Series List and Summary Descriptions


Series 1 Personal - Biographical

Section 1 - Biographical Material [1-1 - 1-5]
Section 2 - Personal Correspondence [1-6 - 1-28]
Lists, personal and professional correspondence, newsletters, notes, cards, curriculum vitae, tributes and citations, obituaries, publication reprints, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Date Range: 1933 - 1990
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 2 Publications

Reprints, drafts and lists of publications, conference papers, professional correspondence, referee reports, notes, diagrams and photographs.

Date Range: 1939 - 1987
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 3 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Section 1 - CSIRO Chemical Research Laboratories. Note: Embargo on the following section until persons concerned dead. [3-1 - 3-29]
Section 2 - CSIRO Research Officer Committee of Review [3-30 - 3-32]
Section 3 - CSIRO Energy Priorities Committee and Miscellaneous Material [3-33 - 3-40]
Publication reprints and drafts, notes, meeting minutes and agendas, press releases, testimonials, grant applications, referee reports and professional correspondence.

Date Range: 1943 - 1988
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 4 Australian Academy of Science

Section 1 - Australian Academy of Science Meetings [4-1 - 4-36.
Section 2 - Australian Academy of Science, Victorian Group 4/37 - 4-44]
Section 3 - National Library Council Science and Technology Advisory Committee [4-45 - 4-58]
Section 4 - History of the Australian Academy of Science, Edited Volume [4-59 - 4-71]
Meeting minutes, agendas and notes, policy drafts, newsletters, press releases, professional correspondence, publication reprints, submissions, review, referee and examiner reports, testimonials, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Date Range: 1946 - 1988
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 5 Australian Broadcasting Commission

Section 1 - ABC Programs, Correspondence and Reports [5-1 - 5-18]
Section 2 - State Talks Advisory Committees [5-19 - 5-34]
Section 3 - ABC Science Advisory Committee [5-35 - 5-51]
Meeting minutes, agendas and notes, conference and meeting papers, publication reprints, television and radio scripts, annual reports, press releases, professional correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Date Range: 1958 - 1980
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 6 Defence Science and Technology Organisation

Section 1 - Independent External Review Report and Discussion [6-1 - 6-16]
Section 2 - External Review Committee (ERC) Meetings and Inspections [6-17 - 6-66]
Reports, briefing notes and submissions, meeting minutes and agendas, publication reprints, conference papers, press releases, professional correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1971 - 1984
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 7 Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Section 1 - RACI Meetings, Business and History [7-1 - 7-21]
Section 2 - RACI General Correspondence [7-22 - 7-28]
Meeting minutes, agendas and notes, publication reprints, conference reports, newsletters, citations and awards, press releases and professional correspondence.

Date Range: 1953 - 1978
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 8 Victoria Institute of Colleges

Section 1 - Victoria Institute of Colleges Policy and Reports [8-1 - 8-19]
Section 2 - Victorian Post-Secondary Education Accreditation Board [8-20 - 8-36]
Meeting minutes, agendas and notes, submissions, publication reprints, newsletters, professional correspondence and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1965 - 1989
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 9 Fluoridation Inquiry

Reports and submissions, meeting minutes, agendas and notes, publication reprints, press releases, newspaper clippings and professional correspondence.

Date Range: 1973 - 1986
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 10 Lectures and Addresses

Section 1 - Ceremonial and Honorary Addresses [10-1 - 10-12]
Section 2 - Conference Papers and Lectures [10-13 - 10-77]
Lecture texts and notes, speech scripts, conference papers, citations and awards, publication reprints and drafts, press releases, professional correspondence, diagrams, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Date Range: 1937 - 1989
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 11 Research

Data and notes on results, diagrams, laboratory notebooks, publication reprints and drafts, conference papers, meeting minutes and agendas, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Date Range: 1937 - 1989
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 12 General Correspondence

Section 1 - Nominations, Tributes and Biographical Material [12-1 - 12-11]
Section 2 - Science History and General Subject Correspondence [12-12 - 12-35]
Section 3 - Miscellaneous Correspondence [12-36 - 12-38]
Personal and professional correspondence, testimonials, tributes and citations, conference papers, meeting minutes, agendas and notes, publication reprints and drafts, reviews and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1928 - 1991
Provenance: Albert Lloyd George Rees

 

Series 13 Appendix 1 - Records held by AAS Archives

Collection: MS 109, Boxes 1 - 20.
This collection contains three distinct sets of files:
1. Australian Academy of Science - 7 boxes;
2. International Council of Scientific Unions - 2 boxes;
3. International Council of Pure and Applied Chemistry - 11 boxes.

The contents of each box, arranged by series, is listed below.
- The Australian Academy of Science (AAS): 109-1 - 109-6
- International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU): 109-7 - 109-8
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC): 109-9 - 109-19


Provenance: Australian Academy of Science

 

Series 14 Appendix 2 - Records held by CSIRO Archives

CSIRO Archives has A.L.G. Ress' personal history file, Series 3, PH/REE/0004. Also held by CSIRO are six series created by Rees, as well as two PR (provisional registration) collections.


Provenance: Commonwealth Scientifical and Research Organisation

 


Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, June 2004
With support from Marion Rees, CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology, Ian Potter Foundation and The University of Melbourne
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