Guide to the Papers of Sir Samuel Owen Jones
MS 4786
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: January 1989
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Sir Samuel Owen Jones
- Title
- Papers of Sir Samuel Owen Jones
- Date Range
- 1921-1974
- Collection Number
- MS 4786
- Extent
- 0.99 metres (3 archive boxes + 1 medium 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-vn2650608) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Samuel Owen Jones, National Library of Australia, MS 4786, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.
Item Descriptions
"Personal history" - papers, 1921-1944 (File 1) - Box 1
Consisting of copies of letters, extracts from the Commonwealth Gazette, exam papers, duty statements, seniority lists, appeal and promotion papers and relating to Sir Samuel's years as an engineer in the PMG.
"Secret reports" - reports, memos, 1940-1945 (File 2) - Box 1
Copies of reports and memos by both Jones and W.E. Osborne on the work of the Radio and Signals Supplies Section of the Ministry of Munitions.
Army correspondence, 1940-1974 (File 4) - Box 1
Relates largely to Jones' association with the Signals Officers group.
Macquarie University Council minutes, 26/9/1974 (File 5) - Box 1
Contains reference to Jones' resignation.