Series 3 - General Correspondence


Date Range1912 - 1931
ProvenanceAlbert Cherbury David Rivett
Description

Correspondence, notes, minutes, circulars


Inventory Listing

3-1 Current (not elsewhere included)

Includes correspondence with C.F. Juritz, T. Mortensen, F. Baker, E.A. Shafer, E.L. Jona, G.S. Grew, E.W. Rhines, F.D. Farrow, H. Julian, A.C. Haddon, I. Remsen, W.A. Herdman, H.H. Turner, L.A. Pearce, F.W. Dyson, A.L. du Toit, W. Laidlaw, J.F. Kenny, A. Mansbridge, H.H. Cunynghame, J.T. Ewen, L. Luiggi, H.C. White, T.H. Laby, D.E. Hutchins, A.W. Scott, E. Edwards, J.H. Ashworth, G.T. Morgan, W.A. Rosenhain, M.V. Trait, J. Walther, H. Stead, J. Newman, C.P. Lucas, H. Bolton, C. Hedley, J.M.S. Moore, T. Johnson, J.P. Wilson, J.W. Gregory, J.C. Fields, E.C.K. Gonner, B. Stevens, D. Le Souef, A.B. Macallum, G. Thompson, E.B. Poulton, N.V. Sidgwick, H.B. Dixon, C.N. Gilbert, D. Mawson, L.J. Leathley, W.T. Appleton, J. Sinclair, C.E. Bright, J.C. Eldridge, R. Lorimer, G.E.V. Higgins, W.J. Capper, W.J. Dakin, C.J. Prescott, D.J. Mahony, J. Turnbull

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 26 February 1914 - 25 May 1914    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-1 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-2 Customs Department

Includes correspondence with S. Mills, Comptroller General; list of steamships conveying British Association members; letter to M.L. Shepherd; correspondence with P. Whitton, acting Comptroller General

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 26 March 1914 - 9 July 1914    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-2 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-3 English Correspondence (other than with Howarth)

Includes correspondence with A. Mansbridge, T.W. Price, M.L. Shepherd, E.S. Grew, J.W. Barrett, W.A. Herdman, H.H. Turner, A.S. Eddington, J.W. Gregory, W. Bateson, J. Lafayette, O.J.R. Howarth, E.B. Poulton, E.N. Cooper, W.E. Robinson, T.S. Townend, W. Briggs, C.J. Martin, F.J. Wylie, J.H. Ashworth, C.C. Reade, J. Golding, W.A. Rosenhain, M.C. Crosfield, H. Gadow, A. Cumming, H.J. Armstrong, H.B. Dixon, J.L. Myres, W.B. Spencer, E. Sandford, W.M.F. Petrie, C.P. Lucas, H. Burns, J.K. Berridge, J.A. Green, J.T. Wilson, M.A. Hollingworth, W.S. Bruce, T. King, S.J. Johnston, J.H. Reid, W. Ostwald, A.S. Hemmy, A.C. Seward, B.H. Bentley, G.W. MacDonald

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 4 January 1913 - 26 February 1914    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-3 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-4 Howarth (letters from)

Includes letters from Howarth and Backler

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 4 April 1913 - 3 July 1914    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-4 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-5 Howarth (letters to)

Includes correspondence with W.A. Herdman, J. Backler, H.H. Turner, H.B. Dixon, A. Hunt, H.C. Stewardson as well as the occasional letter to Howarth

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 9 February 1913 - 1 August 1914    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-5 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-6 Masson (letters from)
Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 8 February 1913 - 16 July 1914    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-6 Box Number 3 Series 3
3-7 Masson (letters to)
Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 24 July 1913 - 24 July 1914    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-7 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-8 Miscellaneous

No original file title. Includes correspondence with R. Waller, A. Hunt, P.J.M. Dermott, C.S. Ostenfeld, E.B. Harkness, Miss Small, F. Blackwood, B.L. Richardson, G.H. Knibbs, M.L. Shepherd, W.A. Herdman, J.A.S. Kayser, J.H.L. Cumpston, J. Oxenham, J.M. Collins, F. Savage, D.O. Masson, O.J.R. Howarth, H.R. Digham, W.J. Dakin, F.T. Short, J.A. Gilruth, D. Miller, W.A. Holman, E.H. Abell, P. Whitton, W.B. Barttelot, S. Mills, A. Fisher, A.C. Haddon, E.A. Shafer, O. Lodge, J. McCall, S.J. Moore, R.C. Hare, T.H. Laby, A.H. Wright

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 5 June 1912 - 3 August 1914    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-8 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-9 Northern route and steamship companies

Includes correspondence with Orient Line re RMS "Orvieto", Union Steamship Company, Oceanic Steamship Company, Nederland Royal Mail Line, H.G.J. Moseley, Burns Philp and Company, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, John Sanderson and Company, Rotterdam Lloyd Royal Mail Line, Royal Packet SN Company. Itineraries of principle steamships conveying the party

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 16 January 1913 - 31 July 1914    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-9 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-10 Not elsewhere included

Includes correspondence with J. Hesketh, N. Jacobson, B. Challenor, Z. Baber, C.H.H. Franklin, W.E. Dalby, A.L. Smith, D. Ross, L. Luiggi, C.J. Griffith, M.C. Gosfield, H. Fowlds, R. Waller, A. Lupton, W. Davis, D. Mawson, C.P. Lucas, T.B. Wood, A.W. Beaven, M.M. Allorge, E.G. Conklin, W.M. Wheeler, C.L.T. Griffith, W.J. Pope, A. Penck, C. Porter, M. Benson, W.H. Eccles, H.J.G. Moseley, D.E. Hutchins, I. Remsen, A.B. Macallum, A.W. Porter, A.M. Collum, H.H. Turner, H.B. Dixon

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 24 July 1913 - 4 August 1914    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-10 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-11 Press Matters

The original file, which was badly water damaged and infested with mould, was transferred to the conservator for fumigation, separation and interleaving with sheets of acid-free tissue. A microfiche copy of the file was then made by the University of Melbourne Micrographics Section and they hold a master negative. Includes correspondence with the Medical Journal of Australia; Daily Telegraph, Sydney; The Brisbane Newspaper Co. Ltd; Telegraph Newspaper Co. Ltd; The Daily Post Ltd; The Daily Herald, South Australia; Advertiser, Chronicle and Express Offices, Adelaide; The Register Office, Adelaide; S. Bennett; The Sydney Morning Herald; The Herald & Weekly Times Ltd; The Age, Melbourne; The Argus, Melbourne; The Review of Reviews, Melbourne; The Mining and Engineering Review; Country Press Association; The Hobart Daily Post; The Brisbane Courier; The Launceston Examiner; The Brisbane Daily Mail; Launceston Daily Telegraph; The Hobart Mercury; The West Australian; Anglo-Australian Press Agency; The Lone Hand, Sydney; Nature, London; The Examiner and Weekly Courier, Launceston; The Times, London - A.W. Jose; The Sun Newspaper Ltd, Sydney.
It also includes draft manuscripts by T.W.E. David, G.H. Knibbs, G. Lightfoot, W.B. Spencer, G. Taylor, H.A. Hunt, J.H. Maiden, W.A. Haswell, G.A. Sinclair and H. Moore; notes; lists of public meetings and lists of office bearers. A roneoed typescript with annotations, only partially preserved, entitled "The British Association. What it is: its history and aims." by the Assistant Secretary of the British Association, London. It is an article adapted from a paper published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 31 August 1910.

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range August 1910 - August 1914    Quantity 6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-11 Box Number 4 Series 3
3-12 Shepherd- High Commissioner's Office, Agents General

Includes "Objects and Work; Conditions and Privileges of Membership of British Association for the Advancement of Science", "Simplification of the Carrel-Dakin Method of Wound Sterilization in Military and Civil Practice", "Programme of Visit of the British Association to Pretoria", Circular #1 of ANZAAS, December 1931, War Savings Group Record of Subscribers. Correspondence with E. Williams, T.T. Flynn, T.H. Laby, W. Reid Bell. Minutes of British Association Reception Committee 25 May 1914

Creator Albert Cherbury David Rivett
Date range 11 March 1914 - 1 December 1931    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 3-12 Box Number 4 Series 3

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, April 2004
With support from Professor Ken Rivett and The University of Melbourne
Listed by Bill King and Gavan McCarthy
HTML edition Ailie Smith
Updated 13 November 2007
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/rive/RIVES003.htm

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