Date Range | 14 January 1909 - 1995 |
Quantity | 43 cm, 27 files, booklets |
Provenance | James Hamlyn Willis |
Description | Plant lists; draft manuscripts; maps; newspaper clippings; loose notes; promotional material; submissions; correspondence; photographs; reprints of papers; notebooks; newsletters; annotated field lists; and journals, regarding various Australian 'botanical safaris', 'historical' expeditions or collecting trips. Trips include those attended by Willis, or to which he had some form of involvement or interest. |
Arranged | According to subject e.g. name of collecting trip/expedition. No overall system of arrangement (alphabetical, chronological, sequential) is apparent. |
Related Series |
Controlling | 2 Correspondence to Individuals 1865 - 1995 |
Inventory Listing
11-1
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Expedition to Kimberleys, 1984
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Papers written and compiled by J.H. Willis - Submission to Australian Heritage Commission for Funding of Botanical Survey in the Kimberley Region, 1984; Notes on Winnama Springs Plant Collections, by J.H. Willis, 13 and 14 May 1984; 'Fungi noted by J.H. Willis on the expedition to the Kimberleys, 13 May - 13 June 1984; publication entitled 'Draft Vegetation Description of Bungle, Osmond Range and Winnama Gorge, South-Eastern Kimberley, Western Australia', 1984.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 651
Date range 5 November 1983 - 13 June 1984
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Maps, News Clippings, Loose Notes and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier WILL00216
Box Number 1
Series 11
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11-2
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Expedition to Vanittart Bay, Northern Kimberley
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Correspondence regarding Vansittart Bay manuscript; Determinations from Vansittart Bay region by Stephen Forbes and J.H. Willis; typed notes on collections; typed paper entitled 'Vegetation of Vansittart Bay, Northern Kimberley, Western Australia'.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 652
Date range 5 March 1987 - 19 August 1987
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Loose Notes, Published Papers or Articles and Lists
Inventory Identifier WILL00217
Box Number 1
Series 11
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11-3
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William Baxter's Collecting Expeditions in Australia
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Papers written and compiled by Ralph Grandison and J.H. Willis on William Baxter's collecting expeditions. Correspondence with Ralph Grabdison; research material regarding William Baxter's collecting expeditions; handwritten notes entitled 'Baxter's collections cited by Bentham'; handwritten notes entitled 'Plant species collected in Australia by William Baxter'.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 653
Date range 21 December 1988 - 23 October 1990
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats Artefacts or Objects/Realia, General Correspondence, Diagrams, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Published Papers or Articles, Loose Photographic Prints and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier WILL00218
Box Number 1
Series 11
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11-4
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Victoria Exploring Expedition and Burke and Wills
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Papers written and compiled by J.H. Willis regarding the Victoria exploring expedition and Burke and Wills. Correspondence ; 'The Botany of the Victoria Exploring Expeditions and of Relief Contingents from Victoria', by J.H. Willis, reprinted from Royal Society of Victoria Proceedings, Vol. 75, Part 2, 12 November 1962; handwritten typed drafts of the article; notes; Royal Society of Victoria Burke and Wills Centenary Soiree invitations.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 654
Date range 13 April 1960 - 12 November 1962
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, News Clippings, Loose Notes and Journals
Inventory Identifier WILL00219
Box Number 1
Series 11
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11-5
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Beaufort Safari Central Australia Botany Tours, 1979
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Papers written and compiled by J.H. Willis regarding the Beaufort Safari Central Australia Botany Tours, 1979. J.H. Willis was the guest leader on the tour.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 655
Date range 31 May 1978 - 22 November 1981
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Reports, Maps and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier WILL00220
Box Number 1
Series 11
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11-6
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'List of Numbers for Botanical Collections' by J.H. Willis.
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Exercise book recording botanical collections of James H. Willis to which collector's numbers have been assigned.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 656
Date range c. 1974
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier WILL00221
Box Number 1
Series 11
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11-7
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Sydney Fungal Studies Group
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Notes on fungi at Birrigai Foray, ACT; copy of 'Contributions towards a rational arrangement of the Clathraceae', by D.M. Dring; Sydney Fungal Studies Group newsletters, 1992-1995.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 657
Date range 11 May 1992 - 1995
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Newsletters, Loose Notes and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier WILL00222
Box Number 1
Series 11
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11-8
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Census publications with Willis's handwritten notes.
Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria.
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1. 'A Census of the Plants of Victoria, With their Regional Distribution and the Vernacular Names as Adopted by the Plant Names Committee of the Field Naturalist' Club of Victoria' [Second Edition] 1928. Inscribed on the front cover in Willis's hand with 'Big Desert, Mt Kaye, Black Ra, Upper Genoa, Creswick, and annotated throughout. 2. Annotated additions to the Otways in A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their Regional Distribution and Vernacular Names, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 1928; 3. Annotated additions to the Limestone Creek, Davey's High Plain in A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their Regional Distribution and Vernacular Names, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 1928; 4. A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their Regional Distribution and Vernacular Names, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 1928, annotated additions to the Howqua and Jamieson Rivers, Mt Ellery, Yering Gorge; 5. A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their Regional Distribution and Vernacular Names, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 1928, annotated additions to Benalla, Shelford, Pine Mountain; 6. A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their Regional Distribution and Vernacular Names, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 1928, annotated additions to New South Wales; 7. A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their Regional Distribution and Vernacular Names, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 1928, annotated additions to East Gippsland records, Mt. Buffalo, Crawnbourne, Hanging Rock; 8. A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their Regional Distribution and Vernacular Names, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 1928, annotated additions to Snowy River Gorge, Mrrl Morrl, Faulkner Creek; 9. A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their Regional Distribution and Vernacular Names, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 1928, annotated additions to Mts Delusions, Kent and Dawson.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 658
Date range 1928 - 1981
Quantity 9 cm, 9 booklets
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier WILL00223
Box Number 1
Series 11
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11-9
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Plant Names
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Papers written and compiled by J.H. Willis regarding plant names. Annotated lists of plant names; Cypereae of Victoria handwritten ammended list for publications in the revised census, 1941; typed list of species occurring in the eastern District but not recorded in the 'Census', 1928.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 659
Date range 1928 - 1941
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Maps, Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier WILL00224
Box Number 2
Series 11
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11-10
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Genera of Proteaceae
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Handwritten notes regarding the Genera of Proteaceae represented in Australia compiled by J.H. Willis, 1956.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number ?
Date range 31 October 1956
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier WILL00225
Box Number 2
Series 11
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11-11
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Extra Tasmanian Members of Eucryphia
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Handwritten notes regarding the Extra Tasmanian Members of Eucryphia compiled by J.H. Willis, published in March 1966
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number ?
Date range 1956
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier WILL00226
Box Number 2
Series 11
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11-12
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Orchids
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Papers written or compiled by J.H. Willis and J. Lea Wassell regarding orchids. Typed list of Coen Orchids; typed list of species represented in R.C. Gunn's collection of Tasmanian orchids at the National Herbarium of New South Wales; notes on Tasmanian orchids; notes on Victorian orchids; book reviews regarding orchids. The Victorian Naturalist Journal, Vol. XXXVII, No. 9, January 1921 - Vol. 64, No. 9, January 1948; The South Australian Naturalist Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3, June 1944; Journal of The New York Botanical Garden, Vol. 47, No. 559, July 1946.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 662
Date range January 1921 - September 1971
Quantity 8 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Maps, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Journals, Published Papers or Articles, Published Reports and Lists
Inventory Identifier WILL00227
Box Number 2
Series 11
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11-13
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Notes on Eucalypts Cultivated in France
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handwritten notes written by James H. Willis regarding Eucalypts cultivated in France, (Cannes etc. 1881).
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Control Library Catalogue Number 663
Date range 1930? - 1994?, Date Unknown.
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier WILL00228
Box Number 2
Series 11
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11-14
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Recherche Archipelago Expedition, November 1950
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Papers written and compiled by J.H. Willis regarding the Australian Geographical Society's expedition to the Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia. Correspondence regarding the expedition; handwritten list of botanical collectors who visited the coasts at and near Esperance adjoining the Recherche Archipelago; coastal flora of the Eyre district; Recherche Archipelago notes; Recherche Archipelago notebook; Recherche Archipelago plant labels; handwritten draft entitled 'A Month Among Plants of the Recherche', by J.H. Willis; photograph; notes on Recherche Archipelago flora; typed draft of 'The Archipelago of the Recherche: A General Account of the Australian Geographical Society's Expedition', November 1951 by John Béchervaise, 11 February 1951; miscellaneous notes; newspaper clippings; map of the Archipelago of the Recherche; miscellaneous publications; History of the Esperance, by John Rintoul, 1940-1946.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range March 1929 - November 1954
Quantity 5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Diagrams, Drafts, Reports, Maps, Newsletters, Notebooks, Loose Notes, Publication Proofs, Published Papers or Articles and Lists
Inventory Identifier WILL00229
Box Number 3
Series 11
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11-15
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Recherche Archipelago Expedition
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Papers written regarding the Australian Geographical Society's expedition to the Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia. Correction copy and copies of Australian Geographical Society Reports The Archipelago of the Recherche Part 1A - Part 7; correction copy and copies of Australian Geographical Society Reports The Archipelago of the Recherche Part 2 Birds, by V.N. Serventy; correction copy and copies of Australian Geographical Society Reports The Archipelago of the Recherche Part 3 Plants, by J.H. Willis and H.B.S. Womersley; edited manuscript; article entitled 'The French Contribution to the Discovery of Australia and its Flora', by Stella Carr and Denis Carr.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 1953 - 1976
Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier WILL00230
Box Number 3
Series 11
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11-16
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Flora of Recherche Archipelago
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International Biological Programme Conservation of Terrestrial Biological Communities check sheet; diagram of Archipelago of the Recherche; vascular flora of middle island, Recherche Archipelago as observed by Arthur Weston; Elder exploring expedition list of plants collected by R. Helms in the Great Victoria Desert; Botany of the Russell Grimwade Expedition, by J.H. Willis; Western Australian Wildflowers; list of collections made by J.H. Willis on and South of the Nullabor Plain during the Grimwade Exhibition Aug. 1947) and published in Memoirs of the National Museum; miscellaneous publications regarding Western Australia flora, Western Australian Museum; wildflowers; assorted reprints regarding local flora of Western Australia.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 1946 - 1964
Quantity 4 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Diagrams, Maps, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Journals, Published Papers or Articles, Loose Photographic Prints, Indexes and Lists
Inventory Identifier WILL00231
Box Number 3
Series 11
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11-17
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Wilson's Promontory Excursion
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Papers written and compiled by J.H. Willis regarding Wilson's Promontory excursion in celebration of the Field Naturalist Club of Victoria Centenary, 1 - 8 November 1980. handwritten lists regarding Wilson's Promontory fungi; flora and mosses; lists of flora of Sunday Island; lists of plants of Doughboy Island; lists of flora collected by Von Mueller; pamphlets regarding Wilson's Promontory National Park; The Ferns and Flowering Plants of Wilson's Promontory National Park, National Parks Authority, 1969; map of Wilson's Promontory used by the Willis during their honeymoon, 14 - 20 October 1933; 'The Soils and Vegetation at Tidal River, Wilson's Promontory' Royal Society of Victoria, R.F. Parsons; Victorian Naturalist, Vol. XXV, No. 9, 1909. Costs associated with the Wilson's Promontory excursion in celebration of the Field Naturalist Club of Victoria Centenary.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 14 January 1909 - 1 January 1982
Quantity 3 cm, 1 file
Formats Accounts, General Correspondence, Reports, Maps, News Clippings, Newsletters, Loose Notes, Published Papers or Articles, Published Reports, Loose Photographic Prints and Lists
Inventory Identifier WILL00232
Box Number 3
Series 11
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11-18
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The Victorian Exploring Expedition
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1863 Report on the Victorian Exploring Expedition 1860-1861 by Hermann Beckler. Correspondence from Stephen Jeffries; copy of Burke's Expedition A Journey to Central Australia, by Hermann Beckler, late Medical Officer and Botanical Collector to the Victorian Exploring Expedition. Stephen Jeffries was invited by the Publications Committee of the State Library to edit the report for publication.
Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 11 June 1992 - 31 August 1992
Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence and Reports
Inventory Identifier WILL00233
Box Number 3
Series 11
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11-19
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Tasmania
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Creator James Hamlyn Willis
Date range 1988 - March 1993
Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier WILL01619
Box Number 3
Series 11
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