Guide to the Papers of Maxwell Ralph Jacobs

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MS 6336

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Collection Summary

Creator
M. R. Jacobs
Title
Papers of Maxwell Ralph Jacobs
Date Range
1929-1979
Collection Number
MS 6336
Extent
5.5 metres (36 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
NLA

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn979451).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Maxwell Ralph Jacobs, National Library of Australia, MS 6336, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The papers were presented to the National Library in 1980.

Biographical Note

Dr Maxwell Ralph Jacobs was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1905. He took up an appointment as a forest assessor in the Federal Capital Territory in 1926, after receiving his earlier education in South Australia. He received the Lowry Scholarship to study forest soils and was one of the first postgraduate students at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute in the University of Adelaide. In 1928 Jacobs became chief forester of the Federal Capital Territory and in 1929 received a Commonwealth Scholarship in forest management which enabled him to undertake post-graduate studies at the Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford, and the Forestry School at Tharandt in Saxony.

In 1941-44 Jacobs served with the Royal Australian Engineers in the Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea. In December 1944 he was appointed principal lecturer in silviculture of the Australian Forestry School, holding his post till 1959 when he became Acting Director General and later Director-General.

One of his research projects was the growth stresses found in growing trees. A pioneer in his field he produced several papers published by the Forestry Bureau on the subject. Another field of research was on the effect of wind sway on trees. In 1955 much of his work was consolidated in a book, The growth habit of the Eucalyptus. During his service as Director General Dr Jacobs collaborated with State heads of forest services and Commonwealth and State Ministers in the formation of the Australian Forestry Council. After retirement in 1970 from the Public Service, Dr Jacobs became a consultant to several organisations, including the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nation. He died in Canberra in 1976.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Correspondence, 1929-69

Some of the correspondence files in this series include notes, memos and articles.

Empire Forestry Association, 1929-34 (File 1_2) - Box 1

W.F. Blakely (Botanic Gardens), Sydney, 1933-34 (File 3) - Box 1

Russell Grimwade Prize winner 1935, 1938 and 1970, including correspondence with Murray Pain (File 4) - Box 1

Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, 1945-52; Australian National Research Council (File 5) - Box 1

Professional Officers' Association, 1950-59 (File 6) - Box 1

Professor H.C. Forster of the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship, 1959 (File 7) - Box 1

Submission to Minister concerning Association of the Forestry School with the University, 1960-61 (File 8) - Box 1

J.H. Chinner, 1961-62 (File 9) - Box 1

W.S. Kelly, 1963-64 (File 10) - Box 2

S.L. Kessel, 1959-64 (File 11) - Box 2

C.E. Lane-Poole, 1945-59 (File 12_13) - Box 2

Professor R.N. Robertson, 1968-69 (File 14) - Box 2

Professor I.J.H. Teakle, 1955-56 (File 15) - Box 2

J.L.J. Wilson (editor of Current Affairs Bulletin), 1952 (File 16) - Box 2

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1928-70 (File 17_19) - Box 2

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1928-70 (File 20) - Box 3

Copies of letters sent 1956-57 (File 21) - Box 3

Series 2. Writings, 1939-1971

Jacobs wrote extensively on silviculture and eucalyptus. This series contains typescripts of the following articles:

The vegetative reproduction of forest trees: experiment with cuttings of Pinus radiata don (1939) (File 1) - Box 3

A study of the effect of sway on trees (1939) (File 2) - Box 3

The growth stresses of woody stem (1945) (File 3) - Box 3

Growth habits of the eucalyptus (1955) (File 4_5) - Box 3

Eucalyptus as an exotic. (n.d.) (File 6) - Box 3

Federal-Provincial Forestry problems with special reference to the Commonwealth of Australia (1968) (File 7) - Box 3

Miscellaneous articles, (unpublished) (File 8_10) - Box 4

Series 3. Diaries and notebooks, 1961-70

Desk diaries, 1963-70 (File 1) - Box 4

Diary kept at a conference in East Africa, 1962 (File 2) - Box 4

Notebook kept at World Forest Congress, Seattle 1960

Miscellaneous notes (File 3_4) - Box 4

Series 4. Typescripts and notes for lectures on Silviculture, 1945-62

Jacobs was appointed Principal and Lecturer in silviculture at the Australian Forestry School in 1944. He held this post until 1959, when he became acting Director-General and later Director-General of the Forestry and Timber Bureau. This series contains typescripts and notes of his lectures.

Subseries [unnumbered]. Lectures on Silviculture I, 1945-56

Presentation and growth correction lecture (File 1) - Box 5
Presentation of course, 1945 (Item 1)
Growth correction (Item 2)
Cell division factors lecture (File 2) - Box 5
Factors affecting cell divisions (Item 3)
Cell division lectures (File 3_4) - Box 5
Cell division (Item 4)
Bud development lecture (File 5) - Box 5
Control of development of buds (Item 5)
Leaf and branch arrangement lecture (File 6) - Box 5
Leave and branch arrangement (Item 6)
Water relationship lecture (File 7) - Box 5
Water relationship (Item 7)
Temperature lecture (File 8) - Box 5
Temperature (Item 8)
Light and growth lecture (File 9) - Box 5
Light and growth (Item 9)
Physical and mechanical lectures (Item 10)
Growth stresses lecture (File 10) - Box 6
Growth stresses (Item 11)
Chemical factors lecture (File 11) - Box 6
Chemical factors (Item 12)
Minor elements lecture (File 12) - Box 6
Minor elements (Item 13)
Growth hormones (Item 14)
Food reservation lecture (File 13) - Box 6
Reserve food (Item 15)
Chemical components and translocation lectures (File 14) - Box 6
Chemical components (Item 16)
Translocation (Item 17)
Meteorological factors lectures (File 15) - Box 6
Meteorological factors (Item 18)
Stem defects (Item 19)
Longevity (Item 20)
Crown, leaves and stems lectures (File 16) - Box 6
Crown, leaves etc (Item 21)
Stems (Item 22)
Root lecture (File 17) - Box 6
Roots (Item 23)
Flowers and fruit, soil lectures (File 18) - Box 6
Flowers and fruit, soil (Item 24)
Bark lecture (File 19) - Box 6
Bark (Item 24)

Subseries [unnumbered]. Lectures on Silviculture II, 1957-62

Silviculture II (File 20_26) - Box 7
Miscellaneous typescripts and notes on silviculture, 1939-62 (File 27_72) - Box 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Synopsis on lectures, 1962 (File 73) - Box 13
Examination papers on Foundations of Silviculture, 1945-61 (File 74) - Box 13
Progress copy, 1956 (File 75) - Box 13
Foundation of Silviculture: working copy (File 76) - Box 13
Silviculture, staff conference, 1961 (File 77) - Box 13
Leaflets on Pinus Radiata (File 78) - Box 13

Series 5. Research files, mostly relating to Silviculture, 1936-61

This series consists of 54 files of research papers relating mostly to Silviculture. A more detailed list is included in Folder 1 of Series 5

Sample plots 159 and 160; Shade test and Bole area (File 1) - Box 14

Sample plot 159: Cypress pine (Item 1)
Sample plot 160: Cypress pine (Item 2)
Shade test (Item 3)
Bole area (Item 4)

Slash test, bark conduction board and Bulls’ Head wind gauge (File 2) - Box 14

Slash test (Item 5)
Board for bark conduction, 1957 (Item 6)
Wind gauge, Bulls' Head (Item 7)

Study of stand development research (File 3) - Box 14

Study of stand development (Item 8)

Plant growth research (File 4_5) - Box 14

Plant growth (Item 9)

Tables - units of measure (File 6) - Box 14

Tables- units of measure (Item 10)

Eucalyptus plant house research (File 7_8) - Box 14

Development of a Eucalyptus plant house (Item 11)

Silviculture research (File 9) - Box 14

Silviculture (Item 11a)

Silviculture research (File 10) - Box 15

Silviculture (Item 11b)

Silviculture research (File 11_12) - Box 15

Silviculture (Item 11c)

Rate of growth research (File 13_14) - Box 15

Rate of growth (Item 12)

Radiation study (File 15_16) - Box 15

Radiation study (Item 13)

Sowing of Pinus Radiata and Eucalypt species (File 17) - Box 15

Sowing of Pinus Radiata (Item 14)
Sowing of Eucalypt species (Item 15)

Thinning plots and strip felling (File 18) - Box 15

Thinning plots (Item 16a)
Strip felling (Item 16b,16c)

Thinning plots research (File 19_21) - Box 16

A.F.S. Thinning plots in Uriarra (Item 17)

Mt Burr regeneration system and root growth stimulant research; general notes on cuttings (File 22) - Box 16

Mt Burr, S.A. regeneration system, 1939 (Item 18)
Use of Indole-Butyric acid as root growth stimulant agent (Item 19)
General notes on cuttings (Item 20)

Mt Burr research station and reports (File 23) - Box 16

Mt Burr, research station, 1939 (Item 21)
Mt Burr, reports and papers, 1938-40 (Item 22a)

Mt Burr reports (File 24) - Box 16

Mt Burr, reports and papers, 1938-40 (Item 22b,c)

Mt Burr inspection report (File 25) - Box 16

Mt Burr, inspection report (Item 22d)

Mt Burr research (File 26) - Box 16

Mt Burr (Item 22e)

Badgery's Creek research reports (File 27) - Box 17

Badgery's Creek reports 1940 (Item 23a)

Badgery's Creek research reports (File 28) - Box 17

Badgery's Creek reports (Item 23b)

Badgery's Creek research notes (File 29) - Box 17

Badgery's Creek field notes (Item 23c, 23d, 23e)

Badgery's Creek research notes (File 30) - Box 17

Badgery's Creek field notes (Item 23f)
Badgery's creek letters, 1940-42 (Item 23g)

Paddy's River nursery and cutting work (File 31) - Box 17

Paddys River nursery, 1941-42 (Item 24a)
Cutting work (Item 24b)

Sydney University correspondence and RSA Meeting (File 32) - Box 17

Sydney University correspondence, 1939 (Item 25)
Royal Society of Australia meeting, 1938 (Item 26)

General notes and A.F.S. yearly experimental indexes (File 33) - Box 17

General notes, 1936 (Item 27)
A.F.S. yearly experimental index, 1937, 1938 (Item 28, 28a)

A.F.S. yearly experimental indexes (File 34) - Box 17

A.F.S. yearly experimental index, 1939-41 (Item 28b, 28c, 28d)

Softwood planting; aerial surveying and notes on visit to Bagot's private gardens (File 35) - Box 17

Softwood planting (Item 29)
Aerial surveying, 1939 (Item 30)
Notes on private visit - Bagot's private gardens, Aldgate, S.A (Item 31)

Silviculture research notes (File 36_37) - Box 17

Silviculture notes (12 parts) (Item 32)

Thermostasy test and thinning research notes (File 38) - Box 18

Thermostasy test, 1956 (Item 33)
Thinning notes (Item 34)

Eucalyptus from seed (File 39) - Box 18

Eucalyptus from seed (students notes) (Item 35)
Mt Burr pulping proposals yield records and notes (Item 39a)
Mt Burr pulping proposals yield records and notes (Item 36)

Thermostasy tests, 1960-61 (File 40) - Box 18

Thermostasy tests, 1960-61 (Item 37)

Thermostasy tests, 1951 1961 (File 41) - Box 18

Thermostasy tests, 1951 and 1961 (Item 37a)

Thermostasy tests, 1956 1961 (File 42_43) - Box 18

Thermostasy tests, 1956 and 1961 (Item 37b, 37c)

Thermostasy bark tests (File 44) - Box 18

Thermostasy tests: bark (Item 37d)

Wind studies (File 45) - Box 18

Wind studies (Item 38)

Penola thinning plot research and students exercise (File 46) - Box 18

Penola thinning plots, students exercise, 1953 (Item 39)

Hastings permanent plot measurements; Lady Bay graphs, an unreceived file and Mt Stromlo thinning plot (File 47) - Box 19

Hastings: permanent plot measurements (Item 40)
Lady Bay (graphs) (Item 40a)
File not received (Item 41)
Thinning plot Mt Stromlo (Item 42)

Test of "Craibs", 1950 (File 48) - Box 19

Test of "Craibs",1950 (Item 43)

Pinus Radiata graphs (File 49) - Box 19

Pinus Radiata (graphs) (Item 44)

Solar radiation observations (File 50) - Box 19

Solar radiation observations (Item 45)

Lee's Creek Eucalypt regeneration study and Pinus Radiata morphology research (File 51) - Box 19

Lee's Creek Eucalypt regeneration study, 1952 (Item 46)
Morphology in Pinus Radiata (Item 47)

Crown structure of exotic Pinus (File 52_53) - Box 19

Analysis of Crown structure of exotic Pinus (Item 48)

Occurance and control of spiral grain in Pinus Radiata (File 54) - Box 19

The occurrence and control of spiral grain in Pinus Radiata (Item 49)

Lee's Creek slash study (File 55) - Box 19

Slash study at Lee's Creek, 1959 (Item 50)

Measts (File 56) - Box 20

EP 81 measts (Item 51)

Inspector General's report (File 57) - Box 20

Inspector General's report, 1942-44 (Item 52)

Photographs of Eucalypts (File 58) - Box 20

Photographs of Eucalypts (Item 53)

Eucalypt species (File 59_63) - Box 20

Eucalyptus species (52 leaves of photographs) (Item 54)

Series 6. German and French research material, 1930-32

Jacobs received a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1929 to undertake postgraduate studies at Oxford, and at Tharandt, Saxony. He received a Diploma of Forestry from the Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford and a Doctorate in Forest Science from the Forestry School in Tharandt. This series consists of German and French scientific papers, some of which have been translated into English.

English translation of published German publications (File 1_5) - Box 21

Notes in German language, 1930-32 and German scientific publications (10) (File 6_7) - Box 21

Notes, graphs and weather maps, in French, relating to French forests (File 8) - Box 21

Four aerial photographs (File 8) - Box 21

Series 7. Overseas visits, 1958-68

In 1958 Jacobs was invited to help establish eucalyptus plantations in South America by the Argentinian Government under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. He visited South Africa before returning to Australia in 1959. This series consists of papers relating to these overseas visits.

Correspondence concerning Jacobs visit to Argentina, 1958-59 (File 1_3) - Box 22

Correspondence mostly with the Department of External Affairs concerning travel arrangements and expenses, 1960-68 (File 4_6) - Box 22

Series 8. Speeches and Addresses, 1955-76

Talks given to members of the Rotary Club, 1955-76 (File 1_2) - Box 32

Speeches and addresses given at various functions, 1953-76 (File 3_4) - Box 32

Speeches and addresses, undated (File 5_6) - Box 32

Series 9. Meetings and Conferences, 1946-79

Jacobs was a member of the Board of Higher Forestry Education (1945-49), Chairman of the Consultative Committee, Parks and Gardens (1946-49), Chairman of the Australian Forestry Council (1964) and Chairman of the Timber Industries Committee of the Standard Association of Australia (1966-70). He was also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences. This series consists of minutes of meetings, related correspondence, notes and typescripts concerning various meetings and conferences he attended.

Consultative Committee of Parks and Gardens; Minutes of meetings and related correspondence, 1946-50 (File 1_4) - Box 24

Board of Higher Forestry Education; Minutes of meetings and some correspondence, 1945-60 (File 5_14) - Box 24, 25

Formation of the Australian Forestry Council, 1963; Minutes of meetings and ministerial correspondence (File 15_16) - Box 25

Second World Eucalyptus Conference, Brazil, 1961; Notes and drafts of speeches delivered at the Conference (File 17) - Box 26

New Zealand-Australian Free Trade Agreement Consultative committee meeting, 1967-68 (File 18_19) - Box 26

Sirex Conference, 1962-69; Minutes of meetings and papers, concerning Sirex Wasp campaign (File 20) - Box 26

Department of National Development, Heads of Division Meetings, Forest and Timber Bureau 1968-70 (File 21) - Box 26

Notes for meetings and speeches delivered by Jacobs (File 21) - Box 26

Papers prepared and delivered by Dr Jacobs at the Forest Development Conference, Wellington, 1969 (File 22) - Box 26

Local Industry Promotion Organisation Conferences, 1972-1975; Minutes of meetings, recommendations, reports, memoranda and correspondence (File 23_29) - Box 27

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences 1976-79; Minutes of meetings, annual reports and printed material (File 30_32) - Box 27, 28

Papers delivered at the 39th Congress of A.N.Z.A.A.S, Melbourne 1967-69 (File 33_35) - Box 28

Rural Fire Conference, Canberra, 1969; Conference papers and agenda items (File 36) - Box 28

Australian Timber Producing Council, 1973-74; Reports and memos to the Council (File 37) - Box 28

Miscellaneous conferences and meetings attended by Jacobs and where he was a guest speaker (File 38) - Box 28

Series 10. Photographs slides and films

Personal photos from staff and students of the Australian Forestry School (File 1) - Box 29

Photographs of plantations trees and specimens (File 2_9) - Box 29, 30

Slides, (Africa, Argentina, Brazil) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31

Slides (Hong Kong, Alaska and Canada, Thailand and New Zealand) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 32

Slides, (Tasmania, ACT, Qld, WA, SA, VIC, Cyprus pine) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33

Glass slides, transparencies and rolls of films (File [unnumbered]) - Box 34, 35

Series 11. Publications

Mostly reprints of forestry publications containing articles by Jacobs (File 1_3) - Box 36

Series 12. Miscellaneous

Report of the Ombudsman 1964 (File 1) - Box 36

Drafts concerning Bihar and Bastar Forest projects (India), 1974 (File 2) - Box 36

Articles and writings by others (File 3) - Box 36

State Softwood Plantation Loan Bill, 1967 (File 4) - Box 36

Miscellaneous charts and weather maps (File 5) - Box 36

Envelope with specimens (leaves, bark and blossoms from W.A.) (File 5) - Box 36

Personal telephone directory (File 5) - Box 36


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