Deakin University, Geelong, 1960-94

Component identifier:

Series 5

Content Summary:

West worked at Deakin University in Geelong between 1976 and 1994, holding the positions of Professor of History and Government, Planning Dean and Dean of Social Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development). The series comprises correspondence (including copies of some of West's letters), papers on academic appointments and university tenure and other administrative files.

The papers in this series were created during his time at Geelong. Although some of the files do not relate specifically to Deakin University, the Library has retained West's original arrangement and has kept the papers together.

The main correspondent is F.R. Jevons, Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University. Other correspondents include J.L. Carrick, Marian Kent, A.L. Pritchard, John Avieson, John Milton-Smith, Philip Maxwell, N.C.A. Franzi, Oxford University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography, University of Melbourne, Australian National University, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, Churchill College, Cambridge and The Australian Encyclopaedia.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Professor Francis West donated the papers to the Library in several instalments between 1995 and 2000.

Names:

Francis West

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