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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.