Guide to the Papers of A. W. G. Whittle

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Collection Summary

Creator
A. W. G. Whittle
Title
Papers of A. W. G. Whittle
Date Range
1920-1994
Collection Number
MS 7425
Extent
3.5 metres (25 boxes, 1 folio item)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Papers including personal and family papers, records of A.W.G. Whittle and Associates (consulting mineralogists), correspondence, work diaries, geological photographs and transparencies, lecture notes and published material.

The personal papers include qualifications, photographs, medical and financial records, and correspondence.

The papers of A.W.G. Whittle and Associates, consulting mineralogists, 1970-82, include financial records and correspondence with clients such as North Broken Hill, Poseidon, Amoco Minerals, Samantha Mines and Samin.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2249959).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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. W. G. Whittle, National Library of Australia, MS 7425, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Separated Materials

This collection, received in 1986, originally included MS 8856, the papers of Nancy Robinson Whittle Flannery, which were separated in September 1995. Two small additions (Boxes 24-25) received in 1995 and 2000 have been incorporated into the existing series.

Biographical Note

Mineralogist and economic geologist. Chief Petrologist-Mineralogist in the South Australian Department of Mines, 1945-61, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economic Geology at the University of Adelaide from 1961 to 1968. Consulting mineralogist from 1970-82.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Personal and family papers 1920-95

School reports and certificates, university degree certificates, 1933-1948, 1968 (File 1) - Box 1

Professional background and life: references, C.V., trade brochure of Australian Mineral Development Laboratory (AMDEL) and letter from Professor Douglas Mawson, 1947-88 (File 2) - Box 1

Letters by Alick Whittle from Europe and America to his parents, 1956, with references to his forensic and atomic energy research; diplomatic passport; photographs of Heidelberg; shipboard photos of Alick and Joan Whittle; second marriage certificate, 1979; Alick's death certificate, 1987 (File 3) - Box 1

Index of 35 coloured prints, 1972-87 (File 4) - Box 1

Family photos and personal papers; includes slides, medical documents, certificates and Joan's death notices, 1944-78 (File 5) - Box 1

Miscellaneous: Commemoration programme, University of Adelaide, 1945; Ramdohr Medal, 1970; Heidelberg Symposium on Ore Genesis agenda, 1985; newspaper cuttings, 1983, and correspondence (File 6) - Box 1

Miscellaneous: diaries; bankbooks; photographs; mining rights; Australian Mineral Foundation (AMF) syllabus, 1955-81 (File 7) - Box 1

Financial documents, 1970 (File 8) - Box 2

Financial documents, 1974-77 (File 9) - Box 2

Financial documents, 1978-81 (File 10) - Box 2

Miscellaneous personal papers; correspondence, photos, birth, death certificates, C.V. and applications (File 11) - Box 24

Yachts and yachting: North Haven Marina, sale of vessels, registration, insurance, logbook and photographs (File 12) - Box 24

Medical records, 1956-87 (i) (File 13) - Box 24

Medical records, 1956-87 (ii) (File 14) - Box 24

'Take Heart' - Journal kept by Nancy Whittle on Alick Whittle's rehabilitation (This journal was to have been the basis for a book) (File 15) - Box 24

Miscellaneous papers on Alick Whittle's health recovery (File 16) - Box 24

Sympathy and condolence cards to Nancy Whittle on Alick Whittle's death, 1987 (File 17) - Box 24

Miscellaneous material mostly relating to Alick Whittle's death, including a cassette of the funeral service (File 18) - Box 24

Miscellaneous material including correspondence and printed material, 1979-95 (File 19) - Box 24, 25

Medical and optical records coloured photograph of A.W.G. Whittle, 1978 (File 20) - Box 25

Series 2. Financial records of A.W.G.Whittle Associates, 1969-94

Setting up of business partnership and trust, 1969-70 (File 1) - Box 2

Work analysis for four companies, 1970-75: (File 2) - Box 2

1. North BH, North Mine.

2. North Broken Hill, Exploration Division.

Work analysis for four companies, 1970-75: (File 3) - Box 2

3. Newmont Pty. Ltd.

4. McPhar Geophysics Pty. Ltd.

Inventory of equipment for laboratory and library, and disposal of both, 1974-84 (File 4) - Box 2

Financial summaries for taxation returns: including depreciation schedules showing makes and models of scientific equipment used in the consultancy, 1970-82 (i) (File 5) - Box 2

Financial summaries for taxation returns: including depreciation schedules showing makes and models of scientific equipment used in the consultancy, 1970-82 (ii) (File 6) - Box 2

Insurance papers; correspondence, brochures and policies, 1970-83 (File 7) - Box 2

Monthly time sheets; showing summary of companies and their report numbers, with dates, 1970-74 (File 8) - Box 2

Monthly time sheets; showing summary of companies and their report numbers with dates, 1975-81 (File 9) - Box 2

Miscellaneous: reports register; client cards; petty cash, 1974-82 (File 10) - Box 3

Miscellaneous: statistics; summaries of accounts; statements; monthly summaries, 1979-82 (File 11) - Box 3

Bound journals and ledgers: showing income, expenditure, petty cash, banking and clients' names, 1970-82 (File 12-16) - Box 3, 4

Banking records, 1970-78 (File 17) - Box 4

Banking records, 1979-83; first series of receipt books, 1970-72 (File 18) - Box 4

Financial papers, 1970-71 (File 19) - Box 4

Financial papers, 1970-71 (File 20) - Box 5

Financial papers, 1971-72 (File 21) - Box 5

Financial papers, 1971-72 (File 22) - Box 5

Financial papers, 1972-73 (File 23) - Box 5

Financial papers, 1972-73 (File 24) - Box 5

Financial papers, 1973-74 (File 25) - Box 5

Financial papers, 1973-74 (File 26) - Box 5

Financial papers, 1973-74 (File 27) - Box 6

Financial papers, 1974 (File 28) - Box 6

Financial papers, 1974 (File 29) - Box 6

Financial papers, 1974 (File 30) - Box 6

Financial papers, 1974-75 (File 31) - Box 6

Financial papers, 1975 (File 32) - Box 6

Financial papers, 1975 (File 33) - Box 6

Financial papers, 1975 (File 34) - Box 7

Financial papers, 1975-76 (File 35) - Box 7

Financial papers, 1975-76 (File 36) - Box 7

Financial papers, 1976 (File 37) - Box 7

Financial papers, 1976 (File 38) - Box 7

Financial papers, 1976-77 (File 39) - Box 7

Financial papers, 1977 (File 40) - Box 7

Financial papers, 1977 (File 41) - Box 8

Financial papers, 1977-78 (File 42) - Box 8

Financial papers, 1977-78 (File 43) - Box 8

Financial papers, 1978 (File 44) - Box 8

Financial papers, 1978-79 (File 45) - Box 8

Financial papers, 1978-79 (File 46) - Box 8

Financial papers, 1979 (File 47) - Box 8

Financial papers, 1979 (File 48) - Box 8

Financial papers, 1979-80 (File 49) - Box 9

Financial papers, 1980-81 (File 50) - Box 9

Financial papers, 1980-81 (File 51) - Box 9

Financial papers, 1980-81 (File 52) - Box 9

Financial papers, 1981-82 (File 53) - Box 9

Financial papers, 1982-83 (File 54) - Box 9

Bank statements, 1967-83 (File 55) - Box 25

Dispersal of specimens and journals, 1981-85 (File 56) - Box 25

Donation (by Nancy Whittle) of meteorites and specimens to the South Australian Museum, 1994 (File 57) - Box 25

Series 3. Correspondence with client companies and universities and work diaries, 1970-82

A series mirroring the breadth of Whittle's work during the last 20 years of his professional life. It reinforces patterns evident in Series 2. It should, however, be noted that Series 1 also reveals summaries (and in some cases, details) of his professional activities and involvement prior to the scan of this series. In some instances, geological maps and charts are attached to the correspondence.

The series is grouped by company name, with each folder in chronological order within its own boundaries. The extant correspondence is only a small proportion of the whole.

Aglis Exploration; Sturt Meadows; Metals Exploration (File 1) - Box 10

Samantha Mines N.L. (Perth), Jul 1975-Sep 1977. (File 2) - Box 10

Samedin of Australia (Canberra-based), 1972-76; Australia-Cities Service Inc. (USA-Australia), 1974-76 (File 3) - Box 10

Samin Ltd, 1973-76 (File 4-6) - Box 10

Samin Ltd., 1977; Warramboo Mining Pty. Ltd. (Perth), 1977 (File 7) - Box 10

Poseidon, 1970-73; Windarra Nickels, 1974-75 (File 8) - Box 10

Amoco Minerals Australia Company, 1972-76; Cobar Mines Pty. Ltd., 1970-71 (File 9) - Box 11

Overseas: Mineracaro Bonaco Ltd., Rio de Janeiro; Cities Services Inc., Kuala Lumpur; Professor Ramdohr, Heidelberg; Amoco Minerals, Fiji; Dupont, U.S.A (File 10) - Box 11

Miscellaneous (companies for whom only one or two letters remain): Amax Exploration (Aust.) Inc., (Kalgoorlie); Chandilla Exploration and Investment, (Perth); Consolidated Gold Fields Aust. Ltd., (Perth); Esso Aust. Ltd., (Queanbeyan, NSW); International Nickel Aust. Ltd., (Olary, SA); Jennings Mining Limited, (Mulgrave, Vic); Layton Associates, (Brisbane); Mines Exploration Pty. Ltd., (Adelaide); Placer Prospecting (Aust.) Ltd., (Perth); Preussag Aust. Prop. Ltd., (Melbourne); Universal Milling Co. Pty. Ltd.; Western Mining Corp Ltd.; Union Minière Development Mining, (Perth) (File 11) - Box 11

Miscellaneous: Australian Consolidated Minerals, (Perth); G. Bell Associates, (Melbourne); Bridge Minerals Pty. Ltd., (Sydney); Carr Boyd Minerals Limited, (Perth); C.R.A. Exploration Pty. Ltd., (Sydney); D. Echow Co. Pty. Ltd., (Kalgoorlie); Endeavour Oil Co. Ltd. (Melbourne); Muller, David, (WA); Noranda Australia Ltd, (Melbourne); Pitt Strong, (WA); Zinc Corporation, (Broken Hill, NSW) (File 12) - Box 11

James Cook University, (Townsville); La Trobe University, (Melbourne); University of Adelaide, (Adelaide); Elder's Trustee Executor Co. Ltd., (Adelaide); AMDEL, (Frewville, SA); University of Missouri-Rolla, (Missouri, USA) (File 13) - Box 11

Work diaries: (File 14-19) - Box 11

1970-76 (A.W.G. Whittle & Associates) showing mostly only times, hours and days worked for each company; however, this resource could be a further lead to the location of specific mineralogical reports

Work diary, 1976 (File 20) - Box 12

Work diary, 1977 (File 21) - Box 12

Work diary, 1978 (File 22) - Box 12

Work diary, 1979 (File 23) - Box 12

Work diary, 1980 (File 24) - Box 12

Work diary, 1981 (File 25) - Box 12

Work diary, 1982 (File 26) - Box 12

Work diary, 1970 (File 27) - Box 12

Work diary, 1972 (File 28) - Box 12

Work diary, 1974 (File 29) - Box 12

Series 4. Lecture material (incomplete), 1961-80

See also the large collection of photomicrographs and other visual material stored with pictorial series within this collection (Series 7); Australian Mineral Foundation (Adelaide), and University of Adelaide (Department of Economic Geology) for specimens, slides, photomicrographs etc., used by Whittle for earlier lectures.

Precis of lecture notes, Australian Mineral Foundation (AMF) inaugural lecture (May 1972), "Mineragraphy in exploration, mining and mineral beneficiation," by A.W.G. Whittle (File 1) - Box 13

"Mineragraphy applied to mineral exploration and mining," D.Groves and A. Whittle, 1976 (File 2) - Box 13

"Porphyry copper deposits", by Professor W. Lacy (with notes by A.W.G. Whittle), 1974-76 (File 3) - Box 13

Notes for lecture - Petrofaone analysis, n.d (File 4) - Box 13

Lectures on mineragraphy 1961-67 (i) (File 5) - Box 13

Lectures on mineragraphy 1961-67 (ii) (File 6) - Box 13

Lecture notes - "Mineragraphy, ore deposition and mineral beneficiation", by A.W.G. Whittle, 1964 (File 7) - Box 13

Lecture notes - "Igneous petrology III", 1973-77 (i) (File 8) - Box 13

Lecture notes - "Igneous petrology III", 1973-77 (ii) (File 9) - Box 14

Lecture notes - "Mineragraphy applied to mineral explorationand mining", by A.W.G. Whittle, 1974 (pp. 1-65) (File 10) - Box 14

Lecture notes - "Mineragraphy applied to mineral exploration and mining", by A.W.G. Whittle, 1974 (pp. 66-129) (File 11) - Box 14

Lecture notes - "Evaluation of ores for metallurgical purposes", by A.W.G. Whittle, 1976 (File 12) - Box 14

Seminar papers - "Porphyry Copper Seminar", by ESSO Australia Ltd. Metals Dept., 1975 (i) (File 13) - Box 14

Seminar paers - "Porphyry copper seminar", by ESSO Australia Ltd. Metals Dept., 1975 (ii) (File 14) - Box 14

Seminar papers - "Porphyry copper seminar", by ESSO Australia Ltd. Metals Dept., 1975 (iii) (File 15) - Box 14

Newmont Proprietary Ltd. 1976 Exploration Conference:"Exploration Australia and South East Asia: papers and abstracts", 1976 (File 16) - Box 14

The Shell Company of Australia Ltd. - Metals Exploration Conference, lecture precis: "Ironstones, ferruginised country rock and gossans", by A.W.G. Whittle, 1980 (File 17) - Box 14

Lectures: "The structured evolution of Australia and its bearing on mineral deposits, Part I", June 1980; "The evolution of the Australian Continent, Part II", October 1980; charts (File 18) - Box 15

"Brief descriptions of the properties of radioactive minerals with notes on their geochemical aspects and environmental characteristics: an introduction and historical review," by A.W.G. Whittle (File 19) - Box 15

Lecture notes including cuttings, overhead transparencies etc (File 20) - Box 15

Lecture cards [plastic bag] (File 21) - Box 15

Series 5. Unpublished material

"The Geology of the Tennant Creek One-Mile Sheet Area," by P.W. Crohn and W. Oldershaw, 1964 (File 1) - Box 15

"The Tennant Creek Mineral Deposits", by A.W.G. Whittle, Ph.D. thesis, University of Adelaide, 1966, vol. 1 (File 2) - Box 16

"The Tennant Creek Mineral Deposits", by A.W.G. Whittle, Ph.D. thsis, University of Adelaide, 1966, vol. 2 (File 3) - Box 16

Series 6. Miscellaneous, 1970-86

Small sample of mineralogical reports by A.W.G. Whittle, 1975-87 (File 1) - Box 16

Whittle's mining right and papers on Spilsby Island, 1970 [see also pictorial index] (File 2) - Box 16

Small collection of negatives of photomicrographs (relating to company reports); colour prints of Mt Carbine Mine, 1986 (File 3) - Box 16

Papers relating to Advisory Committee to the School of Applied Geology, SAIT, 1979-84 (File 4) - Box 16

Samples of mineralogical reports, 1972-73 (File 5) - Box 25

Samples of mineralogical reports, 1974-75 (File 6) - Box 25

Samples of mineralogical reports, 1975 (File 7) - Box 25

Typescript draft of profile of A.W.G. Whittle (File 8) - Box 25

Invitation of opening History of Australian Mining Exhibition, NLA, 1986 (File 8) - Box 25

Letter and photograph from Bernard O'Neil, 1995 (File 8) - Box 25

Copy of reference for Alick Whittle from Douglas Mawson, 1947 (File 8) - Box 25

Press cutting with annotation, Poseidon and Whittle's involvement, 1995 (File 8) - Box 25

Carbon copy of application and CV details for SA Institute of Technology, 1976 (File 8) - Box 25

Series 7. Pictorial (Transparencies), 1955-80

Photomicrography, sheets 1-16 (with detailed index of captions) (File 1) - Box 17

Mines and mineral occurrences: Australia sheets 1-13 (File 2) - Box 17

Mines and mineral occurrences: Australia sheets 14-24, New Zealand sheets 25-26 (with detailed index of captions) (File 3) - Box 18

'Scenic' slides taken by Whittle sheets 1-13, 1955-69 (includes index to slides) (File 4) - Box 18

'Scenic' slides taken by Whittle sheets 1-8, 1950s-60s. (File 5) - Box 19

'Scenic' slides taken by Whittle sheets 1-6, 1955-65 (File 6) - Box 19

Printed, original photomicrographs; folder of outer space photographs; folder of large printed photomicrographs; folder of Heidelberg scenes (folio item) (File 7) - Folio [unnumbered]

Series 8. Published material

Published material of a geological nature, with specialisation in mineralogy and petrology

Five geological maps and explanatory notes of Western Australia [in plastic bag] (File 1) - Box 19

A.B. Edwards, Textures of the ore minerals and their significance, Melbourne: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1960 (File 2) - Box 20

C.W. Finkl, The encyclopedia of applied geology, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984 (File 3) - Box 20

Sir T.W. Edgeworth David, Explanatory notes to accompany a new geological map of the Commonwealth of Australia, Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company, 1932; "Douglas Mawson 1882-1958", 1960 (File 4) - Box 20

Articles in scientific journals by A.W.G. Whittle and others, 1949-69 (File 5) - Box 20

Assorted Australian publications, pamphlets and brochures: Australian Mineral Foundation, 1983-86 (File 6) - Box 21

Assorted Australian publications, pamphlets and brochures: Extracts from journals 1932-70; Olympic Dam Project (File 7) - Box 21

Assorted Australian publications, pamphlets and brochures: Johnny Green's Journal 1983-85; Uranium; Mining and Chemical Engineering Review, 1965 (File 8) - Box 21

Assorted Australian publications, pamphlets and brochures: SA Department of Mines and Energy (File 9) - Box 21

Australian Mineral Development Laboratory (AMDEL) (File 10) - Box 21

Assorted Australian publications, pamphlets and brochures: Newmont Mining Corporation, Annual Reports 1981-82; SA Dept. of Mines, Annual Report 1973-74 (File 11) - Box 21

Assorted Australian publications, pamphlets and brochures: Miscellaneous, 1981-83 (File 12) - Box 21

Assorted New Zealand publications, pamphlets and brochures [Whittle did much consultancy and post-graduate lecturing in New Zealand] (File 13) - Box 22

G.J. Williams, Economic Geology of New Zealand, Melbourne: Eighth Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 1965 (File 14) - Box 22

National Resources Survey, Part IV: Nelson Region, Wellington: Government Printer, 1965 (File 15) - Box 22

Geological maps of New Zealand (File 16) - Box 22

Miscellaneous (File 17) - Box 22

Prospecting for Uranium in Canada, Ottawa: Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1953 (File 18) - Box 23

G.W. Tyrell, The Principles of Petrology, London: Methuen, 1929 (File 19) - Box 23

Louis V. Pirsson, Rocks and Rock Minerals, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1953 (File 20) - Box 23

Minerals, Science and Engineering 9:3 (1977) (File 21) - Box 23

Geotimes 18:10 (1973) (File 22) - Box 23

A. Blanchard, Interpretation of Leached Outcrops, University of Nevada, 1968 (File 23) - Box 23

H.H. Read, Rutley's Elements of Mineralogy, London: Thomas Murby and Company, 1947 (File 24) - Box 23

Paul Ramdohr, Die Erzmineralien und Ihre Verwachsungen, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1955 (File 25) - Box 23

Kurt Michel, Die Microphotographie, Vienna: Springer-Verlag, 1962 (File 26) - Box 23


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