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MS047 – Ada, G L, FAA (1922- ), 1 box, 8cm

MS001 – Agar, W E (1882-1951), 11 boxes, 88cm

MS177 – Albert, A, FAA (1907-1989), 4 boxes, 111cm

MS099 – Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 33 boxes, 498cm

MS002 – Allen, Sir H B (1854-1926), 5 boxes, 40cm

MS139 – Anderson, B D O, FAA (1941- ), 26 boxes, 397cm

MS208 – Anderson, J S, FAA (1908-1990), 1 box, 1cm

MS004 – Andrews, E C (1870-1948), 2 boxes, 16cm

MS186 – Appleby, C A, FAA (1928- ), 1 box, 14cm

MS104 – Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 16 boxes, 235cm

MS057 – Audiovisual collection, 3 boxes, 48cm

MS039 – Australian Academy of Science, 29 boxes, 397cm

MS159 – Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectroscopy, 3 boxes, 59cm

MS129 – Australian Association of Neurologists, 3 boxes, 91cm

MS054 – Australian Biochemical Society, 24 boxes, 393cm

MS064 – Australian Botanists, 3 boxes, 24cm

MS082 – Australian Institute of Anatomy, 1 box, 8cm

MS216 – Australian Institute of Geoscientists, 2 boxes, 28cm

MS086 – Australian Institute of Physics, 61 boxes, 1615cm

MS157 – Australian Institute of Physics. New South Wales Branch, 11 boxes, 154cm

MS147 – Australian Institute of Physics. Victorian Branch, 9 boxes, 255cm

MS184 – Australian Mammal Society, 31 boxes, 428cm

MS108 – Australian Mathematical Society, 31 boxes, 689cm

MS110 – Australian Mathematical Society Bulletin, 17 boxes, 247cm

MS146 – Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, 1 box, 21cm

MS107 – Australian Mathematical Society Journal, 13 boxes, 247cm

MS068 – Australian National Research Council, See also MS039/1a, 1 box, 2cm

MS202 – Australian National Research Council, 1 box, 4cm

MS133 – Australian Society for Parasitology, 21 boxes, 583cm

MS206 – Australian Society for Reproductive Biology, 10 boxes, 140cm

MS097 – Australian Society of Plant Physiologists, 6 boxes, 68cm

MS043 – Baas Becking, L G M (1895-1963), 31 boxes, 248cm

MS164 – Badger, Sir G M, FAA (1916-2002), 2 boxes, 33cm

MS032 – Bailey, V A, FAA (1895-1964), 1 box, 5cm

MS016 – Barnard, M (1897-1987), 1 box, 5cm

MS185 – Bayliss, N S, FAA (1906-1996), 7 boxes, 98cm

MS069 – Beauglehole, A C (1920-2002), 1 box, 8cm

MS197 – Bergersen, F J, FAA (1929- ), 30 boxes, 420cm

MS121 – Birch, A J, FAA (1915- 1995), 28 boxes, 470cm

MS154 – Bishop, P O, FAA (1917- ), 2 boxes, 28cm

MS124 – Boas, I H (1878-1955), 1 box, 30cm

MS094 – Boas, W, FAA (1904-1982), 2 boxes, 16cm

MS165 – Boden Conference 1981, 1 box, 1cm

MS125 – Botany Bay Project, 1 box, 32cm

MS211 – Bray, R J (1929-), 2 boxes, 21cm. See also MS167

MS061 – British Science Guild. South Australian Branch, 1 box, 5cm

MS169 – Brown, I (1917-1987), 6 boxes, 188cm

MS153 – Buchdahl, H A, FAA (1919- ), 2 boxes, 21cm

MS223 – Bullen, K E, FAA (1906-1976), 1 box, 1cm

MS098 – Burnet, Sir F M, FAA (1899-1985), 4 boxes, 32cm

MS003 – Carslaw, H S (1870-1954), 1 box, 1.5cm

MS091 – Catcheside, D G, FAA (1907-1994), 32 boxes, 292cm

MS198 – Caughley, G J, FAA (1937-1994), 8 boxes, 104cm

MS126 – Cavill, G W K, FAA (1922- ), 1 box, 4cm

MS059 – Cherry, T M, FAA (1898-1966), 12 boxes, 99cm

MS028 – Clarke, W B (1798-1878), 1 box, 5cm

MS188 – Clifford, J T (1927- ), 5 boxes, 70cm

MS190 – Cole, A R H (1924- ), 1 box, 8cm

MS151 – Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia, 1 box, 8cm

MS038 – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1 box, 5cm

MS167 – CSIRO Solar Observatory, Culgoora, NSW. See also MS136, MS176, 1 box, 3cm

MS089 – Cornish, E A, FAA (1909-1973), 2 boxes, 9cm

MS142 – Cotton, L A (1883-1963), 1 box, 4cm

MS145 – Council of Australian Museum Directors, 1 box, 17cm

MS182 – Craig, D P, FAA (1919- ), 10 boxes, 140cm

MS181 – Crook, K A W, 6 boxes, 172cm

MS183 – Crompton, R W, FAA (1926- ), 5 boxes, 60cm

MS 217 – Curtis, D R, FAA (1927- ), 1 box, 14cm

MS150 – Curtis, R R, 1 box, 2cm

MS029 – Darwin, C R (1809-1882), 1 box, 8cm

MS005 – David, Sir T W E (1858-1934), 3 boxes, 24cm

MS140 – Day, M F C, FAA (1915- ), 8 boxes, 121cm

MS105 – Derrick, E H, FAA (1898-1976), 1 box, 10cm

MS141 – Donald, C M, FAA (1910-1985), 1 box, 17cm

MS095 – Duffield, W G (1897-1929), 9 boxes, 116cm

MS199 – Eccles, J C, FAA (1903-1997), 2 boxes, 28cm

MS152 – Ecological Society of Australia, 7 boxes, 186cm

MS101 – Ennor, Sir A H, FAA (1912-1977), 1 box, 9cm

MS213 – Evans, L T (1927-), 5 boxes, 70cm

MS065 – Fairley, Sir N H (1891-1966), 27 boxes, 609cm

MS071 – Falk, J E, FAA (1917-1970), 7 boxes, 42cm

MS178 – Fenner, C A E (1884-1955), 3 boxes, 42cm

MS143 – Fenner, F J, FAA (1914- ), 41 boxes, 982cm

MS090 – Fisher, Sir R A (1890-1962), 1 box, 9cm

MS160 – Fletcher, N H, FAA (1930- ), 1 box, 17cm

MS051 – Forster, J R (1729-1798) and Forster, G (1754-1794), 1 box, 8cm

MS106 – Frankel, Sir O H, FAA (1900-1998), 16 boxes, 329cm

MS193 – Frith, H J, FAA (1921-1982), 1 box, 12cm

MS116 – Genetics Society of Australia, 2 boxes, 27cm

MS175 – Genetics Society of Queensland, 1 box, 2cm

MS085 – Geological Society of Australia, 81 boxes, 1799cm

MS170 – Geological Society of Australia. New South Wales Division, 5 boxes, 104cm

MS081 – Geological Society of Australia. Queensland Division, 15 boxes, 135cm

MS203 – Geological Society of Australia. South Australian Division, 5 boxes, 70cm

MS192 – Geological Society of Australia. Victorian Division, 5 boxes, 69cm

MS073 – Geological Survey of Victoria, 1 box, 2cm

MS007 – Gilruth, J A (1871-1937), 2 boxes, 16cm

MS176 – Giovanelli, R G, FAA (1915-1984), 29 boxes, 348cm

MS080 – Gottschalk, A, FAA (1894-1973), 4 boxes, 32cm

MS034 – Hacker, H (1876-1973), 1 box, 5cm

MS096 – Hannan, E J, FAA (1921-1994), 8 boxes, 106cm

MS070 – Hatt, H H (1904-1970), 3 boxes, 24cm

MS218 – Hayes, W, FAA (1913-1994) 1 box, 7cm

MS055 – Hill, J P (1873-1954), 1 box, 8cm

MS092 – Hills, E S, FAA (1906-1986), 1 box, 8cm

MS084 – Hoare, M E (?-1996), 3 boxes, 24cm

MS063 – Hogg, A R, FAA (1903-1966), 1 box, 6cm

MS008 – Howchin, W (1845-1937), 1 box, 1cm

MS155 – Human Genetics Society of Australasia, 6 boxes, 186cm

MS174 – Hurley, A C, FAA (1926-1988), 18 boxes, 245cm

MS172 – Hurst, C A, FAA (1923- ), 3 boxes, 93cm

MS102 – Huxley, Sir L G H, FAA (1902-1988), 8 boxes, 248cm

MS134 – Huxley, T H (1825-1895), 1 box, 2cm

MS075 – Industrial Fund for the Advancement of Education in Schools, 16 boxes, 134cm

MS086 – Institute of Physics & the Physical Society (Australian Branch). See Australian Institute of Physics

MS173 – XIII International Botanical Congress, Sydney, 21-28 August 1981, 2 boxes, 62cm

MS158 – International Conference on Combinatorial Theory, 1 box, 4cm

MS222 – XIX International Congress of Genetics, 2 boxes, 28cm

MS219 – International Geological Correlation Programme, 7 boxes, 91cm

MS053 – International Geophysical Year, 5 boxes, 112cm

MS156 – 4th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, 1 box, 19cm

MS162 – International Union of Physiological Sciences, 5 boxes, 125cm

MS074 – Jacobs, M R (1905-1979), 1 box, 2cm

MS120 – Jaeger, J C, FAA (1907-1979), 13 boxes, 187cm

MS137 – James, W E (1931-1995), 1 box, 1cm

MS009 – Jensen, H I (1879-1964), 1 box, 8cm

MS189 – Kenney, L (1940- ), 11 boxes, 143cm

MS014 – Kosciusko State Park, 1 box, 8cm

MS021 – Krefft, G (1830-1881), 1 box, 2cm

MS196 – Lampard, D G, FAA (1927-1994), 1 box, 14cm

MS207 – Langridge, M, 12 boxes, 168cm.

MS123 – Law, P G, FAA (1912- ), 2 boxes, 37cm

MS087 – Lemberg, M R, FAA (1896-1975) (Also contains 1 drawer of scientific index cards), 32 boxes, 426cm

MS100 – Loir, Adrien (1862-1941), 2 boxes, 12cm

MS006 – Longman, H A (1880-1954), 1 box, 8cm

MS201 – Loughhead, R E (1929-), 1 box, 6cm

MS024 – Lyle, Sir T R (1860-1944), 1 box, 5cm

MS010 – Macbeth, A K, FAA (1889-1957), 1 box, 8cm

MS113 – McIntyre, G A (1909-1974), 2 boxes, 30cm

MS122 – Mackerras, I M, FAA (1898-1980), 8 boxes, 149cm

MS072 – Madsen, J P V, FAA (1879-1969), 2 boxes, 16cm

MS062 – Mahler, K, FAA (1903-1988), 20 boxes, 442cm

MS048 – Marston, H R, FAA (1900-1965) See also MS083/024, 31 boxes, 248cm

MS011 – Martin, Sir C J (1866-1955) See also MS083/024, 3 boxes, 72cm

MS033 – Martyn, D F, FAA (1906-1970), 5 boxes, 40cm

MS012 – Masson, Sir D O (1858-1937), 1 box, 8cm

MS030 – Mawson, Sir D, FAA (1882-1958), 1 box, 1.5cm

MS044 – Michell, A G M (1870-1959), 1 box, 1.5cm

MS013 – Michell, J H (1863-1940), 1 box, 5cm

MS067 – Microfilm Collection , 1 box, 5cm

MS058 – Millett, M R O (1910-1988), 8 boxes, 104cm

MS041 – Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 2 boxes, 14cm

MS018 – Moran, P A P, FAA (1917-1988), 30 boxes, 395cm

MS036 – Morton, R K, FAA (1920-1963), 5 boxes, 40cm

MS037 – Mount Stromlo Observatory, 2 boxes, 16cm

MS210 – Moyal, A (1926-), 3 boxes, 42cm

MS045 – Moyal, J E (1910-1998), 3 boxes, 21cm

MS221 – National Academies Forum (NAF), 8 boxes, 112cm

MS171 – Neumann, B H, FAA (1909-2002), 76 boxes, 1252cm

MS088 – Neumann, H, FAA (1914-1971), 12 boxes, 93cm

MS212 – Newton, J O, FAA (1924-), 3 boxes, 42cm

MS130 – Nicholson, A J, FAA (1895-1969), 1 box, 26cm

MS115 – North, D S, 3 boxes, 42cm

MS112 – Nuffield Foundation, 1 box, 15cm

MS031 – Oliphant, Sir M L E, FAA (1901-2000), 2 boxes, 26cm

MS205 – Öpik, A A, FAA (1898-1983), 34 boxes, 444cm

MS209 – Osborne, M R, FAA (1934- ), 9 boxes, 126cm

MS135 – Paterson, M S, FAA (1925- ), 10 boxes (+OS), 293cm

MS020 – Pawsey, J L, FAA (1908-1962), 7 boxes, 48cm

MS191 – Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, 23 boxes, 302cm

MS056 – Pictorial Collection, 3 boxes, 42cm

MS204 – Piddington, J H, FAA (1920-1997), 1 box, 8cm

MS163 – Porter, R, FAA (1932- ), 2 boxes, 15cm

MS166 – Prescott, J A, FAA (1890-1987), 13 boxes, 253cm

MS144 – Rattigan, J H, 1 box, 1cm

MS138 – Rayment, Tarlton (1886-1964), 1 box, 1cm

MS118 – Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 9 boxes, 117cm

MS109 – Rees, A L G, FAA (1916-1989), 83 boxes, 963cm

MS195 – Reuter, F H (1905-2001), 1 box, 1.8cm

MS083 – Rivett, Sir A C D, FAA (1885-1961), 40 boxes, 421cm

MS117 – Robertson, Sir R N, FAA (1913-2001), 20 boxes, 450cm

MS066 – Ross, A D (1883-1967), 6 boxes, 84cm

MS026 – Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia, 1 box, 8cm

MS060 – Royal Society of Canberra, 9 boxes,71cm

MS050 – Rümker, C C L (1788-1862), 1 box, 1cm

MS077 – Rutherford, Lord E (1871-1937) See also MS072 and 102, 1 box, 8cm

MS161 – Sanders, J V, FAA (1924-1987), 24 boxes, 324cm

MS179 – SCAR 5th Symposium on Antarctic Biology, Hobart, 29 August-3 September 1988, 1 box, 7cm

MS027 – Scot Skirving, R (1859-1956), 2 boxes, 16cm

MS093 – Society for Experimental Biology of NSW, 2 boxes, 18cm

MS042 – Society of Chemical Industry of Victoria, 13 boxes, 104cm

MS132 – Statistical Society of Australia, 6 boxes, 90cm

MS040 – Stillwell, F L, FAA (1888-1963), 24 boxes, 192cm

MS149 – Strauss, W (1930-1978), 1 box, 17cm

MS015 – Stuart, Sir T P A (1856-1920) See also MS055 and 035, 1 box, 5cm

MS023 – Sutherland, W (1859-1911), 1 box, 5cm

MS119 – Swan, J M, FAA (1924- ), 86 boxes, 1386cm

MS049 – Tate, R (1840-1901), 1 box, 5cm

MS215 – Thornton, I W B, FAA (1926-2002), 5 boxes, 70cm

MS076 – Tiegs, O W, FAA (1897-1956) See also MS035/003, 3 boxes, 19cm

MS168 – Titterton, E W, FAA (1916-1990), 113 boxes, 1482cm

MS114 – Turner, J S, FAA (1908-1991), 1 box, 15cm

MS180 – Voisey, A H (1911-1995), 4 boxes, 50cm

MS019 – Wall, W S (1814-1876), 1 box, 1cm

MS127 – Walsh, R J, FAA (1917-1983), 2 boxes, 39cm

MS052 – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 2 boxes, 8cm

MS148 – Wark, Sir I W, FAA (1899-1985), 34 boxes, 625cm

MS131 – Waterhouse, D F, FAA (1916-2000), 5 boxes, 132cm

MS046 – Watt, Sir R D (1881-1965), 1 box, 5cm

MS017 – Weatherburn, C E (1884-1974), 6 boxes, 48cm

MS187 – Whiffen, N A (1912-2004), 1 box, 11cm

MS111 – White, Sir F W G, FAA (1905-1994), 13 boxes, 223cm

MS200 – White, G K, FAA (1925- ), 5 boxes, 90cm

MS078 – White, M J D, FAA (1910-1983), 4 boxes, 48cm

MS022 – Whitley, G P (1903-1975), 7 boxes, 39cm

MS136 – Wild, J P, FAA (1923- ), 1 box, 1cm

MS214 – Wills, P A (1927-1999), 9 boxes, 126cm

MS035 – Wilson, J T (1861-1945) Original material at University of Sydney Archives. See also MS055, 7 boxes, 51cm

MS128 – Wilson, S R (1948- ), 1 box, 19cm

MS079 – Wireless Institute of Victoria, 1 box, 2cm

MS025 – Wood, J G (1900-1959) See also MS097, 7 boxes, 56cm

MS194 – Woolley, R V, FAA (1906-1986), 1 box, 1cm