10 - Newspaper Cuttings - James Hamlyn Willis Guide to Records

Series 10 - Newspaper Cuttings

Date Range	13 March 1900 - 11 June 1994
Quantity	30 cm, 14 files
Provenance	James Hamlyn Willis
Description	Newspaper clippings; correspondence; photographs; loose notes; poems; papers; journals; transparencies collected by Willis. The clippings were taken from a variety of publications and concern various individuals and topics, such as Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, Baron von Mueller, Kew Botanical Gardens, botany, eucalyptus and tall trees.
Arranged	According to publication source or subject and held in clearly labelled manila folders. No overall system of arrangement (alphabetical, chronological, sequential) is apparent.
Related Series
Controlling	2 Correspondence to Individuals 1865 - 1995

Inventory Listing

10-1	The Royal Botanic Gardens
	Newspaper clippings relating to the Royal Botanic Garden; appointment of David Churchill; history; plants; buildings; exhibitions; conservation; renovations. Correspondence between J.H. Willis and Don Raisbeck regarding the Cranbourne East West road link; Cranbourne East West Road Link Environment Effects statement, public discussion, 21 August 1995; thank you note; 'anecdotes, stories and interesting facts regarding Botanic Gardens' by Jenny Happell, August 1995. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 601 Date range 27 October 1973 - 21 August 1992 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence, Reports, Maps and Journals Inventory Identifier WILL00205 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-2	Baron Von Mueller
	Newspaper clippings regarding Baron Von Mueller sent by Bill Norris, 5 May 1977. 'Ferdinand Von Mueller', by B.S. Roach, reprinted from The South Australian Naturalist, Vol. II, No. 4, August 1921; notes. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 602 Date range 13 March 1900 - 14 November 1979 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats News Clippings and Photocopied Documents Inventory Identifier WILL00206 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-3	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
	Research; displays; plants. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 603 Date range 10 January 1952 - 6 June 1959 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats News Clippings Inventory Identifier WILL00207 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-4	Botanical Subjects
	Newspaper clippings regarding botanical subjects; Botanic Gardens; flora; rare plants; books; illustrations; conservation; preservation; gardening. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 604 and 608 Date range 23 August 1952 - 13 November 1985 Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats News Clippings Inventory Identifier WILL00208 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-5	Miscellaneous Subjects
	Newspaper clippings regarding miscellaneous subjects - Museums; publications; Botanic Gardens and the lake; botanists; Great Ocean Road; fauna; explorers; orchids; timber industry. Also The Gardener's Chronicle, 30 June 1951 Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 605, 609, 611 and 615 Date range 30 June 1951 - 21 March 1994 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats News Clippings Inventory Identifier WILL00209 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-6	Ferns
	Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 606 Date range 13 May 1976 - 19 May 1987 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats News Clippings Inventory Identifier WILL00210 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-7	Forests Commission of Victoria
	Forests Commission of Victoria, extract from the Victorian Government Gazettes, 17 April 1925 and 8 May 1925. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 612 Date range 17 April 1925 - 8 May 1925 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats News Clippings Inventory Identifier WILL00211 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-8	Algae
	Includes handwritten notes. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 613 Date range 21 January 1959 - 12 January 1977 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats News Clippings and Loose Notes Inventory Identifier WILL00212 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-9	Eucalypts and Tall Trees
	Newspaper clippings regarding eucalypts and tall trees. Correspondence; New England Eucalypts: A key to the Indigenous Species, by J.B. Williams, 1985; 'Cladistic relationships and biogeographic patterns in the peppermint group of Eucalypts and the description of a new species', by Pauline Ladiges, C.J. Humphries and M.I.H. Brooker; Variation and Taxonomy in Eucalyptus Camaldulensis, by L.D. Pryor and O.R. Byrne, 1969; Illustrations of the Buds and Fruits of Eucalyptus Species, by M.R. Jacobs, 1962; A Survey of the Genus Eucalyptus in the Northern Territory, by M.R. Jacobs; Victorian Resources, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1965. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 614 Date range 26 February 1939 - 31 August 1989 Quantity 3 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence, News Clippings, Notebooks, Loose Notes, Journals, Published Papers or Articles and Loose Photographic Prints Inventory Identifier WILL00213 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-10	Banksia
	Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control Library Catalogue Number 616 Date range 14 August 1981 - 3 December 1981 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats Ephemera and News Clippings Inventory Identifier WILL00214 Box Number 1 Series 10
10-11	Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
	Newspaper clippings regarding miscellaneous subjects including: Botanic Gardens; publications; lyrebird; conservation; preservation; flora; zoology; native fauna; spider; art; religion; Darwinian theory; exploration; monarchy; politics; public figures; Heard Island; sport; Aborigines; theatre; pollution; local history; film; literature; censorship; history; railways; theatre; space; music; literature; gardens; natural disasters; science. Creator James Hamlyn Willis Control These newspaper clippings appear to have been originally compiled and attached in a clippings book Date range 16 May 1952 - 19 January 1977 Quantity 17 cm, 3 files Formats News Clippings Inventory Identifier WILL00215 Box Number 2 Series 10
10-12	J.H. Willis Book Review of Proteas of the World
	Creator James Hamlyn Willis Date range 11 June 1994 Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file Formats News Clippings Inventory Identifier WILL01726 Box Number 2 Series 10

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, November 2000
With support from Friends of the Botanic Gardens, Norman Wettenhall Foundation, William Buckland Foundation and The Maud Gibson Trust
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