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Collection Summary

Creator
Ross Hohnen
Title
Papers of Ross Hohnen
Date Range
1944-2003
Collection Number
MS 9124, MS Acc03.149
Extent
6.4 metres (26 boxes, 6 cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers comprise files maintained by Hohnen while Registrar and Secretary of the Australian National University, 1949-76; drafts and research materials for a history of the Australian National Universtiy; appointment diaries; papers relating to the 1995 review of the Institute of Advanced Studies; and papers relating to Hohnen's involvement in numerous organisations including the Industrial Design Council of Australia, Australian Frontier Incorporated, the National Heart Foundation, Heart Research Institute, and the Scout Association of Australia.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1693381).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ross Hohnen, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The papers were donated to the Library by Mr Hohnen in two instalments in 1997.

An interview with Ross Hohnen by Dr Ralph Reader is held in the Oral History Section at ORAL TRC 2544/36.

Finding Aid Source(s)

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Collection Retrieval Advice

Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there may be multiple Box 1s). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Biographical Note

The following information was provided by Ross Hohnen.

Ross Ainsworth Hohnen, born 21 Oct. 1917 at Arncliffe, NSW

Mentioned in dispatches, 1946

Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1967

Honorary Fellow, Design Institute of Australia,1971

Honorary Fellow, University House, ANU, 1975

Canberran of the Year (first), 1977

Member of the Order of Australia, 1987

Fellow (first), Heart Research Institute, (Syd/Uni; RPAH), 1991

Parents

Charles Edward Hohnen (1864-1938) ,b.Sydney, commercial traveller, W&A McArthur Ltd. (family arrived 1857)

Edith Jane Ainsworth (1877-1971), b. Kempsey, NSW; music teacher and medallist horsewoman (family arrived 1825 and 1833)

Married 1940

Phyllis Adele Whitten, BA, Dip Ed (Syd) b. 24 January 1915, Kempsey, NSW, daughter of Reverend Alfred Giles Whitten. (1883-1958) [b. Narrabri, NSW; clergyman, family arrived 1842]; and Ethel Annie Cock, (1883-1980), [b. Neville NSW; family arrived 1854].

Phyllis Whitten worked in the NSW Dept of Education as a teacher, research office, school counsellor, and school librarian.

Children

Michael Edward, MBBS (Adel) MPH (Hawaii);

Stuart Alexander, BE (Adel) MBA (Stanford)

Murray Andrew; LLB (Adel)

Alys Evanne, RN, (m. D. N. Fraser, marine engineer, airline pilot)

Education

Bexley Public School, 1922-1928

Sydney Boys' High School, 1929-1933

University of Sydney BEc (Evening student), 1935-1938

War Service 1940-46

Adjutant, S&T Services, HQ New Guinea Force, 1943-45;

Adjutant AASC, (Balikpapan) 7 AustDiv 1945

Career

The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Ltd 1934-1946 (war service 1940-1946);

First Registrar, The New England University College, Armidale, NSW (University of Sydney) 1946-1948;

The Australian National University, Canberra ACT -1948-1975 :

Assistant to the Registrar, 1948-1949

Registrar of the University, 1949-1968

Secretary of the University, 1968-1975 (Retired on health grounds 1975)

Extra-Curricular Activities

Sydney Boys' High, athletics, (five school records); also Combined High Schools, Great Public Schools;

Scouting:

1925-1940: Wolf Cub, Scout, King's Scout, District Cub Master, (North St George), Assistant HQ Commissioner for Wolf Cubs, NSW

1957-?1962: President, South Canberra District

1962-1969: Area Commissioner, Canberra-Monaro Area (NSW).

1969-1996: Honorary Commissioner, ACT Branch.

1979-1981: President, Canberra-Monaro Area, (NSW)

1981-1989: President, ACT Branch of the Scout Association of Australia.

1972-1976: International Commissioner for Australia, Asia-Pacific Region Committee, World Organisation of Scouting; Deputy Chairman, 1974-76 Chairman,1976-78

1985: Founding member and first Honorary Secretary, Arthur Shakespeare Foundation for Scouting

Scouting awards include the Silver Kangaroo, 1985 and the President's Citation, 1997

The Arts:

Australia Council

Member of the Council (co-opted), 1975-'77 Member, Crafts Board, First Chairman, Community Arts Committee, 1975-1977

Industrial Design Council of Australia

Founding member, Deputy Chairman, Chairman

Essington Lewis Award, 1971

Canberra School of Music

Member Advisory Council

Canberra Theatre Trust

Deputy Chairman, 1968-1970 Chairman, 1971-1977

Crafts Council of Australia

Chairman, Planning and Restoration Committee, Crafts Council Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney, 1979-81

Academic:

Canberra Grammar School

Member of Council ?-1960

Wollongong University

Member of Council 1975-77

Duke of Edinburgh's Third Study Conference, 1968

Member of Executive Committee

Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU)

Volumes 1-9 : member National Committee and member of Editorial Committee

Church:

Member of the Council of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, 1950s

Member of Parish Council of the Church of St John the Baptist, Reid, ACT, 1950s

Other:

National Heart Foundation of Australia

Deputy National President, 1979-81 Member of National Board and Honorary Secretary, 1966-77 Member-at-Large, 1981- Chairman, Smoking and Heart Disease Committee Conducted Feasibility Study for the creation of a research institute dedicated to the mechanisms of atherosclerosis and Chaired first Development Council. Conducted Audit of the allocation of the Foundation's funds for educational targets. First President, ACT Division Sir John Loewenthal Award, 1988

Heart Research Institute, Sydney (Sydney University and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital)

Chairman of first Development Council Founding Member of the Board of Governors

Technical Aid for the Disabled, ACT Branch

First Chairman, 1979-82

Australian Frontier Inc.

Promotion in Canberra (failed) of an 'Institute for the Study of Man and Society' Public Officer of the corporation

Item Descriptions

Class MS 9124. Original consignment

Comprises files maintained by Hohnen while Registrar and Secretary of the Australian National University, 1949-1976; drafts and research materials for a history of the Australian National University; appointment diaries; papers relating to the 1995 review of the Institute of Advanced Studies; and papers relating to Hohnen's involvement in numerous organisations including the Industrial Design Council of Australia, Australian Frontier Incorporated, National Heart Foundation, Heart Research Institute, and the Scout Association of Australia.

Contained in 22 boxes and 5 cartons.

Series 1. Family and Personal Correspondence and Papers, 1954-92

Christmas circulars to family and friends (typescript), 1954-92 (with gaps) (File 1) - Box 1
Phyllis Hohnen: photocopy of manuscript diary of trip to USSR, pp. 88-205, 1965. Biographical article on Ross Hohnen, on the occasion of his retirement, ANU News, May 1975 (File 2) - Box 1

Series 2. Personal Correspondence, Australian National University, 1949-76

A series of files marked 'personal correspondence' maintained in the office of the Registrar of the Australian National University. The files include incoming correspondence deemed by the Registrar's personal staff (principally Hugh Bartholomeusz) to be "DO" (demi-official) or of a personal nature and carbon copies of Hohnen's replies.

A "white" copy of all correspondence issuing from the Central Administration of the Australian National University while Hohnen was Registrar is in the ANU archives.

4.0.0.8 Part 2, Mr Hohnen's Personal Correspondence, Nov 1949-July 1963. (File 1) - Box 1
4.0.0.8 Part 3, Mr Hohnen's Personal Correspondence, July 1963-Sept 1971 (File 2) - Box 1
Personal Correspondence, 1959-65 (File 3) - Box 1
Personal Correspondence, 1964-65 (File 4) - Box 1
Personal Correspondence, 1965-66 (File 5) - Box 1
General Correspondence, 1967-69 (File 6) - Box 2
Personal Correspondence, 1969-74 (File 7) - Box 2
Personal Correspondence, 1969-70 (File 8) - Box 2
Personal Correspondence, 1971-72 (File 9) - Box 2
Personal Correspondence, 1972-73 (File 10) - Box 2
Personal Correspondence, 1973-76 (File 11) - Box 3

Series 3. Outgoing Correspondence, Australian National University, 1961-75

The position of Secretary of the Australian National University was created in 1968, and Ross Hohnen held the position until his retirement in 1975. This is a series of mostly lever-arch files containing all outgoing correspondence and other documents ("white copies") from the office of the Secretary, as well as some earlier material. They were kept by his secretary, RuditaLeverington, and are partly indexed but not sorted.

1961-70 (bulk dates 1966-70) (File 1) - Box 4
Aug-Dec 1968 (File 2) - Box 4
Jan-Apr 1969 (File 3) - Box 4
May-Aug 1969 (File 4) - Box 4
Sept 1969-Feb 1970 (File 5) - Box 4
March-June 1970 (File 6) - Box 5
Apr 1970-Dec 1971 (File 7) - Box 5
July 1970-Feb 1971 (File 8) - Box 5
March-July 1971 (File 9) - Box 5
Aug-Dec 1971 (File 10) - Box 6
Jan-May 1972 (File 11) - Box 6
June-Oct 1972 (File 12) - Box 6
Oct 1972-March 1973 (File 13) - Box 6
Apr 1973-Feb 1974 (File 14) - Box 7
Jan 1972-June 1974 (File 15) - Box 7
March 1974-Jan 1975 (File 16) - Box 7
Feb-May 1975 (File 17) - Box 3

Series 4. Unofficial Files, Australian National University, 1948-92

A series of files relating to both personal and official activities of Ross Hohnen during his administration. The files contain correspondence, reports, minutes, references and other papers.

Edith and Joy London Foundation: minutes, correspondence and publicity, 1974-91. [In 1975, Miss Joy London donated 348 hectares at Kialoa to the ANU for use as a field station; Ross Hohnen was on the Board of Management until 1991] (File 1) - Box 3
Registrar's visit to USSR, with regard to the MGU-ANU exchange program 1963 followed by a recruitment trip for the Research School of Chemistry (founded in 1967) to the United Kingdom, 1963 (File 2) - Box 3
Overseas Visit, 1965-66: General, 1965; Malaysia, 1965; UK, 1965-67 (File 3) - Box 3
Overseas Visit, 1965-66: USA, 1966; Japan, 1965-67 (File 4) - Box 3
Overseas Visit, 1965-66: USSR, 1965-70 (File 5) - Box 3
Overseas Visit, 1965-66: correspondence, 1965-67 (File 6) - Box 8
Overseas Visit, 1965-66: reports, 1965-67 (File 7) - Box 8
Overseas Visit, 1965-66: circular letters to family, colleagues and friends, 1965 (File 8) - Box 8
Overseas Visits, to Japan and India, 1965-67, 1978 (File 9) - Box 8
Private survey of opinion on the Queen's Christmas message: notes, summary of results, letter of thanks from Governor General Lord de Lisle, 1964 (File 10) - Box 8
University Club, Sydney: general, 1962-1978 (File 11) - Box 8
University Club, Sydney: persons nominated for membership, 1957-74 (File 12) - Box 8
Commonwealth Club, Canberra: General, 1955-1992 (File 13) - Box 8
Commonwealth Club, Canberra: nominations for membership, 1958-79 (File 14) - Box 9
Melbourne Club, 1962-78 [nominated for membership by Lord Bruce] (File 15) - Box 9
References written by Hohnen, Part 1, 1948-71 (File 16) - Box 9
References written by Hohnen, Part 2, 1971-75 (File 17) - Box 9

Series 5. Appointment Diaries, 1967-76

Hohnen's appointment diaries in his office as Secretary of the Australian National University.

1967 (File 1) - Box 9
1968 (File 2) - Box 9
1969 (File 3) - Box 10
1970 (File 4) - Box 10
1971 (File 5) - Box 10
1972, 1973 (File 6) - Box 10
1974 (File 7) - Box 10
1975 (File 8) - Box 10
1976 (File 9) - Box 10

Series 6. ANU Study Group on Administration of Research Schools, 1979

The terms of reference of the Study Group included identifying administrative practices of particular Schools which were worthy of general application and to identify those practices which were considered wasteful or unsatisfactory. Hohnen was invited in retirement to be a member of the Study Group, along with Professors A.H. Johns and C.A. Gibb. He was the principal author of the report of the Study Group.

Notes, reports and correspondence, 1979 (1) (File 1) - Box 7
Notes, reports and correspondence, 1979 (2) (File 2) - Box 11

Series 7. John Curtin School of Medical Research, 1990-92

An incomplete selection of documents relating to Hohnen's concern about earlier recommendations concerning the future control and financing of the John Curtin School of Medical Research.

Senate Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, Enquiry into the Proposal to Divest the ANU of Administrative and Financial Control of the John Curtin School of Medical Research: correspondence of Hohnen and various submissions, 1992 (File 1) - Box 12
Committee to Review the Institute of Advanced Studies: submissions of various bodies, and notes by Hohnen, 1990 (File 2) - Box 12
ANU Presentation to the Review of the Institute of Advanced Studies, 1990 (File 3) - Box 12

Series 8. Review of the Institute of Advanced Studies, 1995

A review of the Institute of Advanced Studies was carried out by the Australian Research Council in 1995 at the request of the Minister for Higher Education and Employment. This review was a sequel to earlier controversy over the future of the John Curtin School of Medical Research (see previous series). This series contains the submissions of the various parts of the Institute, reports, and subsequent responses. Other records of the Review are kept in the ANU archives.

Submissions to the Review : Australian National University Submission to the Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, 1994 (File 1) - Box 12
Submissions to the Review : Australian National University Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (File 2) - Box 12
Submissions to the Review : Research School of Earth Sciences and Research School of Biological Sciences (File 3) - Box 12
Submissions to the Review : Research School of Chemistry, Vols. 1-3 (File 4) - Box 13
Submissions to the Review : Research School of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Centre (File 5) - Box 13
Submissions to the Review : Research School of Information Science and Engineering, Vols. 1-2 (File 6) - Box 13
Submissions to the Review : Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies and MSSSO Submissions to the Observatories Review Team (File 7) - Box 13
Reports of the Review: Report of the Institute Review Committee, Research School of Chemistry, Research School of Information Science and Engineering, Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (File 8) - Box 13
Reports of the Review: Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, School of Mathematical Sciences, Research School of Social Sciences (File 9) - Box 13
Reports of the Review: John Curtin School of Medical Research, Research School of Biological Sciences, Research School of Earth Sciences (File 10) - Box 14
Reports of the Review: Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering , The Australia Research Council Review of the Institute of Advanced Studies, 1996 (File 11) - Box 14
Responses to the Review: Australian National University [overall response] , Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Research School of Information Science and Engineering, Committee of the Observatories, Research School of Social Sciences, School of Mathematical Sciences, Research School of Chemistry, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Research School of Earth Sciences, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (File 12) - Box 14

Series 9. Industrial Design Council of Australia, 1959-93

The Industrial Design Council of Australia arose out of a concern amongst Australian designers for the lack of recognition and use of Australian design in industry. In 1957 Ross Hohnen and Frederick Ward (furniture designer for ANU's University House and head of the ANU Design Unit) brought together people from industry, government and the design profession to form the Council. Financial assistance was procured by John Crawford from the Commonwealth Govenment, matching funds raised from industry and other sources on a dollar for dollar basis.

Ross Hohnen was a deputy chairman and chairman of the Council, a recipient of the Essington Lewis Award (1971) and was made an honorary Fellow of the Design Institute of Australia. The organisation ceased operating in 1976, its ideals amd initiatives largely subsumed by Standards Australia.

This series contains correspondence files maintained by Hohnen, meeting papers, annual reports, speeches, photographs and other papers.

General Part I, 1959-64 (File 1) - Box 14
General Part II, 1963-65 (File 2) - Box 14
General Part III, 1963-66 (File 3) - Box 14
General Part IV, 1966 (File 4) - Box 14
General Part V, 1967 (File 5) - Box 15
General Part VI, 1967-68 (File 6) - Box 15
General Part VII, 1968 (File 7) - Box 15
General Part VIII, 1969-72, 1988, 1992-93 (File 8) - Box 15
Annual General Meetings/General, 1963-76 (File 9) - Box 15
Proposed alterations and amendments to Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1962-70 (File 10) - Box 15
Annual Reports, 1959-64 (typed versions) (File 11) - Box 16
Annual Reports, 1959-69 (printed versions) (File 12) - Box 16
Establishment and Finance Committee, 1958-63 (File 13) - Box 16
Submissions to Government, 1966-70 [fire-damaged] (File 14) - Box 16
Talks and Speeches, 1967-71 (File 15) - Box 16
Prince Philip Prize for Australian Design, Part 1, 1967-68 (File 16) - Box 16
Prince Philip Prize for Australian Design, Part 2, 1968 (File 17) - Box 16
Prince Philip Prize (Second Award) 1969, 1968-70 (File 18) - Box 17
Prince Philip Prize 1970, 1970-71 (File 19) - Box 17
Sebel Design Award, 1967-70 (File 20) - Box 17
Art Center College of Design (Los Angeles): correspondence with Clyde Vandeburg, 1966-72 (File 21) - Box 17
Study Conference Exhibition, Sydney 1968: Part 1, 1967-68 (File 22) - Box 17
Study Conference Exhibition, Sydney 1968: Part 2, 1968 (File 23) - Box 17
Fund Raising Appeal 1969 (NSW) (File 24) - Box 17
Fund Raising Appeal 1969 (VIC) (File 25) - Box 18
Adelaide Design Centre, 1969-70 (File 26) - Box 18
The Role of the Engineer in Industry, 1970. Retirement and Assurance Plan, 1964, 1969 (File 27) - Box 18
Photographs, c. 1965-68, including the visit of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (File 28) - Box 18
"Excerpts from the life story of Derek F. Wrigley (successor to Fred Ward as head of the ANU Design Unit) of particular interest to Ross Hohnen ...", c.1992 (File 29) - Box 18
Correspondence, 1958-59, 1964-65 (File 30) - Box 18

Series 10. Australian Frontier Incorporated, 1961-76

The Australian Frontier Incorporated was established in about 1962 as an independent body of the Australian Council of Churches "to help a large continent to become a great country by enabling individuals to find out how they personally can contribute to this end," and to "assist in the development of a responsible society by encouraging the study of the roots of society, economic and political problems and by publishing the findings of its consultation panels and research work." The AFI worked toward the establishment of an Institute for the Study of Man and Society in Canberra, at a cost of $600,000, but this objective was never realised. Hohnen was the Public Officer of the AFI, which was managed by a 15-member Commission. He resigned in 1971 when he was elected International Commissioner of the Scout Association of Australia.

This series contains correspondence files, minutes, reports and other papers maintained by Hohnen as Public Officer.

General, Part 1, 1961-63 (File 1) - Box 18
General, Part 2, 1963-68 (File 2) - Box 18
General, Part 3, 1969-76 (File 3) - Box 19
Handbook, 1969 (File 4) - Box 19
Proposed National Institute for the study of Society, Part 1, 1967-68 (File 5) - Box 19
Annual General Meeting minutes, 1968-71. Finance Committee minutes, 1967-69 (File 6) - Box 19
Executive Committee minutes, 1967-71 (File 7) - Box 19
Commission minutes, Part 1, 1962-68 (File 8) - Box 19
Commission minutes, Part 2, 1969-71 (File 9) - Box 20
Think Tank papers, Feb 1975, including AFI background paper 'Leisure, People and Social Systems' (File 10) - Box 20
Report by John Yencken: 'Australian Frontier, an appraisal and recommendation for change', 1972 (File 11) - Box 20

Series 11. Institute for the Study of Man and Society, 1967-72

Council minutes, 1968-72 (File 1) - Box 20
College Building Fund, 1967-70 (File 2) - Box 20
Ways and Means Committee, 1970-71 (File 3) - Box 20
Architect's submission, plan, photographs of design model, 1970 (File 4) - Box 20
Lease negotiations, 1968-71. Submissions to Prime Minister; submissions for approach to Trusts, Foundations, Companies, etc, 1970. Correspondence with Henry Houston re fund raising, 1970-71 (File 5) - Box 20
Hancock Family, correspondence about funding, 1969-71. Correspondence about tax-deductibility of gifts to the Institute, 1967-71 (File 6) - Box 21
Review of the Projected Operations of the Institute and their Financial Implications, by W.D. Scott Co; with associated correspondence, 1971 (File 7) - Box 21
Future of the Institute for the Study of Man and Society, 1970-72 (File 8) - Box 21

Series 12. National Heart Foundation, 1967-74, 1990-94

The National Heart Foundation was founded in 1958, and Ross Hohnen, as Registrar of the ANU was closely associated with it from its beginning. The University provided national headquarters for the Foundation, and a focus for its national meetings.

Hohnen joined the National Board as a director, was Honorary Secretary from 1966-77, and Deputy National President in 1979-81. An ACT Division was established in 1972, with Hohnen as its first President. This series contains files maintained in Hohnen's office at the ANU, and later material on the oral history of the Foundation.

General, Part 1, 1967-74 (File 1) - Box 21
General, 1990-94 (File 2) - Box 21
Organisation and Administration-National Office, 1970-71 (File 3) - Box 21
ACT Division establishment, 1970-73 (File 4) - Box 21
Proposed amendments of articles of association, 1971-72 (File 5) - Box 22
Salaries of Staff, 1972-74 (File 6) - Box 22
Superannuation, 1971-72 (File 7) - Box 22

Series 13. Heart Research Institute, 1989-95

The Heart Research Institute at Camperdown, NSW, is affiliated with the University of Sydney and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and sponsored by a consortium including the National Heart Foundation. The Institute was opened in 1989 with the objective of ascertaining the mechanisms and causes of atherosclerosis, nominated by Dr Reader as the basic cause of heart disease.

Hohnen prepared a feasibility study which was accepted by the National Board of Directors among a group of Bicentennial projects proposed by a committee under Sir Richard Kingsland. He was asked to establish and chair a Development Council in Sydney. The Heart Foundation promised one million dollars funding over the first five years, and the AMP Society a similar amount. Sydney cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, together with prominent industrialists, lent significant weight to the new Institute.

Hohnen was a founder and member of the Board of Governors of the Institute and was made a Fellow of the Institute in 1991.

Development Council minutes, 1990-92, 1994 (with gaps) (File 1) - Box 22
Board of Governors minutes, 1990-91, 1994 (with gaps). Annual General Meeting minutes, 1990-91. (File 2) - Box 22
Annual Reports/Financial Statements, 1989-94 (with gaps) (File 3) - Box 22
Correspondence, 1990-95 (File 4) - Box 22
Planning and funding documents, 1988-89, with photographs of opening ceremony (File 5) - Box 22
Planning and funding documents, c. 1990-92 (File 6) - Box 23
Planning and funding documents, c. 1992-93 (File 7) - Box 23
Planning and funding documents, c. 1993-94 (File 8) - Box 23
Heart Research Institute News, 1987-95 (with gaps) (File 9) - Box 23

Series 14. Scout Association of Australia, 1971-76

Hohnen was International Commissioner of the Scout Association of Australia in 1972-76, and deputy chairman, then chairman of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organisation of Scouting in 1974-78. The series mainly contains correspondence received and carbon copies of letters sent by Hohnen in his capacity as International Commissioner.

Correspondence, July 1971-April 1972 (File 1) - Box 23
Correspondence, Aug 1972-Dec 1976 (File 2) - Box 23
Correspondence, July 1973-May 1976 [lever-arch file] (File 3) - Box 1
Outgoing correspondence, May-Aug 1976 (File 4) - Box 23

Series 15. Australia Council, 1975-95

Hohnen was a member of the Australia Council in 1975-77 and first Chairman of the Community Arts Committee, 1975-77. The series includes reports and correspondence on the role and structure of the Council and its committees.

Correspondence, 1975-76, 1983, 1995 (File 1) - Box 23
Strengthening Operations [report by McKinley Co.], 1976; correspondence and notes, 1975 (File 2) - Box 24

Series 16. Theatre and the Arts, 1971-95

Ross Hohnen was Chairman of the Canberra Theatre Trust, 1971-77 and Deputy Chairman, 1968-70. The series contains files maintained by Hohnen while Chairman of the Trust.

Canberra Theatre Trust, 1971-75, 1995 (lever-arch file) (File 1) - Box 11
Australia 75 [Festival of Creative Arts and Sciences, Canberra, March 1975]: minutes of Board of Governors and subcommittees, 1973-75 (File 2) - Box 11

Series 17. Crafts Council of Australia, 1980-81

Hohnen was Chairman of the Planning and Restoration Committee of the Crafts Council Gallery at the Rocks in Sydney from 1979 until 1981.

Correspondence and reports on the Former Mariners Church (The Rocks, Sydney), the Rawson Institute (George St, Sydney), and on funding, 1980-81 (File 1) - Box 24

Series 18. The making of the Australian National University, 1946-96, 1944-95

Ross Hohnen, after retirement, pressed for the writing of the history of the first fifty years of the ANU. Funds were made available at a meeting of the ANU Finance and Planning Committee and a committee was set up to call for nominations for the research and writing of the history and appoint the authors. The history was written by S.G. Foster and Margaret M. Varghese and published by Allen and Unwin in 1996.

Ross Hohnen had no direct involvement with the history, but was sent drafts for comment. The documents in this series are selective and unsorted.

Draft of Chapters 1-9 (spiral-bound) (File 1) - Box 24
First draft of Chapters 10-11 and 15-16, 1995 (File 2) - Box 24
Correspondence with Stephen Foster, Margaret Varghese and others, 1990-94, including notes on the Fellowship in the Creative Arts (File 3) - Box 24
Notes and correspondence with Stephen Foster and Margaret Varghese, 1995-96. Notes and correspondence on the ANU Art Collection and donation by Ken Myer, 1992, 1996 (File 4) - Box 24
ANU Conference between the Interim Council and the Academic Advisory Committee, Easter 1948: meeting papers (File 5) - Box 24
ANU Conference with the Academic Advisory Committee, Easter 1948: meeting papers (File 6) - Box 25
Early Scholarship Scheme 1948-50: corrrespondence, notes and data on graduates, 1993-94 (2 folders) (File 7-8) - Box 25
Committee on Structure and Organisation of Administration 1967/8: Working File Part 1, 1967-68 (File 9) - Box 25
Committee on Structure and Organisation of Administration 1967/8: Working File Part 2, 1964-74 (File 10) - Box 25
Arts Centre Architectural Brief, 1971; letter from Philip Selth, ANU Pro-Vice-Chancellor, 1993 (File 11) - Box 25
ANU Site Planning, Proposed Research Park: photocopies of documents 1949-52, correspondence, 1994 (File 12) - Box 25
Canberra School of Music, 1969-77 (Hohnen was council member) (File 13) - Box 25
'Nugget' Coombs and North Australia Research Unit: correspondence, 1992-93 (principally about purchase of a head of H.C. Coombs sculpted by Lawrence Beck) (File 14) - Box 26
Professor Mark Oliphant: original and photocopied documents, 1949-50, 1991 (File 15) - Box 26
Notes and correspondence about Sir Howard Florey, 1992 (File 16) - Box 26
Eugene Kamenka: "Australia made me ... but which Australia is mine?" (Sir John Curtin Memorial Lecture), 1993. Siding Spring Observatory 30th Anniversary, 1994. History of ANU attitudes to privacy of students and staff: notes, 1992 (File 17) - Box 26
Exchanges with Moscow State University, 1964-70, 1993 (File 18) - Box 26
Furniture design of historical significance: correspondence and research material, 1994-95 (File 19) - Box 26
Notes and correspondence with T.M. (Tom) Owen on the relationship between ANU and the Canberra University College, 1993-94; also on Professor Manning Clark, 1990, 1997, and on Professor Herbert (Joe) Burton, 1990 (File 20) - Box 26
Buildings: notes by Tom Owen, 1995. Australian Dictionary of Biography: correspondence, 1991. Sir Douglas Copland : correspondence, 1949-53; letter to Jane Dargaville, 1994 (File 21) - Box 26
General: ANU Act, 1946; Hansard debates, Second Reading of ANU Bill, 1946; ANU Bill, 1960; notes: 'ANU's considerations about widening its ambit to include education and training other than for research degrees,' 1992; notes about Brassey House (File 22) - Box 27
Research Material: 'Notes from a life in the dark,' Olin Eggen, 1993; Canberra University College Association, 1960; 'L.G. Melville - Distinguished Fellow', R.H. Scott, 1992; Edith and Joy London Foundation, 1993; Staff Housing Approval, 1950, 1962; Registrar's Report to Council on Overseas Visit, 1955; Anglo-Australian Telescope, 1989; Conlon and Coombs biographies, n.d.'Student unrest 1968', c. 1995; C.S. Daley memorandum on founding of a university, 1944 (File 23) - Box 27
Professor Noel Dunbar: papers on the development of the Institute of Advanced Studies, 1962-76 (File 24) - Box 27
Professor David Craig: papers relating to the founding of the Research School of Chemistry, 1963-67 [given to Ross Hohnen c. 1996] (File 25) - Box 27
Papers relating to the 25th anniversary of the Research School of Chemistry, 1991-92; including 'Parker metal extraction and purification. Hydrometallurgy. An Australian object lesson in the difficulties of exploiting genuine scientific novelty in industrial processes,' by Arthur J. Birch, 1991 (File 26) - Box 27

Class Acc03.149. Consignment added 2003

Comprises files of early correspondence, including papers relating to Hohnen's recruitment by the ANU in 1948, and other papers documenting Hohnen's interests and activities right up to the time of his death.

Contained in 4 boxes and 1 carton.


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