This inventory item contains items of correspondence exchanged between Eric and Winifred Burhop and Robert and Judy Hill, plus other material, probably compiled by Robert Hill in preparation for his planned biography of Eric Burhop.

Records are as follows:
Ending the Arms Race - The Role of the Scientist, edited by Kurt Baudisch, published by the World Federation of Scientific Workers, 1977. The Preface to this volume was written by E.H.S. Burhop in his capacity as President of the World Federation of Scientific Workers.

Email to Bob Hill from Rod Home, dated 10 July 2004, subject: 'Burhop letters'

Emails between Bob Hill and Rod Home, latest date 28 July 2004, subject: 'Re: Correspondence'

Typed letter to Rod Home from [Bob Hill], dated 22 December 1991

Letter to Rod Home from Bob Hill, dated 21 June 2004. Also second typed letter, to Bob Hill from Rod Home, dated 10 December 1991, with attachment: draft biographical entry about Eric Burhop for the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

Greeting card to Bob and Judy Hill from Winnie Burhop, date inscribed 'Xmas [Christmas] 1989'.

Notice of death and interment of Winifred Ida Burhop, date of interment 19 February 1990, signed 'Graeme - Ian - Anneliese'.

Letter to Graeme, Ian and Anneliese [Burhop] from Judy and Bob Hill, dated 3 March 1990

'Burhop Letters', handwritten summary list by Bob Hill of the letters he received from Eric Burhop. Collation dates: January - March 1989. List includes summaries of and quotes from individual letters, with additional contextual information also added in some cases. The list also includes: accounts of gaps in correspondence including reference to relevant Cold War developments in the 1950s; deliberations as to whether Eric Burhop was a member of the Community party; draft letter to Peter Wright (possibly the former Assistant Director of British intelligence agency MI5, author of Spycatcher) dated 25 June 1989 regarding Eric Burhop's political affiliations, in which Hill refers to a planned biography of Eric Burhop; list of references from 'Precedents for Social Responsibility among Scientists', dissertation by Elizabeth Hodes (December 1982); notes of a conversation with Larry Badash, 19 March 1989. Thirteen sheets.

Letter to Bob and Judy Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 17 December 1978

Typed letter to Bob and Judy Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 27 June 1979

Letter to Bob and Judy Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 14 May 1978, with attachments: 'Announcement' of and program for 'Atomic Collision Processes: A Conference in Honour of Sir Harrie Massey' 20-22 September 1978.

Aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 14 May 1977

Aerogramme to Bob and Judy Hill from Eric and Winifred Burhop, dated 13 December 1975

Aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 7 October 1974

Greeting card to Bob and Judy Hill from Winnie Burhop, dated 12 December 1987

Letter to Bob and Judy Hill from Winnie Burhop, dated 14 March 1987

Letter to Bob and Judy Hill from Winnie Burhop, dated 21 April 1972

Aerogramme to Bob and Judy Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 5 March 1972

The records listed above were originally housed together with Inventory Item HILR00048 in a postage Bag Labelled 'Correspondence'. The postage bag is located in this file. For preservation purposes, they were divided into two part files during processing.

This inventory item contains items of correspondence exchanged between Eric and Winifred Burhop and Robert and Judy Hill, plus other material, probably compiled by Robert Hill in preparation for his planned biography of Eric Burhop.

Records are as follows:
Greeting card from Eric and Winnie Burhop, inscribed on back 'Date uncertain - possibly 1975'.

Letter to Bob and Judy Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 2 September 1970

Postcard to Bob and Judy Hill from Winnie Burhop, dated 4 August 1969

Greeting card to Bob and Judy Hill from Eric and Winnie Burhop, inscribed 'Probably Dec. [December] 1968'.

Newspaper excerpt, 'Setting up Home in Sunny Spain'. Details of publication unknown.

Aerogramme to Bob and Judy Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 4 August, inscribed '(Probably 1966) - Yes: see stamp'.

Aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 19 January 1963

Typed aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated January 1962

Typed letter to Eric Burhop from Bob Hill, dated 6 June 1960

Typed letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 2 June 1960

Typed letter to Eric Burhop from Bob Hill, dated 26 May 1960

Typed letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 20 May 1960

Typed aerogramme to Bob Hill from J.R. Pole, dated 19 March 1960

Typed letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 11 March 1960

Typed letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 29 February 1960

Typed letter to Eric Burhop from Bob Hill, dated 8 February 1960

Typed letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 8 December 1959

Typed letter to Eric Burhop from Bob Hill, dated 2 December 1959

Typed letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 14 April 1959

Letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 10 December 1961

'Tentative Title of Research Activity: Elementary Particle Interactions', Statement of Proposed Activity by Robert Hill. (Printed on thermal paper).

Letter to Eric Burhop from Bob Hill, dated [Mon? [Monday]] 24, 1959

Typed letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 5 February 1959

Aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 12 March, inscribed '1950?'

Aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 14 December 1949

Aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 29 December, inscribed '1947?'

Aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 12 March, inscribed '1947?'

Aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 2 July 1946

Aerogramme to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 26 February, inscribed '1946?'

Letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 9 April 1945

Letter to Bob Hill from Eric Burhop, dated 28 October 1944

Letter to Bob and Judy Hill from Winnie Burhop, dated 13 February 1986

Letter to Bob and Judy Hill from Winnie Burhop, dated 6 February 1985

Typed aerogramme to Bob and Judy Hill from Winnie Burhop, dated 14 January 1982

Aerogramme to Bob and Judy Hill from Winnie Burhop, dated 28 December 1979

'Observation of the likely example of the decay of a charmed particle in a high energy neutrino interaction', by E.H.S. Burhop et al, reprinted from Physics Letters, Volume 65B No. 3, 22 November 1976.

Typed aerogramme to Bob and Judy Hill from Eric and Winnie Burhop, dated 6 February 1967

'Eric Burhop - An Appreciation', by Peter Mason, dated 19 February 1980, Australian Left Review No.73.

'Obituary - Eric Henry Stonley [sic] Burhop, 1911 - 1980', by C.B.O. Mohr, The Australian Physicist, March 1980.

'Chadwick and the Neutron: - A Personal Recollection', by Professor Sir Mark Oliphant, The Australian Physicist Vol. 19, March 1982.

The records listed above were originally housed together with Inventory Item HILR00047 in a postage Bag Labelled 'Correspondence'. For preservation purposes, they were divided into two part files during processing. The postage bag is located in Inventory Item HILR00047.

This inventory item contains a letter (with envelope) to Rod Home from Robert Hill, dated 15 July 2004, enclosing five photographs of or including Eric Burhop.

Details of photographs:
Colour photograph (126mm x 90mm). Inscription on back reads: 'Burhop’s UCL [University College London] group at Burhop's House in London, Feb [February] 1961. (Most individuals were in Physics Research. R. [Robert] D. Hill (Standing and 3rd from left) was visiting from U.S.A.)'. During processing, this photograph was removed from the file and rehoused separately (reference copy retained on file). Researchers interested in viewing this photograph are advised that the relevant UMA control code is CP/2116 (photographic print).

Colour (sepia?) photograph (125mm x 88mm). Inscription on back reads: 'Eric and Winnie Burhop and Judy. Painted Cave, Santa Barbara County 1974 (U.S.A.) (Visiting Bob Hill and Judy)'. During processing, this photograph was removed from the file and rehoused separately (reference copy retained on file). Researchers interested in viewing this photograph are advised that the relevant UMA control code is CP/2117 (photographic print).

Colour (sepia?) photograph (125mm x 88mm). Inscription on back reads: 'Judy, Winnie and Eric Burhop. La Cumbré Peak, Santa Barbara, Cal. [California] U.S.A. [United States of America], 1974. (When visiting U.S. [United States] on lectures) (R. [Robert] D. Hill was host for a week of Burhop’s visit)'. During processing, this photograph was removed from the file and rehoused separately (reference copy retained on file). Researchers interested in viewing this photograph are advised that the relevant UMA control code is CP/2118 (photographic print).

Black and white photograph (89mm x 64mm). Inscription on back reads: 'Eric Burhop. Hiking with R. [Robert] D. Hill in Gippsland, Victoria, Aust. [Australia] In Nov. [November] '41 [1941]'. During processing, this photograph was removed from the file and rehoused separately (reference copy retained on file). Researchers interested in viewing this photograph are advised that the relevant UMA control code is BWP/31,547 (photographic print).

Black and white photograph (128mm x 89mm). Inscription on back reads: '1964 (London, U.K. [United Kingdom]). Burhops (during European meeting [after?]) Winnie, Eric, Annaliese [sic] outside their Weybridge house (Surrey, England)'. During processing, this photograph was removed from the file and rehoused separately (reference copy retained on file). Researchers interested in viewing this photograph are advised that the relevant UMA control code is BWP/31,548 (photographic print).