- Extract from programme of His Excellency The High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Lord Carrington. Gives details of Crosbie Morrison's luncheon and afternoon engagements with Lord and Lady Carrington. Includes biographical notes on Lord Carrington, 11 August 1957;
- Invitation to Mr and Mrs P. Crosbie Morrison to attend Mayoral reception for Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, at the Melbourne Town Hall, 6 February 1958;
- Invitation to Mr and Mrs P. Crosbie Morrison to attend a reception for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother at the Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, 27 February 1958;
- Invitation to Mr and Mrs P. Crosbie Morrison to attend a vice-regal reception in honour of the Queen's birthday, 13 June, 1957;
- Invitation to and programme for State Dinner in honour of Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Royale Ballroom, Melbourne, 5 February 1958;
- Programme of State Reception for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 27 February 1958;
- Programme and detailed arrangements for the opening of the Arts Festival of the Olympic Games, National Gallery, Melbourne, 17 November 1956;
- Invitation to Mr and Mrs P.C. Morrison to a State Reception for the Governor-General, the Duke of Gloucester, and the Duchess Gloucester, Melbourne Town Hall, 13 November, 1946;
- Invitation Mr and Mrs Crosbie Morrison to an At Home held by the Governor and Lady Brooks, Government House, Melbourne, 21 February 1951;
- Invitation to Mr and Mrs Crosbie Morrison to attend a State Reception for the Princess Elizabeth Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duke of Edinburgh, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, 26 March 1952;
- Programme for State Reception for Queen Elizabeth the Second and the Duke of Edinburgh, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, 8 March 1954;
- Invitation to Mr and Mrs Crosbie Morrison to State Reception for Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, 8 March, 1954;
- Menu and Programme for Golden Anniversary Birthday Dinner Party, Rotary Club of Melbourne, 9 Darling Street South Yarra; 25 February 1955;
- Invitation to Mr and Mrs P. Crosbie Morrison to Grand Opening of the Arts Festival of the Olympic Games, National Gallery, Melbourne. Includes order of seating, 17th November 1956;
- Invitation to Mr and Mrs P. Crosbie Morrison to Garden Party to commemorate the centenary of the first sitting of the Parliament of Victoria under Responsible Government, Parliament House, Melbourne, 21 November, 1956;
- Detailed programme of visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Melbourne. Includes details of Antarctic Symposium attended by Crosbie Morrison as Councillor and past President of the Royal Society of Victoria, December 1956;
- Programme and blank invitation card to Symposium on Australia's part in the International Geophysical Year in Antarctica, attended by the Duke of Edinburgh, conducted by the Royal Society of Victoria at the Society's Hall, Melbourne, 3 December, 1956;
- Invitation to Mr and Mrs P. Crosbie Morrison to reception for the Duke of Edinburgh, Melbourne Town Hall, 4 December 1956;
- Programme for State Reception for the Duke of Edinburgh, Melbourne Town Hall. Includes newspaper cutting from The Sun, 5 December, 1956, 'Official reception to Duke....2000 attend'; pen and pencil crosses added to distinguish two figures in photograph, 4 December 1956.

Typescript of address on the life and work of Philip Crosbie Morrison given by R.W.T. Cowan, Warden of Trinity College, Melbourne University, at the National Museum, Melbourne. Includes summary of Crosbie Morrison's career; Two typescript outlines of Crosbie Morrison's career; Typescript career summary and biographical notes, headed 'Australian Natural History Medallion'; Roneoed article proposed for newsletter of Brighton Historical Society on life and work of Crosbie Morrison. Includes covering letter to Lucy Crosbie Morrison from Rosalind Landells, Secretary of Brighton Historical Society.

Information circulated by the National Museum of Victoria, the Forests Commission of Victoria; notices of the appeal in Forest and Bird and The Victorian Naturalist; correspondence from the Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand to Lucy Crosbie Morrison.

Correspondents include: Herbert Blair; Henry Bolte, Premier; Russell Bridgford; Steve Butterly; Arthur Calwell; G.T. Chippindall; Alec Chisolm; V. and Roy Coutts; Gracie Crawford; Harold Harvie; M. and C. Harper; Mrs L. Horne; R. Jacka, Preston Motors; Clee Jenkins; Noel Lothian; R.G. Menzies; Monty and Flora Middleton; Bess and Mitchell; Gerard Osborne; Jane Prendergast; Stella and David Rivett; Peter and Vera Russo; J. Warner; Bill Waters; Ina Watson; staff and ? Ryan, Department of Agriculture; Lindsay Thompson, Secretary to Cabinet; Geoffrey Smith, Premier's Department; John Jungwirth, Secretary, Premier's Department; J.H. Alfred, Public Works Department.

Correspondents include: M.L. Wigan; Ron Newson; W.I. McIndoe, Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, on behalf of Lady Dorothy Macmillan; Harvey Anderson, Red Cross Branch; F. Macfarlane Burnet; Ken Myer; J.H. Coates; John L. Perdrix, British Astronomical Association; Irving Benson; Robin D. Croll; Lady Val Grimwade; Iona Carrington; Canon Philip St J. Wilson; Sir George Knox; Dr F.H. Drummond; Professor John Turner; Percy Joske; Mr Justice Sholl; A.G. Rylah; John Bechervaise; C.R. Isaac; Sr M. Paul, Catholic Science Teachers' Association; H.A. Bartlett, Royal Empire Society; C.W. Brazenor, National Museum of Victoria, passing on letter from George Mack, Queensland Museum; H.F. Gurney, Rotary Club of Melbourne; R.W.T. Cowan, Trinity College, University of Melbourne; Edmund Gill, Royal Society of Victoria; Gwen S. Swinburne; J.A. McMillan, Assistant Secretary, Gould League of Bird Lovers; ? Salter, Animal Welfare Organisation of Victoria; D.H. Munro, State Electricity Commission of Victoria; A.E. Wilkie, Natural Resources Conservation League of Victoria; Elizabeth McKenzie, Queensland Naturalists' Club; Eleanor Wood, Frankston Field Naturalists Club; Frank Pitt, Melbourne Bushwalker's Club; L.S. Taylor, Camberwell Church of England Grammar School; Leach Memorial Club; L.A. Pederick, Wimmera Field Naturalists' Club; R. Newson, National Parks Authority.

Correspondents include: Doris Eddey; National Council of Women of Victoria; E.J. Gadsden, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; R.E. Nelson, Forest and Bird Protection Society; Fred C. Flowers, Herald Broadcasting Stations; Jean Lawson, Herald Broadcasting Stations; J.C. Waters, The Herald; Essie Mollison; Grace Croll; Lawrence Keep; B. O'Laughlin, Victorian Piscatorial Council; Alan Wilson, Herbert Small (Vict.) Pty Limited; Marshall G. Tweedie, Box Hill Horticultural Society; J.S. Rogers, Melbourne Beef Steak Club; A.P. Dunn, Creswick Field Naturalists' Club; F.H.M. Everett, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union; Yanan Young, Farmers' Club; N.G. Wishart, Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary Committee of Management; R.W. McKellar, Churchill National Park; H.W. Marryatt and Clive M. Glover, Rotary Club of Melbourne South; W. Yates, New Zealand Broadcasting Service; Judy Jones, Town and Gown Guild; Tom Kilburn; D.V. Darwin, Country Roads Board; Victoria Buntine, Elwood branch of the Liberal and Country Party; W. Bryden, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; Joan Gladman, Melbourne Women's Walking Club; J. Heathfield, North Balwyn Horticultural Society; C.D. Nason, Warby Range Native Plant Preservation Group; E.M. Thompson, Maryborough Field Naturalists' Club; R. Whitford, Melbourne Walking Club; Charles Brazenor; Ros Garnet, Victorian National Parks Association; Kesley Aves, Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club; S. Colliver, University of Queensland; May J. Chandler, Sunraysia Field Naturalists' Club; F.A. Ripper, Avicultural Society of Australia; N.L. McFadden, The Argus; Keith Jarrott, National Parks Association of Queensland; C.A. McCallum, Public Library, Melbourne; L. R. Whitby, Astronomical Society of Australia; E.M. Bourke, Native Plants Preservation Society.

Correspondents include: Hugh Wilson; J.R. Wheeler, Ballarat Field Naturalists' Club; ? Ebdon, Bendigo Field Naturalists' Club; Bertram E. Carthew, Portland Field Naturalists' Club; W.A. Jack, Brighton Group of the Rotary Club of Melbourne; May Moon, two letters - personal, and on behalf of the Save the Dandenongs League; E.J. Garratt, Western Australian Naturalists' Club; Jean Galbraith; G. Hermon Gill; W.E. Bassett; Yarram Red Cross Branch; Harry Mitchell; Gwynnyth Taylor; Chas. H. Crampton; Valya M. Docherty, University High School Old Pupils' Association; Walter McRae Russell, Australian Literature Society, Council of Victorian Literary Societies; Secretary of the Melbourne Savage Club; Beaumaris Tree Preservation Society; Grace E. Thomas, Brighton Red Cross; members of the Melbourne Camera Club; K.L. Abbott, Federation of Victorian Walking Clubs; J. Heathfield, North Balwyn Horticultural Society; W.R. Gasking, Sir Colin Mackenzie Sanctuary; D.E. Nelson, French - Australian Association of Victoria; Mabel Marfield; W. Ken Harris; Molly Leeper; Carl Foster; Anne Lissenden; S.H. Porter, Office of the Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police; Sir Edmund Herring; Sir Wilfred Kent Hughes; A.O. Lawrence, Chairman, Forests Commission of Victoria.

Correspondents include: Sir Arthur Stephenson; Sir Harold Campbell; Mrs P.G. Law; Lewis Bennett; Lady Alice Paton; Mrs Healey; Darrell N. Kraehenbuehl, South Australian Filed Naturalists' Society; Winifred Waddell; Hugh Stewart, Lakes National Park; Zoe E. Baufield, Ararat Field Naturalists' Club; S.M. Callaghan, Lorne League of Bush Lovers; Committee of Management, Wyperfield National Park; L. Gibney, Wilson's Promontory National Park; C. Hollock, Mt Buffalo National Park; Returned Nurses Club, Melbourne; J.K. Moir, Bread and Cheese Club; George Reid; E.N.Dewar, Public Library, National Gallery, and Museums of Victoria; Gordon Binns, State Savings Bank of Victoria; Percy Taylor; Ted and Olga Doyle; Keith Hindwood, letter encloses newspaper cutting on Crosbie Morrison's death from the Sydney Morning Herald; Dr A.S. Thomas; L.C. Cook; Lady Gladys Martin; Elizabeth Focker [wife of Charles Focker, Director, Applied Science Museum]; Reverend Frank Borland; W. Bishop; Zenobia Mattingley; Arthur Craven; J.W Gliddon; Denzel J. Hartley; Hazel Fawcett [secretary to A.J.Fraser, Minister for Forests]; Barton Hack; Leonhard Adam; Bill Waters; L.E.Lesser; Professor Edwin Hills; Jim H. Wilis; Len Smith; Angus S. Mitchell, Past President, Rotary International; Professor W.A. Osborne; Mrs C.P. Morrison, enclosing letter of condolence sent in error to her from John Patience [?]; Mollie Agar; Molly McCutcheon.

Correspondents include: Ethel M. Tiegs; Oscar Mendelsohn; D.A. Dethbridge; Douglas Gillison; John Smart; Keith [Attiwill]; V.G. Anderson; Robert Money; Hugh Brain; Joan and Bill Middleton; Jack Richards; C.W. Blenner-Hasset; Lillian Russell; Miss L.M. Wilkinson; Mrs P.J. Holland; Hilda Ingram; J. Lawrence; Nell Anderson; Bill and Anne Galvin; Ita Betheras; Nell McLean; L.N. Holmes; teacher and pupils of the Cloud's Creek Public School; Ross Creek School children; staff and pupils, State School No 1989, Picola, Victoria; pupils and staff, Golden Square Training School; Cliff Bottomley, News and Information Bureau, Department of the Interior; Connie Barber; Grace and Eric Thake; Meg Padgham; Mrs John Baker; M.E. Hidditch; Howard Jarman; May Middleton; Nancy Dale; Miss M.L. Wiggan; R.W.T. Thompson; Doris Hills; Winifred Thompson; Michael and Iris Sharland; L. Chapman.

Correspondence and reprints, including: newspaper cuttings announcing Crosbie Morrison's death; tributes from The Victorian Naturalist, Walkabout, Matilda (published by the Girl Guides Association of Victoria), Forest and Bird, The Gap (a school magazine produced by the teachers of the Bairnsdale Inspectorate), The Melbourne Walker, Annual Report of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1958.

Seven articles, with photographs, of expedition reported by PCM for The Argus. The party consisted of the Victorian Governor (Lord Somers), specialists in natural science and geology, and 13 scouts selected from metropolitan troops.

Black and white prints, mostly of landscapes and camp sites; accompanying envelope marked 'Original negatives given to Boy Scouts Association 1960 Rev W.D. Kennedy'; black and white photograph of scout biscuit signed by members of the expedition, and accompanying envelope. Expedition was reported by PCM for The Argus. The party consisted of the Victorian Governor (Lord Somers), specialists in natural science and geology, and 13 scouts selected from metropolitan troops.

Black and white prints, mostly of camp sites and walking parties; accompanying envelope marked 'Original negatives given to Boy Scouts Association 1960 Rev W.D. Kennedy'. Expedition was reported by PCM for The Argus. The party consisted of the Victorian Governor (Lord Somers), specialists in natural science and geology, and 13 scouts selected from metropolitan troops.

Correspondence related to Crosbie Morrison's work, resignations, new positions etc. Material includes: congratulatory notes from senior staff at The Argus commenting on various assignments; letters of resignation from The Argus; copies of contractual agreements between Crosbie Morrison and The Argus and The Herald; correspondence with Keith Murdoch of The Herald regarding salary and conditions; correspondence related to the cessation of publication of Wild Life; correspondence related to the cessation of publication of The Herald; letter advising Crosbie Morrison of his appointment as Director of the Victorian National Parks Authority; correspondence related to Crosbie Morrison's resignation from his position as Director of the Department of Information Broadcasting Division; correspondence related to Crosbie Morrison's resignation as Victorian District Censor for War.

Correspondence and reprints, including: extracts from talk given on Radio Australia, reprinted in Radio Australia, October 1952; compliments passed on to Crosbie Morrison by various agencies and individuals - Sun News Pictorial, Herald Broadcasting Stations, Russell Grimwade, the Australian Broadcasting Commission, K. Martin Doe (the Paton Advertising Service Pty Ltd); newspaper cuttings about Crosbie Morrison's radio broadcasts commenting on their excellence and popularity; two letters from listeners offering compliments on the broadcasts and asking questions on natural history topics; newspaper cuttings on the life and work of Crosbie Morrison, extracted from The Listener In and The New Idea; newspaper cuttings on ratings of various radio programs and announcers, including references to Crosbie Morrison and his broadcasts.

Reprints, photographs and correspondence, including: Victorian National Parks Association News Letter, August 1957, plus other reprint on Victorian National Parks Authority; papers related to PCM's school and university career - certificates, correspondence about scholarships, references from University High school and the University of Melbourne, program from Crosbie Morrison's degree conferring ceremony; newspaper cuttings on naming a building after Crosbie Morrison, replays of "Wild Life" broadcasts, honour conferred by the Australian Journalists' Association, Crosbie Morrison's Great Barrier Reef expedition, Crosbie Morrison's winning of the 1947 Natural History Medallion, Crosbie Morrison's contribution to The Australian Encyclopaedia, the establishment of a national park in New Guinea as a memorial to King George the Sixth, article on Crosbie Morrison in Home Brew, (staff publication of The Argus); luncheon and dinner menus; certificate accompanying coronation medal, 1953; verse drafts; reprint on Council for the Promotion of Field Studies (United Kingdom); certificate naming Crosbie Morrison a Life Governor of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne; correspondence related to Natural History Medallion; letters of appreciation for various public engagements; correspondence related to Crosbie Morrison's election to the Council of the Royal Society; letter from the Governor, Lord Somers, requesting Crosbie Morrison to act as "benevolent" reporter on a boy scout camp (see 1/11-13); miscellaneous correspondence, including letters from John Bechervaise, Russell Grimwade, David Rivett, Elizabeth Aga, A.G. Scholes, C.W. Brazenor (National Museum of Victoria), Joe Burke (University of Melbourne), Shire of Bulla, Jose Valdes (Club Rotario de Torreon, Mexico).

Official Organ of the Royal Australian Ornithologists Union, volume 58 part 2. Two page obituary, pages 161-2.

Walkabout.

Letters, fragments of letters, cards, signed menus and programmes. Some are dated after PCM's death, addressed to LCM and family. Includes: letter from Ferdinand von Mueller to 'Mr Stone' identifying a botanical specimen; letter to LCM from George Whaley (Director of University Theatre, University of Melbourne, 1970); programme from a Melbourne Symphony Orchestra concert signed by Bernard Heinz, 1945; autograph of Hamilton Harty [?], 1934; autograph of Yehudi Menuhin; autograph of Peter Dawson addressed to PCM, 1933; autographed meno of a Melbourne University Agricultural Society valedictory dinner to A.E.V. Richardson, 1924; two letters to PCM from Robert Menzies (Prime Minister of Australia) about PCM's importation of a French camera, 1950; letter to PCM from Arthur Mattingly about a photograph of an albatross, 1942; Christmas greeting from Rohan Delacombe (Governor of Victoria) and Joyce Delacombe; fragment of a letter from Percy Grainger; letter to Ruth Hollick from Percy Grainger 1924; fragment of a letter from Edna Waling; letter to LCM from Barry Humphries, 1965; signature of R.W. Priestley; signed menu from a luncheon given by the Victorian Government to the contestants of the MacRobertson International Air Races, England to Melbourne, 1934; two pages of autographs of members of the Australian Art Association, 1928; note and greeting to PCM from Carl Gibson-Hill, 1949; letter to the editor of the Argus from W.M. Hughes, 1929; fragment of a letter to LCM from J.A. Feely; fragment of a letter from Edward John Eyre, and newspaper clipping about the centenary of his expedition from South Australia to Albany in 1841; letter to 'Gregory' from Martin Conway, 1900; autograph of Robert Scott [?]; autograph of E. Ray Lankaster; autograph of A.W. Howitt; letter to PCM from W.R. Gurdon, 1947; signed menu from a dinner given by the Melbourne Savage Club to Harold B. Herbert, 1941; autograph of W [?] Murdoch, 1949; two copies of bookplate of R.H. Croll; fragment of a programme which includes autograph of Robert Menzies; twelve autographs of PCM, 1943; signed fragment of a programme from a concert given by the Melbourne Savage Club in honour of Horace Robertson, 1952; autograph of D.J. Mahony; autograph of Keith Hindwood; autograph of P.E. Joske; autograph of Robert Menzies; autograph of G.O. Reid (Minister of Labour and Industry); Christmas card from Enid Lyons; signed card, including autograph of Jeannie Gunn; autograph of Henry Bolte; autograph of Gracie Fields; letter to PCM from Charles F. Belcher, 1950; autograph of Donald Macdonald.

Includes miscellaneous personal papers: Australian Military Forces war correspondent's licence and identification card, 1944; two undated Argus identification cards, one significantly earlier than the other; undated censorship permit; Australian Military Forces travel permit and pass to prohibited areas, 1944; Australian Military Forces ordinary pass for entry into Military Works for the purpose of lecturing; two felt war correspondent sleeve badges; Motor Spirit Consumer's Licence, 1948, to be produced on application for petrol ration tickets.

Bronze medallion in a hard case inscribed: 'For special study and increasing knowledge and appreciation of Australian fauna and flora / awarded to Philip Crosbie Morrison M.Sc. / year 1947'.

Kept jointly by PCM and LCM, containing a record of PCM's many meetings and speaking engagements, and of Morrison family activities. Entries are maintained consistently throughout the year. The diary was published by O'Brien Publicity Pty Ltd, and featured the Olympic Games as its special subject. Includes original felt covered cardboard case.

Biscuit from the Boy Scout Hike to Lake Tarli Karng (photograph in 1-12). Includes autographs of Lord Somers, L.R.D. Pyke; K.M. Hadden; ? Kennedy; C.O. Hoadley; Samuel Wilkinson; John Bechervaise; Bobby Allen [?]; A. Marshall; L.B. [?] Strahan; N.G. Molloy; Troy McHenry; D. Connolly; H.A. Miller; R. Turner; J. Jeffrey; D. Matthews. File also includes biscuit titles 'Australian Antarctic', signed by John Bechervaise; Alan S. Goulitts [?]; Robert Lacey.

Portrait block of PCM, 50x35mm.

Portrait block of PCM, 80x44mm.

Block from PCM's personal bookplate, designed by ? Crampton. 110x85mm.

Poem entitled 'Go Crosbie Morrison', dated 25 June 1951: 'Go take yon worm from/ its earthy lair/ And probe its doings/ for readers fare-/ Go use Wild Life science/ that brought you fame/ And spill the ink in/ wisdom's name-/ Go take the blessings of/ the make up boys/ From Foley's section of/ pride and joys. - Matt' 111x65mm

Sketch book containing colour and black and white diagrams of a variety of animals, birds and marine animals. Also contains some feather pasted in.

Book intended for Argus reporting staff, containing directions on literary style, grammar and punctuation, as well as general procedural information. Includes some annotations made by PCM.

New Offices of the Argus and the Australasian: Information for the Staff. Book produced at the time of the first publication at new office premises (corner Latrobe and Elizabeth streets), 28 June 1926. Contains list of staff internal phone numbers, room numbers, diagrams of the lay out of each floor, general procedural information, and rules and regulations.

Copies of bookplate (see 1-26). Also includes PCM's signature on a rubber stamp.

Two pen and ink drawings: print of a caricature by Stan Kelly of H.C.E. Stewart of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria; original drawing by Tarlton Rayment of a bee sitting on a flower, inscribed on the back: 'Enlarged view of the pollination of the orchid Caladenia filamentosa sub.p.tentaculata The pollina are gummed to the thorax of the bee' - this sketch was reproduced for Wild Life.

THIS ITEM IS MISSING. Ann McCarthy 7 August 2008.

Includes: PCM's BSc and MSc graduation certificates from the University of Melbourne (1924 and 1926); certificates appointing PCM a Second Lieutenant in the Cadet Corps from November 1917.

Zoology II prac., Book I. Contains colour and black and white pencil sketches and diagrams.

Zoology II prac., Book I. Contains black and white pencil sketches and diagrams.

Zoology II prac., Book I. Contains black and white pencil sketches and diagrams.

Draft manuscript of a biography of Philip Crosbie Morrison. Ringbound manuscript features editorial annotations.

Correspondence and related papers regarding the biography of Philip Crosbie Morrison written by Graham Pizzey.

Correspondents: Lucy Morrison; Nick Hudson to Elizabeth Willis; Graham Pizzey.

Includes photocopies.

Mostly contains typed lists with handwritten annotations.