Contains material relating PMR's attendance at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique conference Les Unités biologiques douées de continuité genetique held in Paris, June-July 1948. Includes: inwards and outwards correspondence; list of names and addresses; published papers.

Contains material relating to the CSIRO Cell Physiology Conference, Cronulla, August 1951.
Includes: inwards correspondence; summaries of papers presented at the conference; retrospective of the conference; paper given by PMR at the conference,'Bacteriophage Multiplication in Bacterial Cells'.

Includes: loose handwritten notes, tables, graphs and prints of electron micrographs; photograph of staff from the CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry with the names recorded on the back. Also includes: correspondence from John L. Farrant (CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry), dated 15 July 1952 - 24 March 1953, regarding a paper co-authored with PMR titled 'Electron Microscopy of a Staphyloccocal Bacteriophage'; two drafts of that paper, with prints of the Electron Micrographs; two drafts of a paper by PMR, titled 'Serological Studies of the Multiplication of a Staphylococcal Bacteriophage'; one draft of a paper by PMR, titled 'The Role of Certain Electrolytes in the Absorption of Staphylococcal Bacteriophages'.

Contains typewritten draft by PMR, titled 'Importance of Ca++ in the Multiplication of Staphylococcal Phage', handwritten notes, and graphs

Contains material relating to the ANZAAS General Meetings of January 1954 (Canberra) and August 1955 (Melbourne). Includes: inwards and outwards correspondence; a typed draft of PMR's Presidential Address to the 1954 ANZAAS meeting titled 'The Ecology of the Staphylococci'; a list of Presidents and Secretaries of the 1954 meeting; minutes of a December 1952 meeting of the Secretaries; prints of electron micrographs. Correspondents include: C. Barnard (Local Hon. Secretary, ANZAAS); Professor F.M. Burnet (WEHI); S.G. Anderson (Joint secretary, ANZAAS Section I); J.L. Still (Acting Hon. Gen. Secretary, ANZAAS).

Includes handwritten notes, graphs and tables.

Includes: typed draft of a paper titled 'Current Patterns of Bacterial Infection', dated October 1963, and a handwritten draft of a paper (untitled) with tables and overhead transparencies of graphs.

Includes: correspondence between PMR and Patricia K. Littlewood (Pullman, Washington); and a letter to PMR from Professor N.W.G. Macintosh (University of Sydney)accompanying a photograph of 'Wabag People'. Also includes: two reprints of PMR, 'Staphylococci Harboured by People in Western Highlands of New Guinea', The Lancet, May 19 1958, 719-720; manuscript and reprint of PMR and Patricia K. Littlewood, 'The Nasal Flora of Auyana People in the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea',The Medical Journal of Australia, 1964,2:336 (August 29).

Contains material relating to a paper by PMR and H.R. Carne, 'Human Infection with an unusual Corynebacterium', Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, 94, no. 1 (1967),19-27. Includes: three reprints of the paper; reprints and copies of other papers on Corynebacteria; handwritten and typed notes and tables; two envelopes of photographs labelled 'Morse photographs' and 'Morse slides'; inwards and outwards correspondence between PMR and Professor H.R.Carne (Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge); Yvonne Battey (Lab. of Microbiology and Pathology, Qld Department of Health); Dr Kevin Anderson (Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide); Professor J.P. Duguid (Bacteriology Dept, Queens College, Dundee); Dr P.R. Joyce (Dept of Pathology, St John of God Hospital, Perth); Dr J.E. Hassall (Royal Prince Alfred Medical Centre); Allan Perceval (Bacteriology Dept, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne).

Contains inwards and outwards correspondence and other material relating to PMR's visit in 1969 to London, East Germany, Zagreb, Teheran and Singapore. Correspondents include: Dr Wilhelm Meyer and Dr H. Rische (Institut fur experimentelle Epidemiologie, Wernigeröde); Professor Wong Hock Boon (School of Postgrad. Medical Studies,University of Singapore); Dr R. Skalova, (School of Public Health, University of Zagreb).Also includes: publication, "Programme and Brief Report of the Major Activities of the Faculty of Public Health, University of Teheran"; booklet, "Nuffield Transplantation Surgery Unit" (University of Edinburgh); reprints of articles by Dr W. Meyer and others; a report of a meeting of the Working group on the phage-typing of bovine staphylococci, held on 10 April 1969 in Weybridge.

Includes: typed and handwritten drafts of a paper (untitled) on New Guinea nasal flora, with drafts of tables and notes.

Contains handwritten and typed notes, and photocopies of papers on bovine and human vibriosis.

Contains inwards and outwards correspondence, papers and notes relating to PMR's work on the phage typing of bovine staphylococci (for a working group of the International Subcommittee on Phage-Typing of Staphylococci). Correspondents include:Dr Alan Frost (Vet. School, University of Queensland); Mr M.E. Nairn (Animal Health Laboratory, WA Dept of Agriculture); Ian Davidson (Central Vet. Laboratory,Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Weybridge).Papers include:Ian Davidson, 'A Set of Bacteriophages for Typing Bovine Staphylococci',Research in Veterinary Science,2(4),1961,396-40 and 'Report on collaborative Investigation of Phages For Typing Bovine Staphylococci'; Alan Frost, 'The Assessment of a Selected Set of Bacteriophages in the Typing of Staphylococcus aureus of Bovine Origin in Australia',and 'Phage Typing of Staphylococcus aureus from Dairy Cattle in Australia'.

Material relating to PMR's Membership of the International Committee on Nomenclature of Viruses. Includes: minutes of International Committee for the Nomenclature of Viruses meetings held in July 1966 (Moscow) and August 1970 (Mexico City); inwards and outwards correspondence dealing with administrative matters; copy of a report by Rupert J. Best on the 1966 meeting of the ICNV; documents relating to the 1970 meeting of the ICNV; papers and reprints on nomenclature of viruses; handwritten draft of report by PMR on the 1970 meeting of the ICNV.

Contains material relating to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Includes: handwritten notes and tables; two reprints - R.J. Jones & E.J. L. Lowbury,'Prophylaxis and Therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection with Carbenicillin and with Gentamicin', British Medical Journal 3(1967), July, 79-82; E.J. L. Lowbury, B.T. Thom, H.A. Lilly, J.R. Babb & F K. Whittall, 'Sources of Infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Patients with Tracheostomy',Journal of Medical Microbiology, 3(1970),39-55.

Includes handwritten notes and tables, some untitled. The tables include data on Pseudomonas infections in neurosurgery,general medical and surgical wards.

Contains handwritten notes, diagrams and graphs relating to Methicillin-resistant staphylococci, with overhead transparencies of the graphs.

Contains a letter from PMR to Dr A.H. Mauger (Beecham Research, Victoria) enclosing data on methicillin-resistant staphylococci at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Includes: handwritten tables; article, Yvonne Duval-Iflah, 'Variation du type phagique chez une souche de Staphylococcus pyogenes ensemencee dans le tube digestif de rats axeniques', C.R. Acad.Sc. Paris 268 (Jan 1969), 210-212; table headed '21303 Staphylococcus aureus strains phage-typed at Statens Seruminstitut January 1 1973-December 31 1973'.

Contains material on Pseudomonas cepacia infection. Includes graphs and tables, handwritten notes, photocopies of papers and notes from a Neurosurgery Unit Meeting.

Material relating to PMR's membership of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Bacterial Diseases. Includes: inwards and outwards correspondence; membership list; papers and abstracts from the November 1967 meeting of the Expert Committee on Coccal Infections by Y. Miyamoto (Prefectural Public Health Laboratory, Yokohama); 'List of WHO Publications on Bacterial Diseases', September 1971, December 1975; WHO pamphlet titled 'Regulations for Expert Advisory Panels and Committees', 1966 and 1976. Correspondents include: M.G. Candau (Director-General, WHO); B.Cvjetanovic (Chief Medical Officer, Bacterial Diseases, WHO); I.D. Ladnyi (Assistant Director-General, WHO).

Contains material relating to PMR's employment as a consultant to AHS/Australia Pty Ltd. Includes: correspondence; contracts; handwritten notes; Health Commission of NSW recommendations to AHS.

Contains material relating to PMR's attendance at the Joint Conference of the New Medical School at the University of Newcastle, June 1977. Includes: handwritten notes; conference programme. details of discussion groups, lists of participants; PMR's report of the conference to the Australian Society for Microbiology.

Contains material relating to the International Standards Organisation and the Standards Association of Australia; also includes numerous letters of reference written by PMR.

Contains a report by PMR on an entry for the Michael Robert William Young Prize, Sydney University.