Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre

James Hamlyn Willis Guide to Records

Listed by Rachel Tropea with Andrea Barnes and Fay Anderson

James Hamlyn Willis is one of Australia's most renowned and beloved botanists and authors. He was taxanomic botanist at the National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, from 1937 to the end of his career in 1972. [Details]

About the records
Provenance - creators and former custodians
Series list and summary descriptions
Inventory listing by series
- Series 1 - Committee Papers
- Series 2 - Correspondence to Individuals
- Series 3 - Willis Correspondence
- Series 4 - Biographical Information on Australian Botanists
- Series 5 - Notes for Talks Presented by Willis
- Series 6 - Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
- Series 7 - Notes and Manuscripts for Publications
- Series 8 - Journals
- Series 9 - Reprints of Papers by James Hamlyn Willis
- Series 10 - Newspaper Cuttings
- Series 11 - Collecting Trips and Excursions
- Series 12 - Reserves Files
- Series 13 - Field Notes, Notebooks and Nature Diaries
- Series 14 - Travel
- Series 15 - A. J. Tadgell
- Series 16 - Publications By Other Authors
- Series 17 - Photographs
- Series 18 - Flora and Plant Lists, Locality Lists
- Series 19 - A. C. Beauglehole Correspondence and Plant Survey Data
- Series 20 - Cassette Recordings of Talks and Lectures by Willis
- Series 21 - Natural History Specimens
- Series 22 - William Henry Nicholls
- Series 23 - Numbered Slide Collection
- Series 24 - Keys to Numbered Slide Collection
- Series 25 - Lecture and Talk Slides
- Series 26 - Maps, Plans and Posters
- Series 27 - Glass Slides
- Series 28 - Botanical Artworks, Prints and Reproductions
- Series 29 - Memorabilia, Awards, Autobiographical Material and Posthumous Papers
- Series 30 - Miscellaneous Correspondence and Subject Files
Gallery
Index
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These records are managed by the Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. All queries relating to access should be made to librarian.
Processing of this collection and generation of this finding aid was made possible with the support of
- Friends of the Botanic Gardens
- Norman Wettenhall Foundation
- William Buckland Foundation
- The Maud Gibson Trust

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
Listed by Rachel Tropea with Andrea Barnes and Fay Anderson
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Updated 15 November 2007
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