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Date Range1906 - 1960
ProvenanceJoan Duffield
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Correspondence, press cuttings, diary, photographs, lists, telegrams, programmes, menus.

Inventory Listing

3-1 Duffield to Doris Boult from Manchester and Dublin

Personal letters, but matters of scientific interest mentioned, regarding Dublin meeting of British Association for the Advancement of Science when Duffield was secretary of a section, mention of Sir Ernest Rutherford, A. Schuster, F. McClean, R. Rossi; discussion of astronomical work. (For further information on the meeting and Duffield's connection with it, see 6/2), 30 August - 21 October 1908.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 30 August 1908 - 21 October 1908    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-1 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-2 Duffield to Boult

Letters from a voyage to Australia, 23 October - 27 November 1908.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 23 October 1907 - 27 November 1907    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-2 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-3 Duffield to Boult, from Glenelg

Letters, including mention of W. H. Bragg, Solar Physics Observatory; newspaper clippings regarding University of Adelaide Commemoration Day, 28 November - 27 December 1908.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 28 November 1908 - 27 December 1908    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-3 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-4 Boult to Duffield

Extract (by Joan Duffield) from Doris Boult to fiancé, describing Maori wedding, 29 December 1908.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 29 December 1908    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-4 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-5 Duffield to Boult, from Melbourne and Brisbane, aboard the 'Cooma'

Letters, mention of efforts to raise funds for Solar Physics Observatory, 1-11 January 1909.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 1 January 1909 - 11 January 1909    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-5 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-6 Duffield to Boult, from Sydney and Melbourne

Letters, mentions meetings and interviews concerning observatory, 7 March - 3 April 1909.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 7 March 1909 - 3 April 1909    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-6 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-7 Duffield to Boult from Glenelg

Letters, mention of search for funds for Solar Physics Observatory, application for Professorship at Wellington, J. Oddie's offer of apparatus, 5 April - 23 May 1909.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 5 April 1909 - 23 May 1909    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-7 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-8 Duffield to Boult, from Adelaide

Letter to Doris in Melbourne en route to Adelaide for wedding, 28 May 1909.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 28 May 1909    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-8 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-9 Phyllis Boult to family, from Glenelg

One spirit-copied letter from Phyllis Boult the day after wedding, n. d. 1909.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 1909    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-9 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-10 W. G. Duffield to Doris Duffield

Letters, Duffield at seismology congress, 19-20 July 1911.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 19 July 1911 - 20 July 1911    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-10 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-11 P. Walter Duffield to W. G. Duffield, from Glenelg

Three letters from father to son who was en route to Australia, 3, 9, 12 June 1914.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 2 June 1914 - 12 June 1914    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-11 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-12 Boults to Mrs. W. G. Duffield, from Auckland

Letters from her mother and sister at outbreak of World War I, 5, 6 August 1914.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 5 August 1914 - 6 August 1914    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-12 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-13 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield, from Glasgow

Letter, 30 August 1922.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 30 August 1922    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-13 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-14 D. T. Duffield to W. G. Duffield

Twelve letters to Duffield who was working on gravity at sea experiments. 'Account of the way we set out on our "Sabbatical Year" to Australia and Littlewood, Miss Harkness, "Gravity at Sea" and all', August - September 1922.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range August 1922 - September 1922    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-14 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-15 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield, Melbourne to Glenelg

Correspondence in which Duffield gives a running narrative of Cabinet decision to approve the founding of a Solar Physics Observatory in Canberra and the appointing of a committee to select a director; mentions W. H. Bragg, J. G. McLaren, G. H. Knibbs, Senator G. Pearce, 29 March - 12 April 1923.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 29 March 1923 - 12 April 1923    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-15 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-16 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letter from on board the T. S. S. "Nestor", 6 August 1923.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 6 August 1923    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-16 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-17 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letters from The Royal Pier Hotel, Southsea, 16-20 December 1923.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 16 December 1923 - 20 December 1923    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-17 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-18 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letter from 'The Australia' hotel in Sydney, letter from 'Solar Observatory Temporary Office' in Melbourne, 6, 12 November 1924.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 6 November 1924 - 12 November 1924    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-18 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-19 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letter from 'The Hostel' in Canberra, letter from 'Commonwealth Solar Observatory', Mt. Stromlo, 2, 3 March 1925.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 2 March 1925 - 3 March 1925    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-19 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-20 W. G. Duffield to P. T. Duffield

Letters from Canberra, mainly personal health, daily activities, some mention of Mt. Stromlo and work, 15-29 May 1925.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 15 May 1925 - 29 May 1925    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-20 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-21 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield, from Canberra

One letter from Hotel Canberra, 12 October 1925.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 12 October 1925    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-21 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-22 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letter from The Hotel Windsor in Melbourne, Duffield met with "The Minister" to work out funding for the observatory; J. G. McLaren, J. F. Murphy, G. Pearce, 5 December 1925.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 5 December 1925    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-22 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-23 D. T. Duffield's diary

Daily record of activities, and of day to day health, 1925.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 1925    Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-23 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-24 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letter while aboard a ship of the Union Line, 3 January 1926.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 3 January 1926    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-24 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-25 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letter from The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 10 September 1926.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 10 September 1926    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-25 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-26 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letter from the Grand Hotel, Auckland, 4 December 1926.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 4 December 1926    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-26 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-27 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letter from Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 22 March 1927.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 22 March 1927    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-27 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-28 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Letter from Mt. Stromlo, 30 May 1927.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 30 May 1927    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-28 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-29 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield

Four letters from the S. S. "Zealandia" and Hadley's Hotel, Hobart, while attending a conference, probably AAAS , 12-18 January 1928.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 12 January 1928 - 18 January 1928    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-29 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-30 C. Claude Wilson to Mrs. Duffield

Letter, newspaper picture of Duffield, two photographs, 22 October, 6 December 1928.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 22 October 1928 - 6 December 1928    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-30 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-31 List of telegrams and letters "Received about Geoff"

Notebook, August 1929.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range August 1929    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-31 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-32 Telegrams to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield, August 1929
Creator Joan Duffield
Date range August 1929    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-32 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-33 Letters to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield

Letters of sympathy, August 1929.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range August 1929    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-33 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-34 Letters to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield

Letters of sympathy, one photograph (possibly of Joan Duffield), August 1929.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range August 1929    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-34 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-35 Letters to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield

Letters of sympathy, August 1929.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range August 1929    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-35 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-36 Letters to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield

[Letters of sympathy, including T. H. Laby, V. A. Bailey, Sydney Stonehaven, Georgina Sweet, T. G. B. Osborne, J. A. Moroney, B. T. Dickson, G. H. Briggs, Kerr Grant, August, September 1929.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range August 1929 - September 1929    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-36 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-37 Senator Duncan-Hughes

Letter to Doris Duffield concerning education of son Peter in Adelaide, extract of Senate discussion re Mt. Stromlo Observatory by Duncan-Hughes and Sir George Pearce, letter to Duncan-Hughes from J. A. Perkins regarding observatory, November, December 1932.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range November 1932 - December 1932    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-37 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-38 Duffield family

Press clippings announcing marriage of Peter Duffield to C. M. Goldie in London, press clipping and programme of degree ceremony at Oxford in which Michael Duffield graduated, 1938.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 1938    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-38 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-39 Joan Duffield

Letter concerning her Will, 10 May 1960.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 10 May 1960    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-39 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-40 Invitations, menus, etc.

Menus from various formal dinners, admission tickets to the ceremony establishing Canberra as seat of government, summary of play 'Mary Stuart of Scotland' by B. Bjørnson, lists of delegates to several conferences, 1906-1927.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 1906 - 1927    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-40 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-41 Notebook

Financial and investment notes 1927-1928, with scientific notes at the other end of the book, 1924, 1927-1928.

 Creator Joan Duffield
Date range 1924 - 1928    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 3-41 Box Number 4 Series 3
Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, April 2004
With support from Ian Potter Foundation, Bank of Tokyo (Australia) Ltd and The University of Melbourne
Listed by Gavan McCarthy and Howard Sankey
HTML edition Ailie Smith
Updated 8 November 2007
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/duff/DUFFS003.htm

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