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1/1 Constitution, various versions, mainly undated, but one version dated May 1970

1/2 Amendments of Constitution 1963

1/3 Bylaws as amended June 1957

1/4 Rules, undated

1/5 Regulations under the Companies Ordinance 1954

1/6 Associations Incorporation Ordinance 1953. Notice of Intention to Apply for the Incorporation of an Association

Series 2. Ordinary Membership Lists

2/1 1954-55

2/2 1964-67

2/3 1968

2/4 1972

2/5 1977

2/6 1979-80

2/7 1984-85

Series 3. Sustaining Membership Lists

3/1 1965

3/2 1968

3/3 1970

Series 4. Overseas Membership Lists

4/1 1968

4/2 1979-80

4/3 1980-81

Series 5. Annual General Meeting Documents

5/1 1st Scientific Meeting, Sydney, 24-27 May 1956

5/2 2nd Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 5-8 June 1957

5/3 3rd Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, 18-20 August 1958

5/4 4th Scientific Meeting, Perth, 20-22 August 1959

5/5 5th Scientific Meeting, Canberra, 13-15 January 1960

5/6 6th Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, 24-26 May 1961

5/7 7th Scientific Meeting, Sydney, 17-20 August 1962

5/8 8th Scientific Meeting, Canberra, 17-20 January 1964

5/9 9th Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, 20-23 January 1965

5/10 10th Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, 23-26 May 1966

5/11 11th Scientific Meeting, Sydney, 22-25 May 1967

5/12 12th Scientific Meeting, Canberra, 20-23 May 1968

5/13 13th Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, 19-22 May 1969

5/14 14th Scientific Meeting, Melbourne 18-21 May 1970

5/15 15th Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, 17-20 May 1971

5/16 16th Scientific Meeting, Sydney, 15-19 May 1972

5/17 17th Scientific Meeting, Canberra, 21-24 May 1973

5/18 18th Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, 27-30 May 1974

5/19 19th Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 12-15 May 1975

5/20 20th Scientific Meeting, Armidale, 11-14 May 1976

5/21 21st Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, 17-20 May 1977

5/22 22nd Scientific Meeting, Sydney, 16-19 May 1978

5/23 28th Scientific Meeting, Sydney, 12-14 May 1984

5/24 30th Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 12-16 May 1986

5/25 31st Scientific Meeting, Perth, 11-14 May 1987

Series 6. Other Meetings Held Documents

6/1 NSW meeting, 26 August 1960

6/2 Victoria meeting, 23-25 May 1963

6/3 Minutes of local meetings 1964-65

6/4 Melbourne meeting, 24-27 August 1965

6/5 International Atomic Energy Agency, 8-12 September 1969

6/6 Plant Protein Specialist Meeting, NZ, 23-25 August 1978

6/7 Organising Committee minutes, Sydney meeting, 1978

7/1 1954-66

7/2 1966-74

8/1 Summer School in Microbial Genetics, February 1966

8/2 Summer School on Enzyme Kinetics, February 1967

8/3 Summer School in Techniques and Interpretations of Protein Chemistry, 12-23 February 1968 - timetables, notes, lectures

8/4 Summer School in Techniques and Interpretations of Protein Chemistry, 12-23 February 1968 - correspondence

8/5 Summer School in Lipid Biochemistry, February 1969 - correspondence, report, participants, note, timetable

8/6 Summer School in Lipid Biochemistry, February 1969 - practical notes

8/7 Summer School in Lipid Biochemistry, February 1969 - lecture notes

8/8 Summer School in Nucleic Acid Studies 1970-71

8/9 Future Summer Schools 1967-71

Series 9. Publications of Various Societies

9/1 FEBS: the Federation of European Biochemical Societies Information Bulletin no 5 April 1967 - no 8 October 1968, no 10 October 1969, no 12 October 1970, no 13 April 1971, no 16 October 1972 - no 18 October 1973

9/2 Bulletin of the Canadian Biochemical Society vol 7 no 1 January 1970 - vol 9 no 2 May 1972, May 1973 (unnumbered)

9/3 The organising and financing of research in biochemistry and allied sciences in Great Britain. The Biochemical Society, London
The training of biochemists. The Biochemical Society, London
Careers in biochemistry. The Biochemical Society, London

9/4 ABS Newsletter. Complete from vol 1, no 1 August 1970 - vol 18, no 1 July 1987

Series 10. Documents About Other Societies

10/1 Federation of European Biochemical Societies 1966-72

10/2 Federation of Asian and Oceanic Biochemists 1970-71

10/3 Federation of Asian and Oceanic Biochemists. Report to Council and correspondence 1971-72

10/4 Federation of Asian and Oceanic Biochemists 1972-77

10/5 Papers relating to Federation of Asian and Oceanic Biochemists, of which the Australian Biochemical Society is part, from Professor E C Webb, initiator of negotiations

10/6 Federation of Asian and Oceanic Biochemists 1971-1982

11/1 1953-56. Foundation of Society

11/2 1957-61

11/3 1960-61

11/4 1964

11/5 1967-68

11/6 1969-71

11/7 1969-73

11/8 1969-74

11/9 1969-74

11/10 1970-72

11/11 1970-76

11/12 1972-73 - Newsletter costs

11/13 1972-76

11/14 1978

11/15 1982

Series 12. Correspondence between Executive Members of ABS. Chronologically Ordered

12/1 Correspondence with President 1956-59

12/2 Correspondence between Secretary and Treasurer 1959

12/3 Correspondence with Secretary 1960-61

12/4 Correspondence with Secretary 1961-63

12/5 Correspondence between Secretary and Treasurer 1962-64

12/6 Correspondence between President and Secretary 1962-64

12/7 Correspondence with Secretary 1965

12/8 Correspondence between Secretary and Treasurer 1965

12/9 Correspondence between President and Secretary 1965

12/10 Correspondence between Secretary and Kellerman 1965

12/11 Correspondence between Secretary and Treasurer 1966

12/12 Correspondence with Secretary 1966

12/13 Correspondence between Secretary and President 1966

12/14 Correspondence with Secretary 1966

12/15 Correspondence with Dr M K Gould 1967

12/16 Correspondence between Treasurer and Banks 1969-71

12/17 Correspondence with Secretary 1969-76

12/18 Correspondence with Treasurer 1971

12/19 Correspondence with Treasurer 1971-73

12/20 Correspondence with Treasurer 1972-73

Series 13. Forms and Circulars to Members

13/1 1957-60

13/2 1958-61

13/3 1959-60

13/4 1962-67

13/5 1965-67

13/6 1966

Series 14. Documents Regarding Elections

14/1 Nominations and results of election of council members 1967-69

14/2 Postal ballots 1957-62

14/3 Nominations, resumes and elections of annual lecturers 1968-75

Series 15. Documents Regarding Overseas Visitors

15/1 Correspondence and documents of overseas visitors 1965-67

15/2 Concession travel arrangements for overseas visitors 1966

15/3 Correspondence to Utter and Mahler, overseas visitors 1966

15/4 Visitors for Sydney meeting May 1967

15/5 Overseas visitors for 1971 meeting

15/6 Treasurer’s correspondence re overseas visitors, 1973 meeting

15/7 Correspondence with overseas visitors, Melbourne 1986

Series 16. Documents Concerning Sustaining Members

16/1 Correspondence and lists of sustaining members 1963-64

16/2 Correspondence of sustaining members 1965-67

16/3 Treasurer’s correspondence with sustaining members 14 January 1970 - 11 August 1972

Series 17. Correspondence with Council Members

17/1 1956-59

17/2 1960-61

18/1 Correspondence with Australian Journals of Science concerning abstracts 1956-58

18/2 Correspondence with Biochemical Society (London) 1959-62

18/3 Correspondence with Australian Academy of Science 1960-62

18/4 Correspondence with Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science 1979-84

18/5 Correspondence with other societies 1961-62

18/6 Correspondence with New Zealand societies 1962

18/7 Correspondence with Pan-American Association of Biochemical Societies 1970-71

18/8 Correspondence re clinical biochemistry 1957-62

Series 19. Documents Regarding Accommodation for Meetings

19/1 6th Annual ABS Specialist Conference, 13-15 May 1978

19/2 1978-79

19/3 International Meeting of ABS, Melbourne, 23-27 August 1965. Acceptances and accommodation requirements

19/4 International Meeting of ABS, Melbourne, 23-27 August 1965. Refusals

Series 20. Sheraga’s Taped Brisbane Lecture 1971

20/1 Correspondence about Sheraga’s taped Brisbane lecture

20/2 Videotape of Sheraga’s taped Brisbane lecture 1971, 1 x 3000 [OS]

Series 21. Statements of Receipts and Payments

21/1 1 January 1954 - 31 December 1975

Series 22. Account Books

22/1 ABS account book 1954 - June 1965

22/2 Account book for 22nd meeting, Sydney, 1978 [OS]

Series 23. Miscellaneous financial material

23/1 Financial statement 1965 AGM

23/2 Financial statements 1965-66, 1966-67

23/3 Financial statement 1985 AGM

23/4 ABS Melbourne meeting, May 1970. Statement of receipts and expenditure

23/5 ABS Sydney meeting, May 1978. Statement of receipts and expenditure

23/6 Requests for Finance 1964-65

23/7 Petty cash notes for 1971-72

24/1 General correspondence 1982

24/2 Annual Meetings: 1977 (Queensland), 1978 (NSW), 1979 (Canberra), 1980 (Monash), 1981 (Adelaide), 1983 (Brisbane)

24/3 International Union of Biochemistry: World Meeting Amsterdam 1985

24/4 International Union of Biochemistry: 12th International Congress of Biochemistry Perth 1982 and related symposia

24/5 International Union of Biochemistry: Newsletters, circulars and general correspondence

24/6 Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists

24/7 Australian Academy of Science

Series 25. Council minutes and Correspondence 1974-1986

25/1 Council minutes 1976-1977

25/2 Council minutes 1977-1978

25/3 Council minutes 1978-1979

25/4 Council minutes 1979-1980

25/5 Council minutes 1980-1981

25/6 Council correspondence 1982-1983

25/7 Council correspondence 1983

25/8 Council correspondence 1973-1984

26/1 Newsletter correspondence 1982-1986 (note on folder ‘Rather doubtful value as all in Newsletters’)

26/2 Correspondence with editor 1972-1984

Series 27. Awards

27/1 Awards and Lectures 1976

27/2 Awards and Lectures 1978

27/3 Awards and Lectures 1979

27/4 Awards and Lectures 1980

27/5 Nominations for Awards 1979-1985

27/6 Nominations for Awards 1979-1985 (cont)

27/7 Nominations for Awards 1979-1985 (cont)

27/8 Medallists 1981

27/9 Medallists 1983

27/10 Medallists 1984

28/1 FASTS 1985

28/2 Correspondence Australian Academy of Science 1981-1986

28/3 Correspondence with other Australian Societies 1976-1982

28/4 ABS Graduate Employment surveys 1970-1973

Series 29. General correspondence 1974-1984

29/1 General correspondence 1974-1984

30/1 Mini Meetings (1) 1984

30/2 Mini Meetings (2) 1984

30/3 Mini Meetings (3) 1983

30/4 Mini Meetings (4) 1984

30/5 Mini Meetings (4b) 1985

30/6 Mini Meetings (5) 1986

30/7 Supported Workshops 1-5 1973-1980

30/8 Mini Meetings (6) 1986

30/9 Workshop No.6 1978

30/10 Workshop No.7 1979

30/11 Workshop No.8 1979

30/12 Workshop No.9 1980

30/13 Workshop No.10 1981

30/14 Workshop No.11 1981

30/15 Workshop No.12 1983

30/16 Workshop No.13 1983

30/17 Sydney Meeting 1984

30/18 Armidale Meeting 1976

30/19 Miscellaneous conferences 1967-1984

Series 31. Visitors

31/1 Visitors 1969-1982

31/2 1976

31/3 1977

31/4 1978

31/5 1979

31/6 1980

31/7 1981

31/8 1983

31/9 1984

31/10 1984

Series 32. Publications 1990-1999

32/1 Newsletters 1990-1999 (incomplete)

32/2 Brochure: Computer Assisted Instruction in Biochemistry 1991; flyer for Australian Workshop on Biochemical Education Melbourne 1992

32/3 Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference, Adelaide 1993 (vol. 25)