Guide to the Papers of A. R. Penfold
MS 4515
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- A. R. Penfold
- Title
- Papers of A. R. Penfold
- Date Range
- 1911-1969
- Collection Number
- MS 4515
- Extent
- 1.86 metres (7 archive boxes + 1 large folio box)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1832801) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 A. R. Penfold, National Library of Australia, MS 4515, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.
Item Descriptions
Series. Papers relating to A.R. Penfold's visit to China in 1956
Correspondence (File 1-2)
Letters and postcards from A.R. Penfold in China to his wife, Eunice Penfold.
Other correspondents include C.P. Fitzgerald, T.S. Skilman, Dulcie Penfold, F.V. Wells, Wallace C. Wurth, A.D. Linsday, and the Chinese People's Association for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.
Three notebooks (File 3)
Containing descriptions of A.R. Penfold's visit to China, and the people he met and the places he visited.
Typescript articles and notes (File 4-5)
"A brief description of Peking University".
Bulletin of Australia - China Society N.S.W. Branch.
Burhop,E.H.S. Physics in modern China.
Dover, Cedric Museums in China.
Penfold, A.R. Report on his observations and experiences as a member of the Chinese delegation to the Public Service Board.
Series. Papers relating to A.R. Penfold's work as Director of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, and as Technical Secretary of the Plastics Institute of Australia and his research into the chemistry of Australian essential oils
Correspondence (File 7-15)
Correspondents include Griffith Bros., Ferrodor Paint Co. Pty. Ltd., William Adam & Co. Ltd., W.R. Littlejohn and other members of the Plastics Institute of Australia; R.H. Hamblin of the Perfumery and Essential Oil Record; J.L. Willis, Director of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences; Dr Ernest Guenther of Fitzhe Bros. New York, Dr Y. Rene Naves, L. Givaudan & Co. Geneva; T.L. Birrell, Plastics Institute Lond., J. Clunie Ross, I.V. Wells and members of the Oil and Colour Chemists Association.
Typescript and roneoed notes (File 16-17)
"Planting Oil Trees"
John Shorter, "From drainpipes to Fine Art" Notes and minutes of the 50th Annual meeting of the University of New South Wales Chemical Society. Statement for the Honourable C.B. Cutler
"Proposed new building to house the museum of applied arts and sciences".
A.R. Penfold: Brief Report of a UNESCO Intergovernment Conference on the protection of cultural property in the event of an armed conflict. The Hague, 1954.
Publications (File)
Articles by A.R. Penfold and others from the following journals relating to oils, plastics, and other synthetic fibres.
Australian Plastics and Allied Trades Review.
Royal Australian Chemical Institute: Proceedings.
Oil and Colour Chemists Association. Annual Reports.
Museum of Technology and Applied Science Bulletin.
Royal Society of N.S.W. Journal and Proceedings.
Australian Journal of Chemistry.
Plastics News.
Australian Academy of Science,Records.
Perfumery and Essential Oil Record.
Oil and Colour Chemists Association: Proceedings and News.
Pamphlets of the Museum of Technology and Applied Science.
Series. Miscellaneous material
William Ricketts (File 18)
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and pamphlets relating to the William Ricketts Sanctuary, Mt Dandenong Victoria.