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Series 39 - Laboratory Notebooks (Miscellaneous)
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Date Range1969 - 1990
Quantity43 cm, 15 notebooks
ProvenanceDevelopment - PMA Ltd
Description

Series 39 contains notebooks featuring primarily handwritten notes on developmental work by Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited staff, including J. A. Simpson, Glyn Hollern, B. Segger, A. Stapley, W. H., David Hardy, Peter Harold, and Roger Cekada.

Included in some of these notebooks (for example, PMA0160 - "Laboratory Note Book") is a photocopied sheet headed "Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited - Headings Recommended for Developmental Work Log Book". The handwritten notes by staff generally appear to follow these headings.

Many of the notebooks included in this series are marked with ink and pigment. Wearing gloves when handling these items is recommended.

Inventory Listing

39-1 Pilot Plant
Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1969 - 1972    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks, Tables of data and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0154 Box Number 67 Series 39
39-2 Notebook of Experiments with Colour - 1981 - May to - 87 -

A notebook recording details of what are believed to be experiments with colours.

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1981 - 1982    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks, Loose Notes and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0155 Box Number 67 Series 39
39-3 ICI BASF
Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range c. 1979    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks and Tables of data
Inventory Identifier PMA0156 Box Number 67 Series 39
39-4 J. A. S. Book VI - Notebook of J. A. Simpson

Contains Index headed "J. A. Simpson - Development - PMA".

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1973 - 1975    Quantity 2 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Graphs, Reports, Notebooks, Loose Notes, Tables of data and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0157 Box Number 67 Series 39
39-5 1981 - Jan May - 1/81 to 86/81 - Forward Projects

Contains index.

Regarding the title of this item, "1981 - Jan May - 1/81 to 86/81" is handwritten on the front cover of the notebook, with "Forward Projects" handwritten as an overall title on the first inside page.

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1981    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier PMA0159 Box Number 67 Series 39
39-6 Laboratory Note Book

A log book of developmental work at Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited. Taped to the inside front cover is a photocopied page titled "Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited - Headings Recommended for Developmental Work Log Book". The remaining pages contain handwritten notes primarily following these recommended headings.

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1978 - 1986    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0160 Box Number 67 Series 39
39-7 Notebook - Experiments with Azo Compounds

A notebook with no handwritten title on the cover or inside pages. The notebook is believed to contain handwritten notes regarding experiments with Azo Compounds.

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1982 - 1984    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier PMA0161 Box Number 67 Series 39
39-8 Log Book 87 - WH/2/31 - WH/1/5/-, Andrew G. Trivett

Contains index.

The title "Log Book 87[?]" appears on the spine of this notebook, with the WH codes handwritten on a label attached to the front cover. The head of the index page is inscribed "Andrew G. Trivett - 8.9.86."

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1986 - 1987    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0371 Box Number 67 Series 39
39-9 Developmental Work Log Book

The title above has been applied as a photocopy has been glued to the inside cover, headed "Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited - Headings Recommended for Developmental Work Log Book", and the pages contain handwritten notes primarily structured around the headings listed in this document.

The opening section, including a partial index, contains notes by an unknown member of staff along with colour test cards initialled "B mac". Page 107 contains a second index, headed "Andrew G. Trivett - 29.7.86" and his notes fill the remainder of the book.

A loose chart in the rear of the notebook is by Roger Cekada, titled "Monastral Green Development (Solvent Treatment)".

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1979 - 1986    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Loose Notes, Samples or Specimens, Tables of data and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0370 Box Number 68 Series 39
39-10 Log Book WH22/7-

The title of this item is handwritten on a notebook containing handwritten notes and colour test cards initialled W. H.

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1987    Quantity 6 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks, Loose Notes, Samples or Specimens, Forms and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0369 Box Number 68 Series 39
39-11 A. Stapley Development Book 01/89 to
Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1989 - 1990    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks, Loose Notes, Tables of data and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0368 Box Number 68 Series 39
39-12 Book I - 1980 - Lab Preparations

The title "Book I - 1980' is handwritten on the cover of the notebook, with the opening page headed "Lab Preparations".

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1980    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0367 Box Number 68 Series 39
39-13 Developmental Work Log Book

Contains index. This notebook is not inscribed with a title; however, the format of the index and handwritten notes follow the structure of previous Developmental Work Log Books in this Series. The same title has therefore been applied.

Colour test cards taped to the pages of the notebook feature the initials "R. J. D."

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1987    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks, Loose Notes, Samples or Specimens and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0366 Box Number 69 Series 39
39-14 Developmental Work Log Book

The title inscribed on this item is "WH21/4/- WH13/7/-".

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1987    Quantity 1 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks, Loose Notes, Samples or Specimens, Tables of data and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0365 Box Number 69 Series 39
39-15 Developmental Work Log Book

No handwritten title is evident on the cover, spine or inside pages of the notebook. The title above has been applied as a photocopy has been glued to the inside cover, headed "Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited - Headings Recommended for Developmental Work Log Book", and the pages contain handwritten notes primarily structured around the headings listed in this document.

The handwritten index includes the following:
Page 1-68 David Hardy's Work
69-111 Peter Harold
112- Roger Cekada

 Creator Development - PMA Ltd
Date range 1979 - 1986    Quantity 2 cm, 1 notebook
Formats Notebooks, Samples or Specimens and Calculations
Inventory Identifier PMA0181 Box Number 69 Series 39
Published by the The University of Melbourne, eScholarship Research Centre on AustehcWeb, December 2008
Listed by Barbara Cytowicz, Ann McCarthy, Gavan McCarthy, Michael Jones, Rachel Tropea
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