MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION



MS 031 – OLIPHANT, Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin, FAA (1901-2000)
Physicist

Oliphant was Director of the Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University 1950-63, and first President of the Australian Academy of Science 1954-56. He continued as professor at ANU 1964-67 and was Governor of South Australia 1971-76.


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  1. Tape recording of Looking back - a series of six talks on ABC 1977 by M L E Oliphant, Programs 1, 2, 3

  2. Tape recording of Looking back - a series of six talks on ABC 1977 by M L E Oliphant, Programs 4, 5, 6

  3. "A Physicist's concept of God". Address at St Mark's Library, Canberra, 10 October 1963

  4. Press cuttings 1964, 1976

  5. Typescript of ABC programme Insight no 354. Special edition, 28 November 1971. "Sir Mark Oliphant, Governor-Designate of South Australia"


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1-19. Files relating to the Australian Academy of Science, 1953-67
  1. Academy - general 1953

  2. Academy - general January-February 1954

  3. Academy - general March-April 1954

  4. Academy - general May-June 1954

  5. Academy - general July-September 1954

  6. Academy - general October-December 1954

  7. Academy - general 1955

  8. Academy - general 1956

  9. Academy - general 1957

  10. Academy - general 1958

  11. Academy - general 1959

  12. Academy - general 1960

  13. Academy - general 1961

  14. Academy - general 1962

  15. Academy - general 1963

  16. Academy - general 1964

  17. Academy - general 1965

  18. Academy - general 1966-67

  19. Academy Building Committee, Architect, etc 1956-60

  20. "Chadwick and the neutron - a personal recollection". Reprint of article by Sir Mark Oliphant published in The Australian physicist, March 1982

  21. Videotape of interview of MLO on ABC 6 January 1993

  22. Radio ABC interview with MLO, Ariah Park CS interview with MLO, undated

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