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MS 042 – SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY OF VICTORIA

Founded in 1910, the Society of Chemical Industry of Victoria is the oldest chemical society in Australia. It was formed to further the work and image of the chemical and allied industries in Australia, to afford its members opportunities of meeting and discussing matters connected with applied and industrial chemistry and generally to advance the cause of the chemical industry in Victoria.


42/1

  1. Notes of discussion and drafts of minutes of Council June 1900 - 1905

  2. Minute book of the Council August 1900-1906

  3. Minute book of the Council August 1906 - November 1913

  4. Minute book of the Council 1914-1923


42/2

  1. Minute book of the Council 1923-1944

  2. Minute book of the General Meeting August 1900 - September 1909

  3. Minute book of the General Meeting October 1909 - August 1913


42/3

  1. Minute book of the General Meeting 1914-1923

  2. Minute book of the General Meeting June 1923 - 1946

  3. Minutes of the General Meeting 1946-1959

  4. Council minutes 1953-1956


42/4

  1. Correspondence 1921-1947


42/5

  1. Correspondence 1948-1954


42/6

  1. Correspondence 1955-1958


42/7

  1. Correspondence 1959-1960


42/8

  1. Correspondence 1961-1962

  2. Correspondence 1963


42/9

  1. Letterbook, late 1903 - mid 1909

  2. List of original members of the Society 1901

  3. Membership register 1900-1929

  4. Lists of office bearers, various years, covering the period 1901-1962 for the presidents and 1901-1960 for the other executive positions

  5. List of lecturers, titles of lectures/papers presented, and numbers in attendance at meetings of the Society 1951-1956


42/10

  1. Attendance records, meetings 1957-1959

  2. Cash book July 1900 - October 1929

  3. Cash book November 1929 - October 1942


42/11

  1. Cash book November 1942 - October 1954

  2. Cash book November 1954 - October 1961


42/12

  1. Working papers and notes 1958-1962 (mainly 1960s) (2 folders)

  2. Annual reports 1953 and 1956-1960

  3. Bye-Laws, 1937 and 1961 revisions


42/13

  1. Manual for stand attendants, Careers in Chemistry; SCIV stand no. 22, Chemex 1956

  2. Correspondence of the Non-Metalliferous Committee of the Institute of Victorian Industries, 1916-1917

  3. Correspondence between Dr H W Fairbairn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Chemistry Department, University of Melbourne, 1949-1950

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