Guide to the Papers of Sir Henry Dale (as filmed by the AJCP), 1935-1956

Summary

Collection number:

M1941

Creator:

Dale, Henry Hallett, Sir

Extent:

66 items

Language:

English

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).

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

The Australian Joint Copying Project filmed selected items from the Papers of Sir Henry Dale at The Royal Society including: Papers 1941-43 of the British Commonwealth Science Committee of the Royal Society regarding H.C. Webster and inter-dominion scientific collaboration; correspondence 1944 between Dale and Sir Howard Florey on the manufacture of penicillin in Australia; Papers 1944-46 concerning the Empire Scientific Conference in 1946. Correspondents include Sir Henry Tizard and Sir David Rivett; papers concerning Dale's tour of New Zealand and Canada in 1950; Papers 1951-56 relating to a biography of Lord Rutherford; and Correspondence 1942-49 with E. Singer of Melbourne concerning paper on the influence of metals on diphtheria intoxication and Singer's application for the Chair of Bacteriology at Queensland University.

Biographical / Historical:

Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968). Educated at Leys School, Cambridge, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Joined staff of Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories 1904 and Medical Research Committee 1914. First Director of National Institute for Medical Research 1928-42. Awarded 1936 Nobel Prize for Medicine (with O. Loewi) for discoveries relating to the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. Director of Royal Institution 1942-46. Secretary of Royal Society 1925-35. President of Royal Society 1940-45. Chairman of Scientific Advisory Committee to War Cabinet 1942-47. President of British Association 1947. President of Royal Society of Medicine 1948-50. President of British Council 1950-55.

Related

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-vn2288046] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Royal Society, London, England.For more information see Sir Henry Dale at the Royal Society. Collection reference: HD, Dale Papers (https://royalsociety.org/collections/).

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).

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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