Guide to the Papers of Sir Colin Syme

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MS 6498

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 1988

Collection Summary

Creator
Sir Colin Syme
Title
Papers of Sir Colin Syme
Date Range
1946-1985
Collection Number
MS 6498
Extent
3.45 metres (23 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Comprises diaries and papers. The diaries were kept on overseas trips between 1946-1984. Countries visited included the United States, United Kingdom, France, Brazil, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Syme was usually accompanied by Lady Syme and sometimes by directors and managers of BHP, such as L. Gordon Darling and Geoffrey Heeley. Most volumes have indexes of people met and places visited.

In addition, there are files of correspondence, minutes and papers relating to many of the organisations with which Syme was associated. They include BHP, the Australian Science and Technology Council (ASTEC), Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd, Order of Australia Association, Private Investment Company for Asia (PICA), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Committee of Inquiry into Health Services in Victoria, 1973-1983, and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (23 boxes).

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2604378) for the access conditions.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Sir Colin Syme, National Library of Australia, MS 6498, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Biographical Note

Solicitor and company director. Colin York Syme was director of BHP Co. Ltd from 1937 until 1971, chairman of directors, BHP Co. Ltd, 1952-1971, director of Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd, 1962-1975, and president of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research from 1961-1978. Syme died at Howqua, Victoria in 1986.

Item Descriptions

Travel diaries, 1946, 1954-1984 (File) - Box 1-6

Appointment diaries, 1950-1978 (File) - Box 7

(Typed copies)

Advisory Committee for Science and Technology, 1972-1973 (File) - Box 8

(1 file)

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1966 (File) - Box 8

(1 file)

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1966 (File) - Box 8

(1 file)

Australian Academy of Science, 1977-1980 (File) - Box 8

(1 file)

Australian Conservation Foundation, 1970 (File) - Box 8

(1 file)

Australian Industry Development Corporation, 1971-1985 (File) - Box 9-10

(12 files)

Australian Science and Technology Council, 1975-1978 (File) - Box 11

(9 files)

Biographical/personal, including income tax summaries, 1926-1978 (File) - Box 12

(3 files)

BHP, including reports of overseas visits by J.D. Norgard (1954) and B.C. Rowe (1963), 1951-1967 (File) - Box 12

(3 files)

Central Bank Governors, 1968 (File) - Box 12

(1 file)

Cook Society, 1968-1985 (File) - Box 12

(1 file)

CSIRO, 1975-1978 (File) - Box 12

(1 file)

Earthwatch, 1979-1982 (File) - Box 12

(1 file)

Florey Institute, 1972-1982 (File) - Box 12

(1 file)

Goldsbrough Mort, 1960-1962 (File) - Box 13

(5 files)

Imperial Chemical Industries, 1953-1972 (File) - Box 13

(1 file)

Itineraries, 1978-1984 (File) - Box 13

(1 file)

Order of Australia Association, 1977-1985 (File) - Box 14

(8 files)

Pacific Industrial Conference, 1967-1968 (File) - Box 14

(1 file)

Private Investment Company for Asia (PICA), 1968-1984 (File) - Box 15-16

(9 files)

Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1977-1981 (File) - Box 15-16

(2 files)

Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Trust, 1979 (File) - Box 15-16

(1 file)

Stanford Research Institute : Pacific Industrial Conference, 1966 (File) - Box 15-16

(1 file)

Victoria. Committee of Inquiry into Health Services, 1973-1983 (File) - Box 17-18

(10 files)

Walters and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1964-1985 (File) - Box 19-23

(20 files)


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