Guide to the Papers of Sir Henry Dale (as filmed by the AJCP)

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Series 8.1. Royal Society. British Commonwealth Science Committee- Papers, 1941 - 1943

Minutes, papers and some correspondence. The papers include: H. C. Webster. Inter-Dominion scientific collaboration; existing facilities...

Series 8.2. Royal Society. Scientific cooperation with British Commonwealth- Correspondence and Papers, 1941 - 1943

(1 file: 36 papers)...

Series 8.3. Royal Society. Empire Scientific Conference June-July 1946, 1944 - 1946

Correspondence and Papers (2 files).Selectively filmed.

C. H. Kellaway (Melbourne) to Dale, 3 March 1944 (File 1)

Proposals of Sir Henry Tizard for Empire conferences and interchange of scientists.

E. J. Hartung. Notes on Sir Henry Tizard's proposals, 25 February 1944 (File 2)

Dale to C. R. Attlee, 6 May 1944 (File 6)

Proposal for conference with Dominions.

Dale to Sir Henry Tizard, 25 May 1944 (File 9)

Conference with Dominions.

Sir Henry Tizard to Dale, 28 May 1944 (File 10)

Conference with Dominions.

Dale to Sir Henry Tizard, 14 July 1944 (File 14)

Conference with Dominions.

Memorandum on proposed Empire Scientific Conference, 3 August 1944 (File 15-16)

A. C. Egerton to Dale, 7 November 1944 (File 23)

Conference with Dominions.

Dale to C. R. Attlee, 11 November 1944 (File 25)

Conference with Dominions.

C. R. Attlee to Dale, 21 November 1944 (File 26)

Conference with Dominions.

Preliminary statement on subjects for discussion, 19 January 1945 (File 27)

Outline of programme of Empire Scientific Conference Background papers on dissemination of scientific information and interchange of scientists throughout Empire (File 38)

B. J. A. Bard (File 53)

G. T. Bray (File 54)

Sir David Chadwick (File 55)

R. S. Hutton (File 56)

Sir David Rivett (File 57)

D. Cairns (File 60)

W. M. Hamilton (File 63)

Recommendations of Empire Scientific Conference (File 67-88)

Series 13.17. British Council. Australia, 1943

Correspondence between Dale and J. G. Crowther (British Council) on lectures in Australia on British contribution to science, February 1943. (1 file: 2 letters)

Series 16.6. Royal Society of New Zealand, 1952

Correspondence between Dale, F. Callaghan and M. Wood on Dale's election as a honorary member of the Society, its financial problems, and the visit of Sir John Cockroft to New Zealand. (1 file: 4 letters)

Series 31.2. New Zealand and Canada, 1949 - 1952

Correspondence concerning Dale's tour of New Zealand and Canada in 1950, including proposed itinerary and lectures, discussions on the organization of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dale's Rutherford Lecture, and his travels in New Zealand. Correspondents include Sir Ronald Adam, E. Marsden, F. R. Callaghan (Wellington), R. A. Falla (Christchurch), W. E. Adams (Dunedin), and Sir Theodore Rigg (Nelson). (1 file: 221 papers)

Series 35.3. P. A. Buxton Correspondence, 1949

Correspondence between Dale and P. A. Buxton (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) concerning financial assistance to H. Womersley (Adelaide) for his monograph on Trombiculidae of the Asiatic-Pacific region. Contains Files 1-3.

Series 35.4. F. R. Callaghan Correspondence, 1951

Correspondence between Dale and F. R. Callaghan (Wellington) concerning the Congress of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Lady Rutherford, the need for closer liaison between Australia and New Zealand societies, and industrial unrest in New Zealand. (1 file: 2 letters)

Series 37.8. Sir Howard Florey, 1944

Correspondence (items 9-11).

Correspondence between Dale and Sir Howard Florey on the manufacture of penicillin in Australia, June 1944 (File 9-11)

Series 43. Papers relating to a biography of Lord Rutherford, 20 December 1951 - 4 September 1953

E. Marsden (London) to Dale, 20 December 1951 (File 1)

Sends material on Rutherford.

E. Marsden. 'Lord Rutherford'. (18 pp., typescript) (File 2)

E. Marsden to Dale (File 3)

Sends draft of McGill chapter; has written most of New Zealand chapter, June 7.

Manuscript of biography of Rutherford (File 4)

Covers early years at Cambridge...

J. Rutherford (New Plymouth) to Dale, 4 September 1953 (File 5)

Sends recollections of early life of brother.

J. Rutherford. 'Earliest recollections-Foxhill; Further reminiscences; Hop-picking holiday; Charcoal-burning at Belgrave; Havelock days' (File 6)

J. Rutherford to Dale, n.d. (File 7)

Requests return of manuscript.

E. Marsden. 'Baron Rutherford of Nelson, 1871-1937.' Reprinted from Transactions of Royal Society of New Zealand, vol. 68 (1938) (File 27)

T. H. Laby. Lord Rutherford. (Melbourne, Ford, 1944) (File 30)

E. Marsden. Rutherford Memorial Lecture, 1948. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Physical Society. A. Vol. 63 (1950) (File 32)

H. Dale. Some personal memories of Lord Rutherford of Nelson. (Nelson, Cawthron Institute, 1950) (File 33)

Series 44.12. E. Singer, 1942 - 1949

Correspondence between Dale and E. Singer (Melbourne) concerning paper on the influence of metals on diptheria intoxication, and Singer's application for the Chair of Bacteriology at Queensland University. (1 file: 18 papers)

Series 46.1. Miscellaneous Correspondence: Australia, 7 April 1944

F. G. Nicholls to Dale: return to Australia; G. B. Gresford to be successor as Australian Scientific Liaison Officer in London. (1 file: 1 letter)

Series 46.9. Miscellaneous Correspondence: New Zealand, March 1943

Correspondence between Dale and A. L. Poole (N.Z. Scientific Liaison Officer) concerning ergotism in dairy cattle. (1 file: 4 letters)

Series 62.4. Correspondence on biography of Lord Rutherford, 27 August 1951 - 28 August 1951

Dale to E. Marsden, 27 August 1951 (File)

Discusses the Rutherford Papers and plans for photocopies.

E. Marsden to Dale, 28 August 1951 (File)

The Rutherford Papers

Series 62.5. Correspondence on biography of Lord Rutherford, 22 January 1953 - 12 May 1956

Dale to E. Marsden, 22 January 1953 (File)

Inquires about progress on biography.

E. Marsden to Dale: reasons for delay, 23 February 1953 (File)

Dale to E. Marsden: delay, 23 February 1953 (File)

E. Marsden to Dale, 13 April 1954 (File)

Discusses: departure for New Zealand; draft of book.

Dale to E. Marsden, 2 May 1956 (File)

Cancellation of agreement with Faber.

E. Marsden (Wellington) to Dale, 12 May 1956 (File)

Agrees to cancellation; intends to proceed with manuscript.

Series 70. Photographs

C. H. Kellaway (2 photographs) (File 11)

Series 71.2. Cutting book, 1950

Newspaper cuttings on Dale's New Zealand tour (19 pp.), February 1950 - April 1950 (File)

Series 71.3. Cutting book. New Zealand tour, 1950

Newspaper accounts of Dale's tour of New Zealand, receptions, lectures and interviews, and articles on Lord Rutherford, medical research, Government funding of research, and science and education.

Series 79.8. Lectures for New Zealand and Canadian tour, 1950

'Some personal memories of Lord Rutherford of Nelson.' (18 pp., original typescript)

Series 138.11. Photographs of Lord Rutherford

Includes photographs of Rutherford's family, their houses at Pungarehu and Foxhill, Canterbury University College, the den where Rutherford worked on the detection of electro-magnetic wireless waves, and members of the Cambridge University Natural Science Club, 1898.

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