MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

MS 001 – AGAR, Wilfred Eade (1882-1951)
Zoologist

Agar was Professor of Zoology, University of Melbourne 1919-48 and introduced the disciplines of cytology and genetics. A graduate of King's College, Cambridge, he demonstrated in zoology in Glasgow and travelled to Paraguay prior to coming to Australia.

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  1. Diary of visit to USA in 1926, financed by Rockefeller Foundation
  2. Diary of field trip to Paraguay, July 1907 – March 1908
  3. Obituaries from Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, Nature, Melbourne University Gazette, The Melbourne Graduate
  4. Autobiographical sketch (28pp) 1948. With 1 page PS, 1951
  5. Two letters to his son Wilfred 16 July.1944, 7 November 1943
  6. Letters to his family from Paraguay, 1907
  7. Obituary address for L J Wrigley, a Professor of Education, 13 July 1933
  8. Three photos. 1935, 1940s
  9. Reviews of A contribution to the theory of the living organism", by W E Agar, 1943
  10. Correspondence with J H Woodger about A contribution to the theory of living organisms, 1944-46
  11. Correspondence with Professor R S Lillie about philosophical biology, 1946 and 1949

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  1. 8 Public Lectures on Eugenics (MSS) April-May 1940
  2. Notes on genetics and poultry and other domestic animals
  3. Various lecture notes on genetics, cytology and zoology 1945-49
  4. Various lecture notes on genetics and evolution

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  1. Lecture notes on eugenics
  2. Lecture notes on botany, 1948-49
  3. Lecture notes on biometry (wrongly labelled biochemistry)
  4. Lecture notes on cytology (labelled zoology)


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  1. "The use of the idea of purpose in biology" Lecture to Science Club, 14 May 1946 (MS)
  2. "Science and poetry" Typescript of a lecture given to various groups 1933-38
  3. "Some philosophical problems of biology" Reprint of T S Hall Memorial Lecture in Science Review 1949
  4. "Genetics and medicine". MS of lecture to BMA 3 August 1949
  5. "Eugenics and the future of our population" MS of two extension lectures, 20 and 27 October 1943
  6. "Human races" Lecture (MS) given to history students 1 October 1943
  7. "Science & religion" Two differently annotated typescripts of lecture given under auspices of Unitarian Extension Movement, 19 April 1945, together with one page report of lecture in The Beacon, June 1945
  8. "Eugenic legislation" MS of lecture to PQS 28 April 1936 and Mildura Rotary 4 September 1936
  9. "Eugenics" MSS of three broadcast talks January 1936
  10. "Fifty years of zoology" MS of address to Science Club 12 August 1947
  11. "Heredity in man" MS of 3LO broadcast 1 August 1929
  12. "Heredity and environment" MS notes for broadcast of Melbourne Forum, Unitarian Church 28 June 1936
  13. "The eugenics outlook for the future" MS of talk to Eugenics Society 7 October 1937
  14. "Heredity and environment" MS of talk to Eugenics Society 9 June 1938
  15. "University reform" MS of talk to Women's Round Table
  16. "Inbreeding" MS of talk to NUPBA 15 1932, 17 May 1938 and to Airedale Terriers Club 28 September 1932
  17. "Psychological explanations in biology" MS of address to Australian branch of British Psychological Society 19 August 1946
  18. "Teleology and purpose" Typescript of unpublished paper written in 1950-51(?)
  19. "Genetics" MSS of 2 lectures in series "Recent advances in biology" 18 and 26 June 1945. Under auspices of Association of Scientific Workers and University Extension Board
  20. "Birth control as a world problem" MS of address to International Relations Scoety 9 July 1934
  21. "Measures to deal with deficiency: sterilization explained" MS of article published in Melbourne Herald 10 September 1938
  22. "Psychology M A Seminar" typescript of paper about concepts of organism, teleology and evolution 1950

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2 notebooks on Daphnia experiments 1950


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2 notebooks on Daphnia experiments 1948(?) and 1951(?)


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Experimental records of antenna regeneration


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  1. "Definitions and special subjects" Contains notes on 'Whitehead', 'cause', definitions of 'sensation', ' feeling', 'perception', etc.
  2. Notes on physics – reading notes from books and articles commenting on philosophical aspects of physics
  3. Detailed notes on Whitehead's Process and reality
  4. Notes on habituation and learning
  5. Notes on Gestalt psychology, biological fields, etc

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  1. Notes on 'innate and learnt'
  2. Notes on teleology
  3. Notes on experiments on Cyclops
  4. Notes on animal behaviour
  5. (Lecture?) notes on experimental morphogenesis

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  1. Notes from reading in philosophy and psychology
  2. MS of paper(?) on Daphnia regeneration together with various calculations relevant to the experiments
  3. Later(?) MS of Daphnia regeneration paper together with diagrams

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  1. Miscellaneous write ups. Contains mainly philosophical writings, some of which were written for but excluded from Agar's book
  2. Notes on the 'specious present' in Perception
  3. File with title "Literature – notes". Contains notes from readings relevant to Daphnia experiments
  4. Notes from reading of biological works

88cm