Guide to the Papers of Sir Samuel Owen Jones

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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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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.

"Stisec report" - report, letter, copies of replies, 1924 (File 2) - Box 1

Correspondence with politicians, 1964, 1967, 1972-1974 (File 3) - Box 1

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.

[P.M.G.] - Specification for the supply and delivery of a radio telephone broadcasting transmitter for the national broadcasting service. Roneod, 18 p. (File 5) - Box 1

Correspondence with politicians re government consultative bodies, 1969-1974 (File 6) - Box 1

Secondary Industries Commission - correspondence, memos, reports, 1939-1944 (File 6) - Box 1

Press cuttings, 1966-1972 (File 7-9) - Box 1

Included are serials containing references to Jones.

ANZAAS Congress, Adelaide - speeches, typed and printed, 1969 (File 10) - Box 2

ITT New York - P.M.'s letter re capital inflow and correspondence, 1965 (File 11) - Box 2

Manpower - letter; Form requesting permission to change employment, 1942, 1945 (File 11) - Box 2

IREE correspondence, 1957-1974 (File 11) - Box 2

(Institute of Radio and Electronic Engineers)

Bundle of invitations, letters, authorities re coronation, etc. (File 11) - Box 2

Drafts of paper entitled "Development of the telecommunications manufacturing industry in Australia since, 1870", 1972 (File 12) - Box 2

Sydney-Melbourne Coaxial Cable System - printed material, 1959; invitation to, and programme for opening, 1962. (File 13) - Box 2

Adelaide-Perth Programme Channel - technical data, graphs and statistics, c. 1932 (File 14) - Box 2

Ministry of Munitions - correspondence, memos and reports, 1944-1946 (File 15) - Box 2

Speeches, mostly dated, 1945-1973 (File 1-8) - Box 3


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