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MS 124 – BOAS, I.H. (1878-1955)

Boas was Chief of the Division of Forest Products, CSIR 1929-44.

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1. Typed biography (1 page) typed autobiography (78 foolscap pages), and a typed account of "The story of how the Australian newsprint industry was created through the research activities of two West Australian Industrial Chemists". 1954 - 1967

2. Folder with title "Biography IH Boas". Contains another typed copy of his autobiography. Includes some family photos, mostly unidentified. 1954

3. Part of original handwritten draft of autobiography. 1948 - 1967

4. Isaac Herbert Boas: his philosophy on life and other matters (handwritten and typescript copies). 1947 - 1955

5. Typescript report of overseas trip, 1919, to enquire into forest product research

6. Diary of overseas trip, 1919

7. Xerox copy of "A chemist's reminiscences". Undated. About 1950

8. Letter of appointment to Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 28th June, 1928. Curriculum vitae and brief biographical notes.

9. Correspondence regarding the possibility of inclusion on an Honours List. 1953 - 1954

10. Handwritten essay, "Mankind's Greatest Problem" (on overpopulation and consequent food shortages). Undated

11. Correspondence, 1899 to 1921. Roughly divided into business correspondence, letters on retirement, correspondence relating to his book, "The Commercial Timber of Australia", and personal correspondence. Includes an introduction for Boas signed by Prime Minister Bruce, 1928. Other correspondents include W H Bragg, W Russell Grimwade, Ian Langlands, Plywood Industry Advisory Panel (set up by the Secondary Industries Commission), Edward H Rennie, Sir David Rivett, Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

12. Two notebooks containing carbon copies of letters from IH Boas to his family during an overseas trip, 1928

13. Two notebooks containing carbon copies of letters from Mrs IH (Adela I) Boas (Presumably to her children), during an overseas trip, 1935

14. Unpublished fictional writings of Elizabeth Boas, a daughter of IH Boas. Undated

15. "The challenge to the chemist". Presidential address to the Australian Chemical Institute, 1951 or 1952

16. Papers and notes of timber and forest products. Undated, probably 1940's

17. Folder of reprints, some by IH Boas, largely on pulp and paper. 1911 - 1948

18. Booklet on "The Inauguration of the Australian Council for Aeronautics". 1944

19. "Report on examination of Collie Coals", 1914

20. MSc thesis based on his report on the Collie Coal Industry. 1915

21. General report and confidential report on proposed paper industry of Tasmania. 1931

22. Correspondence between Harold Boas (IH Boas's brother) and Battye Library on donations of manuscript material to the library. 1961 - 1968

30 cm