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Created: 2018

Collection Summary

Creator
Florey, Howard Walter, Sir, 1st Baron of Adelaide and Marston
Title
Papers of Howard Walter Florey, 1st Baron Florey (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1898 - 1968
Collection Number
M1942 - M1944
Extent
119 items
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Australian Joint Copying Project
Sponsor
The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The Australian Joint Copying Project selectively copied papers relating to penicillin, the Royal Society, general correspondence, correspondence relating to pathology, letters of congratulation, lecture files and papers of Lady (M. Ethel) Florey.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from The Royal Society London.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to The Royal Society London and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: E.Sabine to Fox, 15 December 1855, The Royal Society, MS 710 File 91, (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1411919952).

Archival History

Material selectively filmed at the Royal Society as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1983 (AJCP Reels: M1942-M1944). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Royal Society, London, England. For more information see: Papers of Howard Walter Florey (collection reference HF) at the Royal Society (https://royalsociety.org/collections/).

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn765656] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding-aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

The control numbers (series, file, item) used in this finding aid were current at the time the material was filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project at the Royal Society. Subsequentl identifiers have been applied by The Royal Society. No attempt to update the identifiers in this finding aid have been made.

Subjects

Anglo-Australian telescope; Australia: visits to; Australian Academy of Science; Australian National University; Casley-Smith, J.; Cliff, W.J.; Copland, Sir Douglas B.; Copley Medal; Day, A.; Doery, H.M.; Eccles, Sir John; Faine, S.; Fenner, Frank, Prof.; Florey, Ethel, Lady; Florey, Margaret, Baroness; Florey, Sir Howard, 1st Baron; Forbes, Henry (Christchurch, New Zealand); Gardner, Joan; Gibson, F.; Huxley, Sir Leonard; Kellaway, C.H.; Mackaness, G.B.; Markham, N.P.; Marston, H.R.; Medals; Medical research; Niue Island, New Zealand; Oliphant, Sir Mark; Pathologists; Penicillin; Royal Society; Universities; University of Oxford; Wilhelm, D.L.; Wright, R.D., Prof.

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 170, p62.

Biographical / Historical

Sir Howard Walter Florey (1898-1968), Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston (created 1965). Born in Adelaide, educated at St. Peter's College and Universities of Adelaide, Oxford and Cambridge. Professor of Pathology, University of Sheffield, 1931-1935. Professor of Pathology, University of Oxford, and Head of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, 1935-1962. In 1938-1939 he began a study of the biological and chemical properties of antibacterial substances produced by bacteria and moulds and by 1941 had demonstrated the effectiveness of penicillin in the treatment of human bacterial infection. Florey held many positions and recieved many honors during his life including: awarded Nobel Prize for medicine (with Sir Alexander Fleming and E. Chain), 1945; Provost of Queen's College, Oxford 1962-1968; President of the Royal Society, 1960-1965; Academic adviser, Australian National University, 1940-1957 and Chancellor, Australian National University, 1965-1968. Florey was married twice: (i) 1926. Ethel Reed of Adelaide (died 1966) (ii) 1967 Margaret A. Jennings of Oxford.

Item Descriptions

Series 34. Penicillin: Miscellaneous Reports, Notes and Correspondence, 1948 - 1963

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Miscellaneous Reports, Notes and Correspondence, March 1948 - February 1951 (File 34.18)

3 items
Florey (Australia) to Lady Florey, March 1948 - April 1948 (Item 30-35)

Details: meetings of Australian National University Council; 'the Big Four'; impressions of Canberra; plans of returning to England.

Florey (Canberra) to Lady Florey, 10 September 1951 (Item 51)

Discusses: illness; nothing definite yet emerged from A.N.U. discussions.

Florey (Melbourne) to Lady Florey, 22 September 1951 (Item 52)

Discusses: weather; plans for return to England; constitutional referendum.

Miscellaneous Reports, Notes and Correspondence, August 1954 - September 1963 (File 34.23)

6 items
Florey (Sydney) to Lady Florey, 9 August 1954 (Item 2)

Details his impending departure from Australia and; progress with Medical School building in Canberra.

Florey (Melbourne) to Lady Florey, 28 Aug. [1963] (Item 10)

Details: arrival in Melbourne; weary round of meetings.

Joan Gardner (Melbourne) to Lady Florey, 2 Sept. [1963] (Item 11)

Discusses: opening of Howard Florey Laboratories at Melbourne University; Florey's activities in Melbourne.

Cuttings on opening of Howard Florey Laboratories. (Item 12-13)
Florey (Melbourne) to Lady Florey, 12 September 1963 (Item 14)

Account of visit to Adelaide.

Florey (Canberra) to Lady Florey, 19 September 1963 (Item 15)

Plans for returning to England.

Series 35. Penicillin: Correspondence and Reports A-G, 1943 - 1945

4 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Miscellaneous Reports, Notes and Correspondence, August 1944 - September 1945 (File 35.1)

4 items
Air Transport Command. Priority identification certificate for Florey to travel from San Francisco to Australia, 9 August 1944 (Item 34)
N.H. Fairley (Melbourne) to Florey, 25 September 1944 (Item 35-36)

Captured Japanese document on alleged discovery of penicillin in Japan.

J.L. Treloar (Melbourne) to Director-General, Medical Services, 13 September 1944 (Item 37-38)

Sends list of photographs depicting field hospitals, methods of transporting patients, examples of terrain, requested by Florey.

H. Nayler [text hard to read] (Melbourne) to Florey, 6 September 1945 (Item 43)

Discusses: Penicillin treatment of Welch infections; research at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.

Miscellaneous Reports, Notes and Correspondence (51 papers) (File 35.4. 1-8)

Includes Florey's report of his visit to Australia and New Zealand, July-Dec. 1944 (10 pp.) and correspondence concerning the visit, medical research in Australia, the repatriation of Army medical officers, and the visit of the Director-General, Army Medical Services, to Britain in 1945. Among the correspondents are R. Cilento (Brisbane), N. Atkinson (Adelaide), Sir Thomas Blamey (Melbourne), J. Curtin (Canberra), H. Dew (Sydney) and Col. E. Downie (Washington).

Miscellaneous Reports, Notes and Correspondence, December 1943 - June 1944 (File 35.1)

2 items
F.H. Faulding & Co. Ltd. to Florey, 14 December 1943 (Item 143)

Request by Adelaide house for data and reports on penicillin production.

A. Kelynack to Florey, 26 June 1944 (Item 170)

Inquiry of Victorian branch of B.M.A. on use of penicillin for Hodgkins disease.

Miscellaneous Reports, Notes and Correspondence, February 1944 (File 35.11)

1 item
Lt. Col. P.G. Sutton to Royal Society of Medicine, 7 February 1944 (Item 7-8)

Requests film on use of penicillin in treatment of war casualties be made available in Australia.

Series 36. Penicillin: Correspondence and Reports H-Z

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Correspondence and Reports H-Z (30 papers) (File 36.1)

Correspondence concerning the use of penicillin and Florey's visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1944. The correspondents include J.E. Coop, N. Jordan, H. Dew (Sydney), M.H. Watt (Wellington), G.W. Clinkard and Sir Theodore Rigg (Nelson).

Correspondence and Reports H-Z (11 papers) (File 36.14)

Correspondence mainly concerning Florey's visit to Australia in 1944. Correspondents include S.N. Bruce, Col. J.H. Anderson and D. Veale.

Series 37. Penicillin: Bulletins, Reports and Correspondence, 1942 - 1945

2 items

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Bulletins, Reports and Correspondence, April 1945 - June 1945 (File 37.1)

2 items
N.F. Stanley (Sydney) to Florey, 18 April 1945 (Item 127)

Requests culture of M. lysodeikticus; research on gliotoxin.

Florey to N.N. Stanley, 8 June 1945 (Item 128)

Discusses: bacteriolytic and bacteriostatic substances; requests copy of Stanley's paper.

Bulletins, Reports and Correspondence, February 1942 (File 37.2)

2 items
W.W.C. Topley to Florey, 6 February 1942 (Item 12-13)

Forwards letter of N. Wright of New Zealand High Commission on mould product citrinin.

Florey to W.W.C. Topley, 10 February 1942 (Item 14)

Compares citrinin and penicillin.

Series 38. Penicillin: Broadcasts, Talks, Correspondence, 1943 - 1952

1 item

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Broadcasts, Talks, Correspondence, May 1943 - November 1952 (File 38.3)

3 items
L. Lindsay (Parkes, N.S.W.) to Florey, 16 May 1943 (Item 3)

Recollections of childhood association; service in R.A.A.F.

C. Fitts (Melbourne) to Florey, 27 April 1952 (Item 21-22)

Discusses: propriety of taking out patents for new substances.

T. Dunhill to Florey, 19 November 1952 (Item 23)

Discusses: A. Fleming and Florey; refers to Adelaide associates.

Series 39. Penicillin: Reports from Producers and Research Workers, 1944

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Reports from Producers and Research Workers, January 1944 (File 39.5)

2 items
Col. J.H. Anderson to Florey, 6 January 1944 (Item 17-18)

Discusses: problems of producing penicillin in Britain; advantages of production in Australia.

Note on penicillin production in Australia, [Jan. 1944] (Item 19)

Series 40. Penicillin: Reports from Producers and Research Workers, 1945

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Major S.J.M. Goulston to Florey, 9 June 1945 (File 40.9)

Sends copy of Technical Instruction No. 125, 'Penicillin in treatment of syphilis in A.M.[M].' [text hard to decipher] (4 pp.) (2 papers)

Series 63. Miscellaneous Research Correspondence, 1954

1 item

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Miscellaneous Research Correspondence, August 1954 - December 1954 (File 63.8)

2 items
F. Courtice (Sydney) to Florey, 23 August 1954 (Item 25-26)

Discusses experiments with chylomicrons in lymphatic capillaries.

F. Courtice to Florey, 3 December 1954 (Item 27-28)

Papers on lipid transport.

Series 70. Papers on Inflammation, 1966

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Papers on Inflammation, May 1966 (File 70.1)

1 item

Archival History

Filmed selectively.

D.L. Wilhelm (Sydney) to Florey, 18 May 1966 (Item 30-31)

Sends summary of work at University of N.S.W. Medical School on ultraviolet and chemical injury.

Series 84. M.A. Jennings. Correspondence and Research Notes, 1963

1 item

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

M.A. Jennings. Correspondence and Research Notes, November 1963 (File 84.1)

1 item
W.J. Cliff (Perth) to N.A. Jennings, 25 November 1963 (Item 60-61)

Eine microscopy of growing tissue.

Series 85. M.A. Jennings. Correspondence and Notes, 1958 - 1964

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

M.A. Jennings. Correspondence and Notes, January 1958 - January 1964 (File 85.2)

5 items
J.C. Ecoles (Canberra) to M.A. Jennings, 30 January 1958 (Item 9)

Thanks for notes on Visiting Fellowships in Science.

W.J. Cliff (Perth) to M.A. Jennings, 18 January 1963 (Item 50-51)

Publication of proceedings of Sydney symposium; reproduction of graphs.

M.A. Jennings to R.D. Wright (Melbourne), 18 March 1963 (Item 52-53)

Seeks help with Florey's provisional obituary for Times; his work for Australian National University.

W.J. Cliff (Perth) to M.A. Jennings, 16 December 1963 (Item 56-57)

Request by L. Dillon to use two pictures from Cliff's papers.

M.A. Jennings to W.J. Cliff, 15 January 1964 (Item 58-59)

Request of L. Dillon; film of myometrical grafts in an ear chamber.

Series 91. Antibiotics: Correspondence, 1945 - 1946

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Antibiotics: Correspondence, September 1945 - August 1946 (File 91.7)

2 items
J.P. Martin (Honolulu) to Florey, 19 September 1945 (Item 7-8)

Work of Experiment Station with penicillin. Includes response from Florey 29 October 1945

F.G. Morgan (Melbourne) to Florey, 21 August 1946 (Item 40-41)

Sends figures on penicillin production in Australia.

Series 99. General Pathology: Correspondence, 1953

2 items

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Pathology: Correspondence, April 1953 (File 99.1)

2 items
D.G. Catcheside (Adelaide) to W.M. Poynton, 23 April 1953 (Item 292-93)

Gives Florey permission to reproduce figure in article in Journal of Genetics.

F. Courtice (Sydney) to W.N. Poynton, 30 April 1953 (Item 332-33)

Gives Florey permission to reproduce figures in article.

Series 100. General Pathology: Correspondence with Contributors and Publishers, 1953 - 1961

3 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Pathology: Correspondence with Contributors and Publishers, April 1953 - May 1953 (File 100.1)

2 items
Florey (Canberra) to R.G. MacFarlane (Oxford), 14 May 1953 (Item 41)

Sends paper by J.S. Robertson; interpretation of 'contraction' phenomenon; satisfied with temporary laboratories at Australian National University.

N. van Heyningen (Oxford) to Florey, 24 April 1953 (Item 66)

Progress with General Pathology; suggests P.A. Trudinger of Adelaide joins van Heyningen department.

General Pathology: Correspondence with Contributors and Publishers, July 1960 - September 1960 (File 100.8)

1 item
I. Berenblum (Melbourne) to Florey, July 1960 - September 1960 (Item 31-34)

Discusses: visit to Australia; revision of three chapters of General Pathology.

General Pathology: Correspondence with Contributors and Publishers, December 1960 - February 1961 (File 100.1)

3 items
D.L. Wilhelm (Sydney) to Florey, [Dec. 1960] (Item 24)

Discusses: construction of medical buildings at University of N.S.W.; establishment of new teaching hospital.

Florey to D.L. Wilhelm, 24 January 1961 (Item 25-26)

Requests permission to use figure from paper in new edition of General Pathology.

D.L. Wilhelm to Florey, 9 February 1961 (Item 48-49)

Congratulations on Presidency of Royal Society; use of figure in paper on burns.

Series 134. Oxford University. School of Pathology: Correspondence, 1953

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Oxford University. School of Pathology: Correspondence, July 1953 (File 134.11)

3 items
A.G. Sanders (Canberra) to Florey, 14 July 1953 (Item 26)

Discusses: despatch of blocks; experiments with lizards.

A.G. Sanders to Florey, 22 July 1953 (Item 27)

Discusses: vagal stimulation on lizards; growth of Department of Experimental Pathology at A.N.U.

Florey to A.G. Sanders, 27 July 1953 (Item 28)

Discusses Sanders' research.

Series 162. Royal Society: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1960 - 1961

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Letters of congratulations on Florey's election as President of the Royal Society, 1960 - 1961 (File 162.16)

21 items
Carolyn Dearlove (Adelaide Medical Students Society) (Item 1-2)
V.A. Edgeloe (Adelaide University) (Item 3-4)
A. Albert (Canberra) (Item 6)
F.C. Courtice (Canberra) (Item 51)

Although described individually, this letter was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of the letter described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-739911409.

R.N.T. Cowan (Melbourne) (Item 52)

This item also includes the last page of the previous letter from - see F.C. Courtice nla.obj-739911383.

Sir John Eccles (Canberra) (Item 65-66)
H. Ennor (Canberra) (Item 69)
F. Fenner (Canberra) (Item 72-73)
H.H. Finlayson (Adelaide) (Item 76)
Sir Ronald Fisher (Adelaide) (Item 77)
Anne Florey (Melbourne) (Item 78)
E.F. Gartrell (Adelaide) (Item 82)

Although described individually, this letter was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of the letter described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-739911562.

F. Gibson (Melbourne) (Item 83-84)

This item also includes the last page of the previous letter from E.F. Gartrell - see nla.obj-739911543.

R.A. Hohnen (Canberra) (Item 102-3)
G. Mackaness (Canberra) (Item 122)
J.S. Robertson (Adelaide) (Item 189)
G. Robby (Sydney) (Item 191)
I. Wood (Melbourne) (Item 242)
R.D. Wright (Melbourne) (Item 244)
Sir John Cleland (Adelaide) (Item 252)
Sir John Cleland (Adelaide) (Item 259)

Series 163. Royal Society: General Correspondence, 1963

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

I. Wark (Melbourne) to Florey, 20 December 1963 (Item 1-2)

Sends draft article on state of science in Australia. (7 pp.)

Series 195. Parliamentary and Scientific Committee: Minutes and Papers, 1962

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

F. Fenner (Cambridge) to Florey, 18 Jan. [1962] (File 11)

Sends submission on Research School of Biological Sciences at A.N.U.

Florey to F. Fenner, 23 January 1962 (File 12-13)

Thanks for paper; neglect of biological research in Britain.

Series 197. Correspondence with John Fulton, 1954

2 items

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Florey to J. Fulton, 27 September 1954 (File 27)

Discusses: visit to Australia; good progress of A.N.U. Medical School; work of J. Ecoles with electrodes.

J. Fulton (New Haven) to Florey, 9 October 1954 (File 28)

Discusses: interest in report on Canberra; work of J. Ecoles of Nobel Prize calibre.

Series 202. General Correspondence, A-B, 1958 - 1961

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

Correspondence with A. Albert (Canberra) (13 papers), 1958 - 1960 (File 202.2)

Discusses: Progress of A.N.U. Medical School; D.F. Waterhouse; appointment of Vice-Chancellor.

Correspondence about Australian Academy of Science, opening of new building, security checks at University of N.S.W., establishment of school of Biological Sciences at A.N.U (9 papers), 1960 - 1961 (File 202.4)

Correspondents include Sir John Ecoles, N. Fenner.

Series 203. General Correspondence, C, 1960

1 item

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Correspondence, C, April 1960 (File 203.1)

1 item
Correspondence with Commonwealth Bank of Australia, April 1960 (Item 18-22)

Entry on Florey in publication Famous Australians.

Series 204. General Correspondence, D-H, 1955 - 1962

4 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Correspondence, D-H, October 1962 (File 204.1)

1 item
D.F. Dowling (Brisbane) to Florey, 1 October 1962 (Item 18-19)

Requests copy of address on prestige in academic scientific research.

General Correspondence, D-H, 1961 - 1962 (File 204.5)

2 items
Sir John Eccles (Canberra) to Florey, 13 August 1962 (Item 1-2)

Discusses Queen's College, Oxford.

Correspondence with H. Ennor (Canberra), 1961 - 1962 (Item 3-14)

Discusses: visit of Sir Rudolph Peters; Sir Leslie Martin; medical research; University finances; visit to England; staff at John Curtin School; Florey's appointment as Provost of Queen's College.

Correspondence about research of R.D. Wright on stomachs of echidnas and gastric secretion of reptiles (16 papers), 1955 - 1958 (File 204.7)

Correspondents include Florey, R.E. Davies (Oxford), H.R. Marston (Adelaide), E.J.W. Barrington (Nottingham), Sir Gavin de Beer

General Correspondence, D-H, September 1961 (File 204.19)

1 item
J.F. Foster to Florey, 20 September 1961 (Item 46)

Arrangements for meeting with L.G.H. Huxley, A.N.U. Vice-Chancellor.

Series 205. General Correspondence, I-M, 1958 - 1962

3 items

Filmed selectively.

General

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Correspondence, I-M, August 1958 (File 205.5)

1 item
R.H. Kenny (Wagga) to Florey, 7 August 1958 (Item 5-6)

Invitation to give oration to meeting of Federation of Country Local Associations at Wagga

General Correspondence, I-M, May 1961 (File 205.9)

1 item
H.R. Marston (Adelaide) to Florey, 9 May 1961 (Item 13-14)

Discusses: opening of Mawson Institute; Australian Academy of Science

General Correspondence, I-M, 1960 - 1962 (File 205.12)

1 item
Correspondence concerning Melbourne University, centenary of Melbourne Medical School, construction of Florey Laboratories, medical research at Melbourne, 1960 - 1962 (Item)

Correspondents include S. Sunderland, R.D. Wright, D. Denton

(21 papers)

Series 207. General Correspondence, R-Z, 1957 - 1961

3 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Correspondence, R-Z, February 1960 (File 207.1)

1 item
D. Rowley (Adelaide) to Florey, 26 February 1960 (Item 67-68)

Invitation to be Visiting Professor of Bacteriology at Adelaide University in 1962.

General Correspondence, R-Z, February 1957 - May 1958 (File 207.4)

3 items
R.W. Scarff to Florey, 22 May 1958 (Item 15)

Discusses Australian representation on International Committee on Pathology.

Florey to R.W. Scarff, 24 May 1958 (Item 16)

Suggests advice be sought from F.R. Magarey or E.S.J. King.

M.A.F. Connolly (Sydney) to Florey, 8 February 1957 (Item 128-30)

Requests contribution for Sydney University Medical Journal.

General Correspondence, R-Z, March 1959 - 1961 (File 207.1)

3 items
H. Ward (Sydney) to Florey, [June 1961] (Item 18-19)

Discusses: visit to A.N.U.; F. Fenner; F.C. Courtice; integration with State Universities; Australian Academy of Science; undergraduates in Canberra.

G.M. Watson (Sydney) to Florey, 10 March 1959 (Item 33)

Discusses staff needed for Australian Atomic Energy Commission laboratories at Lucas Heights.

Correspondence with D.L. Wilhelm (Sydney), 1961 (Item 73-79)

Discusses: purchase of electron microscope by University of N.S.W.; progress of Medical School; work on emigration of leucocytes; appointment of Associate Professor of Pathology.

Series 208. General Correspondence, 1959 - 1960

1 item

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Correspondence, 1959 - 1960 (File 208.9)

3 items
F. Fenner (Canberra) to Florey, 4 December 1959 (Item 6)

Discusses: visit of A. Gottschalk to England; work on gland mucins.

Correspondence with A. Gottschalk, 1959 - 1960 (Item 7-11)

Discusses: Croonian Lecture; visit to England; seminar; research on salivary mucoproteins.

A. Gottschalk (Canberra) to Florey, 2 November 1960 (Item 14)

Sends reprint on mucoproteins.

Series 209. General Correspondence, 1949

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Correspondence, January 1949 - February 1949 (File 209.1)

2 items
C.H. Kellaway to Florey, 25 January 1949 (Item 9-10)

Correspondence with Sir Charles Martin about work of H.R. Marston on trace metals; physiology of wool production.

Florey to C.H. Kellaway, 5 February 1949 (Item 12)

H.R. Marston

Series 210. General Correspondence, 1954

1 item

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Correspondence, March 1954 (File 210.1)

1 item
Florey to S.D. Rubbo (Melbourne), 17 March 1954 (Item 49)

Discusses: funding of training of Australian scientists; habit of Australian students arriving in England with insufficient money.

Series 211. General Correspondence, A-B, 1962 - 1966

2 items

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Correspondence, A-B, 1962 - November 1966 (File 211.1)

5 items
R.N. Robertson (Adelaide) to Florey, 18 November 1966 (Item 11)

Thanks for assessment of grant application.

Marlene Forrester (Adelaide) to Florey, 5 May 1966 (Item 12-15)

Sends reports of Adelaide University Post-Graduate Students Association.

Although described individually, this correspondence was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of this correspondence described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-739912887.

P.D. Fleming (Adelaide) to Florey, 11 November 1966 (Item 16-18)

Sends newsletters of Adelaide University Post-Graduate Students Association.

This item also includes the last page of previous correspondence between Marlene Forrester and Lord Florey - see nla.obj-739912865.

Florey to A. Albert (Canberra), 13 April 1965 (Item 29)

Thanks for book Selective toxicity.

Newsletter and notices of Australian and New Zealand Medical Association and Australian Postgraduate Federation in Medicine, 1962 - 1965 (Item 91-98)

General Correspondence, A-B, December 1964 - December 1966 (File 211.4)

4 items
Sir Henry Basten (Kangaroo Island) to Florey, 17 January 1966 (Item 2)

Thanks for congratulations.

Sir Leonard Huxley (Canberra) to Florey, 14 December 1964 (Item 3-5)

Proposal for second Director in School of Physical Sciences at A.N.U.

Sir Lawrence Bragg to Florey, 1 December 1966 (Item 106-7)

Request by Monash University for help in establishing series of lectures for young people.

T. Fehlberg (Sydney) to Florey, 12 November 1965 (Item 119-21)

Sends script of A.B.C. schools' broadcast on discovery of penicillin.

Series 212. General Correspondence, C-D, 1963 - 1967

2 items

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1942.

General Correspondence, C-D, October 1963 - October 1967 (File 212.1)

6 items
Florey to Lord Casey, 5 October 1963 (Item 20)

Thanks for book Future of the Commonwealth.

D.K.R. Hodgkin (Canberra) to Florey, W.J. Cliff, 7 April 1965 (Item 70)
A.L. Moore to Florey, 5 October 1967 (Item 75)

Representation of A.N.U. at memorial service for Sir John Cockroft.

E.G. Bowen (Sydney) to Florey, 1965-02-08 / H.C. Coombs to Florey, 10 September 1965 (Item 104)

These two letters were filmed on the same frame. Bowen Sends report of C.S.I.R.O. research programme at Parkes. Coombs sends invitation to Sydney Symphony Orchastra concert.

R.D. Wright (Melbourne) to Florey, 22 June 1967 (Item 122-23)

Introduces G. Crock visiting Oxford.

General Correspondence, C-D, May 1964 - July 1967 (File 212.7)

5 items
Florey to W. Dargie, 20 May 1964 (Item 13)

Requests photograph of portrait.

W. Dargie (Melbourne) to Florey, 11 July 1964 (Item 14)

Photograph; offers to paint portrait for Royal Society.

Correspondence with A.J. Day (Melbourne), May 1967 - July 1967 (Item 41-44)
D.A. Denton (Melbourne) to Florey, visit to England, 23 July 1964 (Item 49-50)
D. Derham (Melbourne) to Florey, thanks for lunch, 29 August 1966 (Item 51)

Series 213. General Correspondence, D-F, 1963 - 1967

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General Correspondence, D-F, 1963 - 1967 (File 213.2)

1 item
Correspondence with Sir Hugh Ennor (Canberra), 1963 - 1967 (Item 73-81)

Discusses: visits to England; Anglo-Australian telescope; resignation from A.N.U. and appointment as Secretary of Department of Education and Science.

General Correspondence, D-F, 1963 - 1967 (File 213.5)

4 items
Correspondence with F. Fenner (Canberra), 1963 - 1967 (Item 34-40)

Discusses: visits to England; A.N.U. Vice-Chancellor.

J. Francis (Brisbane) to Florey, 25 June 1963 (Item 77-80)

Sends notes on organization of research in Australia and Lord Rutherford.

A.C. Frazer (Birmingham) to Florey, 18 March 1963 (Item 82-83)

Seeks advice on schools of veterinary science in Australia; shortage of animal pathologists.

J. French (Canberra) to Florey, 8 July [1963] (Item 88)

Discusses: return to England; work at A.N.U.; B. Morris.

Series 214. General Correspondence, G-K, 1961 - 1966

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General Correspondence, G-K, 1961 - September 1966 (File 214.1)

4 items
Sir Lorimer Dods (Sydney) to Florey, obituary of N. Gregg, 22 August 1966 (Item 105)
Florey to Sir Lorimer Dods, N. Gregg, 28 September 1966 (Item 107)
L. St. C. Grondona to Florey, sends book on Australia, 20 December 1962 (Item 119-20)
Correspondence with H. Basten (Adelaide) and A. Gwynne-Jones, 1961 - 1964 (Item 148-59)

Portrait of Florey for Adelaide University.

General Correspondence, G-K, August 1964 - October 1964 (File 214.3)

2 items
N.W. Hickey (Melbourne) to Florey, 9 October 1964 (Item 57-58)

Australian Dental Association seeks endorsement of safety and effectiveness of fluoridation.

Correspondence with Sir Leonard Huxley and Sir John Cockroft, August 1964 (Item 112-17)

Meeting to discuss A.N.U.

General Correspondence, G-K, December 1963 - January 1964 (File 214.1)

3 items
J.H. Reynolds (Perth) to Florey, 15 December 1963 (Item 18-19)

Requests help for Geraldine Kearney of Adelaide visiting England.

J.H. Reynolds to Florey, 2 January 1964 (Item 214)

Visit of Geraldine Kearney

Florey to Geraldine Kearney, 2 January 1964 (Item 215-17)

Discusses: visit to England; association with Kearney's family in Adelaide.

Series 215. General Correspondence, L-M, 1963 - 1965

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General Correspondence, L-M, July 1963 (File 215.1)

1 item
J. Loewenthal (Sydney) to Florey, 4 July 1963 (Item 65-66)

Proposal of Elizabeth Tedder to continue electron microscopic studies at Oxford.

General Correspondence, L-M, February 1963 - May 1965 (File 215.8)

6 items
I.R. Mackay (Melbourne) to Florey, publication of monograph, 14 February 1963 (Item 11-13)
N. Markham (Dunedin) to Florey, visit to Oxford, 10 May 1965 (Item 83-84)
Correspondence with and about H.R. Marston (Adelaide), 1964 - 1965 (Item 98-110)

Discusses: visit to England; illness; Australian Academy of Science; establishment of department of Science by Australian Government; Sir Mark Oliphant; death of Marston in 1965. Correspondents include Sir Frederick White, Kathleen Marston.

J. Miller (Adelaide) to Florey, 3 July 1964 (Item 241-42)

Discusses: portrait of Florey for St. Peter's College; Florey's visit to school.

F.H. Johnson (Melbourne) to Florey, 1 March 1963 (Item 281-83)

Details of appointments to foundation medical chairs at Monash University.

B. Merris (Canberra) to Florey, 5 November 1963 (Item 298-99)

Research on absorption of fat in fishes; planned visit to England.

Series 216. General Correspondence, M-O, 1962 - 1967

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General Correspondence, M-O, August 1962 - July 1967 (File 216.9)

4 items
Sir Mark Oliphant (Cambridge) to Florey, 31 August 1962 (Item 8)

Inquiry by R.D. Wright about opening of Florey Laboratories at Melbourne University.

R.S. Packard (Sydney) to Florey, 20 October 1964 (Item 23-24)

Invitation to write editorial for Australasian Annals of Medicine.

J.R. Paul (New Haven) to Florey, 11 July 1967 (Item 66-67)

Seeks biographical details about Sir Macfarlane Burnet and Dame Jean Macnamara; A.N.U. Librarians.

Sir Archibald Grenfell Price (Canberra) to Florey, 11 March 1963 (Item 194-95)

Invitation to dinner of St. Peter's Collegians Association in Adelaide.

Series 217. General Correspondence, O-S, 1962 - 1966

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General Correspondence, O-S, October 1962 - October 1965 (File 217.5)

4 items
J.H. Reynolds (Perth) to Florey, 25 October 1962 (Item 36)

Introduces J. Hanrahan, tutor in anatomy.

W. Hartley to Florey, 23 September 1964 (Item 100-2)

Discusses: visit to England of J.A. Roberts, research scientist of McMaster Laboratory in Sydney.

J.S. Robertson (Adelaide) to Florey, 9 February 1965 (Item 105-6)

Discusses: Florey's peerage; visit of Lady Florey to Adelaide.

D. Rowley (Adelaide) to Florey, 26 October 1965 (Item 124-25)

Requests photograph for Microbiology Department at Adelaide University.

General Correspondence, O-S, May 1965 - December 1966 (File 217.8)

2 items
H. Scambler (Melbourne) to Florey, 16 December 1966 (Item 22)

Visit to Queen's College.

C. Schwartz (Adelaide) to Florey, 22 May 1965 (Item 23-24)

Seeks permission to reproduce drawing from General Pathology.

Series 218. General Correspondence, S–Z, 1964 - 1968

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General Correspondence, S–Z, Dec 1964-[Sep 1967] (File 218.3)

2 items
N. Tait (Canberra) to Florey, [Sept. 1967] (Item 1-4)

Wishes to continue research in Britain.

D.A. Kearney (Hobart) to Florey, 16 December 1964 (Item 5-6)

Selection of Professor of Pathology at University of Tasmania.

General Correspondence, S–Z, 1965 - January 1968 (File 218.5)

2 items
Correspondence with D.L. Wilhelm (Sydney), 1965 - 1966 (Item 74-96)

Discusses: engagement of electron microscopist; visit to England; reprints; research on regeneration of blood vessels and lymphatics.

Sir Henry Wunderley (Canberra) to Florey, 17 January 1968 (Item 152-53)

Visit to U.S.A.

Series 219. Personal Correspondence, 1965 - 1967

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Personal Correspondence, November 1965 - September 1967 (File 219.12)

6 items
A.G. Mitchell (Sydney) to Florey, 18 November 1965 (Item 6-8)

Invitation to be member of Convocation of Macquarie University.

C. Schwartz (Adelaide) to Florey, 6 July 1966 (Item 70-71)

Invitation to give Brailsford-Robertson Memorial Lecture.

B.K. Rank (Melbourne) to Florey, 26 January 1967 (Item 110-13)

Invitation to give Syme Oration to Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

T.M. Hillier (Adelaide) to Florey, 13 February 1967 (Item 115-16)

Requests article for Adelaide Medical Students Society Review.

Sir Mark Oliphant (Canberra) to Florey, 10 May 1967 (Item 127)

Requests article for Records of Australian Academy of Science.

J. McMillan (Sydney) to Florey, 21 September 1967 (Item 130-33)

Invitation to accept nomination as President of A.N.Z.A.A.S.

Series 220. Personal Correspondence, 1964 - 1967

2 items

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Letters of congratulations on award of Order of Merit, 1965 (File 220.5)

9 items
Sir Kenneth Bailey (Ottawa) (Item 17)
Sir Ellerton Becker (Sydney) (Item 18)
M. Bowen (Adelaide) (Item 23)
Lord Bruce (Item 28)
W. Hartley (Item 65)
L.A.R. Evans (St. Peter's College, Adelaide) (Item 122)
Sir Frederick White (Canberra) (Item 136)
Sir Hugh Ennor (Canberra) (Item 145)

Personal Correspondence, February 1964 - August 1967 (File 220.9)

4 items
V. Edgeloe (Adelaide) to Florey, 6 February 1964 (Item 1-3)

Appointment as Honorary Governor of Adelaide University Anti-Cancer Foundation.

Florey to H.C. Coombs, 3 June 1964 (Item 24-25)

Possible appointment as Chancellor of A.N.U.

Sir Leonard Huxley to Florey, 4 August 1967 (Item 26-27)

Re-election as Chancellor of A.N.U.

Sir Victor Coppleson (Sydney) to Florey, 12 February 1964 (Item 29-30)

Offer of Fellowship of Australian Postgraduate Fellowship in Medicine.

Series 221. Personal Correspondence, 1961 - 1966

4 items

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Personal Correspondence, 1961 - October 1964 (File 221.2)

8 items
Correspondence with L.A.R. Evans (Adelaide) and W. Dargie, 7 May 1963 (Item 1-7)

Portrait of Florey for St. Peter's College.

Correspondence with H. Basten (Adelaide) and A. Gwynne-Jones, 1961 - 1963 (Item 8-13)

Portrait of Florey for Adelaide University.

Sir John Cleland (Adelaide) to Florey, 15 January 1964 (Item 45)

Thanks for congratulations.

Joan Gardner (Melbourne) to Florey, 14 April 1964 (Item 77)

Sterilization book; W. Henry; visit to Canberra.

Joan Gardner to Florey, 4 May 1964 (Item 78)

Thanks for material on W. Henry.

Sir Keith Hancock (Cambridge) to Florey, 3 October 1964 (Item 79)

Florey's appointment as Chancellor of A.N.U.

L.G.H. Huxley (Canberra) to Florey, 21 January 1964 (Item 81)

Thanks for congratulations.

J.H. Reynolds (Perth) to Florey, 31 October 1963 (Item 97)

Introduces Geraldine Kearney.

Personal Correspondence, 1965 - 1966 (File 221.3)

6 items
J.C. Irwin (Adelaide) to Florey, 19 October 1965 (Item 3)

Introduces sculptor J. Dowie.

Correspondence with J. Dowie, 1965 - 1966 (Item 4-19)

Bust for Adelaide City Council.

L.A.R. Evans (Adelaide) to Florey, 4 October 1965 (Item 20-21)

Sends photograph of portrait at St. Peter's College.

D. Rowley (Adelaide) to Florey, 4 January 1966 (Item 22)

Thanks for photograph.

Sir Thomas Cherry (Melbourne) to Florey, 11 January 1965 (Item 47)

Thanks for congratulations.

F.E.J. Butcher (Sydney) to Florey, 4 October 1966 (Item 48-50)

Presents copy of book The Australians.

Personal Correspondence, 20 May 1963 (File 221.4)

1 item
L.A.R. Evans (Adelaide) to Florey, 20 May 1963 (Item 5-6)

Portrait of Florey by W. Dargie.

Letters of congratulations on appointment as Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, 1962 (File 221.5)

6 items
L.G.H. Huxley (Canberra) (Item 3-4)
W.R. Crocker (The Hague) (Item 20)
Sir John Eccles (Canberra) (Item 25)
Joan Gardner (Melbourne) (Item 33)
V. Trikojus (Melbourne) (Item 86)

Series 222. Personal Correspondence, 1949 - 1967

4 items

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Personal Correspondence, 13 April 1949 (File 222.1)

1 item
R.C.L. Bosworth (Sydney) to Florey, 13 April 1949 (Item 153-54)

Election as Honarary Member of Royal Society of N.S.W.

Personal Correspondence, October 1958 (File 222.2)

1 items
J. Eccles (Canberra) to Florey, 17 October 1958 (Item 69-70)

Election as Corresponding Member of Australian Academy of Science.

Personal Correspondence, 27 July 1960 - 4 December 1962 (File 222.3)

2 items
R.P. Jepson and M.P. Alpers (Adelaide), 27 July 1960 (Item 11-14)

Election as Honorary Life Member of Adelaide Medical Students Society.

V.M. Coppleson (Sydney) to Florey, 4 December 1962 (Item 47-51)

Offer of Fellowship of Australian Postgraduate Fellowship in Medicine.

Personal Correspondence, 27 July 1964 - May 1967 (File 222.4)

4 items
Sir Leonard Huxley (Canberra) to Florey, 27 July 1964 (Item 60-63)

Election as Chancellor of A.N.U.

Letters of congratulations on election as Chancellor of A.N.U., 11 September 1964 (Item 64-81)
R.L. Harris (Sydney) to Florey, 3 February 1966 (Item 124-25)

Sends tie of Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Correspondence with J.S. Miller (Adelaide), February 1967 - May 1967 (Item 174-83)

Opening of Florey Building at St. Peter's College.

Series 224. Letters of congratulation on award of Copley Medal of Royal Society, 1957

3 items

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A. Albert (Canberra) (Item 10)

J. Hunter (B.M.A. of Australia) (Item 23-24)

M. Oliphant (Canberra) (Item 43)

Series 225. Letters of congratulation on elevation to peerage, 1965

49 items

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J.C. Irwin (Adelaide City Council) (Item 4)

Sir George Ligertwood (Adelaide University) (Item 5)

A. Albert (Sydney) (Item 9)

J. Noldt (Australasian Medical Publishing Co.) (Item 17)

C.J. Ross-Smith (Australian Medical Association) (Item 20)

C. Roe (Queensland branch, A.M.A.) (Item 21)

H. Basten (Kangaroo Island) (Item 26)

Esther Baylis (Balmoral, Victoria) (Item 29)

Sir Ellerton Becker (Adelaide) (Item 31)

Sir Irving Benson (Melbourne) (Item 33)

Mollie Bowen (Canberra) (Item 44)

Lord Bruce (London) (Item 57)

Sir Macfarlane Burnet (Melbourne) (Item 61)

H. Burton (Canberra) (Item 63)

H.R. Carne (Sydney) (Item 69)

Lord Casey (Melbourne) (Item 70)

W.J. Cliff (Canberra) (Item 77)

F.C. Courtice (Canberra) (Item 92)

Sir Arthur Dean (Melbourne) (Item 102)

D. Denton (Melbourne) (Item 104)

Sir Hugh Ennor (Canberra) (Item 109)

C. Goodman (Sydney) (Item 135)

K. Hetzel (Adelaide) (Item 153)

A. Hobbs (Adelaide) (Item 159)

Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Canberra) (Item 168)

L. Lindon (Adelaide) (Item 194)

W. McDonald (Sydney) (Item 203)

G. Madigan (Adelaide) (Item 209)

H.R. Marston (Adelaide) (Item 211)

Sir George Paton (Melbourne University) (Item 214)

S. Sunderland (Melbourne University Medical Faculty) (Item 215)

K. Myer (Melbourne) (Item 229)

B. Neumann (Canberra) (Item 232)

Sir Mark Oliphant (Canberra) (Item 235)

T.G.B. Osborn (Adelaide) (Item 238)

J.H. Reynolds (Perth) (Item 262)

R.L. Harris (Royal Australasian College of Physicians) (Item 274)

A.H. Low (Royal Society of N.S.W.) (Item 280)

J.S. Miller (St. Peter's College) (Item 281)

R. Clayfield (St. Peter's Collegians Association) (Item 282)

R. ten Seldam (Perth) (Item 285)

C. Shoppee (Sydney) (Item 292)

S. Sunderland (Melbourne) (Item 308)

Ethel Tiegs (Melbourne) (Item 313)

A.D. Trendall (Rome) (Item 315)

R. Walsh (Sydney) (Item 322)

Sir Roland Wilson (Canberra) (Item 332)

R.D. Wright (Melbourne) (Item 340)

Sir Harry Wunderley (Canberra) (Item 341)

Series 229. Travel: Correspondence, Reports, 1944

3 items

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Travel: Correspondence, Reports (File 229.2)

3 items
Sir Charles James Martin Research Fellowships, (2 pp., typescript), n.d. (Item 8)
Sir Charles Martin and medical research, (4 pp., typescript), n.d (Item 9)
R.G. Menzies (Canberra) to Sir Charles Martin, [1951] (Item 10-11)

Discusses: creation of Fellowships; sends memorial from members of National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. (copies).

Cutting book concerning Florey's visit to Australia and the development of penicillin(1 vol.), 12 September 1944 (File 229.7)

Newspaper cuttings concerning Florey's visit to Australia (75 papers), 1944 (File 229.8)

Series 238. Overseas Lectures, 1950

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Lecture given in Australia in 1950 on medical research and role of John Curtin School at A.N.U. (typescript, 24 pp.) (Item)

Series 240. Lectures, 1963

1 item

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Rivett Memorial Lecture. 'The development of modern science.' (typescript, 29 pp.), 1963 (Item 240/1)

Series 242. Speeches, 1963

4 items

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A.B.C. Guest of Honour Broadcast, (roneoed, 3 pp.), 8 September 1963 (Item)

University of Adelaide degree ceremony, (typescript, 5 pp.), September 1963 (Item)

Opening of Florey Laboratories, Melbourne University, (typescript, 8 pp.), August 1963 (Item)

Australia Day speech, (typescript, 6 pp.), 1963 (Item)

Series 243. Speeches, 1966

3 items

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National Press Club luncheon, Canberra, (typescript, 11 pp.), 4 August 1966 (Item)

Installation as Chancellor of A.N.U. (typescript, 10 pp.), 7 July 1966 (Item)

Chancellor's address, A.N.U., (typescript, 8 pp.), 7 July 1966 (Item)

Series 245. Lectures, Notes and Scripts, 1954

1 item

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Lectures, Notes and Scripts (13 papers), 1954 (File 245.6)

2 items
Correspondence concerning Halford Oration given by Florey at Melbourne University, 1954 (Item)

Correspondents include F.H. Johnston, D. Broadbent, G. Paton, S. Sunderland.

Series 255. Photograph Albums, 1944

1 item

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Album of photographs of the Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand, 1944 (File 255.1)

Mainly photographs of forests and experimental orchards.

Series 257. Photograph Album, 1944

Photographs of Florey's travels in New Guinea (mainly supplied by the Military History Section, Australian Army) New Zealand and Australia. The New Guinea and New Zealand photographs are mostly identified.

Archival History

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Series 282. Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1961

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Miscellaneous Personal Papers, June 1961 (File 282.8)

1 item
Anne Florey (Melbourne) to Florey, 15 June 1961 (Item 1)

Discusses: Florey Laboratories, Melbourne University; family news.

Series 284. Personal Papers, Certificates, Membership Cards, 1898 - 1913

2 items

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H.W. Florey. Birth certificate, Adelaide, 7 November 1898 (Item 40)

Extract, 23 Nov. 1921

H.W. Florey. Baptism certificate, St Peter's College, 27 April 1913 (Item 45)

Series 288. Papers of M. Ethel Florey, 1925 - 1926

1 items

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Testimonials and letters of introduction (17 papers), 1925 - 1926 (File 288.1)

Correspondents include Helen Mayo, R. Gault, H. Newland, M. Scott

Series 289. Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence, 1944 - 1951

4 items

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Letters of congratulation on award of Nobel Prize, 1945 (File 289.16)

3 items
J.H. Anderson (Item 4-5)
W. Davies. (Paris) (Item 32)
K. Inglis (Sydney) (Item 57-58)

Letters of congratulation on award of Royal Medal of Royal Society, 1951 (File 289.17)

3 items
A. Albert (Canberra) (Item 4-5)
N. Fairley (Melbourne) (Item 15)
N. Goldsworthy (Sydney) (Item 18)

Letters of congratulation on award of knighthood, 1944 (File 289.18)

8 items
Adelaide City Council (Item 1-2)
Australian Association of Rhodes Scholars (Item 3)
C. Bagot (Sydney) (Item 4-5)
E. Button (Wellington) (Item 12-13)
A. Hobbs (Adelaide) (Item 28)
R.D. Wright (Melbourne) (Item 55)
Margaret Young (Adelaide) (Item 56)
Sir Trent de Crespigny (Adelaide University Medical Faculty) (Item 57)

Letters of congratulation on election as Fellow of the Royal Society, 1941 (File 289.19)

1 item
Sir Trent de Crespigny (Adelaide University Medical Faculty) (Item 1)

Series 290. Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1908 - 1953

5 items

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Papers of Hilda Gardner (sister of H. Florey), May 1944 - July 1953 (File 290.1)

4 items
Correspondence between Florey and Hilda Gardner, 1944-05-10; 1947-02-21 (Item 1-2)

2 letters.

W.P. MacCallum (Sydney) to Florey, 19 June 1953 (Item 20-21)

Sympathy of Royal Australasian College of Physicians on death of sister.

Obituary of Hilda Gardner, Medical Journal of Australia, 18 July 1953 (Item 22)

H.W. Florey. Certificates awarded at Kyre College, 1908-1910, and St. Peter's College, 1911-1916 (28 papers) (File 290.4)

St. Peter's College, Adelaide. Prospectus, 1915 (File 290.5)

Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1921 (File 290.7)

1 item
Application by Florey for a Rhodes Scholarship, (10 pp.), 1921 (Item 1)

Miscellaneous Personal Papers (29 papers) (File 290.1)

Miscellaneous papers of Florey, including very early letter to his parents; Royal Drawing Society certificate, 1910; Public Examinations Board certificates, 1910-1913; Cadet Corps certificate, 1920; Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery certificate, Adelaide University, 1922; letters from Joan Gardner to Florey, 1953; list of lectures given by Florey, 1943-1954

Series 291. Miscellaneous Personal Papers, Dec 1919- Apr [1968]

4 items

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Miscellaneous Personal Papers, July 1954 - August 1958 (File 291.6)

2 items
H. Caldwell (Geelong) to Florey, 12 July 1954 (Item 9)

Seeks permission to name a house at Geelong West Technical School 'Howard Florey House'

Cutting about Florey and the development of penicillin, Sun (Melbourne), 19 August 1958 (Item 16)

Miscellaneous Personal Papers, April [1968] (File 291.7)

1 item

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Mollie Bowen (Adelaide) to Lady Florey (4 papers), 10 April [1968] (Item 291.7.1)

Recollections of childhood association with Florey Family; photographs of 'Coreega' and Rectory Walk, Springfield

Miscellaneous Personal Papers, June 1944 (File 291.12)

1 item
Sir Charles McCann to Florey, 8 June 1944 (Item 291.12 108)

Congratulations on knighthood

Certificate recording contribution by Florey to fund for erection of Memorial Hall at St. Peter's College, 12 December 1919 (File 291.13)

Series 292. Diaries, 1944

1 item

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Diary of trip by Florey to New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand, July 1944 - November 1944 (File 292.1)

Series 298. Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey, 1968

9 items

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Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey (File 298.1)

11 items
G. Badger (Adelaide University Council) (Item 3)
Sir Alexander Downer (London) (Item 12)
Sir Macfarlane Burnet (Australian Academy of Science) (Item 13)
G.S. Rieger (Australian Medical Association) (Item 14)
F.C. Courtice (Canberra) (Item 15)
F. Fenner (John Curtin School, A.N.U.) (Item 16)
R.A. Hohnen (Canberra) (Item 17)
N.B. de Marchi (A.N.U. Research Students' Association) (Item 18)
A. Brooks (A.N.U. Students's Association) (Item 19)
A.D. Trendall (University House, A.N.U.) (Item 20)
J.A.L. Matheson (Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee) (Item 21)

Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey (File 298.2)

4 items
G.B. Canham (Baker Medical Research Institute) (Item 2)
C. Beveridge (Melbourne) (Item 13)
Mollie Bowen (Adelaide) (Item 22)
Emmeline Brebner (Adelaide) (Item 25)

Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey (File 298.3)

5 items
J. Casley-Smith (Adelaide) (Item 3)
W.J. Cliff (Canberra) (Item 8)
Sir John Crawford (Canberra) (Item 15)
Jill Wellings (Cremorne Girls' High School, Sydney) (Item 17)

Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey (File 298.4)

1 item
Joan Gardner (Melbourne) (Item 21)

Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey (File 298.6)

2 items
N. Markham (Dunedin) (Item 39)
K.L. Milne (London) (Item 53)

Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey (File 298.7)

4 items
Betty Newstead (Tasmania) (Item 2)
G.J.V. Nossal (Melbourne) (Item 5)
Sir Mark Oliphant (Canberra) (Item 8)
Sir Alan Mansfield (Queensland University) (Item 28)

Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey (File 298.8)

8 items
J.S. Robertson (Adelaide) (Item 5)
G.L. McDonald (Royal Australasian College of Physicians) (Item 9)
J.L. Griffith (Royal Society of N.S.W.) (Item 16)
S.D. Rubbo (Melbourne) (Item 17)
R.M. Clayfield (St. Peter's Collegians Association) (Item 18)
A. Sanders (Canberra) (Item 19)
Fay Stephenson (Melbourne) (Item 33)
A.D. Trendall (Canberra) (Item 43)

Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey (File 298.9)

2 items
G.B. Payne (Unley City Council) (Item 1)
Sir Harry Wunderley (Canberra) (Item 20)

Letters received by Lady Florey on death of Lord Florey (File 298.11)

1 item
R.F. Turnbull (C.S.I.R.O.) (Item 2)

Series 299. Obituaries and Biographies, February 1968 - May 1968

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1944.

Cutting book containing obituaries of Florey, many from Australian newspapers (1 vol), February 1968 - May 1968 (File 299.37)

Leaflet concerning proposed Florey Fellowships to be established jointly by Royal Society and Australian National University (File 299.53)

Series 305. M. Ethel Florey: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1948 - 1949

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1944.

M. Ethel Florey: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1948 - 1949 (File 305.25)

1 item
Correspondence of Lady Florey and C.J.M. Walters (Sydney), 1948 - 1949 (Item 4-14)

Selection of Director of Institute of Epidemiology at Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney.

Series 307. M. Ethel Florey: Correspondence, 1964

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1944.

Joan Gardner (Melbourne) to Lady Florey, 21 August 1964 (Item 66)

Discusses: Conference of Operating Theatre Nurses; sterilization book; visit to Canberra.

J.S. Robertson (Adelaide) to Lady Florey, 4 December 1964 (Item 113)

Proposed visit of Lady Florey to Adelaide in 1965; library facilities.

General

Although listed, this material was not filmed by the AJCP.

Series 309. M. Ethel Florey: Personal and Professional Papers, c.1948

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1944.

Correspondence about visit of Lady Florey to Australia in 1948 (16 papers) (File 309.1)

Correspondents include H.R. Dew (Sydney), R. Webb (Melbourne), R.G. Osborne (Canberra) and I.P. Francis (Adelaide)

Series 320. M. Ethel Florey: Notes and Correspondence, 1966

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1944.

M. Ethel Florey: Notes and Correspondence, 1966 (File 320.1)

2 items
R. ten Seldam (Perth) to Florey, 24 November 1966 (Item 24)

Thanks for reprints of articles; death of Lady Florey.

R. McKellar Hall (Perth) to Florey, 1 December 1966 (Item 27)

Death of Lady Florey.

Series 348. M. Ethel Florey: Correspondence and Notes, 1948

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1944.

Account of journey from Sydney to England by flying-boat, (16 pp.), July 1948 (File 348.2)

Series 371. Photocopied Australian Papers, 1944 - 1962

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1944.

Existence and Location of Originals

Originals in Australian National University.

Correspondence and papers concerning formation of Australian Academy of Science, 1952, and Directorship of John Curtin School, A.N.U., 1957 (File 371.1)

Correspondents include D.F. Martyn, M. Oliphant, L. Melville.

Correspondence with Sir John Eccles concerning Eccles' appointment to the staff of the A.N.U., the work of the John Curtin School and referring to H. Ennor, F. Fenner and other colleagues, 1944 - 1962 (File 371.2)


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