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Science and security : informing New Zealand : proceedings of a conference organised by the Royal Society of New Zealand, 17 November 2005.

Papers relating to pencillin;  Florey's 1944 trip to Australia and New Zealand;  research interests;  general pathology;  correspondence with John Fulton, 1950-1960;  general correspondence, 1959-1968;  personal correspondence, 1954-67;  papers of Margaret A. Jennings, 1958-64;  lectures, 1950-1966;  photograph albums;  letters of congratulations;  family papers;  diary, 1944;  letters received by Lady Florey on the death of Lord Florey, 1968;  obituaries and biographies;  correspondence of Ethel Florey and other papers

Royal Society, London - Sir Howard Florey - Papers, 1898-1968

I. DAVID MCNICOLL
 
A. Diaries, 1941-1997 
 
1941, 1956-1997;  Appointment and pocket diaries (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/1)
1944-1945, 197-;  Travel diaries (3): en route to San Francisco on the liner Lurline, 5-23 Apr. 1944, with newscutting review of Air Mail Palestine (1943);  trip to the Caribbean and South America, 18 Apr.-20 May 1945;  and trip to South Africa, 197- (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/1)
 
B. Correspondence, 1932-2000
(Arranged alphabetically)
 
A-E: Includes Granville Aboyne, 1968;  Jonathan Aitken, 1979;  Ethel Anderson, 1947;  Australian Consolidated Press, London Bureau, 1985-1986;  Australian Consolidated Press, 1992;  Australian Encyclopaedia, 1994;  Australian War Memorial, 1998;  Baroness Brigstocke, 1998;  Patrick Buckridge, 1987;  Edmund Campion, 1982, ca. 1990 (Edmund Campion to James Hall);  Lord Carrington, 1979;   Stewart Cockburn, 1951;  Darcy Dugan, 1978;  and Allan Edgar, 1998 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/2/1)
F-G: Includes Lady (Mary) Fairfax, 1970, 1979-1999;  A. P. Fleming, 1946-1994;  Patrick Gallagher (Allen & Unwin), 1997;  Helen Garner, 1996;  Dominique Girard, 1996;  and J. G. (John) Gorton, 2000 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/2/2)
H-M: Includes Guy Harriott, Date unknown;  Bob Hawke, 1983;  Jack R. Herman, (Australian Press Council), 1999;  John Howard, 1999;  Dick Hughes, 1999;  John Fairfax & Sons Ltd, 1933;  Robert Juniper, 1990;  Danny Kaye, 1965;  John Kerr, 1975;  Monro B. Lanier, 1945;  George T. McGann, 1989 (with enclosed letter from Ben Carlin, 1949), 1993, 2000;  Ronald McNicoll, 1941;  W. R. McNicoll, 1932;  Princess Margaret, 1975-1985, 1997;  Harry M. Miller, 1986;  and Hal Myers, 1999 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/2/3)
N-Z: Includes Nigel Nicolson, 1992;  Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, 1944;  Rebel Penfold-Russell, 1987;  John Pilger, 1988;  Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, 1995, 2000;  Elizabeth Riddell, 1998;  Cornelius Ryan, 1972;  Clement Semmler, 1990;  Lord Snowdon, 1968;  Richard Walsh, 1993;  George Warnecke, 1975;  Patrick White, 1963;  Gough Whitlam, 1999;  Paul Zanetti, Date unknown;  and unidentified correspondents (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/2/4)
1944-1972, Date unknown;  Correspondence and memoranda with Frank Packer concerning Australian Consolidated Press Limited, including his letter received from Alan Reid, 20 May 1970 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/1)
1950-1956, 1972;  Telegrams mainly to and from Frank Packer and E. W. McAlpine (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/2)
1951;  Letters received, with enclosed newscuttings, from New Zealanders responding to his critical comments after his visit to their country (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/3)
1960, 1963;  Letters of introduction from Prime Minister Robert Menzies, 7 Apr. 1960 and Premier R. J. Heffron, 18 Mar. 1963 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/4)
1984, 1996-1997;  Letters received from Rosalie Gardom (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/16 : RESTRICTED)
1988-1999;  Letters received from readers of his column in The Bulletin (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/17 : RESTRICTED)
1994;  Correspondence concerning trip to Ireland and England (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/5)
1994;  Correspondence concerning trip to France, including article for his column in The Bulletin (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/6)
1995;  Christmas and get-well cards received after his heart valve operation   (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/3/7)
 
C. Subject files, 1920-2000
 
1974-2000;  7 Australian Division Cavalry Regiment Association, including letter received from A. D. (Dan) Johnston, 1999 and Christmas card from Bruce Ruxton, 1999, and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1995-1997;  Australian Press Council, being mainly minutes of meetings with related papers (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/18 : RESTRICTED)
1989-1996;  Australian War Correspondents' Society, including letter received, with enclosures, from Tony Rafty, 1996 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1949-198-;  'Bligh Material', being mainly printed material, photocopies, colour transparencies and colour slide (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1984-1988;  Bligh Statue, Circular Quay West, being mainly concerning Bligh Memorial Fund,  including letters received from Charles Court, 1985;  Paul Everingham, 1986;  Irving Gallery;  Frank Halliday, 1986;  Douglas Oliver, 1985;  and Manning Clark,  1987;  and Polaroid photographs (6) of statue (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1984, Date unknown;  Christmas cards address lists (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1955, 199-;  Commonwealth Press Union, mainly concerning conferences, including Australian Handbook for Delegates to VIII Commonwealth Press Union Conference,  29 Oct.-27 Nov. 1955, edited by E. W. McAlpine (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1953;  Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, including press passes and order of service in the Abbey Church of St Peter Westminster (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/4)
1959-1987;  Fairfax Family, including order of service for the funeral of Sir Warwick Fairfax (1901-1987), St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, 30 Jan. 1987 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1920-1929;  The Home, being mainly cuttings of social photographs from the magazine (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1978-1987;  International Press Institute, mainly concerning conferences and general assemblies, including photoprints of David McNicoll at conference in Florence (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
193--1992;  Invitations (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1998;  John Laws, being Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales v Radio 2UE  Sydney Pty Limited & Anor, Supreme Court of N.S.W. Court of Appeal judgement on contempt of court by 2UE and John Laws (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
196-, 1979-1980;  'Luck's a Fortune - Launch', including letters received from Ranald McDonald, Geoffrey Dutton, Malcolm Fraser, George Molnar, Col Allison and Charles Court, photoprints and reviews (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1978;  C. R. Macdonald (Managing Director, David Syme & Co. Limited), being copy of speech on Freedom of Information Act, 14 Aug. 1978 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1946-1998;  Menus, including autograph menus of dinners of The Single Bottle Club, being 3rd Dinner given by the Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser (Prime Minister), The Lodge, 22 June 1982, with colour photoprint of David McNicoll, Len Evans and Malcolm Fraser, and a dinner held at the Two Faces Restaurant, Melbourne, 17 Aug. 1984 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/5)
1955;  'Newspaper Strike, 1955', being issues of the Emergency Strike Edition of the joint newspaper of the Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror and The Sun, 11 July 1955 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1967, 1971;  'Newspaper Strike, 1967', being mainly issues of newspapers, including The Clarion: The Newspapermen's Newspaper, 9, 10, 16 Aug. 1967 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
ca. 1955;  Ezra Norton article, 'Sydney's Newspaper Standover Man', by ? Casey, being corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1972-1997;  Orders of Service, mainly of friends' funerals (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1973;  Frank Packer, being his last and annotated horse racing programme of barrier trials held at Canterbury Racecourse, 14 Sept. 1973 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1991;  Gretel Packer's Wedding, St Mary's Church, Eastbourne Priory, 27 July 1991, being mainly order of service and newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1985;  Penfolds Ultimate Dinner Party 1985, including menu and illustrated commemorative booklet (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1951, 1971;  'Privilege Committee', including of House of Representatives Committee of Privileges Report relating to an article published in the Daily Telegraph, 27 August 1971, together with minutes of proceedings and minutes of evidence of the Committee (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1947;  'Royal Wedding, 1947', concerning attendance at marriage of Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth, C.I. with Lt. Philip Mountbatten, R.N., Westminster Abbey, 20 Nov. 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1992;  Royal Windsor Horse Show, mainly concerning Australian Olympic rider, Vicki Roycroft, at Women's National Show Jumping Championship (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1980;  'Travel - Ballooning', concerning trip to France (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
1990-1995;  'Robert Vincin Environmental Consultant', being mainly media releases and attachments (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/6)
 
D. Scotch College, Melbourne, 1927-1932
 
Papers include letters received;  testimonial from the Principal, Dr W. S. Littlejohn, 27 Aug. 1932;  certificates of merit and reports;  and issues of The Scotch Collegian, Dec. 1931, May 1932, Aug. 1932;  with papers concerning Sydney University Matriculation Examination (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
 
E. Vice-Regal trip to Papua and New Guinea, 1937
 
Papers concerning his coverage of the Governor-General and Lady Gowrie's visit, including radiotelegrams to Sydney, articles and printed material   (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
 
F. World War II
 
1940-1945;  Miscellaneous papers, including soldier's pay books (2), 1940-1944;  accreditation cards;  shoulder sleeve insignia of XX Corp, U.S. Army;  letters received from Lord Ranfurly and Brigadier-General W. A. Collier;  Third United States Army Press Camp Europe New Year's Eve menu, 1944, inscribed by Joe Driscoll (New York Herald Tribune);  and roll of officers on H.T. Queen Mary, Dec. 1940-Jan. 1941, and issues the shipboard newspaper, Ship's Flashes,  Jan. 1941  (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
1942;  'Duckforce', being papers concerning fictional army unit (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
1941-1948, 1970, Date unknown;  Newscuttings of articles mainly by David MicNicoll (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
1926, 1941-1944, 1965, 1985;  Printed material, including copy of Air Mail Palestine (1943);  Heliopolis Racing Club race card, 23 Mar. 1941;  and special editions of magazines and newspapers (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/7)
 
G. Notebooks, 194--
 
Include personal and journalistic notebooks (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/8)
 
H. Writings, 193--2000
 
i. Journalism, short stories and poems
 
193-;  'MSS', being articles and short stories (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
193--198-;  Articles, short stories and poems, with draft of style notes for newspaper staff, Date unknown, and mock cover of The Bulletin celebrating Trevor Kennedy's 40th birthday, 1982 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
194-;  Poems and reviews (Call No.: MLMSS 7149/9)
1933-1982;  Magazine and newspaper articles, being mainly cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1934-1950;  Photocopied newspaper articles and poems (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1941-1963;  Magazine and newspaper articles, being cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1945-1962;  Magazine and newspaper articles, being mainly cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1948-1949;  Articles in Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, being cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1950-1951;  Articles in Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, being cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1980-2000;  Columns in The Bulletin, being mainly cuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1937-1942;  Issues of The Home with articles and short stories by David McNicoll (Call No.: MLMSS 7149/11)
1973, 1975;  Issues of magazines with articles by David McNicoll: 'Inside Sth Africa's worst' (based on interview with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island, off Cape Town), The Bulletin, 14 Apr. 1973, pp. 28-31;  'The cracks begin to appear', The Bulletin, 5 May 1973, pp. 38-39;  'Sydney's Eastern Suburbs', Quadrant, Aug. 1975, pp. 61-67;  and 'Town Talk', Quadrant, Nov. 1975, pp. 18-23 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
ca. 1938;  Article based on interview with Sir Billy Hughes (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1970-1980;  Carbon typescript article based on interview, transcript enclosed, with Sir Robert Menzies, 3 Apr. 1974, with telegram received from him, 5 Dec. 1970, and  correspondence with Heather Henderson, 1979-1980 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1973;  Corrected photocopy of typed transcript of interview with Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, 30 Mar. 1973 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1943;  Air Mail Palestine and Other Verses, being carbon typescript and typescript selections, with letter from Delamore McCay to John Baird, 7 July 1943, concerning enclosed selections (Call No.: MLMSS 7149/9)
 
Deal Me In: Sixty Years in Journalism and Never a Dull Moment (Allen & Unwin, 1995):
1934-1994;  Working papers, including letters received, cuttings of magazine and newspaper articles and corrected typescripts  (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/9)
1931-ca. 1992, Date unknown;  Working papers, including corrected printout of proposed articles;  draft of autobiographical article;  copy of memorandum from D. H. Wolf to [E. W.] McAlpine, 15 Feb. 1949, concerning the comparison of Sunday sales of four newspapers;  photocopy of personal entries from the Sydney Morning Herald card index, 1931-1982;  corrected typescript of article on the crossing of the English Channel in the H.M.S. Hilary for the D Day invasion;  and photocopy of The Round Dozen (194-) (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
1980-1995, Date unknown;  Working papers, including corrected typescript of selected articles;  correspondence with Allen & Unwin, 1994-1995;  selected cuttings and photocopies of column in The Bulletin, 1980-1994;  artwork for the book;  and invitation to the book launching by Kerry Packer, 20 Apr. 1995 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
1995;  'Newspaper, Magazine and Journal Reviews to Date', being mainly photocopied reviews received from Allen & Unwin (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
1995;  Newspaper articles on the book launching and reviews (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
 
ii. Unpublished works, 1944, Date unknown
 
1944;  'Not to Mention Patton', being corrected typescript of David McNicoll's account of his time with General Patton's 3rd Army from Cherbourg Peninsula to Verdun (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
1944;  'An Australian with Patton ['With Patton to Paris'], beint corrected typescript, Nov. 1944 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
Date unknown;  'Twenty-Five Women', being corrected and edited computer printout, and photocopied page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/10)
 
I. Scrapbooks, 193-
 
Scrapbook, without covers, mainly of articles by and personal mentions of David McNicoll (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
Scrapbook folios of newscuttings, being mainly of articles by David McNicoll, including those under his pen-name 'Mayfair' (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
Scrapbook folio fragments mainly of newscuttings and photoprint of the wedding of David McNicoll and Jean Morison ('Micky') McCay at St Andrew's Scot's Church, Rose Bay, 28 May 1938 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
 
J. Papers concerning the McNicoll and Wedel-Jarlsberg families, 1907-1996
 
Include letter received from Ronald McNicoll, 15 June 1985, with notes by Penelope Nelson (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
 
K. Passports (9), 1944-1998 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
 
L. Miscellaneous papers, 1921-2000
 
Include letters from David, Colin and Fred McNicoll to their nanny, 1921-1922;   photocopy of memorandum from I. Smith (Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Truth and Sportsman Limited) to Ezar Norton (Managing Director), 20 Aug. 1953, with attached photocopied report of the history of Consolidated Press Ltd by G. Lovett;  memorandum and ephemera concerning coverage of the wedding of the Prince Ranier III and Grace Kelly, 1956;  address book;  McNicoll family Christmas cards;  Australian Music Examination Board certificates (pianoforte), 1925-1926;  manuscript (?) received from unidentified source;  and itinerary of visit of Australian financial editors to Southern Africa, 9-24 June 1979 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/12)
Outsize greeting cards (2) received from Australian Consolidated Press and The Bulletin staff for his 80th (1995) and 81st (1996) birthdays, the latter featuring a pen & ink, crayon and colour texta or wash carton by Patrick Cook (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/13X)
 
M. Newscuttings, 193--1998
 
Include articles on and mentions of David McNicoll (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/14)
 
N. Printed material, 1933-2000
 
Includes issues of Focus: Consolidated Press Holdings Staff Magazine, Nov.-Dec. 1979, May 1980, Mar. 1981;  A Christmas Holiday on the Great Barrier Reef, 1932-33 (1933) by Hilda V. Marks, being inscribed copy by author;  annotated programme of the Visit to Western Australia of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and the Earl of Snowdon, 7-16 Oct. 1972;  issue of Midnight Overset, Sunday 19 Sept. 1937;  and horse racing programmes (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/14)
 
II. MCNICOLL FAMILY
 
1894, 1911-1917;  Partial annual report of the Town Clerk of Sydney Municipal Council, 1894, with loosely interfiled and indexed cuttings of magazine and newspaper articles and short stories mainly concerning crime and spying (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
1943-1945;  Letters from David McNicoll to his parents (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
1944;  Scrapbook of Jean ('Micky') McNicoll, being mainly of articles by David McNicoll in The Argus, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
1941-1954, 1977;  Letter received by Jean ('Micky') McNicoll from P. K. Parbury, 4 July 1977, and telegrams received from David McNicoll, 10 Apr. 1941 and Frank Packer, 8 Nov. 1951;  and signed menu of the Valhalla Inn, Sausalito, California, 22-23 May 1954  (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
2000;  Papers concerning memorial service for David McNicoll held at the Scots College Chapel, Bellevue Hill, 15 Nov. 2000 (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/15)
 
III.FRANK PACKER
 
1941-1942;  Letters received mainly from Lieut.-Colonel Reginald Travers, Rear Admiral Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould and E. G. Theodore  (Call No.: MLMSS 7419/19 : DE- RESTRICTED 2015)

Author/Artist entries:
Author/Artist  : Aitken, Jonathan, 1942-
Allison, Col, 1944-
Anderson, Ethel, 1883-1958
Australian Consolidated Press
Australian War Memorial
Brigstocke, Heather, Baroness, 1929-2004
Buckridge, Patrick
Campion, Edmund
Carlin, Ben
Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Baron, 1919-
Clark, Manning, 1915-1991
Cockburn, Stewart, 1921-
Cook, Patrick, 1949-
Court, Charles, Sir, 1911-
Dugan, Darcy, 1920-1991
Dutton, Geoffrey, 1922-1998
Edgar, Allan
Everingham, Paul, 1943-
Fairfax, Mary
Fleming, A. P. (Allan Percy), 1912-2001
Fraser, Malcolm, 1930-
Gallagher, Patrick
Gardom, Rosalie
Garner, Helen, 1942-
Girard, Dominique, 1946-
Gorton, John, Sir, 1911-2002
Halliday, Frank
Harriott, Guy
Hawke, Bob, 1929-
Heffron R. J. (Robert James), 1890-1978
Herman, Jack R.
Howard, John, 1939-
Hughes, Dick, 1931-
Irving Sculpture Gallery
John Fairfax & Sons Ltd.
Juniper, Robert, 1929-
Kaye, Danny, 1913-1987
Kerr, John, Sir, 1914-1991
Lanier, Monro B.
Littlejohn, W. S. (William Still), 1859-1933
McAlpine, E. W.
McCay, Delamore
McGann, George
McNicoll, Jean
McNicoll, Ronald, 1906-1996
McNicoll, W. R.
Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-
Menzies, Robert, Sir, 1894-1978
Miller, Harry M. (Harry Maurice), 1934-
Molnar, George, 1910-1998
Moriarty, Oliver
Muirhead-Gould, Gerard Charles
Myers, Hal
Nicolson, Nigel
Oliver, Douglas L.
Packer, Frank, Sir, 1906-1974
Penfold-Russell, Rebel
Pilger, John
Rafty, Tony, 1915-
Ranfurly, Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of
Reid, Alan (Alan Douglas), 1914-1987
Riddell, Elizabeth, 1907-1998
Ruxton, Bruce
Ryan, Cornelius, 1920-1974
Semmler, Clement, 1914-2000
Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of, 1930-
Theodore, E. G. (Edward Granville), 1884-1950
Travers, Reginald John Albert 
Walsh, Richard, 1941-
Warnecke, George, 1894-1981
White, Patrick, 1912-1990
Whitlam, Gough, 1916-
Zanetti, Paul, 1961-

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