Papers concerning myxomatosis, 1933-1967
- Component identifier:
- Series 3
- Content Summary:
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The series contains letters written between 1933 and 1967. Correspondents include Richard Shope of the Rockefeller Institute, Henrique de Beawrepoise Aragao, who did early experimental work on myxomatosis, Alf Lawrence (a New South Wales inventor of rabbit traps), R.G. Casey (Minister in Charge of the C.S.I.R.O. in 1952), Ian Clunies Ross and Francis Ratcliffe (C.S.I.R.O.).
The subjects include the introduction of the fibroma virus, differences between French and Brazilian strains of myxomatosis, and the effect of its spread in Australia in the 1950s. Items 63 is a file of newspaper cuttings on myxomatosis, covering period 1936 to 1955.
Items 1-63
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were donated to the Library by Mrs Joan Giles and Mrs Merran Samuel, the daughters of Dame Jean Macnamara, in 1969. Further papers were received from Mr G. Douglas, Chairman of the Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board of Victoria, in 1970 and 1973.
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- The collection is available for research, except for Series 8 which is closed.
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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