Guide to the Collections held by the Strathclyde Archive Department (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M2775 - M2779

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Created: 2018

Collection Summary

Creator
Archives Department Strathclyde University
Title
Collections held by the Strathclyde University Archive Department (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1856 - 1987
Collection Number
M2775 - M2779
Extent
83 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

Records 1971-80 of the '96 Group relating to the painter John A. Gillfillan (1793-1864) who settled in New Zealand and Australia. Correspondents include Flora Spurdle, W.R. Long, Douglas Pike and N.B. Nairn.

Papers 1972-78 of Louis McGougan including reports on higher education in Indonesia.

Papers 1892-1932 of Sir Patrick Geddes referring to agriculture in Australia, the depression in New Zealand, Scottish migrants in New Zealand, teachers' training in New South Wales, and A.C. Haddon's plans for field work in Torres Strait and New Guinea.

Diary 1856 kept at Ballarat gold diggings and on voyage back to England on the James Baines, together with correspondence and notes 1971-75.

Papers 1948-59 of town planner Sir George Pepler. Subjects include: Australian Planning Institute; Town Planning Institute in New Zealand; amalgamation of planning institutions in Australia; visit of James Fraser to Australia; and rebuilding of villages in North Borneo.

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 owner of the original material.

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 location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Material selectively filmed at Strathclyde University Archives Department, Glasgow, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1992 (AJCP Reels: M2775-M2779). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Archive Department, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. For more information Strathclyde University Archives (https://www.strath.ac.uk/archives/).

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-vn1616278] 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.

Pieces that were not filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project have not been included in this Finding Aid.

Subjects

Artists; Australia; Australia: visits to; Australian Planning Institute; Ballarat, Victoria; Education; Farms and farming: Australia; Fraser, James; Geddes, Sir Patrick; Gillfillan, John A.; Golds and goldfields: Victoria; Haddon, A.C.; Indonesia; James Baines (ship); Long, W.R.; McGougan, Louis; Nairn, N. Bede; New Zealand; New Zealand: economic conditions; New Zealand: immigration to; North Borneo; Papua New Guinea; Papua New Guinea: life and customs; Pepler, Sir George; Pike, Douglas, Prof.; Scots in New Zealand; Spurdle, Flora; Torres Strait Islanders; Town planners; Town Planning Institute of New Zealand

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 442, p173.

Item Descriptions

Fonds OK 10. Associations and Clubs: The '96 Group, 14 September 1971 - 1980

13 items

Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1954 to ensure the presentation of historical items connected with the Technical College and its forebears.

Series 4. Unbound Proceedings, 1980

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

John Alexander Gilfillan (1793-1864) by Charles G. Wood (53p., typescript), 1980 (File 5)

Biography of J.A. Gilfillan, formerly Professor of Drawing and Painting at Anderson's University, Glasgow who migrated to New Zealand in 1841.

Biographical / Historical

After loosing many of his family in a Maori attack on his homestead in Matarawa Valley in April 1847, he went to Australia, settling in Melbourne.

Series 6. Programmes, June 1980

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

John Alexander Gilfillan, 1793-1864 by C.G. Wood, (3p.), June 1980 (File 11)

Series 8. Correspondence, 19 November 1971 - 26 April 1979

5 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Correspondence with Ms A.M. Atkins (Hamilton) and J.E. Traue (Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington) re paintings of J.A. Gilfillan and diary of John Gordon Gilfillan in her possession. (10p.), 16 September 1972 - 1 August 1973 (File 6)
Correspondence with Miss J. Dyce (Mitchell Library, Sydney) re paintings by Gilfillan in the Mitchell Library. (7p.), 30 July 1973 - 19 November 1973 (File 7)
Correspondence with Flora Spurdle (Wanganui) re Gilfillan painting of Mr and Mrs Davis. (8p.), 12 July 1972 - 25 November 1972 (File 8)
Correspondence and invoices from National Library of Australia regarding paintings by Gilfillan in the National Library. Includes list. (13p.), 30 July 1973 - 26 April 1979 (File 9)
Correspondence with Mrs Janet Paul (Alexander Turnball Library, Wellington) re paintings by Gilfillan in the Library, 19 November 1971 - 30 October 1972 (File 10)

Also includes: Xeroxes of letters from John Anderson Gilfillan [no relation] (Auckland) to Donald McLean (Napier).

(23p.)

Series 10. Ephemera Collected by the '96 Group, 14 September 1971 - 13 August 1975

6 items

Comprises: Mainly xeroxes of biographical information on graduates and other people connected with Strathclyde University. Many such people went to Australia and there are files comprising xeroxes from the Australian Dictionary of Biography etc. on them. Noted here only are files of original correspondence.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Correspondence with Dr W. R. Lang (Geelong), 31 May 1974 - 30 August 1974 (File 623)

Dr W.R. Lang (Geelong) seeking information on James Harrison, who attended Anderson's University and who founded the Geelong Advertiser in 1840. (11p.)

Correspondence with F.A. Sharr (Library Board of Western Australia); Christine Kelly (Royal Geographical Society, London); T.A. Kealy (State Library of Victoria), 16 June 1972 - 25 March 1974 (File 738)

Re Ralph Waldo Emerson Maclvor, agricultural chemist. (12p.) Includes: Royal Geographical Society Certificate for Election for R.W.E. Maclvor 22 Dec. 1886, signed by Ferd. von Mueller. (Xerox)

Correspondence with Douglas Pike (Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra) and others re Andrew Murray (16p.), 14 September 1971 - 10 January 1972 (File 832)

Reasons Gilfillan was not included in Australian Dictionary of Biography - 'we have included more artists than the allotted percentage warranted'.

Biographical / Historical

Andrew Murray (1813-1880), cousin of J.A. Gilfillan;

Correspondence with N.B. Nairn (Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra) re William Thomson, medical graduate of Anderson's University. (6p.), 22 July 1975 - 13 August 1975 (File 1571)
Testimonial in favour of Mr W. Thomson, South Yarra, candidate for lectureship of materia medica. (6p., Xerox provided by State Library of Victoria), [n.d.] (File 1572)
Correspondence with F. A. Sharr (Library Board of Western Australia), 22 April 1974 - 23 July 1974 (File 2053)

Re Helichrysum macivorii a Western Australian flower named by Mueller in honour of R.E.W. MacIvor (7p.)

Fonds OM. Papers of Staff and Students, 1852 - 22 February 1984

12 items

Series 53. David Ellis, 1874 - 1937

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Biographical / Historical

Lecturer in Botany, Professor of Bacteriology (1924-1937)

Subseries 2. Correspondence, 28 May 1914 - 27 June 1914
1 item
Benjamin Moore (Liverpool) to Ellis re arrangements for journey to Australia to attend B.A.A.S. Meeting. (4p.), 28 May 1914 - 27 June 1914 (File 1-2)

Includes a copy of Moore's article 'The Presence of Inorganic Iron Compounds in the Chloroplasts of the Green Cells of Plants, considered in Relationship to Natural Photo-synthesis and the Origin of Life' from the Proceedings of the Royal Society B Vol. 87, 1914.

Series 210. Patrick Dunbar Ritchie, 1907 - 1981

5 items

Young Professor of Technical Chemistry at Royal Technical College, R.C.S.T. and Strathclyde University, 1950-1972; Professor of Applied Chemistry and Dean of School of Applied Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 1972-1977.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Subseries 4. Miscellaneous, 26 September 1973 - 14 July 1978
5 items

Filmed selectively.

'Pandangan Pengembara: the Traveller's Eye'. Catalogue to exhibition of paintings by Pat Ritchie, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 26 September 1973 - 10 October 1973 (File 6)

Annotated with details of sales. (4p.).

Newspaper cutting re exhibition. (1p.) (File 7)
Universiti Sains Malaysia Staff List, Session (1p.), 1974 - 1975 (File 8)
A Message to my Students from Professor R.D. Ritchie. (3p.), 7 December 1976 (File 9)

Details of: Establishment of School of Applied Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

University of Dundee laureation address by Dean of Faculty of Law, Walter Kamba at conferment of Doctorate of Laws on P. Ritchie. (2p.), 14 July 1978 (File 10)

Series 219. Louis McGougan, 1972

3 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Biographical / Historical

Louis McGouan (1922-), Senior Administrative Assistant, 1958-1961; Building Officer, 1961-1966; Bursar, 1966-1984.

Report on Specialist Tour to Indonesia by Sir Samuel Curran and L. McGougan, University of Strathclyde (12p., Duplicated typescript), 1972 (File 2)
The Development of Higher Education in Indonesia. Report to British Council by Sir Samuel Curran and L. McGougan, University of Strathclyde. (11p., Duplicated typescript), 1972 (File 3)
Applications for an Association of Commonwealth Universities / Commonwealth Foundation Administrative Travelling Fellowship, 1976/1977 and 1977/1978. (10p.) (File 4/1-2)

Biographical / Historical

McGougan applied for a grant to travel to Malaysia and Australia to study university administration.

Series 225. C. Frank Sheard, 7 November 1982 - 27 February 1983

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Biographical / Historical

Student at Royal Technical College (1923-1937)

C.F. Sheard (Epping, New South Wales) to R.J.M. Young (Graduates' Association, Strathclyde University) with memories of staff at Royal Technical College. (4p.), 7 November 1982 - 27 February 1983 (File 1-2)

Series 275. Thomas Ulrich Walton, 1852 - 1917

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Biographical / Historical

Student of Chemistry at Anderson's University, later Chemist to Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Sydney.

Certificates and testimonials re his study at Anderson's University (5p., Xeroxes), 1877 - 1880 (File 1-5)

Series 278. David Morrell, 20 January 1984 - 22 February 1984

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Biographical / Historical

David Morrell (1933-). Academic Registrar, 1966-1973; Registrar, 1973-1989.

Correspondence with D.W. Girvan (Registrar, Otago University) re resource allocation. (3p.), 20 January 1984 - 22 February 1984 (File 8)

Fonds OP. Photographs and Illustrations

1 item

Series 6. University Miscellaneous

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Reproductions of paintings and sketches by Gilfillan (File 4/1-12)

Archival History

Originals in the collections of Alexander Turnball Library; National Library of Australia; Mrs A.M. Atkins, Hamilton; Victoria and Albert Museum; Mitchell Library, Sydney; James Allison, New Zealand.

Fonds OS. University of Strathclyde, 26 May 1983 - 10 October 1987

6 items

Series 91. Academic Interchange, 26 May 1983 - 10 October 1987

6 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Subseries 4. Malaysia, 13 February 1985 - 10 October 1987
3 items
Memorandum of understanding between Sabah Energy Corporation and a consortium of Scottish Universities. (3p.), 13 February 1985 (File 1)
Memorandum of understanding between University of Strathclyde and Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia. (12p.), 15 August 1986 (File 2/1-2)
Message of greeting to International Islamic University of Malaysia. (1p.), 10 October 1987 (File 3)
Subseries 13. Singapore, 14 November 1986
1 item
Message of greeting to Nanyang Technological Institute. (1p.), 14 November 1986 (File 1)
Subseries 19. Australia, 26 May 1983
1 item
Message of congratulations on centenary of Roseworthy Agricultural College. (1p.), 26 May 1983 (File 1)
Subseries 24. Indonesia, November 1985
1 item
Message of greeting to Moi University. (1p.), November 1985 (File 1)

Fonds T-GED. Deposited Collections: Sir Patrick Geddes Collection, 25 December 1887 - 6 March 1932

17 items

Biographical / Historical

Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932), town planner, biologist, sociologist, educationalist, poet and art critic. Author of Cities in Evolution (1915) and Life-outlines of General Biology with Professor Thomson (1931).

Series 1. Town Planning, 14 October 1908

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Subseries 5. Cities and Regional Survey, 14 October 1908
1 item
Harold Large (Havelock North) to Geddes forwarding report on New Zealand he has prepared for The World Without and World Within'. (8 p.), 14 October 1908 (File 71-72)

Series 9. General Correspondence, 24 February 1892 - 6 March 1932

12 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

? (Dunedin) to Geddes re work in his garden which is much admired. (4p., incomplete), 24 February 1892 (File 59)
A. Mackay (Dundee) to Geddes re cultivation of Ramie, suited to Straits Settlements. (2 p.), 2 January 1896 (File 157)
George Henderson (London) to Geddes re agriculture in the Empire, including Canada and Australia. (6 p.), 11 August 1903 (File 495)
Harold Large (Napier) to Geddes re his philosophy; his admiration for Geddes. (8 p.), 3 July 1907 (File 792)
James Macgeorge (London) to Geddes, intends to send him a map of Adelaide. (3 p.), 7 November 1908 (File 859)
Victor Ryan (Adelaide) to Geddes forwarding photographs and plans of Adelaide [wanting]. (1 p.), 6 January 1915 (File 1279)
Mary Geddes (Auckland) to Geddes re Depression in New Zealand; keeping angora and chinchilla rabbits as a sideline. (4 p.), 2 November 1930 (File 1767)
Mary Geddes (Auckland) to Robert Cameron (Wairarapa Caledonian Society) sending printed letter re memorials to Margaret Kennedy Fraser organised by Patrick Geddes. (3 p.), 8 September 1931 (File 1834)
Mary Geddes (Auckland) to Geddes re support for Margaret Kennedy Fraser Memorial in New Zealand; types of Scottish migrants in New Zealand; economic difficulties. (7p.), 13 October 1931 (File 1838)
Jessica Geddes (Isle of Wight) to Geddes that has not heard from relatives in New Zealand. (2p.), 3 January 1932 (File 1876)
M.C. Macdonald (Edinburgh) to Geddes that Charlie will not return to the Malayan rubber estate. (5p.), 6 March 1932 (File 1926)
F.W. Frankland (Wellington) to James Sully re theories of evolution, natural selection, selfishness and altruism. (11p., copy), [n.d.] (File 2054)

Series 12. Education, December 1896

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Subseries 1. Ms and Typescript Lecture Notes, December 1896
1 item
Outline of proposed scheme for the training of teachers in secondary and in private elementary schools, Sydney, New South Wales. Margaret Hodge, Harrit C. Newcomb. (7p.), December 1896 (File 60)

Series 18. Botany - Biology, 25 December 1887

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Subseries 2. Correspondence, 25 December 1887
1 item
Alfred C. Haddon (Dublin) to Geddes re his plans for field work in Torres Straits and New Guinea. (7p.), 25 December 1887 (File 1A)

Series 25/4. Photographs

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Photographs of Adelaide (North Terrace, King William Street), Sydney (Harbour views) and Melbourne. (14 photographs, several panoramas), c. 1900 (File 2-9)
Photographs of Auckland. (2 photographs), [c. 1890s?] (File 497-8)

Fonds T-GTS. Deposited Collections: Records of Glasgow Typographical Society, 1921 - 1950

3 items

Series 3. Records of Other Typographical Associations, Publishers, 1921 - 1950

3 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Subseries 2. Outside British Isles, 1921 - 1950
3 items

Filmed selectively.

Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia. Rules of Victorian Branch (38p., printed), 1921 (File 1)
Printing industry Employees' Union of Australia, Victorian Branch. Metropolitan Daily Newspaper Offices Wage Rates, Hours of Work, Conditions of employment, Piece Scale and Appendices (60p., printed), 1927 (File 2)
Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia Country Printing Award (40p., printed), 1950 (File 3)

Fonds T-MIN. Deposited Collections: Minor Collections, 7 May 1856 - 1975

2 items

Series T-MIN/1. Diary from Gold Fields of Victoria, 7 May 1856 - 1975

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Diary of diggings at Ballarat by unknown writer, and his brother, John and voyage home on James Baines. (31p.), 7 May 1856 - 17 November 1856 (File 1)

Details of: Diggings; decision to return home; journey to Melbourne; voyage home - other passengers, weather, meeting with American ship, drunken passenger put in irons, ceremonies of crossing the line, death and burial of Mr Neame.

Correspondence and notes regarding the diary (13p.), 1971 - 1975 (File 2)

Correspondents include: T.A. Kealy (State Library of Victoria); Patricia Reynolds (La Trobe Library); Douglas Pike (Australian National University, Canberra).

(A xerox copy of the Diary is held by State Library of Victoria.)

Fonds T-PEP. Deposited Collections: Sir George Pepler Papers, 8 August 1856 - 1959

79 items

Related Materials

See also: Alfred R. Potter, 'Sir George Pepler: an appreciation', Journal of the Town Planning Institute, vol. XLV, 1958-1959, p. 155.

Biographical / Historical

Sir George Pepler (1882-1959), town planner; 1919-1941 Chief Town Planning Inspector to Ministry of Health, 1943-1946 Chief Technical Advisor to Ministry of Town and Country Planning; founder (in 1913), Honorary Secretary, Treasurer and President (in 1919-1920) of the Town Planning Institute; instrumental in establishment of Australian Planning Institute on federal basis in 1951 and in its affiliation to the Town Planning Institute in 1955.

Series Drawer 1. Town Planning Institute, November 1957

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Subseries. Town Planning Institute Council and Committees, November 1957
1 item
Education Committee, November 1957 (File Folder 4)

Dr F.W. Ledgar (University of Melbourne) to Alfred R. Potter (Town Planning Institute, London) enclosing application for recognition of courses [of Department of Town and Regional Planning, Melbourne University] by Town Planning Institute, London. (22p., cyclostyled)

Subseries Box 4. Town Planning Institute Committees, Branch Constitutions, Affiliations, 1953 - 1959
2 items
Town Planning Institute Town and Country Planning in the Commonwealth Countries, 1958 - 1959 (File Folder 13)

Draft and final versions of Town Planning Institute Council memorandum 'Town and Country Planning in the Commonwealth and Colonies' (reference to Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia); rough notes and related correspondence from Alfred R. Potter (Town Planning Institute), G. Pepler, B.J. Collins (Middlesex Planning Department). (52p.)

Australian Planning Institute, 1953 - 1955 (File Folder 15)

Memoranda, notes and correspondence on the application for affiliation by Australian Planning Institute. (93p.)

Correspondents include: W.C.D. Veale (Australian Planning Institute, Adelaide), Denis Winston (University of Sydney).

Series Drawer 1. Town Planning Institute, 8 August 1856 - 1959

6 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2775.

Subseries Box 5. Town Planning Institute General Correspondence, 1948 - 1952
8 items
General Correspondence, 1948 - 1950 (File Folder 18)
2 items
Denis Winston (Sydney University) to A.R. Potter (Town Planning Institute, London) re the various planning institutions in Australia. (3p., copy), 9 September 1949 (Item)
Pepler to A.R. Potter enclosing note on conversation with Sir Patrick Abercrombie who had recently visited Australia. (2p.), 20 January 1949 - 21 January 1949 (Item)
General Correspondence, 1950 - 1952 (File Folder 19)
6 items
A.H. Killick (R.I.C.S., London) to Pepler re affiliation of Town Planning Institute in New Zealand, encloses copy of letter of 11 Nov. 1924 re affiliation of South African Institute. (3p.), 10 April 1951 (Item)
Pepler to Killick re New Zealand Branch, 14 March 1951 (Item)
Potter to Pepler re New Zealand Branch, 13 March 1951 (Item)
Pepler to Potter re New Zealand Branch, 12 March 1951 (Item)
Potter to Pepler enclosing copy of letter from Denis Winston (Sydney University) re the amalgamation of various planning institutions in Australia. (3p.), 27 October 1950 (Item)
Derek Plumstead (Edinburgh) to Pepler re Australian situation . (2p.), 22 September 1950 (Item)

'Mr Jessop was unfortunate in that he could not prevent certain steps being taken in Australia while he was over there.'

Subseries Box 6. Town Planning Institute General Correspondence, 8 August 1856 - 1958
15 items
General Correspondence, 1954 - 1956 (File Folder 20)
14 items
Pepler to J.M. Fraser (Singapore) re his visit to Australia, 26 September 1956 (Item)
Fraser (Sydney) to Pepler re attendance at Conference of Australian Planning Institute in Perth, and visits to Sydney and Melbourne. (6p.), 8 September 1956 (Item)
Denis Winston (Perth) to Pepler thanking him for his support over affiliation, successful conference, the Stephenson Plan for Perth, 8 September 1956 (Item)
Pepler to Desmond Heap (London) the Australian Planning Institute and the visit by James Fraser. (3p.), 8 August 1856 (Item)
Pepler to Fraser (Singapore) re his visit to Australia and the situation in Singapore, 8 August 1956 (Item)
Fraser (Singapore) to Pepler re visit to Australia and calm situation in Singapore, 30 July 1956 (Item)
Fraser to J.A. Hepburn that agrees to visit Australia regretting that Pepler cannot visit Australia, 28 July 1956 (Item)
J.A. Hepburn (Town Planning Department, Perth) to Pepler regretting that Pepler cannot visit Australia, 10 May 1956 (Item)
Pepler to Hepburn regretting that he cannot visit Australian congress to be held in Perth in September, 2 May 1956 (Item)
J.A. Hepburn (Perth) to Pepler re planning congress to be held in Perth in September, 24 April 1956 (Item)
Pepler to Fraser re expenses of a trip to Australia, 6 April 1956 (Item)
Fraser (Singapore) to Pepler re visit to Australia and Singapore Master Plan, 24 March 1956 (Item)
Denis Winston (Sydney) to Pepler re Town Planning Institute representation at Australian Conference, 22 March 1956 (Item)
Paper to E.F. Peeler (Town Planning Institute, London) enclosing memorandum, 'The Australian Planning Institute and Ourselves' for next issue of Journal. (3p.), 5 September 1955 (Item)
General Correspondence, 1956 - 1958 (File Folder 21)
1 item
Pepler to E.H. Doubleday (County Hall, Hertford) re thesis by Josephine Coombs from Australia, 11 October 1957 (Item)

Series Drawer 9. Singapore, 1936 - 1958

15 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2776-M2778.

Subseries Box 1. Singapore Improvement Trust: Administration, 1949 - 1954
2 items
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, 1949 - 1952 (File Folder 1)

Re early meetings. D.H. Komlosy appointed Chief Planning Officer, Diagnostic Survey Team; J.M. Fraser appointed Manager, Singapore Investment Trust. (100p.)

Correspondence, memoranda, reports re further staff appointments. Some correspondence, Pepler with W.L. Blyth. Pepler's appointment extended to November 1954. (100p.), 1953 - 1954 (File Folder 2)
Subseries Box 2. Singapore Improvement Trust: Administration, 1951 - 1955
3 items
Planning Co-ordination Committee - minutes of meetings. Administrative papers. (100p.), 1951 - 1952 (File Folder 3)
Trustees meetings. Notes and memoranda on the general organisation of the Singapore Improvement Trust. (70p.), 1953 - 1954 (File Folder 4)
General administrative papers. Some correspondence, Pepler with D.H. Komlosy and J.M. Fraser. (140p.), 1952 - 1955 (File Folder 5)
Subseries Box 3. Singapore Improvement Trust: Legislation, 1936 - 1954
2 items
Miscellaneous, 1936 - 1953 (File Folder 6)
8 items
Sir George L. Pepler. Essential planning powers. Memorandum to W.L. Blythe, Colonial Secretary. With 2 addenda, December 1950 - January 1951 (Item)
Sir George L. Pepler. Preliminary plan for Singapore, 1951 (Item)

Attached are notes some in ms.

Colony of Singapore. Straits Settlement Ordinance. Cap. 139, 1951 (Item)
Colony of Singapore. Municipal Ordinance. Chap. 133. ed, 1936 (Item)
Colony of Singapore. Municipal Ordinance. Chap. 133. Reprint, 1951 (Item)
Sir George L. Pepler. Progress report on the Diagnostic Survey and the Master Plan, 1952 (Item)
Sir George L. Pepler. Notes on the Diagnostic Survey and the Master Plan with reference to the progress made and matters upon which earlier decisions are required, 1953 (Item)
T.P.F. McNeice. Preliminary Island Plan. Foreword. (c. 700p.), 1953 (Item)
Miscellaneous, 1954 (File Folder 7)
12 items
Master Plan. Written statement. First draft, 1954 (Item)
D.H. Komlosy. Extract from a letter written to Pepler re the Master Plan, written statement, 9 June 1954 (Item)
Master Plan. Confidential notes and memoranda, 1954 (Item)
Singapore Improvement (Master Plan-Public Inquires) Rules of Procedure, 1954 (Item)
Sir George L. Pepler. Rules for the holding of public inquiries in relation to the Master Plan, 1954 (Item)
Sir George L. Pepler. Notes on planning co-ordination, 1954 (Item)
Sir George L. Pepler. Rules for the Master Plan, 1954 (Item)
Colony of Singapore Government Gazette Supplement. The Singapore Improvement (Master Plan) Rules, 9 April 1954 (Item)
Land use (and building) schedule. Draft in three parts (Item)
Colony of Singapore. Singapore Improvement Ordinance. Cap. 134. First draft, 1954 (Item)
Colony of Singapore. Map. Scale: 1 in. = 1 mile (Item)
Singapore Improvement Trust. Miscellaneous correspondence re Master Plan. (c. 130p.), 1954 (Item)
Subseries Box 4. Singapore Improvement Trust. Legislation, 1951 - 1958
3 items
Legislation, 1953 - 1954 (File Folder 8)
3 items
Select Committee on the Land Acquisition Bill; Report, 1954 (Item)
Sir George Pepler. Notes on the Report, 1954 (Item)
Correspondence mainly with J.E. Pepper, Commissioner of Lands, Singapore, and notes on the Land Acquisition Bill. (c. 160p.), 1953 - 1954 (Item)
Legislation, 1951 - 1954 (File Folder 9)
2 items
Colony of Singapore. Singapore Improvement (Amendment) Bill. Bound copy with comments in pencil by Pepler. Government Printing Office, Singapore, 1951 (Item)
Sir George L. Pepler. Memoranda on amendments necessary to the Bill for implementation of the Master Plan. (234p.), 1953 - 1954 (Item)
Legislation, 1958 (File Folder 10)
2 items
Correspondence with D.H. Komlosy, 1958 (Item)
Parliament. House of Commons. Debate on the state of the Singapore Bill, 11 July 1958 (Item)

Hansard. Vol. 591, no. 140. H.M.S.O.

(34p.)

Subseries Box 5. Singapore Improvement Trust. Other Activities, 1951 - 1957
5 items
Other Activities, 1951 - 1954 (File Folder 11)
2 items
Sir George L. Pepler. Notes on the Singapore Playing Fields Committee. (2p.), 1952 (Item)
Notes and reports on meetings with J.F. Nicoll, Governor of the Colony. Particular attention to the problems of 'attap' housing. (50p.), 1951 - 1954 (Item)
Other Activities, July 1954 - August 1954 (File Folder 12)
1 item
Sir George L. Pepler. Three letters to the Editor, the Strait Times, Singapore, defending his planning policies in Singapore against his critics. (8p.) (Item)
Other Activities, 1951 - 1954 (File Folder 13)
1 item
Publicity material, drafts of broadcasts, articles for the press. (80p.) (Item)
Other Activities, 1952 - 1956 (File Folder 14)
1 item
Miscellaneous correspondence. Includes report of an interview, Pepler with J.F. Nicoll, then Governor Designate of Singapore, in March 1952. (100p.) (Item)
Other Activities, 1957 (File Folder 15)
2 items
D.H. Komlosy. 'The Development of Kuching'. Report on the need for planning in Kuching. (17p.), 1957 (Item)
D.H. Komlosy. 'The Development of Brunei'. Report on the need for planning in Brunei (22p.), 1957 (Item)

(Both reports based on visits to Kuching and Brunei in 1956 by arrangement with the Singapore Improvement Trust.)

Series Drawer 10. Commonwealth Work, 1950 - 1955

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2778.

Subseries Box 1. Australia and Malaya, 1950 - 1955
2 items

General

Copy Complete.

Australia, 1950 - 1955 (File Folder 1)
9 items

Correspondence, notes and reports regarding Town and County Planning.

Individuals/correspondents include: Sir George L. Pepler, William G. Holford, Colin Clark, Denis Winston (Prof), Town and Planning Institute, Cumberland City Council

Subjects include: Town Planning, Town Planning Traning, Planning Policy, Federal Congress on Regional and Town Planning

University of Malaya, 1951 - 1954 (File Folder 2)

Correspondence, reports, notes, maps, re a site for the university. Most documents relate to the informal conference held in 1952 at Johore, Bahru, Malaya, under the chairmanship of Mentri Besar. Particpants at the conference were: Pepler, Sir George Allen, and C.N. Parkinson. (200p.)

Series Drawer 20. Single Topics, 1948 - 1958

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2779.

British Council, 1948 (File Folder 3)
1 item
Memoranda and correspondence, minutes of meetings re 'Town and Country Planning in Great Britain' exhibit assembled by the British Council for display in Germany and Australia. (52p.), 1948 (Item)

Correspondents include: Rachel Morrison (Town Planning Institute); Dorothy Goslett (London); M. McLeod (British Council); Sir Patrick Abercrombie (London).

Includes: Exhibition booklet produced for Australia. (29p.)

Migration Council and Commonwealth Migration Council, 1950 - 1958 (File Folder 13)
1 item
Minutes of meetings, correspondence, memoranda, publications (c. 800p.), 1950 - 1958 (Item)

Subjects include: Emigration to the Dominions; Fitzroy River Basin, Queensland as a site for planned migration; the Constitution of the Migration Council.

Correspondents include: Sir Clifford Heathcote-Smith (London); L. Farrer Brown (Nuffield Foundation); J.E. Stevens (Minister of National Development, Canberra); Patrick Gordon Walker (Commonwealth Relations Office).

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Migration Council Ltd, 1954

Commonwealth Migration Council Newsletter, no. 1-6, 1957-1958

Migration Council, Operation British Commonwealth, 1951

Commonwealth Migration Council, How important is the Commonwealth?, 1957

Series Drawer 21. Personal Correspondence, 14 November 1947 - 13 January 1959

5 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2779.

'F', 16 April 1958 - 13 January 1959 (File Folder 6)
1 item
Correspondence with J.M. Fraser (Singapore) re retirement from Singapore Improvement Trust - 'I have got very tired battling against frustration'. (11 p.), 16 April 1958 - 13 January 1959 (Item)
'K', 23 May 1958 - 22 October 1958 (File Folder 11)
1 item
Correspondence with D.H. Komlosy (Singapore Improvement Trust) re Singapore Master Plan; job prospects in Australia. (6p.), 23 May 1958 - 22 October 1958 (Item)
'N', 15 September 1950 - 1 November 1950 (File Folder 14)
2 items
Pepler to Nancy Northcroft (Christchurch) acknowledging her letter, 1 November 1950 (Item)
Nancy Northcroft (Christchurch) to Pepler re British Council Exhibition of 'Town and Country Planning in Britain'. (2p.), 15 September 1950 (Item)
'R', 13 January 1950 - 24 July 1951 (File Folder 17)
1 item
Correspondence with Alma Royalton-Kisch (Melbourne and Cambridge) re British Council exhibition of 'Town and Country Planning in Britain'. (16p.), 13 January 1950 - 24 July 1951 (Item)
'W', 14 November 1947 - 31 December 1947 (File Folder 22)
1 item
Correspondence with G.C. Whiteley (Colonial Office) re rebuilding of villages in North Borneo destroyed during Japanese occupation. (14p.), 14 November 1947 - 31 December 1947 (Item)

Includes: Despatch 89, 14 Nov. 1947 from the Governor.


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