084 - RACI History Records - The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Incorporated Guide to Records

Series 084 - RACI History Records

Date Range	1917 - 1947
Provenance	Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat
Description	The records in this Series include correspondence and minutes from the early period of the organisation. The Series also includes drafts and other materials used in the preparation of a history of the RACI up to 1945. The history was written by Miss LD Foley, an employee of the RACI, in collaboration with an editorial committee comprising Associate Professor Geoffrey Leeper and Mr WR Jewell. The history was produced in 1947.
Related Series
Part of	RACI001 Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat

Inventory Listing

084-001	Appendices to Draft History of the [Australian Chemical] Institute
	This item comprises photocopies of typed, printed and handwritten notes for a history of the Institute. The file cover bears the inscription "This history - to 1945 notes prepared by LD Foley under an editorial committee comprising Assoc. Prof. GW Leeper and W Jewell". Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range 1947 - 1996 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats Photocopied Documents Inventory Identifier A2341 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-002	Appendices to Draft History of the Institute 1947
	This item comprises appendices to the Foley history of the Australian Chemical Institute. The item includes handwritten and typed notes, extracts of published materials, some of which are pasted to sheets of paper; there is also a published copy of the 1932 Charter. Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range June 1947 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats Drafts and Photocopied Documents Inventory Identifier A2342 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-003	Draft History of the Australian Chemical Institute
	This item comprises the "History of The Australian Chemical Institute (to 1945) Prepared by Miss LD Foley. History Committee: Mr WR Jewell, Assoc. Prof. G Leeper." It is a typed and annotated draft of the history. Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range June 1947 Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats Drafts Inventory Identifier A2343 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-004	Draft History of the Australian Chemical Institute
	This item comprises a typed and annotated draft of part of the history (Part 1). Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range 1947 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats Drafts Inventory Identifier A2344 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-005	Draft History of the Australian Chemical Institute
	This item comprises the "History of The Australian Chemical Institute (to 1945) Prepared by Miss LD Foley. History Committee: Mr WR Jewell, Assoc. Prof. G Leeper." It is a typed duplicate of the draft history. Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range 1947 Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats Drafts Inventory Identifier A2345 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-006	Draft History of the Australian Chemical Institute
	Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range 1947 Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats Drafts Inventory Identifier A2346 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-007	Early Correspondence and Minutes of the Australian Chemical Institute 1945 - 1946
	This item contains correspondence and notes relating to the preparation of the Institute's history. Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range 1945 - 1946 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence and Loose Notes Inventory Identifier A2347 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-008	Early ACI Records
	This item comprises correspondence relating to the establishment of the Australian Chemical Institute and an Agendum for the First Annual General Meeting of the NSW Branch. The materials include reference to the Australasian Association of Metallurgists and Chemists Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range 12 June 1917 - 8 September 1917 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence and Lists Inventory Identifier A2348 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-009	Early ACI Records
	This item contains correspondence relating chiefly to the status of chemists. The RACI folder bears the inscription "Principally with arguments over registration of the ACI under Federal Arbitration". This item also contains an application form for admittance to the Fellowship of the Institute if Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland. Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range 8 May 1918 - 12 November 1918 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence, Published Papers or Articles, Photocopied Documents and Forms Inventory Identifier A2349 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-010	Early ACI Records
	This item contains materials relating the commissioning of a portrait of Sir David Orme Masson on the occasion of his retirement from the Chair of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. This item also contains copies of Victorian Branch Minutes from 1921-1923. Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range 1921 - 1928 Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence, Minutes and Agendas, Loose Notes and Lists Inventory Identifier A2350 Box Number 304 Series 084
084-011	Masson of Melbourne
	2 copies of the draft manuscript of the book "Masson of Melbourne" Creator Royal Australian Chemical Institute - National Secretariat Date range 1985 - 1987 Quantity 6 cm, 1 box Inventory Identifier A2038 Box Number 305 Series 084

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