Linnean Society of New South Wales further records, 1884-2018

MLMSS 12013
R 2407

fonds

1884-2018

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Objects

9644108

1.92 metres of textual material (12 boxes)
Paperknife - 26.4cm - Ivory with initials W.M.

Box 1

Minutes
Council minutes, Book 1 (Volume XI), August 1951 - December 1966

Box 2

Council minutes, Book 2, February 1967 – December 1973
Council minutes, Book 3, February 1974 – December 1979

Box 3

Council minutes, Book 4, February 1980 – December 1990
Council minutes, Book 5, February 1991 – December 1993
Council minutes, Book 6, February 1994 – December 2003

Box 4

Council minutes, Book 7, March 1953 – November 1967 and AGM 78, 1953 – AGM 138, 2013
Newsletters No. 1, July 1976 – No. 169, September 2018

Box 5

Science House (1943-1970) and Science Centre (1977-1985) material relating to the sale of Science House and the move to Science Centre
Papers relating to the proposed integration of the Royal Society and Linnean Society libraries, 1973-1974
Linnean Society/Science Centre relationships, special meetings, correspondence and papers relating to debt accumulation including letter from Commonwealth Bank. Includes extracts from the Will of Sir William Macleay, 1974, 1978-1979
Copies of correspondence between the Linnean Society, the Premier of New South Wales and the Ministry for Cultural Activities, 1973-1978
Material relating to amendments to the Act of Incorporation including Memorandum of Articles of Association and correspondence with Stephen, Jacques & Stephen, 1971-1983
Science Centre papers including meeting minutes, financial statements, correspondence relating to the purchase of Wimbles on Clarence Street, 1973
Science Centre papers including meeting minutes, financial statements, correspondence and documents relating to the purchase of Wimbles on Clarence Street, 1974

Box 6

Science Centre papers including meeting minutes, financial statements, correspondence relating to Superannuation, 1975
Science Centre papers including meeting minutes, financial statements, correspondence, includes original lease of Science House, 1981, 1976-1985
Legal correspondence relating to the Will of Sir William Macleay and property matters, 1888-1948

Box 7

Legal documents including a copy of the Will of Sir William Macleay, Other Legal Documents, 1890-1894
Legal documents including Instructions, Court Orders, opinions, Power of Attorney, 1904-1924
Legal documents including Deeds of Agreement, Orders, opinions, 1925-1959
Linnean Mackay Fellowships General Business including correspondence, lists of recipients, financial statements, legal opinions, 1920, 1937-1947, 1960-1992

Fellowships – correspondence, research reports to the Society, applications, credentials:
Lynette Moffat, 1970-1973
Anne Warren, 1971
Ross McLean, 1973-1974
John Barkas, 1974-1977
Jennifer Anderson, 1975-1980

Box 8

Fellowships – correspondence, research reports to the Society, applications, credentials:
Barbara Porter, 1978-1980
Ron Johnstone, 1983-1988
Julia Hush, 1986-1991
David Murray application and correspondence, 1990-1991

Correspondence of Linnean Society mainly dealing with the publication of material including proceedings of the Society, lists of past Presidents and Council Members, 1930-2000
Bacteriology Lectureship including several copies of the case for consolidation by Council, Memoranda relating to the Will of Sir William Macleay, manuscript copy of Extract of Will, correspondence with Norton , Smith & Co, 1893-1904
Macleay Fellowship – Equity Court Judgement, Affidavit, 1948, 1956, 1959
Mortgages correspondence, 1893-1908
Treasurer’s reports, 1893, 1898, 1904, early account of the establishment of the Linnean Society, 1890s [fragile]
Photocopies of Sir William Macleay’s Last Will and Testament

Box 9

Legal Documents
Agreement for the Sale of Lots 5 and 6 of the second subdivision of Elizabeth Bay Estate to The Linnean Society (Ithaca Road and Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay), 1911
Copy of Last Will and Testament of Sir William Macleay, 23 December 1890
Deed of Agreement between the Royal Society of New South Wales, Linnean Society of New South Wales and The Institution of Engineers Australia, 20 December 1929
Memorandum of Lease between the Royal Society of New South Wales, Linnean Society of New South Wales, The Institution of Engineers Australia and The Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales, 10 May 1935
Linnean Society of New South Wales balance sheets and supporting accounts, 1970-1995

Historical documents relating to the foundation of the Society, buildings, events and members, 1884-1995 including correspondence, ballot documents, papers relating to the elections of office bearers and council, insurance policies, banking documents, a letter regarding the motto of the Society translated from Latin ” ‘Tis my joy to approach untasted springs and to drink”, papers relating to the appointment of the ‘Macleay Bacteriologist’, correspondence to the Duke and Duchess of York and a reply from their private secretary, 1927, colour photograph of the Linnean Society Roll of Honour, correspondence and article regarding the release of trout into the Blue Lake at Mount Kosciusko, announcement seeking to appoint the first Macleay Bacteriologist 23 September 1896. The first Macleay Bacteriologist was Robert Smith from 1898-1927, material related to the Macleay Memorial Volume, 1892, plan and list of fittings for the Linnean Society laboratory, 1885, Act to incorporate the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1 February 1884

Papers relating to a dispute between Society personnel Dr Dorothy Carroll and Miss Gwen Allpress, 1950-1951

Box 10

Photographs of staff and council members, 1960s-1970s, photographs of field trips to: Wiseman’s Ferry, 1971, Taronga Park Zoo, 1985, Quarantine Station, 1985, Little Bay, 1989, Yengo National Park, 1989, Sir William Macleay’s grave at Waverley Cemetery, Alexander Macleay and other Macleay’s grave at Camperdown Cemetery, newspaper death notices for Thomas Vallance and Lillian Fraser
Papers relating to Science House 1928-1988
Papers relating to the Centenary of the Society including invitations, guest list, photographs, 1974-1975
Future role of the Linnean Society discussion papers, 1974-1986
Objects, paintings, sculptures owned by the Society and their disposition, 1902-1995
Paperwork relating to loans and gifts made to the State Library of New South Wales, 1948-1995
Society Library papers relating to acquisitions and dispersals, 1929-1994
Macleay Memorial Lecture, 1958-1998
Proceeding correspondence, 1895-2000

Box 11

Members deceased – eulogies, obituaries, memorial addresses, photographs, correspondence, including Walkom’s Presidential address after the death of Sir William Macleay, 1891-2000
Comprehensive listing of objects exhibited at monthly meetings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1926-1954
Photographs of the last Council meeting held at Science House, c. 1975
Correspondence relating to the permanent loan of more than 3,000 books to the Fisher Library, University of Sydney, and the sale of some of these books through Berkelouw Books, 1972-1999
Elizabeth Bay House correspondence relating to materials loaned to the Trust for exhibition, 1977-1992
Correspondence relating to the P. W. Shaw bequest, 1940-1953
Membership card lists

Box 12

Papers relating to the lease of the building at 16 College Street, 1921-1925
Papers from the Fisher Library collection including listings of material loaned or donated via the Linnean Society to the State Library of New South Wales, including material from Sir William Macleay and Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890s-1993; Cards indicating meeting dates for the Society, 1895, 1896; Correspondence relating to taxation and financial matters of the Society; a Prospectus for a series of lectures in Zoology delivered by Mr W.A. Haswell in the Society Rooms in the Garden Palace, Sydney from October to November 1881 and an Exercise book with manuscript transcript of an article from the Evening News, 26 January 1875 reporting the first meeting of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, and the presentation of nine specimens of new shell species by Mr John Brazier. It was later reported that these specimens were lost in the Garden Palace fire in 1882. Transcript of The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales in French by H. Grosse

Certificate of Candidates for Election, Elected Members 1959-1969
Certificate of Candidates for Election, Elected Members 1970-1979
Certificate of Candidates for Election, Elected Members 1980-1996

Material relating to changes in the selection process of Macleay Fellowships, 1940-1949

Realia

Ivory Paper knife (letter opener) with initials W.M. used by Sir William Macleay (R 2407)

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