Series 033 - Miscellaneous Correspondence


Date Range1940 - 1986
Quantity62.5 cm, 36 files
ProvenanceRoyal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Description

Contains correspondence relating to the American Chemistry Society, Analytical Division, ANZAAS, Association of Professional Scientists of Australia, Australian Academy of Science, Chemical Industry, Chemistry in Australia, CSIRO, Deceased Members, Industrial Chemistry Division, Masson Scholarship, Membership, National Association of testing, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, PAC-CHEM, Polymer Division, Royal Society of Chemists, Safety Items, Science Centre Foundation, Standards Association of Australia.

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033-001 American Chemical Society - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1978-83

Includes: correspondence with the American Chemical Society, including information sharing, details of ACS Audio Courses (marketed by RACI in Australia) and personal correspondence between executives, notably P.W. Woodhouse (RACI Exec Secretary) and E. Klinefelter (ACI Manager).

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1978 - 1983    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1235 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-002 American Chemical Society - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1981-86

Includes: correspondence including requests for information, ACS Annual Report, (1981), arrangements for reciprocal visits between organisations including visits to between organisations including visits to Australia by ACS President and Executive Director, Dr Parry and Dr Mariella in 1982 and Prof F. Basolo (ACS President) in 1983, business related to ACS Audio Courses, details concerning the Chemical Congress of the Pacific Basin Societies meetings, ACS publications price listing, personal greetings.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1981 - 1986    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1236 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-003 Analytical Division - Correspondence 1980-84

Includes: report from the Sixth Annual Symposium on Analytical Chemistry; correspondence re Seventh Analytical Chemistry Symposium Committee Minutes; correspondence with RACI Executive.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1980 - 1984    Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A1237 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-004 Correspondence ANZAAS 1976-81

Contains correspondence mainly related to the nomination of T.B. Swanson for the ANZAAS Medal, and the presentation of the 1981 medal to Sir Geoffrey Badger.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1976 - 1981    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1238 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-005 ANZAAS Correspondence 1979-1985

Includes: report of the Review Committee on the Future of ANZAAS; report to Convocation 52nd ANZAAS Congress; Scientific and Engineering Societies in Development Newsletter, (1982); correspondence re the re-submission of T.B Swanson's and A.J. Birch's nominations for the ANZAAS Medal and the nomination of Dr J.H O'Donnell as Section 2 (Chemistry) President at the ANZAAS Congress 1985; publicity and correspondence re the 56th ANZAAS Festival of Science; general correspondence.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1979 - 1985    Quantity 1 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence, Reports, Newsletters, Published Reports and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A1239 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-006 APSA (Association of Professional Scientists of Australia) - Correspondence and Newsletters 1980-85

APSA Newsletter Nos. 115-144 (incomplete); copies of the "The Professional Scientists Award and Agreements, 1981"; Federal Engineers Award, (1982); responses to Chemistry in Australia article "Ethical Salaries for Professional Chemists" (July, 1982); multiple copies of letter re the relationship between APSA and RACI; general correspondence between organisations, mostly dealing with salaries and an appeal by a RACI member.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1980 - 1985    Quantity 2.3 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Newsletters and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A1240 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-007 Australian Academy of Science - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1977-1982

Includes: correspondence with Prof, A.J. Birch (President of the Academy), re the development of a national secondary school chemistry course; meetings of Academy Committees and Australian Scientific Societies; The Bicentennial History of Australian Science; general correspondence between organisations.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1977 - 1982    Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1241 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-008 Bicentennial Correspondence 1982-86

Contains correspondence regarding the Bicentennial History of Australian Science and organisation of joint activities with the Royal Chemical Society.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1982 - 1986    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1242 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-009 Chemist's English, Correspondence 1975-77 - Chemical Industry Directory 1970

Includes: requests for copies of the The Chemist's English Volume 1; correspondence re the "Australian Chemical Industry Directory", including errors in the 1st Edition and suggested changes for the 2nd, with list of inclusions and requests for an author for the introduction.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1970 - 1977    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1243 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-010 Chemistry in Australia - Miscellaneous correspondence 1981-85

Contains general correspondence regarding Chemistry in Australia publication, including details of proposed articles, advertising and distribution. Miadna proposal and appointment as journal publisher.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1981 - 1985    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1244 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-011 Consultants Correspondence 1956-1979

Includes: correspondence re recommended consultancy fees and information about suitable consultants for specific projects; response to RACI questionnaire for compilation of list of consultants; consultants list; RACI scale of minimum fees, (1972); various Conditions of Engagement and fees.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1981 - 1985    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier A1245 Box Number 163 Series 033
033-012 CSIRO Correspondence 1980-84

Includes: general correspondence between RACI and CSIRO, including that regarding the review of CSIRO's External Communication Activities and RACI input to Review of CSIRO division of Fossil Fuels and the Committee of Inquiry CSIRO; CSIRO Annual Reports, 1981-82, 1983-84; invitation to the national seminar on Australia's Measurement System and papers from the CSIRO Executive Seminar on CSIRO and manufacturing industry, (1983); Siromath information booklet; photocopies of newsclippings re CSIRO lab safety.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1980 - 1984    Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, News Clippings, Published Papers or Articles, Published Reports and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier A1246 Box Number 164 Series 033
033-013 Deceased Members Correspondence 1971-1982

Contains advice from family members, executors etc. of the deaths of members; letters of condolence to families.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1971 - 1982    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1247 Box Number 164 Series 033
033-014 Honours Correspondence 1975-81

Includes: letters of congratulations sent by J.A. Allen and P.W. Woodhouse on behalf of RACI to recipients of Awards and Medals, and for inclusion on the Queen's Birthday and New Years Honours lists; acknowledgements of these letters; correspondence regarding the nomination of Dr. Alan Walsh for Companion of the Order of Australia in 1975; articles by Dr. Walsh published in RACI Proceedings, (1975).

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1975 - 1981    Quantity 1 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A1248 Box Number 164 Series 033
033-015 Industrial Chemistry Division - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1983-85

Includes: Industrial Chemistry Division Committee members list; memos, minutes, agendas, questionnaires (including discussion of RACI's structure, subscription fees and membership levels; Division programmes and Activities Reports; nominations for the Committee Papers from the CHEMCA Conferences; correspondence re organisation and Terms of Reference for the CHEMCA Standing Committee; correspondence with RACI Executive re RACI medals and awards; Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering, September, 1985.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1983 - 1985    Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence, Reports, Memoranda, Minutes and Agendas, Newsletters, Loose Notes, Published Papers or Articles, Lists and Forms
Inventory Identifier A1249 Box Number 164 Series 033
033-016 Institute Correspondence (Some Various) 1923-1947, 1947 Radio Talks

Includes: correspondence re the recognition of RACI as qualifying body for professional chemists; petition for a Royal Charter by the Institute, (1925); 1947 Review of the Australian Chemical Industry; drafts of radio talks by Radio Australia on Australian manufacturing Industries, nos 27-41.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1923 - 1947    Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence, Talks and/or Speeches, Published Reports and Lists
Inventory Identifier A1250 Box Number 164 Series 033
033-017 Institute of Chemical Engineers - Correspondence and Minutes 1980-83

Includes: summary of Seventh CHEMECA Conference, (1979); Joint Chemical Engineering Committee Notes, Notices and Minutes; Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineers Newsletter, 12-16, (1980-81); Reports and Minutes from the 1981 Conference and an address list.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1980 - 1983    Quantity 2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Reports, Minutes and Agendas, Newsletters, Loose Notes, Published Reports and Lists
Inventory Identifier A1251 Box Number 164 Series 033
033-018 Journals - Miscellaneous Correspondence - Australian Mining 1974-1983 - ACS SciQuest 1974-1982

Contains correspondence re subscriptions made through RACI to Australian Mining, SciQuest and other American Chemical Society publications; related invoices.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1974 - 1983    Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Accounts and General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1252 Box Number 165 Series 033
033-019 Masson Scholarship 1940-1981

Contains correspondence re the Masson scholarship; applications for the scholarship, including references, resumes and academic history; referees' comments; replies to applications.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1940 - 1981-    Quantity 3 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence and CV
Inventory Identifier A1253 Box Number 165 Series 033
033-020 Membership - Grades - Correspondence 1973-74

Reports from the Committee on Grades of Membership; correspondence re grades of membership; related appendices.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1973 - 1974    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence and Reports
Inventory Identifier A1254 Box Number 165 Series 033
033-021 Membership Correspondence

Includes: correspondence with members concerning subscriptions and membership fees, applications for, withdrawal of, and change of level of membership; letters of resignation; offers of honorary life membership; membership statistics.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1977 - 1984    Quantity 8 cm, 3 envelopes
Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier A1255 Box Number 165 Series 033
033-022 Membership Correspondence 1981-1985

Contains correspondence re letters of resignation from members.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1981 - 1985    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1256 Box Number 166 Series 033
033-023 NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities) - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1974-1983

Contains NATA Newsletter, (Oct, 1979); correspondence, general and re the nomination of RACI representatives to NATA Council and information about NATA activities.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1974 - 1983    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence and Newsletters
Inventory Identifier A1257 Box Number 166 Series 033
033-024 7th National Convention - Correspondence and Report 1982

Includes: correspondence and information re 7th National Convention including photocopied newsclippings; list of participants; reports to the Executive Council and Abstracts resulting from the Convention; organisational details of Instrument and Equipment Exhibition held at the Convention; unlabelled B&W photos of exhibits.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1982    Quantity 3.1 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence, Reports, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Loose Photographic Prints, Photocopied Documents and Lists
Inventory Identifier A1258 Box Number 166 Series 033
033-025 New Zealand Institute of Chemistry - Correspondence 1974-1984

Contains correspondence with NZIC re reciprocal visits, collaboration between RACI and NZIC; publication and reprint requests; notification of events; NZIC list of members, (1982).

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1974 - 1984    Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence and Lists
Inventory Identifier A1259 Box Number 166 Series 033
033-026 Correspondence - Overseas Universities 1981-83

Contains correspondence with various individuals; mostly regarding journal subscriptions, international visits and personal greetings; mailing list for Papua New Guinea.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1981 - 1983    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence and Lists
Inventory Identifier A1260 Box Number 166 Series 033
033-027 1984 PAC-CHEM, International Congress of Pacific Basin Chemical Socities - Miscellaneous Correspondence

Copy of agreement to sponsor the 1984 International Congress of Pacific Basin Chemical Societies with related correspondence; general correspondence with RACI acting as one of the official participant organisations.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1984    Quantity 2.4 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Ephemera, Legal Documents and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A1261 Box Number 166 Series 033
033-028 Patent System Review - 1982 Employee Inventions Submissions, 1980 Review of Patent System

Includes: correspondence with the Industrial Property Advisory Committee re the review of Australian patents system; copies of submissions from RACI, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and the Australian Manufacturers' Patents, Industrial Property, Copyright and Trade Mark Association to the Committee; copy of the 1980 amendments to Patents Act, (1952).

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1980 - 1982    Quantity 2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence and Proposals and/or Submissions
Inventory Identifier A1262 Box Number 166 Series 033
033-029 Polymer Division - Correspondence etc. 1981-84

Includes: general correspondence including requests for publications and information, internal correspondence with RACI Executive; minutes from the Polymer Division Standing Committee meetings and Annual General Meetings; Polymer Division Newsletter, No. 12. November, 1979 and No.17. March 1983

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1981 - 1984    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence, Minutes and Agendas and Newsletters
Inventory Identifier A1263 Box Number 166 Series 033
033-030 Polymer Division - Correspondence and Notices

Includes: general correspondence, publicity and information re Symposia on Polymer 85, Copolymerisation 1987, 16th Australian Polymer Symposium, (1987); minutes of Polymer Division Meetings; Annual Reports; lists of Committee members; planning newsletters for Polymer 91.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1985 - 1987    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Minutes and Agendas, Newsletters, Published Reports, Lists and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A1264 Box Number 167 Series 033
033-031 President's Correspondence - Miscellaneous 1980-85

Contains correspondence with RACI Presidents; some correspondence by P.W. Woodhouse (Executive Secretary) on behalf of Presidents.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1980 - 1985    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier A1265 Box Number 167 Series 033
033-032 Rennie Medal 1972-82

Includes: correspondence re the Rennie Medal including letters of nomination, discussion with the adjudicators, resumes and publication details of nominees and notification of results to nominees; B&W negatives and photograph of Professor Rennie.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1972 - 1982    Quantity 3 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence, Photographic Film Negatives, Loose Photographic Prints and CV
Inventory Identifier A1266 Box Number 167 Series 033
033-033 Royal Society of Chemistry - Correspondence 1980-85

Includes: general correspondence with the RSC, including requests for reprints, details of subscriptions to publications; personal greetings between P.W. Woodhouse and Dr. John Gibson (Secretary RSC); Royal Society reports.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1980 - 1985    Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A1267 Box Number 167 Series 033
033-034 Safety Items - Correspondence etc. 1976-78

Includes: papers from the Standards Association of Australia Packaging Conference, (1978) with covering letters; correspondence re Public Risk Claim resulting from an accident involving leaked pesticides. General correspondence dealing with safety issues; paper, "Safety With Solvents and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry".

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1976 - 1978    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A1268 Box Number 167 Series 033
033-035 Science Centre Foundation, Sydney - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1981-85

Includes: correspondence between RACI and the Science Centre Foundation; minutes from the Foundation's Annual General Meetings, including Director's Report and Financial Statements for 1984.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1981 - 1985    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats Accounts, General Correspondence and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A1269 Box Number 167 Series 033
033-036 Standards Association of Australia 1982-85

Includes: minutes from meetings of the Executive Board, Council and various Committees (mainly Foot Protection) of the SAA; general correspondence with RACI, including that dealing with RACI representation on SAA Committees; SAA Reports; address list of RACI representatives.

Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Date range 1982 - 1985    Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 envelope
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Reports, Minutes and Agendas, Published Reports and Lists
Inventory Identifier A1270 Box Number 167 Series 033

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