing and poem, cytology and neurology notes, cartoon sketches and pencil sketches

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range April 1924 - March 1926    Quantity 2 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/008 Box Number 8 Series 2
2-9 Diary Letter - Cycle Tour of Switzerland

Diary letter from F.M. Burnet to his mother on travel and cycle tour of Switzerland. Includes pencil drawings

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 1 August 1926 - 24 August 1926    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/009 Box Number 8 Series 2
2-10 Diary Letters - Europe and England

Diary letters from F.M. Burnet to Linda Druce, mostly from time at The Lister Institute, London. Includes two letters from Linda Druce (1926 or 1927)

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 15 January 1926 - 1928, 15 January 1926 - Early 1928    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/010 Box Number 8 Series 2
2-11 Typed diary notes - American tour 1943-1944

Typed notes on papers heard, including influenza and other diseases, diary records from Hooper Foundation, National Institute of Health (Bethesda), Boston Bacteriological Club Meeting and others

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 4 December 1943 - 10 January 1944    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/011b Box Number 8 Series 2
2-11 Diary - American tour 1943-1944

Loose diary pages on tour of USA, includes technical notes, records of meetings and visits and notes on influenza immunization in USA and on organization of War Medical Research, Education Statistics, Public Health activities and others

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 4 December 1943 - 25 March 1944    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/011a Box Number 8 Series 2
2-12 Diary Letters to Linda Druce and Diary pages - England 1946

Diary letters to Linda, from London, Cambridge and Australia House 16 June 1946 - 7 August 1946; Diary pages from flying boat trip from London to Sydney 12 August 1946 - 20 August 1946.

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 16 June 1946 - 20 August 1946    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/012 Box Number 8 Series 2
2-13 Diary / Notebook - London 1946

Bound diary with notes. Includes photograph: Madsen, Marston, Lockspeiser and others, no date, (1946)

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 14 June 1946 - 9 August 1946    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/013 Box Number 8 Series 2
2-14 Diary - London, America and New Zealand 1950

Bound travel diary covering trips to: London 30 April - 11 July America 17 July - 2 November New Zealand 21 November - 24 November

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 30 April 1950 - 24 November 1950    Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/014 Box Number 8 Series 2
2-15 Diary - technical and general

Bound diary covering myxomatosis story, Science in Australia Symposium (Canberra July 1951), avian MVE, visit to USA (January 1952) and other topics. Includes select index and correspondence from H. Ward and J.M. Devine(?)

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 31 January 1951 - 24 June 1953    Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/015 Box Number 8 Series 2
2-16 Diary letters to Linda Burnet - USA and Canada 1952

Diary letters to Linda, from New York, Montreal, Philadelphia, Chicago, Yale and en route. Includes letter to F.M. Burnet from Ian Burnet

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 4 January 1952 - 27 January 1952    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/016 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-17 Diary - America 1952

Bound diary covering visit to Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Washington, Cleveland and New York

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 25 September 1952 - 26 December 1952    Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/017 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-18 Diary - including Europe 1954 and India 1955

Bound general diary covering trips to Europe, Ceylon, India. Includes press cutting, receipts, postcard and photograph: 'Sir Macfarlane Burnet with Gen. Chowdhuri of Delhi and Dr Sen of Calcutta, Conference of I.A.P. Nagpore 1955'

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 13 February 1954 - 30 May 1956    Quantity 2.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/018 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-19 Diary letters to Linda Burnet - USA and England 1956

23 diary letters to Linda, from Berkeley, Washington, New York and London (CIBA)

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 16 January 1956 - 26 March 1956    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/019 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-20 Diary pages - USA and England 1956

Loose-bound diary pages from Berkeley, New York and London, covering symposia and other topics

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 15 February 1956 - 25 March 1956    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/020 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-21 Diary letters to Linda Burnet

Diary letters to Linda from England, Stockholm and Geneva

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 16 June 1957 - 13 July 1957    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/021 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-22 Diary pages - WHO Virus Committee, Geneva 17-22 November 1958

Loose-bound diary pages covering journey to Geneva and F.M. Burnet's Chairmanship of WHO Virus Committee

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 14 November 1958 - 26 November 1958    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/022 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-23 Diary notes - USA 1958

Notes from trip to Nashville, San Francisco and elsewhere. Includes notes on colleagues and institutions, and on trends in medical education

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 7 March 1958 - 29 May 1958    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/023 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-24 Diary letters - South Africa and Europe 1959

Diary letters to family, from F.M. Burnet and Linda Burnet. Covers travel in Athens, Mauritius, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, London, Rome and Naples. Includes sketch of African mantis by F.M. Burnet

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 11 April 1959 - 23 July 1959    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/024 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-25 Diary pages - South Africa and Europe 1959

Loose-bound diary pages on travel to South Africa, Italy, Czechoslovakia, France and England. Mostly travel records

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range April 1959 - June 1959, April - June 1959    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/025 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-26 Diary pages - USA and U.K. Conferences, 1960s

Loose bound diary notes and academic notes on papers, colleagues and institutions. Includes: Notes on M. Cohn, Epstein, P. Berg, Kornberg and others, and polio (USA?) May 1960; American visit - with academic notes 23 February 1962 - 18 June 1962; Notes on A. Sabin and other topics - 1 March 1962; Trip to England 1962 - with academic notes on Epstein, J.H. Humphrey, viral diseases, Oppenheim and others. Includes autobiographical reflections and notes from Minneapolis for unposted (Diary?) letter, October 1962, 20 June 1962 - 27 June 1962; Trip to England 1962 - with academic notes on Glaser, Humphrey, interferon and others 12 July 1962 - 25 July 1962; Notes on trip to USA - University of California, 1963 - includes diary notes on San Diego 200, Salk Institute, lecture schedule and colleagues. April(?) 1963; Notes from trip to England(?) - with notes on interferon, J. Humphrey, Medawar, Muggleton, Woodruff and other academic notes, 11 June 1963 - 18 June 1963; Trip to USA 1964 - with academic notes on N.K. Jerne, Benacerraf, somatic mutation, immunological tolerance, clonal selection, mast cells in the thymus and other topics

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range May 1960 - June 1964    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/026 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-27 Diary - Greece 1966

Diary notebook of travel throughout Greece. Includes conference notes (London 1966?) and pen sketches

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 3 May 1966 - 27 May 1966    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/027 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-28 Diary - Australian visits 1967 - 1975 - Restricted

Diary notebook including notes from telephone conversations, Academy of Science nominations, trip to Brisbane September 1967, trip to Western Australia 1967(?), and from Thredbo Academy Forum 1975?, on S.R. Nairn?

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 7 August 1967 - 1975?, 7 August 1967 - ? 1975    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/028 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-29 Diary - Linda Burnet and F.M. Burnet, travel 1969 - Restricted

Diary notebook of both Linda and F.M. Burnet's travel to Canberra, Kuala Lumpur, Serbelloni, Naples, Copenhagen, London, Perugia, Lindau, Wurzberg, Frankfurt and San Francisco

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 29 April 1969 - 10 July 1969    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/029 Box Number 9 Series 2
2-30 Diary pages - F.M. Burnet's 70th birthday. Trip to New Guinea 1969

Notes on trip to New Guinea, Mt. Hagen Show and birthday celebrations

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 30 August 1969 - 5 September 1969    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/030 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-31 Diary - General - Restricted

General diary (without cover), including notes and draft letters on KBE, laboratory work, immunological surveillance, interferon, viral research, Thredbo Academy Forum, history of WEHI, Royal visit, ageing, Academy of Science General Meeting, personal topics and others

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 30 December 1969 - 17 June 1970    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/031 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-32 Diary notes - including Australia and New Guinea travel 1971-1972

Unbound diary-travel notes including: Notes for letter on book - Genes Dreams and Realities June 1970; Notes on Forum Meeting, Sydney - 17 October 1971; Notes on doctors and euthanasia - November 1971; Visit to Port Moresby - March 1972; Notes on Computer Conference - 22 May 1972; Sydney ANZAAS Conference - 17-18 August 1972; Trip to Western Australia - 8-12 September 1972; Newcastle visit, 22 October - 24 October 1972

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range June 1970 - September 1972    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/032 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-33 Diary notes - Mt. Buffalo 1972

Single page diary notes, mostly on bird watching and personal health

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 6 April 1972 - 14 April 1972    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/033 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-34 Diary pages - Sydney. No date (1970s?)

Diary notes from immunological conference?, Sydney

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 197?, 5 July (1970s?)    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/034 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-35 Diary - including New Zealand 1973

Diary-notebook on trip to New Zealand, general diary entries, bird lists, sketches, Science and Industry Forum (1974?)

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 1 September 1973 - 1 March 1974    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/035 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-36 Diary - including USA, Switzerland 1974

Diary-notebook on trip to USA, and to Basel, Switzerland. See also file 6/52

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 15 April 1974 - 11 June 1974    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/036 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-37 Diary pages - Basel, Switzerland 1974

Diary pages on work and travel to Stockholm and Basel, includes academic notes

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 12 June 1974 - 30 July 1974    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/037 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-38 Diary - Australia 1974-1975

General diary-notebook on activities in Australia, mostly Melbourne

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 16 August 1974 - 31 March 1975    Quantity 1.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/038 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-39 Diary - USA, U.K. and Europe 1975

Diary-notebook covering travel to San Francisco, University of California at Irvine, Tucson, Southampton, London, Edinburgh, Buckingham, Finland, Paris, Lindau and Zurich

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 2 April 1975 - 10 July 1975    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/039 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-40 Diary - including Queensland 1975

Diary-notebook, including academic notes, Australian travel, Ageing Symposium and Biological Recognition Symposium, travel in Queensland

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 14 July 1975 - 1 December 1975    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/040 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-41 Diary - including Europe, USA 1975

Diary-notebook, including travel to Europe, England and USA, and visit to Canberra

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 13 September 1975 - 30 April 1977    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/041 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-42 Diary - England and Europe 1977

Diary-notebook on travel in Europe and England

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 7 July 1977 - 8 August 1977    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/042 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-43 Diary - including New Zealand 1975

Diary-notebook including trip to New Zealand (November 1975), Canberra, Magnetic Island (July 1976) and general

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 15 November 1975 - 8 September 1976    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/043 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-44 Diary - including Israel 1978

Diary-notebook including trip to Israel (April 1978), general diary and academic notes

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 13 February 1978 - 12 May 1978    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/044 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-45 Diary notes - Australian travel 1978

Diary notes on travel to Peterborough and trip to Canberra College of Advanced Education

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 12 August 1978 - 8 November 1978    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/045 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-46 Diary - including Queensland and New York (1980?)

Diary-notebook on travel to Queensland and New York. Includes academic and conference(?) notes and general diary

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 8 July 1979 - 28 May 1980?, 8 July 1979 - 28 May 1980(?)    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/046 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-47 Diary - including England and USA 1982

Diary-notebook on trip to England (including Windsor Castle) and trip to Charleston USA, and general diary

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 8 February 1982 - 28 September 1982    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/047 Box Number 10 Series 2
2-48 Diary pages - 1983-1985 - Restricted

Diary pages from general diary, including entries written in hospital July 1985

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 13 August 1983 - 31 July 1985    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/048 Box Number 11 Series 2
2-49 Appointment Diaries

Nine bound appointment pocket diaries

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 1976 - 1984    Quantity 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/049 Box Number 11 Series 2
2-50 Personal Diary Notes - Restricted

Diary and autobiographical notes from F.M. Burnet's 'Personal Book-File'. Includes material on Kuru, medical graduates, overseas trips, Lavrintiev's visit to Academy (July 1966), portrait sitting with C. Pugh, myxomatosis diary (1951), Canberra visit (1969), New Guinea visit (1969), Third Australian Medical Congress, Sydney (12-16 August 1968) - with typescript of speech from Chair, obituary notes on N. Hamilton Fairley and others

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range February 1951 - August 1971    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/050 Box Number 11 Series 2
2-51 Personal Diary - Restricted

Diary in duplicate-book. Includes notes on visit to London (1969?), carbon copies of draft letters (to Dick? and others), general diary entries with scientific and academic notes, trip to Sydney (1970?), aborigines, Canberra (June 1970?), notes on nuclear power (November 1971), lists of invitations and requests (international, 1972 and 1973), notes on Dominant Mammal, trips to Adelaide and Perth (1973?), notes on intrinsic mutagenesis, personal notes and notes on Linda Burnet's health

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 30 May 1969 - 7 December 1973    Quantity 1.9 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/051 Box Number 11 Series 2
2-52 Personal Diary 1982-1983 - Restricted

Diary in duplicate-book. Includes carbon copies of draft letters (to Prime Minister and others), general diary entries, scientific notes, personal and family diary entries. Mostly 1982-1983

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 11 January 1978 - 3 February 1984    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/052 Box Number 11 Series 2
2-53 Diary - Health Diary 1978-1985 - Restricted

Diary-notebook with accounts and appointment records. Mostly diary-notes on F.M. Burnet's health

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 14 October 1978 - 22 June 1985    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/053 Box Number 11 Series 2
2-54 Diary - Office, WEHI 1956-1959 - Restricted

Office diary of conference notes, research, academic and administrative records, immunological work at WEHI, notes on Kuru and C. Gajdusek, Australian travel, letter from J.H. Humphrey (8 August 1959) and technical notes

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 9 April 1956 - 4 November 1959    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/054 Box Number 11 Series 2
2-55 Diary - Office, WEHI 1959-1961 - Restricted

Office diary of research, academic and administrative records, notes on C. Gajdusek, Australian travel, news of Nobel Prize, and other topics

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 13 November 1959 - 19 September 1961    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/055 Box Number 11 Series 2
2-56 Diary - Office, WEHI 1966 - Restricted

Unbound 'NZB Diary' notes, typed by secretary. Includes diary records of NZB Mouse Group meetings, list of publications by F.M. Burnet et al on NZB (1965), handwritten notes, NZB research summaries, correspondence from E.R. Trethewie, typescript discussion notes and messages, and others

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range January 1966 - December 1966    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/056 Box Number 12 Series 2
2-57 Diary - Office, WEHI 1967-1971 - Restricted

Unbound 'Office Diary', typed by secretary. Includes records talks and discussions. Notes on theoretical immunology, Boyer Lectures (1967), letter to Linda (from Port Moresby 13 July 1967), correspondence from Wellcome Trust and others, notes on trip to New Guinea (with correspondence), trip to Perth (September 1967), medical report on F.M.B., research and academic notes, notes on visit from G. Ada(?), publishing notes, NZB notes, messages and discussion notes, conference notes. Mostly 1967 and 1968

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 23 February 1967 - 24 February 1971    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/057 Box Number 12 Series 2
2-58 Laboratory Notebook - Bacteriophage Experiments and Infectious Diseases

Bound laboratory notebook of bacteriophage experiment results and research on infectious diseases, including influenza, poliomyelitis, myxomatosis, Q fever, herpes and others

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range May 1932 - 2 June 1939    Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/058 Box Number 12 Series 2
2-59 Epidemiology Notebook - Infectious diseases and Lung Cancer

Notebook (without cover) on epidemiological studies, with notes, graphs and tables

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 194? - 195?, No date. 1940s-1950s    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/059 Box Number 12 Series 2
2-60 Epidemiology Notebook - Infectious diseases in childhood

Notebook on work in epidemiology, covering age incidence and mortality of infectious diseases such as yellow fever, influenza, whooping cough, mumps, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, chicken pox, tuberculosis and others. Includes press cuttings on dangers of radiation (1956, N.Y. Times)

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 1951 - 1952    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/060 Box Number 12 Series 2
2-61 Laboratory Notebook - viral research, University of Wisconsin November 1952 and Australia 1953(?)

Notebook of laboratory work on viral research including polio, mononucleosis, no date,V. and others, from period at University of Wisconsin, USA. Other end of notebook includes epidemiological and virology notes, notes for lecture(?) in London (1953?), including polio and influenza virus and others. Also includes graphs, maps and photographs of myxomatosis epidemic, Australia c.1951 and correspondence from J. Mulder (Leiden 1953)

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 3 November 1952 - 21 October 1953    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/061 Box Number 12 Series 2
2-62 Laboratory Notebook - Autoimmune Pathology

Bound laboratory notebook on NZB mouse research, spleen, thymus and pancreas research, including nyasthenia gravis and related topics

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 29 March 1960 - 11 December 1962    Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/062 Box Number 12 Series 2
2-63 Laboratory Notebook - Autoimmune Pathology

Bound laboratory notebook on NZB mouse, and thymus research and related topics - follows from file 2/61

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 23 July 1962 - 2 February 1965    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/063 Box Number 12 Series 2
2-64 Notebook - 'Summaries Book'

Bound notebook containing research and biographical summaries. Includes early research on influenza, virology and immunology, clonal selection, intrinsic mutagenesis, publishing summaries, records of overseas trips (1925-1984), list of honours and awards (1935-1982), lists of countries visited and lectures given

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range May 1933 - 1982    Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/064 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-65 Index Notebook

Bound notebook of indexes to F.M. Burnet's home files. Updated April 1983. Includes list of files kept in Department of Microbiology, University of Melbourne

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 1970? - 1983    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/065 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-66 Notebook - Passerine Bird list and Book Index

Notebook with list of passerines (1975), index of stored books, magazines and home files, indexed between 1975 and 1982

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 1975 - 1982    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 notebook
Inventory Identifier 02/066 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-67 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Loose-bound diary of trips to England, USA and Canada

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 1 March 1950 - 25 November 1950    Quantity 1.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/067 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-68 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Loose-bound diary of trip to USA

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 25 September 1952 - 14 November 1952    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/068 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-69 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Loose-bound diary of trip to Europe. Includes entries by F.M. Burnet

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 4 February 1954 - 10 June 1954    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/069 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-70 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Loose-bound diary of trip to Ceylon and India. Includes entries by F.M. Burnet

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 8 November 1955 - 14 January 1956    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/070 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-71 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Loose-bound diary of trips to USA and Europe. Includes entries by F.M. Burnet

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 4 March 1958 - 23 August 1958    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/071 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-72 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Diary pages of trips to USA, U.S.S.R. and England. Includes entries by F.M. Burnet(?)

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 19 May 1960 - 25 July 1960    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/072 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-73 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Diary notebook of trips to Europe and Japan. Includes 'Nobel Prize' trip and assorted notes on history of Nobel Prize and typescript notes on the Nobel Ceremony. Also covers trips Calcutta and Japan - with entries by F.M. Burnet on Japanese trips

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 30 November 1960 - 2 January 1961    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/073 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-74 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Diary notebook of trips to Rome, Geneva and Perugia. With entries by F.M. Burnet(?)

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 14 June 1961 - 2 July 1961    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/074 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-75 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Diary notebook of trip to U.K. and Europe. Includes press cutting and two letters to family

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 2 June 1963 - 17 July 1963    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/075 Box Number 13 Series 2
2-76 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Diary notebook of trips to USA, U.K. an Europe. Includes entries by F.M. Burnet from Copenhagen, Basel and Honolulu

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 16 April 1964 - 22 June 1964    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/076 Box Number 14 Series 2
2-77 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Diary notebook of trips to Greece, London and USA Includes entries by F.M. Burnet(?)

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 26 April 1966 - 13 July 1966    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/077 Box Number 14 Series 2
2-78 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Diary notebook of trips to New Guinea (September 1964) and Queensland (July 1965) and Port Moresby (1965?). Includes entries by F.M. Burnet(?), press cutting and letter to F.M. Burnet from Mrs. E. Dunham

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 6 September 1964 - 2 August 1965?, 6 September 1964 - 2 August? 1965    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/078 Box Number 14 Series 2
2-79 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Diary notebook of trips to England, Europe, USA and Canada, including London, Serbelloni, Bellagio, Venice, Vienna, Salzburg, New York, Montreal - with numerous entries by F.M. Burnet. Also includes four letters to family from Linda and F.M. Burnet (May, June 1967), seven postcards and pamphlet on history of Villa Serbelloni

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 2 April 1967 - 1 July 1967    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/079 Box Number 14 Series 2
2-80 Travel Diary - Linda Burnet - Restricted

Diary notebook of trips to Singapore, Denmark, Switzerland, England and USA - with numerous entries by F.M. Burnet

Creator Linda Burnet
Date range 26 May 1968 - 13 July 1968    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/080 Box Number 14 Series 2
2-81 Laboratory Notebook - Influenza Virus Research 1937-1938 [Two files]

Photocopy of notebook housed in Department of Microbiology, University of Melbourne. Includes research summaries 1937-1938, experimental records 1937-1940, notes on future research, influenza, Q-fever, polio and others. Front pages

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range February 1937 - August 1940    Quantity 2.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/081 Box Number 14 Series 2
2-82 Laboratory Notebook - Influenza Virus Research 1937-1938 [Second File]

Photocopy of rear pages of notebook

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 1937 - 1940    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/082 Box Number 14 Series 2
2-83 Laboratory Notebook - Large Scale Production of Influenza Virus Vaccine 1944-1945

Photocopy of notebook held by Commonwealth Serum Laboratory Museum. Records of vaccine production for British Government

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 31 August 1944 - 12 February 1945    Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/083 Box Number 14 Series 2
2-84 Personal Diary 1965 (September 1991 Accession)

Hardback diary-notebook with personal and academic notes, including: on the practise of science, work on the immune system, the thymus, Kuru

Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date range 1965    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 02/084 Box Number 14 Series 2

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, November, 2001
With support from The Jack Brockhoff Foundation, The E.B. Myer Charitable Fund and The University of Melbourne
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