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Records of Antony Gibbs and Sons Ltd (as filmed by the AJCP), 1853-1930

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Private letters to partners 1884-1919.

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Papers of Howard Francis Dawson, 1961-1981

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The collection contains correspondence and other papers relating to Dawson's work as Federal Secretary and Federal President of the United Nations Association of Australia, and as an office holder of the Australian National Committee for the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF. Formed from the restructuring of the League of Nations Union, the Australian Association for the United Nations (now UNAA) and the Australian National Committee for the UN (ANCUN) were amalgamated in 1950. The Australian National Committee for UNICEF (ANCU) under the sponsorship of UNAA was formed in 1963. The papers record the activities of these two organizations.

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Records of the World University Service, Australian Committee, 1939-1967

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The collection consists chiefly of correspondence to the Australian committee of the World University Service from various Australian branches, correspondence dealing with migrant matters, university aid and financial assistance, correspondence from government departments and various organisations, and from national overseas committees. There are also circulars, minutes, annual reports and pamphlets.

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Papers of Noel Deschamps, 1934-2004

Records of the Rotary Club of Canberra, 1928, 1940-1991

Papers of Gordon William (Bill) Ford, 1952-2010

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The collection comprises original correspondence, reports, some photos and ephemera of Bill Ford, reflecting his personal, academic and professional life. It includes diaries written when Ford was a Fulbright scholar in the 1950's at University of Illinois and University of California, Los Angeles, and his involvement with the Civil Rights movement, in particular the Freedom Ride in Jackson, Mississippi, and New South Wales, and in JFK's election campaign. Joan Ford (wife) has transcribed the diary he wrote while in the USA and the transcript also forms part of the collection. Additional records cover his international studies and research, publications and presentations from the 1960s through to the 1980s. This includes material from his time at the University of New South Wales, and working with Clyde Cameron, Minister for Labour. The collection also includes the corporate training material that Ford developed working as an organisational consultant.

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Records of the Australia-China Society, 1960-1966

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The collection includes typed and handwritten letters, telegrams and telegram drafts, printed bulletins, some minutes of meetings, and related ephemera of the Australia-China Society, covering the period from 1960 to 1966. The correspondence consists primarily professional letters to and from Mr John J. Greenland and Dr Cecil H. English, who both held the position of National Secretary of the Australia-China Society during this period. Correspondents include Australia-China Society members, individuals and Chinese officials, notably the Chinese People's Association for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Notable correspondents include Oscar Mendelsohn, Katharine Manifold, Professor Charles Patrick Fitzgerald, Dr H. C. "Nugget" Coombs and William J Liu. Some notable individuals discussed in the correspondence include Xavier Herbert, Tom Uren, John Manifold, Douglas Copland, Rewi Alley, Felix Greene and Sir William Gunn. Topics discussed include the wool and wheat trade, tourism, visiting Chinese delegations, cultural tours and exchanges of theatre, literature, film and visual art, the Chinese education system and amateur cycling.

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Papers of Hans Heysen, c.1880s-1973 (bulk 1899-1968)

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The papers relate to the life and work of South Australian artist Hans Heysen. They include personal and family correspondence, financial papers, personal documents, photographs, minutes and agenda, newscuttings, printed material and ephemera. The personal and family correspondence forms the bulk of the collection.

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Records of the Blake Society for Religious Art, 1951-2001, 1951-2001

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The records are arranged into ten series including: Constitution, 1959-1960; correspondence, 1954-1974, including business correspondence, receipts, circulars and invitations; financial papers, 1952-1963, including receipt books, cash books, bank books, cheque butts and insurance receipts; photographs, mostly of artworks entered for the Blake Prize; membership lists, 1953-c.1955; annual reports, 1953-1961; exhibition catalogues including catalogues from the Society's main exhibitions and from regional exhibitions; printing blocks of artworks, reprinted in catalogues.

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Papers of Wallace H. Smith

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The collection primarily relates to gold mining operations in Fiji undertaken by Emperor Mines and to Wallace H. Smith, a Director of Emperor Mines. The collection includes Annual Reports and Statement of Accounts for Emperor Mines; publications relating to Emperor Mines and gold mining in Fiji; and three cross section maps detailing mine workings in Vatukoula, Fiji. The collection also includes photographs of mines, mining operations and mining employees in Fiji, New Guinea and Cracow, Queensland.

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