06 - General Correspondence - CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers, Currency Note Research and Development Project Guide to Records

Series 06 - General Correspondence

Date Range	1968 - 1988
Provenance	Fishermens Bend
Description	Section 1 - Subject Correspondence, D. H. Solomon Files - Series of correspondence files drawn from the records of D.H. Solomon. File headings indicate major subject area. Files arranged chronologically and list significant correspondents. - Files 6/1-6/16 Section 2 - Subject Correspondence, S. D. Hamann Files - Series of correspondence files drawn from the records of S.D. Hamann. File headings indicate major subject area. Files arranged chronologically and list significant correspondents. - Files 6/17-6/23 Section 3 - General Chronological Correspondence - Series of miscellaneous correspondence files drawn mainly from the records of D.H. Solomon. File headings incorporate date range and major subject area (where possible). Files arranged chronologically and list significant correspondents. - Files 6/24-6/34

Inventory Listing

06-001	CNRD - Development of a New Bank Note
	D.H. Solomon, S.D. Hamann, P.E. Morriss, P.A. Grant, J.E. Kolm. Also includes reports, reprints and newspaper clippings. Reports (by R.A. Lee): "Security Devices" December 1975; "Diffraction Gratings As Security Devices", 19 June 1976; "Diffraction Gratings", 25 June 1976; "I.D.P. Catalogue" 28 June 1976; "Hybrid Image Diffraction Patterns", 7 July 1976; "Composite Diffraction Gratings", 13 July 1976. Reports: CSIRO Reports to the RBA, April 1970 and 5 March 1973; "Collaborative Program with the RBA", August 1973; Minutes and Agenda for RBA-CSIRO Meeting, 11 October 1973. Reprints: Patents Abstracts, January-November 1985 Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1968 - 1985 Quantity 1.2 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-001 Box Number 7 Series 06
06-002	Photo-Reduction Gratings, WRE
	D.H. Solomon, C.D. McLean, S.D. Hamann, D.W. Neal, J.D. Swift, A.N. Ducksbury Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1972 - 1977 Quantity 0.8 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-002 Box Number 7 Series 06
06-003	CNRD - Handover Documents, 1976
	G.P. Wischer Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1974 - 1976 Quantity 0.6 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-003 Box Number 7 Series 06
06-004	Project Planning, 1976-1977
	With production schedule charts Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1976 - 1977 Quantity 0.4 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-004 Box Number 7 Series 06
06-005	J. Evans Compensation
	J. Evans, D. White, J.A. Zuclich, D.H. Solomon, J.B. Ross, J.F. Glover Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1976 - 1986 Quantity 0.8 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-005 Box Number 7 Series 06
06-006	Division of Applied Organic Chemistry - Minister Of Science Visit (J.J. Webster), 1977
	D.H. Solomon, V.D. Burgmann. Also includes - Photographs: Original prints of Minister's visit Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1977 - 1988 Quantity 1 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-006 Box Number 7 Series 06
06-007	CNRD - File Notes
	T.H. Spurling, P.E. Morriss, D.R. Parr, B.T. Brady, D.H. Solomon, H.M. Knight Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1977 - 1983 Quantity 0.8 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-007 Box Number 7 Series 06
06-008	EBX Suppliers
	G.M.E. Sceats Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1980 Quantity 0.3 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-008 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-009	Diffraction Gratings, Writing Instruments
	D.H. Solomon. H.M. Knight, G.M.E. Sceats, T.H. Spurling, D.R. Parr Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1980 - 1981 Quantity 0.9 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-009 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-010	Wrightcel
	G.W. Longney, G.M.E. Sceats, D.H. Solomon, S. Lattimore Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1980 - 1981 Quantity 0.4 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-010 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-011	CNRD Technology - U.S. Marketing
	D.R. Parr, D.H. Solomon, K.E. Payne Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1981 - 1987 Quantity 0.7 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-011 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-012	Equipment - Procurement, Transfer
	P.E. Morriss, D.H. Solomon, D.R. Parr, J.F. Glover, B.T. Brady, J.B. Ross Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1981 - 1983 Quantity 0.4 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-012 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-013	CNRD-SIROTECH
	B.C. Loft, D.H. Solomon, J.J. Doyle, J.P. Wild Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1984 - 1985 Quantity 0.2 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-013 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-014	Review Report, July 1984, AWA Visits 1984 and 1986
	J.P. Wild, D.H. Solomon, M. Gibbs, D.B. Addison Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1984 - 1986 Quantity 0.5 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-014 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-015	Proposed MRF Project
	B.A. Hardwick, D.H. Solomon. Also includes report on "Photophysical Approaches to the Prevention of Photographic Copying of OVDs" (with photos) by W.H.F. Sasse and A.W. Mau, 8 August 1986 Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1986 - 1987 Quantity 0.3 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-015 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-016	CNRD-Reserve Bank Negotiations, 1987-1988
	D.H. Solomon, T.H. Spurling, D.A. Walsh, N.K. Boardman, T.J. Healy, P. Armarego. Also includes CSIRO-RBA Draft Agreement, March 1988 Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1988 Quantity 1 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-016 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-017	Historical and General
	S.D. Hamann, A.C. McPherson, H.C. Webster, R.A.S. Bywater, E.E. Adderley, G.N. Lance, M.F.W. Brown. Also includes reports and some miscellaneous items. Reports: "Details of requirements of Commonwealth of Australia Banknotes - Commissioned by the RBA", no date, c. late-1960s; "Circulation and Withdrawal of Australian Bank Notes", RBA Investment Department, 5 April 1968; "Note Printing", RBA/NPB, 5 April 1968; "Counterfeiting", RBA/NPB, 5 April 1968; "Note Printing", RBA, 22 April 1968; "Note Printing - Additional Notes before Thredbo", RBA Research Dept., 3 June 1968. Miscellaneous: Reprints and RBA staff magazine 1966 Creator S. D. Hamann Date range 1968 - 1972, reprints 1961-1966 Quantity 1.5 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-017 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-018	General Organisation I
	S.D. Hamann, P.A. Grant, R.A.S. Bywater, A.C. McPherson, J.P. Shelton, J.A. Allen, T.J. Bartley, J.G. Phillips, J.R. Price. Also includes Reports: Report to the RBA (with experimental banknote paper samples), April 1970; Patent Application - "Improvements in or Relating to Security Tokens", 1973 Creator S. D. Hamann Date range 1968 - 1973 Quantity 1.5 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-018 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-019	General Organisation II
	D.H. Solomon, S.D. Hamann, J.G. Phillips, H.M. Knight, J.R. Price, A.C. McPherson, R.A.S. Bywater, P.A. Grant, J.A. Allen. Also includes patent specification reprints Creator S. D. Hamann Date range 1968 - 1974 Quantity 0.7 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-019 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-020	Assessment Panel, Part 1
	I.D. Whittaker, N.T. Bevan, D.H. Solomon, S.D. Hamann, G.P. Wischer. Also includes Assessment Panel meeting agenda, minutes, reports and reprints Creator S. D. Hamann Date range 1974 - 1977, reprints 1961-1973 Quantity 0.9 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-020 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-021	Assessment Panel, Part 2
	S.D. Hamann, J.S. Pearson, N.T. Bevan. Also includes Assessment Panel agenda, minutes, reports, diffraction grating photos, and newspaper clippings Creator S. D. Hamann Date range 1974 - 1978 Quantity 1.1 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-021 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-022	Overseas Visits 1975, S.D. Hamann and D.H. Solomon and Bank of England Reports
	D.H. Solomon, S.D. Hamann, N.T. Bevan, F.G. Lennox, O.C. Jones, A.W. Lohmann. Also includes printing plate micrographs, reports, reprints and newspaper clippings Creator S. D. Hamann Date range 1975 - 1978 Quantity 1.8 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-022 Box Number 8 Series 06
06-023	Security
	P.A. Grant, J.S. Pearson Creator S. D. Hamann Date range 1978 Quantity 0.2 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-023 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-024	1972-1974
	S.D. Hamann, A.C. McPherson, J.A. Allen, J.P. Shelton, R.A.S. Bywater, J. D. Swift. Also includes moire reports, photographs and diagrams Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1972 - 1974 Quantity 0.9 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-024 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-025	1976-1979
	S.D. Hamann, D.H. Solomon, J.S. Pearson, G.P. Wischer. Includes Chief Executive Meeting Minutes, 23 June 1978 and 26 February 1979. Also includes Reports: "The Principle Of The Present Moire Security Device" (with moire samples) by S.D. Hamann, 5 January 1979; "Exhibits and Supporting Material - 1979 Test Program" (with Proposed Exhibits), no date. Memoranda and Notes: CNRD Project-Industrial Reference Group (Memo), 14 June 1978; CNRD Committee-CNRD Product (Memo for Chief Executives), 23 June 1978; CNRD Committee-CNRD Pilot Production Process (Memo for Chief Executives), 23 June 1978; CNRD Production Activities At Bayfords (Diary Note), 6 November 1978; CNRD (Memo), 10 January 1979; CNRD Review Meeting (Note to Chief Executives), 23 February 1979 Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1976 - 1979 Quantity 1.4 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-025 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-026	1976-1980 - CNRD Collaborators
	D.H. Solomon, J.B. Ross, L.T. Mellett, G.P. Wischer, D.F. Ingram, M. Renshaw, C.A. Anderson, P.A. Grant, S. Lattimore, V.D. Burgmann, H.M. Knight, H.W. Worner. Also includes "History of Cooperation Between Wrightcel and CSIRO" by J.B. Ross, 23 June 1980 Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1976 - 1980 Quantity 0.9 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-026 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-027	1977-1979
	D.H. Solomon, J.S. Pearson, G.P. Wischer. Also includes reports and other miscellaneous material. Reports: "Transfer Machine" by R.A. Brett, 26 June 1978; "CNRD-Diffraction Grating - Comments" by P.E. Morriss, 14 July 1978; "Short History Of The CNRD Project" by G.P. Wischer, 22 December 1978; "CNRD and the EBX Proposal" by G.M.E. Sceats, 14 July 1978; "CNRD Project" by G.M.E. Sceats, 20 January 1979; "Abrasion Tests on $1 and CNRD Notes" by G.M.E. Sceats, 20 June 1978; "Parameters of the Semi-Production Process", no date. Miscellaneous: memoranda and notes Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1977 - 1979 Quantity 0.9 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-027 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-028	1979-1988 - CNRD Technology
	D.H. Solomon, T.J. Hart, K.E. Payne, D.R. Parr, H.W. Worner, J.P. Wild, B.A. Hardwick, B.C. Loft, J. Mallyon, N.K. Boardman, D.J. Kelleher. Also includes reports and photos Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1979 - 1988 Quantity 1.6 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-028 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-029	1980-1981
	P.A. Grant Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1980 - 1981 Quantity 0.2 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-029 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-030	1980-1984
	T.H. Spurling, D.H. Solomon, J.H. Hodgkin. Also includes reports and moire samples Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1980 - 1984 Quantity 1.8 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-030 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-031	1982-1986
	D.H. Solomon, L.T. Chadderton, S.D. Hamann, N.K. Boardman, B.A. Hardwick, D.R. Parr, P.E. Morriss, J.H. Hodgkin. Also includes Reports: "On the CNRD Project" by R.A. Lee, 21 January 1986; "Modification of Chromaphane White Ink" by R. Gration (RBA Technical Report CNRD-02), 18 August 1983 Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1982 - 1986 Quantity 0.9 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-031 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-032	1984-1987 - CATPIX Technology
	D.H. Solomon, B.C. Loft, N.H. Fletcher, R.A. Lee, J. Mallyon, D.B. Addison, W.I. Whitton, J.P. Wild, J. Coombe, L.G. Wilson. Also includes Reports: CSIRO-RBA Revised Agreement, 1987; "CATPIX II" by R.A. Lee, 20 March 1987; "CATPIX II/X" by R.A. Lee, 26 March 1987 Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1984 - 1987 Quantity 1.4 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-032 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-033	1987
	T.H. Spurling, N.K. Boardman, D.H. Solomon, R.A. Johnston, N.H. Fletcher, L.T. Chadderton. Also includes commercial holographic sample and newspaper clippings Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1987 Quantity 0.4 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-033 Box Number 9 Series 06
06-034	1987-1988 - Credit Controversy
	D.H. Solomon, L.T. Chadderton, N.H. Fletcher, R.A. Lee, T.H. Spurling. Also includes Reports: "Reports on Tests carried out on the Commemorative $10 Note", 24 February 1988 Creator Fishermens Bend Date range 1987 - 1988 Quantity 0.8 cm, Inventory Identifier 06-034 Box Number 9 Series 06

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