MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
MS 095 – DUFFIELD, Walter Geoffrey (1897-1929)
Duffield was Professor of Physics, Reading University, England 1910-1923 and was appointed the inaugural Director of the Solar Physics Observatory, Mount Stromlo near Canberra, in 1924.
See also MS 037/1 – letter to Dr. A.R. Hogg, 22 July 1929, on his appointment to Mt. Stromlo Observatory.
BOX 1
Series 1 – Personal – Biographical
1-1 Entry for Duffield submitted to the Australian Biographical Dictionary by C. W. Allen
Photocopy, n. d.
1-2 'Turning the First Sod on the Site of the Lecture Theatre-Office Building'
Typescript of talk by Joan Duffield, 17 March 1963.
1-3 Supplement to the Report of the Commonwealth Astronomer
History of the Observatory, pages 1-7 deal with the Duffield period; includes photographs and plans, 1950.
1-4 Astronomical Developments in Australia' by A. R. Hogg
1-5 'The Beginnings of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory' by C. W. Allen
Reprint of article with much discussion of Duffield, 1 November 1978.
1-6 Congratulatory letters to W. G. Duffield on his winning the Angas Engineering Scholarship
Letters and telegrams from friends and relations, March-April 1901.
1-7 Cambridge House lectures for library readers
Programme: includes Duffield to speak on Michael Faraday, 1903.
1-8 Royal Navy College, Osborne
Letter offering mastership, 10 June 1904.
1-9 'Degree Day', 'Physical and Electrical Laboratories Experiments and Exhibits', University of Manchester
Programme for degree ceremony; exhibition booklet, 4 July 1908, 1 March 1912.
1-10 Death of Duffield, obituaries and letters
Correspondence, including letter and drafts of obituary by H. H. Turner, letter from W. H. Bragg, press cuttings, newspaper and journal obituaries, August-November 1929.
1-11 Death and funeral of Duffield
Newspaper clippings, photographs of observatory and funeral, photocopy of programme for the unveiling and dedication of the 'Dr. W. G. Duffield Memorial Plaque', 1929, 3 January 1954.
1-12 Presidential Address, New Zealand Institute
Extract from Transactions, refers to death of Duffield, 1930.
1-13 Press cuttings
Various press articles regarding Duffield's research and observatory, 1914, c. 1924, 1932, 1939.
1-14 Correspondence between Dr. J. G. Jenkin and University of Reading
Inquiries regarding Bragg letters and Duffield while at Reading (for material collected from Reading, and further notes from Jenkin, see 5/19), 1983.
1-15 Notes on Walter Duffield (1816-1882) from History of Gawler – 1837-1908
Notebook, two sheets of notepaper, c. 1958.
1-16 Academic Record, University of Adelaide
Photocopy of Duffield's academic record in the University of Adelaide, 1896-1900.
Series 2 – Published Articles and other writings of W. G. Duffield
2-1 List of Duffield's published articles, 1906-1928, 1986 (Compilation date)
2-2 Essay 'Encounter Bay District' by W. G. Duffield
Typed draft on geology of the district, final pages missing, July 1901.
2-3 'The Effect of Pressure upon Arc Spectra. No. I. – -Iron', Proceedings of the Royal Society, A, Vol. 79, pp. 597-599, 1907, by W. G. Duffield
Reprint, 4 July 1907.
2-4 'III. The Effect of Pressure upon Arc Spectra – - No. 1 Iron', Philosophical Transactions, A, Vol. 208, 1907, pp. 111-162, by W. G. Duffield
Photocopy, 1907.
2-5 The Empire Review, Vol. XVI, August 1908
One copy of periodical which contains article by W. G. Duffield, 'Australia's Share in Solar Research', 1908.
2-6 'IX. The Effect of Pressure upon Arc Spectra, No. 2 Copper', Philosophical Transactions, A, Vol. 209, 1908, pp. 205-226, by W. G. Duffield
Photocopy, 1908.
2-7 'II. The Effect of Pressure upon Arc Spectra, No. 3 Silver', Philosophical Transactions, A, Vol. 211, 1909, pp. 33-73, by W. G. Duffield
Photocopy, 1909.
2-8 'Memorandum upon the Proposed Solar Observatory in Australia'
Publication, plus later press cutting, 1909.
2-9 The British Empire Review, Vol. XIII, June 1911
Periodical with W. G. Duffield's article 'The Proposed Solar Observatory in Australia', 1911.
2-10 'VIII. The Effect of Pressure upon Arc Spectra, No. 5, Nickel', Philosophical Transactions, A, Vol. 215, 1914, pp. 205-250
Photocopy of annotated author's copy, 1914.
2-10a ‘Comparison of the arc and spark spectra of nickel produced under pressure; with a note upon the influence of temperature and density gradients upon the displacement of spectrum lines’, Philosophical Magazine, vol. 30, 1915, pp. 385-394.
2-11 'The Formation of Cumulus Cloud above Bush Fires' by W. G. Duffield
Drafts and reports of note in Nature, 26 January 1924.
2-12 Pioneer Magazine, Vol. I, 24 February 1927
Periodical, containing 'Solar Research upon Mt. Stromlo' by W. G. Duffield, 1927.
2-13 'The Luminosity of the Night Sky' by Duffield and staff
Publication, one page abstract, May 1928.
2-14 Correspondence
Re scientific papers, includes G. E. Hale, H. Deslandres, E. W. Maunden, C. St. John, P. Fox, J. Evershed, W. Marriot, L. A. Bauer, L. Luiggi, P. Lowell, F. Hopwood, J. M. Baldwin, C. P. Lucas, H. K. Ellison, D. Clerk, 1915.
2-15 Biography of Sir J. J. Thomson, by Duffield
Typescript, n. d.
2-16 Other writings
Handwritten drafts (apparently fictional), n. d.
2-17 A play 'Grace Seymour' by W. G. Duffield
Handwritten drafts and notes, c. 1894.
2-18 'Diary of a Brief Visit to Russia', by W. Geoffrey Duffield, edited by A. C. G.
Bound typescript, n. d.
BOX 3
Series 3 – Personal – Family
3-1 Duffield to Doris Boult from Manchester and Dublin
Personal letters, but matters of scientific interest mentioned, regarding Dublin meeting of British Association for the Advancement of Science when Duffield was secretary of a section, mention of Sir Ernest Rutherford, A. Schuster, F. McClean, R. Rossi; discussion of astronomical work. (For further information on the meeting and Duffield's connection with it, see 6/2), 30 August – 21 October 1908.
3-2 Duffield to Boult
Letters from a voyage to Australia, 23 October – 27 November 1908.
3-3 Duffield to Boult, from Glenelg
Letters, including mention of W. H. Bragg, Solar Physics Observatory; newspaper clippings regarding University of Adelaide Commemoration Day, 28 November – 27 December 1908.
3-4 Boult to Duffield
Extract (by Joan Duffield) from Doris Boult to fiancé, describing Maori wedding, 29 December 1908.
3-5 Duffield to Boult, from Melbourne and Brisbane, aboard the 'Cooma'
Letters, mention of efforts to raise funds for Solar Physics Observatory, 1-11 January 1909.
3-6 Duffield to Boult, from Sydney and Melbourne
Letters, mentions meetings and interviews concerning observatory, 7 March – 3 April 1909.
3-7 Duffield to Boult from Glenelg
Letters, mention of search for funds for Solar Physics Observatory, application for Professorship at Wellington, J. Oddie's offer of apparatus, 5 April – 23 May 1909.
3-8 Duffield to Boult, from Adelaide
Letter to Doris in Melbourne en route to Adelaide for wedding, 28 May 1909.
3-9 Phyllis Boult to family, from Glenelg
One spirit-copied letter from Phyllis Boult the day after wedding, n. d. 1909.
3-10 W. G. Duffield to Doris Duffield
Letters, Duffield at seismology congress, 19-20 July 1911.
3-11 P. Walter Duffield to W. G. Duffield, from Glenelg
Three letters from father to son who was en route to Australia, 3, 9, 12 June 1914.
3-12 Boults to Mrs. W. G. Duffield, from Auckland
Letters from her mother and sister at outbreak of World War I, 5, 6 August 1914.
3-13 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield, from Glasgow
Letter, 30 August 1922.
3-14 D. T. Duffield to W. G. Duffield
Twelve letters to Duffield who was working on gravity at sea experiments. 'Account of the way we set out on our "Sabbatical Year" to Australia and Littlewood, Miss Harkness, "Gravity at Sea" and all', August – September 1922.
3-15 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield, Melbourne to Glenelg
Correspondence in which Duffield gives a running narrative of Cabinet decision to approve the founding of a Solar Physics Observatory in Canberra and the appointing of a committee to select a director; mentions W. H. Bragg, J. G. McLaren, G. H. Knibbs, Senator G. Pearce, 29 March – 12 April 1923.
3-16 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letter from on board the T. S. S. "Nestor", 6 August 1923.
3-17 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letters from The Royal Pier Hotel, Southsea, 16-20 December 1923.
3-18 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letter from 'The Australia' hotel in Sydney, letter from 'Solar Observatory Temporary Office' in Melbourne, 6, 12 November 1924.
3-19 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letter from 'The Hostel' in Canberra, letter from 'Commonwealth Solar Observatory', Mt. Stromlo, 2, 3 March 1925.
3-20 W. G. Duffield to P. T. Duffield
Letters from Canberra, mainly personal health, daily activities, some mention of Mt. Stromlo and work, 15-29 May 1925.
3-21 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield, from Canberra
One letter from Hotel Canberra, 12 October 1925.
3-22 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letter from The Hotel Windsor in Melbourne, Duffield met with "The Minister" to work out funding for the observatory; J. G. McLaren, J. F. Murphy, G. Pearce, 5 December 1925.
3-23 D. T. Duffield's diary
Daily record of activities, and of day to day health, 1925.
3-24 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letter while aboard a ship of the Union Line, 3 January 1926.
3-25 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letter from The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 10 September 1926.
3-26 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letter from the Grand Hotel, Auckland, 4 December 1926.
3-27 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letter from Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 22 March 1927.
3-28 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Letter from Mt. Stromlo, 30 May 1927.
3-29 W. G. Duffield to D. T. Duffield
Four letters from the S. S. "Zealandia" and Hadley's Hotel, Hobart, while attending a conference, probably AAAS , 12-18 January 1928.
3-30 C. Claude Wilson to Mrs. Duffield
Letter, newspaper picture of Duffield, two photographs, 22 October, 6 December 1928.
3-31 List of telegrams and letters "Received about Geoff"
Notebook, August 1929.
3-32 Telegrams to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield, August 1929
3-33 Letters to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield
Letters of sympathy, August 1929.
3-34 Letters to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield
Letters of sympathy, one photograph (possibly of Joan Duffield), August 1929.
3-35 Letters to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield
Letters of sympathy, August 1929.
3-36 Letters to D. T. Duffield after death of W. G. Duffield
[Letters of sympathy, including T. H. Laby, V. A. Bailey, Sydney Stonehaven, Georgina Sweet, T. G. B. Osborne, J. A. Moroney, B. T. Dickson, G. H. Briggs, Kerr Grant, August, September 1929.
3-37 Senator Duncan-Hughes
Letter to Doris Duffield concerning education of son Peter in Adelaide, extract of Senate discussion re Mt. Stromlo Observatory by Duncan-Hughes and Sir George Pearce, letter to Duncan-Hughes from J. A. Perkins regarding observatory, November, December 1932.
3-38 Duffield family
Press clippings announcing marriage of Peter Duffield to C. M. Goldie in London, press clipping and programme of degree ceremony at Oxford in which Michael Duffield graduated, 1938.
3-39 Joan Duffield
Letter concerning her Will, 10 May 1960.
3-40 Invitations, menus, etc.
Menus from various formal dinners, admission tickets to the ceremony establishing Canberra as seat of government, summary of play 'Mary Stuart of Scotland' by B. Bjørnson, lists of delegates to several conferences, 1906-1927.
3-41 Notebook
Financial and investment notes 1927-1928, with scientific notes at the other end of the book, 1924, 1927-1928.
BOX 5
Series 4 – Solar Physics Observatory, Mt. Stromlo
4-1 Congrès International des Etudes Solaires
Membership card for Duffield, invitation, conference programme, receipts etc. from Hôtel Palais d'Orsay, press clipping re conference, handwritten notes concerning interest in Australian observatory shown at conference, timetables, solar observations from existing observatories, May 1907.
4-2 Royal Societies, Philosophical Societies, Observatories, in Australia
Details about membership and establishment date of Societies; details of founding date, responsible authority, equipment, of observatories; diagram of telescope lenses, other notes on equipment; all in Duffield's hand, 1907.
4-3 Solar Observatory – letters of support
Resolution at the Paris Congress proposed by Norman Lockyer (wording the same as handwritten notes in 4/1), extract from paper by C. M. Smith read to British Association supporting Australian observatory, letters from G. E. Hale, W. E. Wilson, C. Walcott, 1907.
4-4 Solar Observatory, Solar Physics
Draft of unaddressed letter re practical, possibilities of a solar observatory, extract from publication with Sir Norman Lockyer's resolution, letter from University of Adelaide re observatory, pages from notebook, 1908.
4-5 Correspondence re foundation and equipment of solar observatory in Australia
Letters of support from A. Riccò, extract from 'Les Recherches Solaires' supporting the project, draft and copy of letter from Duffield to the Prime Minister of Australia in which he proposes that an observatory should be founded, 1908.
4-6 Correspondence re foundation of Solar Observatory
Typescripts of: Duffield's letter to the Prime Minister, letter from the Royal Society, Lockyer's resolution, extract from C. M. Smith paper, letters from G. E. Hale, W. E. Wilson, C. Walcott, A. Riccò, J. Eliot, M. Puiseux (much of this being fair copy of material contained in previous three files), 1908.
4-7 Correspondence and brief historical note, re establishment of observatory
Notes concerning early stages of Duffield's efforts on behalf of observatory (see letter to Prime Minister in previous file); correspondence with: W. H. Bragg, G. E. Hale, J. Eliot, H. F. Newall, H. H. Turner, C. Muirhead Collins, McClean's promise of £500, J. M. Baldwin, C. M. Smith, C. Kinloch-Cooke, J. Oddie, A. Riccò, H. M. Hunt, J. Larmor as Secretary of the Royal Society of London, drafts of two brief reports, 1907-1909.
4-8 Correspondence re Public Meeting on 26 October 1909 concerned with establishment of observatory
Drafts of letters of invitation to the meeting from Duffield, and some responses, 1909.
4-9 Lecture(s) re sun and solar observation
Handwritten drafts/notes for one or more talks on the sun and observation of the sun, one draft headed 'Australian Association Paper', n. d. [1909].
4-10 Political, government correspondence re observatory
Including C. P. Lucas, Alfred Deakin, C. M. Collins, 1909-1910.
4-11 Political, governmental correspondence re observatory
Including C. M. Collins, C. G. Abbot, King O'Malley, copies of letters from Duffield to Bruce Smith M.P., Littleton Groom M.P., Alfred Deakin, 1911-1914.
4-12 Political, governmental correspondence re observatory
Correspondence with C. M. Collins, the Prime Minister and other government officials, 1914-1915.
4-13 Correspondence with individuals and bodies re foundation of observatory
Official correspondence; letter of support of Mt. Stromlo site from P. Baracchi; correspondence including C. M. Collins, King O'Malley, Alfred Deakin, C. P. Lucas; extract from Parliamentary debate; copy of petition in favour of observatory which was presented by Lord Avebury, Sir David Gill, Sir Frank Dyson, Professor H. F. Newall; 'Memorandum upon the Selection of the Site' by Duffield; 'Solar Physics Observatory' reply from Commonwealth Government; folder containing mainly items from previous files, e. g. J. Larmor, N. Lockyer, C. M. Smith, G. E. Hale, W. E. Wilson, C. Walcott, A. Riccò, J. Eliot, M. Puisseux, being letters or extracts, 1908-1915.
4-14 Appointment of director of Observatory
Letters confirming and discussing Duffield's appointment and the tasks to be undertaken immediately; also includes letters from H. H. Turner, A. Schuster, Senator G. Pearce, J. G. McLaren; documents re equipment for observatory; letters from F. W. Dyson, H. H. Turner concerning choice of director; photograph of equipment; notes on purpose of observatory and aims and duties of director; cost estimates for building and maintenance, 1922-1924.
4-15 The Farnham Telescope, Prominence Spectroscope, Franklin-Adams Coelostat
Correspondence with Professor Sampson and Buckingham Works re Franklin-Adams Coelostat, picture of instrument (possibly coelostat); correspondence between Duffield and Baker & Co. re Prominence Spectroscope, letter from A. Fowler re same; correspondence, including receipt, re (shipping, purchase and insurance of) Farnham telescope, correspondence with Sir Howard Grubb and Sons Optical and Mechanical Works; two-page typed history of choice of site for observatory, 1908-1914.
4-16 Solar Physics Observatory Fund
List of assorted donations and bequests, e. g. J. Oddie,[?]. Farnham, F. McClean; correspondence re same with F. McClean, G. Syme, J. Oddie and other actual or potential donors, 1908-1913.
4-17 Solar Physics Observatory Fund
List of bequests and donations, correspondence re donations with donors (many apparently solicited from fellow passengers by Duffield on a voyage in 1909), correspondence with treasury re funds and accounts, 1923-1926.
4-18 Commonwealth Solar Observatory Fund, and "Great Telescope Account"
Mainly correspondence and documentation with banks and solicitors about financial matters re what is referred to as "The Great Telescope Account"; also documents concerning Observatory Fund, including statutory declaration by George Weir Burns, 1927-1947.
4-19 Commonwealth Observatory Fund Act
Copy of trustees' report on fund transactions and covering letter from W. V. Lancaster addressed to Doris Duffield, 7 July, 9 October 1947.
4-20 Indian reports
Extracts of reports by Norman Lockyer on "Indian Observatories and Their Organization" and from the Indian Famine Commission, 1880, 1898.
4-21 Publications and reports re Solar Observatory, form letter
'Memorandum upon the Proposed Solar Observatory in Australia', from Solar Physics Committee of Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science; 'Establishing a Solar Observatory in Australia', typescript of report of committee (Turner, Duffield, Cortie, Dyson, Eddington, Newall, Nicholson, Schuster); 'Establishing a Solar Observatory in Australia', published report of committee (Gill, Duffield, Lockyer, McClean, Schuster, Turner); entry re Observatory for 'Official Year Book of the Commonwealth'; 'Report of the Solar Physics Committee'; form letter presumably from Duffield appealing for support; 'Practical Possibilities of a Solar Observatory in Australia', by Professor T. W. E. David; 'Solar Physics and Meteorology', by H. A. Hunt; 'Forty-First Report of the Board of Visitors to the Observatory [Melbourne] together with the Report of the Government Astronomer', 1908, 1909, 1915, 1925.
4-22 Solar Physics and Observatory
Lecture and other notes for several talks, one set of notes dealing with solar spectroscopy, another with choice of site for observatory, 1908.
4-23 'An Account of the Movement to Establish a Solar Observatory in Australia', by W. G. Duffield
Typescript, 1922.
4-24 Letters of congratulation on Duffield's appointment as director of the Solar Observatory
From registrar of Manchester University; T. B. Robertson; editor of Nature, 1923-1924.
4-25 'The Australasian'
Letter from the paper's editor asking Duffield to write a column; page of notes in Duffield's hand, 3 February 1925.
4-26 Specifications and plan for director's residence, Mt. Stromlo
Typescript of specifications and suggested changes; plan for the residence, 21 February 1927, is housed with the oversize materials, 1927.
4-27 Formal invitation to party at the observatory, 23 November 1928
4-28 Inventory of contents of house, Mt. Stromlo, c. 1929
4-29 Memoirs of the Commonwealth Observatory Nos. 1-5, Vol. I
Publications: 'The Luminosity of the Night Sky; 'The Luminosities and Parallaxes of 350 Stars of Special Type B'; 'Measurements of Atmospheric Ozone'; 'Atmospheric Potential Gradient Observations'; 'Fraunhofer Intensity Tables', May 1928, February 1930, March, May, December 1934.
4-30 Reports from the Commonwealth Observatory
Two copies of 'Supplement to the Report of the Commonwealth Astronomer' for 1950, which contains a history of the Observatory from its conception (apparently by Mrs. Simenov: see letter from Bok in 4/34; annual reports from the Mt. Stromlo Observatory by Bart J. Bok, the director], 1957-1959, 1962, 1965.
4-31 'The Australian Commonwealth Observatory', by O. J. Eggen
Reprint of article, 8 June 1956.
4-32 Pamphlets and articles about Mt. Stromlo
Articles by Bart Bok, entitled 'Mt. Stromlo Observatory of the Australian National University', 'A Search for New Observatory Sites in Australia', 'Siding Spring Observatory' and 'Mount Stromlo Observatory', 'Mt. Stromlo Observatory', by M. J. Miller; printed plan of the layout of the 'Commonwealth Observatory, Mount Stromlo' n. d. housed with the oversize material, 1948, 1960, 1965-1966.
4-33 Publications by Bart Bok and others
Articles and talks by Bart J. Bok entitled 'Paris Symposium on Radio Astronomy and World's Astronomers Meet in Moscow', 'The Interstellar Medium', 'Star Birth and Evolution', 'Report on Study Leave', 'The Southern Milky Way'; 'The Southern Milky Way', by J. B. Whiteoak; 'Measurement of Stellar Radiation', by L. H. Aller; 'Galactic Clusters', by A. R. Hogg; photograph of the Milky Way, 1958, 1961.
4-34 Correspondence between Joan Duffield and Bart Bok
Two letters, which discuss Duffield's grave and what to do with his papers, 25 March, 4 May 1959.
4-35 Correspondence to Joan Duffield
From A. R. Hogg with questions re history of
Perth Observatory; from Rob (?) re Canberra Rotary Club c. 1928 to which W. G.
Duffield belonged; from Bart Bok with drawings of the proposed Duffield
building at Mt. Stromlo, 1961, 1966, 1967.
4-36 Observatory postcards
Black and white photographic postcards from Mt. Stromlo of the observatory, telescopes, and various nebulae and stars; and covering
letter, 18 November 1959.
4-37 Postcards and photographs
Two old postcards, and a group of black and
white photographs, of Mt. Stromlo and surrounding landscape, c. 1928, and 1959.
4-38 Photographs
Three black and white photographs of telescope
and a visitor's pamphlet, 1960.
4-39 Press cuttings
Weather forecasting, A. R. Hogg, Canberra, Mt. Stromlo, sunspots, 1938.
4-40 Press cuttings
Observatory, Canberra, weather prediction, 1939.
4-41 Press cuttings
Advertisements for and appointment of
observatory director, 1939.
4-42 Press cuttings
Science congress Canberra; R. G. Giovanelli,
1939.
4-43 Press cuttings
Observatory, telescope, solar eclipse, Canberra, 1940
4-44 Press cuttings
Scientific exchange with India, n. d.
Series
5 – University College Reading, University of Reading
5-1 University College Reading: appointment to Chair of Physics and related
correspondence
Three
letters from W. M. Childs, The Principal, re appointment and housing; one from
R. L. Pearson; one from F. H. Wright, Registrar, 1910, 1912.
5-2 Concerning the University Constitution
Formal
letters and memoranda concerned with dissenting opinion expressed by a minority
of six professors including Duffield; pamphlet entitled 'An Appeal Against the
Form of Constitution…'; memoranda and letters from W. M. Childs; press
cuttings; copies of letters from Sir J. Larmor, Sir W. Raleigh, Sir H. Jones,
original of letter to Duffield from Sir Ernest Rutherford, 1912-1915.
5-3 'A Factor in Imperial Development'
Address
delivered by Duffield at Reading, 10 May 1913.
5-4 War service documents
Certificate
of national registration, documents re enlistment, letter from Duffield to
Major Egginton, 1915.
5-5 War work
Correspondence,
notes, memoranda concerning the possible work towards the war effort in science
departments, the particular uses to which their equipment and staff might be
put; correspondence re munitions work, chemistry graduates, June-July 1915.
5-6 Acceptances of war work
Letters
volunteering services to do munitions work in College, July 1915.
5-7 Munitions correspondence
Memorandum
from Duffield discussing arrangements for munitions work, related
correspondence, formal letter from Duffield to Rt. Hon. Lloyd George offering
and outlining services, July – February 1916.
5-8 Letter from H. Maryon to Duffield
Re
lathes, 27 September 1915.
5-9 Telephone Portable "D" Mk III
Diagram of
connections of telephone, and covering letter from R. L. Pearson, 28 October
1915.
5-10 War Office
Correspondence
with the War Office – Sir Alfred Keogh, Colonel Stanistreet – re serum supply
for Army, November 1915.
5-11 'Report
Concerning the Proposed Preparation of Anti-Tetanus Serum at University College, Reading', By R. S. Williams
Typescript
and related correspondence, November 1915.
5-12 Equipment for munitions work
Correspondence
and invoices from Holbrook & Sons for various machinery, such as lathes and
saws, November 1915.
5-13 Royal Society census of scientific and technical workers
Formal
letter from the Royal Society asking for a list of suitably trained men, census
card and covering letter from Duffield, January 1916.
5-14 War work, Admiralty
Copy of war
service register form completed by Duffield; correspondence (including
Duffield, Sir Francis Hopwood, Sir Arthur May, Henry Bassett, P. W. Hewitt, R.
Stenhouse Williams) re manufacture of drugs at Reading chemical laboratories,
1915, January 1916.
5-15 Personal correspondence associated with University College, Reading
Letter to
Mrs. Childs from H. Sclater thanking her for hospital work; letters to Duffield
from R. Pearson, F. Haghoe, F. G. Kydd, Muirhead Collins, J. Burgess; and from
Duffield to Ken Duffield, and photograph of same, 1918-1919, 1925.
5-16 Leaving Reading
Correspondence
from friends and relatives expressing congratulations on new appointment and
farewell; photograph, 1923.
5-17 Farewell party gift illuminated
Formal
congratulations by colleagues from Reading in the form of a small booklet, 15
March 1924.
5-18 Duffield Exhibition, Reading College Library
Correspondence
relating to the Duffield Exhibition awarded annually to a student at Reading, [1925] 1930-1938, 1947.
5-19 History of the University of Reading
Press
cutting, 'University for Reading', The Reading Standard, 5 June 1925;
photocopied extract from Making a University by W. M. Childs, and from The
University of Reading by J. C. Holt; chronology of events relating to
university buildings; photocopied notes by J. G. Jenkin concerning materials re
Duffield at Reading (see 1/14), 1925, [1933], [1966], 1977, 1983.
5-20 Royal Flying Corps
Photographs:
one of Duffield alone, two with Mrs. Duffield and friends, several with other
men in uniform, n. d. [c. 1916-1918].
Series
6 – Subject Files
6-1 Physics and chemistry exam questions for secondary school,
1906
6-2 British Association, 18th annual meeting
Correspondence
re Duffield's appointment as secretary of Section A, documents re relevant
regulations; correspondence re organization of and participants in Section A, includes
A. W. Porter, H. H. Turner, T. Thorp, A. L. Cortie, A. D. Crommelin, J. M.
Baldwin, A. Fowler, H. F. Newall, D. Gill, F. W. Dyson, H. Grubb; list of
members and associates of the British Association; press cutting; pamphlets re
meeting, 1908.
6-3 W. G. Duffield: notes
Pages
removed from small note book, containing diverse notes: e. g. physical
equations, relative values for poker hands, list of committee for Australian
Solar Physics Observatory, etc., [1908-1912].
6-4 Eclipse
Committee, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Correspondence
re the eclipse, the committee, and organization for observation of it: from J.
M. Baldwin, P. Baracchi, G. F. Dodwell, F. McClean, E. H. Hills, Professor J.
A. Pollock, A. Riccò, G. H. Knibbs, Duffield's notes on arrangements, and
drafts of letters, 1909.
6-5 Correspondence – Roentgen Society
Letters to
Duffield re papers and publication thereof, from John Golding, C. Phillips, J.
H. Gardiner (editor of Roentgen Society's Journal), W. D. Butcher (editor of Archives
of the Roentgen Ray, 1912-1914.
6-6 W. H. Bragg to Duffield
Brief note
of thanks for having sent congratulations upon the Braggs' winning of the Nobel
Prize, 20 November 1915.
6-7 Correspondence re scientific papers
Letters from
a variety of scientists, mainly requesting reprints of articles by Duffield,
some correspondence with editors: correspondents include A. Schuster, J. H.
Jeans, C. E. St. John, 1916-1920.
6-8 Correspondence: scientific, general
Letters
re lectures, book and articles, 1916-1924.
6
6-9 Notebook
Contents of
small pad of paper, on which is a draft or notes for an article reporting a
series of experiments on pressure on the poles of a burning electric arc, after
1919 (?).
6-10 University Association of Canberra
Copy
of the constitution, late 1920's.
6-11 Report
of Leeds meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Handwritten
report of the meeting, not wholly legible; author's name faded, but appears to
be holder of Duffield Exhibition (Refer 5/18 for details on latter), September
1927.
Series
7 – Photographs
7-1 Family photographs
W. G. and D.
T. Duffield with a double bass, negatives of same; family inspecting building
site at Mt. Stromlo, Christmas at Mt. Stromlo; gathering on Mt. Stromlo;
portrait of G. Duffield and of Doris Duffield, [?] 1924, 1926, 1929.
7-2 Photographs of Duffield's grave, and of observatory, 1929
7-3 Large black and white photograph (conserved)
The Physical
Society of London, Jubilee Banquet, 22 March 1924, 680mm x 470mm.
7-4 Contact
prints and negatives of photograph albums retained by Joan Duffield
Five
numbered plastic pages of negatives; seven contact sheets with photographs as
follows: sheet (1) building construction Mt. Stromlo, Duffield family picnic;
(2) dam, Mt. Stromlo, buildings, people; (3) shifting from England, Duffield,
people, boat, observatory (not Mt. Stromlo); (4) travelling in the tropics,
buildings, observatory, pine forest; (5) houses, automobile, gathering of
people, Mt. Stromlo area; (6) two of Duffield alone (one in uniform), two with
others, countryside, observatories, telescope; (7) Mt. Wilson observatory and
views of surrounding mountains, n. d. [c. 1924]
Series
8 – Other Publications
8-1 Miscellaneous publications
Booklet
entitled 'The Anglo-Australian 3. 9m Telescope'; obituary of A. R. Hogg by S.
C. B. Gascoigne, 1966, 1974.
8-2 Canberra publications
Xeroxed
pages from Canberra Community News, includes article by Doris Duffield;
xerox of The Federal Capital Pioneer Magazine; issue of The Federal
Capital Pioneer Magazine; report entitled 'The Physiography of the Proposed Federal Territory at Canberra' by G. Taylor; report on 'Construction of Canberra',
1910, 1921, 1926.
8-3 Canberra papers and newsletters
Issue of ANU News which records Mt. Stromlo's transference to the university; St. John's Canberra 'Parish Notes'; 'Australia Day Supplement to Canberra Times', 1957,
1961, 1962.
8-4 Oversize publications
1. Poster
advertising the sale of land in Canberra, 'Canberra Freeholds Estate' n. d.
2. Newspaper, The Sydney Mail, Wednesday,
September 5, 1923, pp. 6,9,10,15,16,19-22. A special issue dealing with Canberra.
3. Newspaper, The Federal Capital Pioneer,
No. 6, Canberra, May 20, 1925. 1 sheet.
4.
Newspaper, The Canberra Times, Volume 1 No. 10, Canberra, Thursday,
November 4, 1926, pp. 1-16.
5. Album of
news clippings from 1901-1913 (+ a few later ones of 1952, 1953, 1954)
Series
9 – Audio Recording
9-1 Taped
interview with Miss Joan D. Duffield the daughter of Walter Geoffrey Duffield.
Cassette
tape (TDK AD-X60) recorded 9 September 1987 at Miss Duffield's home in Malvern, Victoria. Tape 1. Major topics covered include her parents’ and grandparents’
lives in Adelaide, South Australia, during the late 19th Century, life in
Reading, England, 1910-1923, and life at Canberra and Mt Stromlo, 1924-1929. A
number of stories make reference to events in her life that happened after the
death of her father in 1929. There is no transcript but there is a running
index:
Tape counter Description
CASSETTE
No. 1 Side A
000-013 Tape
Identification
[This
recording was made on TDK AD-X60 audio cassettes using an AIWA Stereo radio cassette
recorder CS-J1 and a SONY stereo electret condenser microphone ECM-929LT. The
recording is in stereo. Interviewer: Mr Gavan J. McCarthy, Senior Archivist,
Australian Science Archives Project. Subject: Miss Joan D. Duffield, daughter
and eldest child of Walter G. and Doris T. Duffield. Location: Miss Duffield’s
home at 14 Glenview Avenue, Malvern, Victoria, 3144.
016 Identification
of Miss Joan Doris Duffield (JDD)
030 Her
mother’s family identified 080 The
Boult family move to Auckland, New Zealand, 1907-1908, for health reasons;
096 Arthur
Boult died in 1926, Marion Boult in the 1950s;
111 The
meeting of JDD’s parents when they were children in Gawler and Glenelg, South Australia;
130 Doris
Boult moving to New Zealand;
136 The
development of the relationship between W.G. Duffield (WGD) and DTD during the
time when WGD was at Adelaide University, Cambridge University and the University of Manchester;
172 Marriage
in Adelaide in June 1909 and their return to Manchester;
191 The
move to University College, Reading, three months after the birth of J.D.
Duffield in 1910;
198 Anecdote
about the train journey from Manchester to Reading;
231 Particular
memories of life at 18 Redlands Road, Reading, including her mother’s work for
the Red Cross and her parents playing in the University Orchestra under various
visiting conductors including Gustav Holst who was a regular visitor at the
Duffield home;
283 WGD
learning the double bass and DTD playing the violin and the importance of music
in their lives;
336 DTD
activities during World War I;
346 WGD
activities during World War I;
360 Birth
of Michael Duffield, 1915;
363 Household
staff in England, nanny, two maids and a cook who all ‘lived-in’;
374 Comparison
with Australia where at best one could expect to have daily help;
384 Memories
of Nanny Joan, known as Nanny Nothing, and the ongoing contact with JDD which
continues to this day;
416 END
OF SIDE A
CASSETTE
No. 1 Side B
000 Memories
of Nanny Joan continued;
088 Education
in Reading, the engaging of a governess for the local professors’ children and
the learning of German during the War in case the Germans happened to win;
130 Life
after the death of WGD, JDD training as a nurse, the family moving back to England in 1935;
204 Life
during World War II and a particular bombing experience while they were living
and working in Horsham, Sussex;
322 JDD
translating German in the Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information,
1942-1945;
343 The
trip to Canberra in 1924 via Glasgow, Quebec, Vancouver, Seattle, British
Columbia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mt Wilson, Auckland;
378 Family
was accompanied by Dorothy Hawkins who was WGD’s nurse when he had pneumonia
and later became his secretary;
387 Arrival
in Sydney December 1924, the family car – a Crossley used by the Prince of
Wales during his visit to Australia;
399 The
trip to Canberra on the bad roads and hitting a cow in the dark, arriving in Canberra on 11 December 1924 in the early hours of the morning;
416 END
OF SIDE B
9-2 Taped
interview with Miss Joan D. Duffield the daughter of Walter Geoffrey Duffield.
Cassette
tape (TDK AD-X60) recorded 9 September 1987 at Miss Duffield's home in Malvern, Victoria. Tape 2. Major topics covered include her parents’ and grandparents’
lives in Adelaide, South Australia, during the late 19th Century, life in
Reading, England, 1910-1923, and life at Canberra and Mt Stromlo, 1924-1929. A
number of stories make reference to events in her life that happened after the
death of her father in 1929. There is no transcript but there is a running
index:
Tape counter Description
CASSETTE
No. 2 Side A
000 First
day in Canberra as the first residents of the Hotel Canberra, their first
breakfast and Canberra’s first land sale;
077 Two
years in the Hotel Canberra waiting for the Director’s residence to be
completed at Mt Stromlo;
112 WGD
driving over W.M. Hughes’s hearing aid in the courtyard of the Hotel Canberra;
146 Schooling
in Melbourne for the Duffield children;
172 Appointment
of Clabon Allen to the staff at Mt Stromlo;
179 Design
of a sculpture for the grave of WGD and the rejected design of E. Lange;
226 Travel
between Canberra and Melbourne for school holidays;
273 Opening
of Parliament House, 9 May 1927, which was mothercraft day in Canberra;
290 The
holding by the Governor General of a men’s levee whereby all the men of Canberra could shake hands with the Duke of York;
325 JDD
working as Professor Allen’s technical assistant at Mt Stromlo 1948-1952;
416 END
OF SIDE A
CASSETTE
No. 2 Side B
000 JDD
working as Professor P. Moran’s secretary for ten years at the Australian National University;
040 Tape
interrupt;
044 Picnics
and fishing and the general atmosphere in Canberra during the 1920s;
068 WGD
and DTD were keen Anglicans and attended St John’s church in Canberra;
140 DTD
became organist at St John’s;
170 Plaque
to WGD mounted in St John’s;
237 Musical
activities in Canberra, particularly the Stromberra Quintet which comprised: 307 Tape
interrupt;
312 WGD
as a member and one time president of the Canberra Rotary Club;
324 WGD
as a member of a committee to establish a Canberra University College,
1925-1926 ?
343 END
OF INTERVIEW
Index
Abbot, C. G. Adelaide Aller, L. H. Angas
Engineering Scholarship Arc Spectra Australian National University Avebury, Lord
Bailey, V. A. Baldwin, J. M. Bassett, Henry Bauer, L. A. Bjørnson, B. Bok, Bart J. Boult, Doris, correspondence Bragg, W. H. Bragg, W. H.,
Nobel Prize Briggs, G. H. Brisbane British
Association for the Advancement of Science, meeting of Burgess, J. Burns, George
Weir Butcher, W. D. Cambridge House Lectures Canberra Childs, Mrs. Clerk, D. Collins, C.
Muirhead Commonwealth
Astronomer, Report of Commonwealth
Observatory Congrès
International des Etudes Solaires Crommelin, A. L.
David, T. W. E. Deslandres, H. Dickson, B. T. Director, S. P.
O. Dodwell, G. F. Dublin Duffield, Doris (née Boult) Duffield, Joan Duffield, Ken Duffield, Michael Duffield, P. W. Duffield, W. G.,
academic record Duffield, W. G.,
appointment as Director, S.P.O. Duffield, W. G.,
biographical note Duffield, W. G.,
correspondence Duffield, W. G.,
correspondence re death Duffield, W. G.,
death of Duffield, W. G.,
grave Duncan-Hughes, Senator Dyson, Frank Sir Eddington, A. S. Eggen, O. S. Egginton, Major Ellison, H. K. Equipment Evershed, J.
Faraday, Michael Fox, P. Gardiner, J. H. Gascoigne, S. C.
B. Gawler,
History of George, Right
Honourable Lloyd Giovanelli, R.
G. Glasgow Goldie, C. M. Golding, J. 'Grace Seymour' Grant, Kerr Gravity at Sea Haghoe, F. Hale, G. E. Harkness, Miss Hewitt, P. W. Hills, E. H. Hobart Hogg, A. R. Holt, J. C. Hopwood, Francis Sir Hunt, H. A. Hunt, H. M.
India
Jeans, J. H. Jones, H. Sir Keogh, Alfred Sir Kinloch-Cooke,
C. Kydd, F. G. Laby, T. H. Lancaster, W. V. Lockyer, Norman Lowell, P. Luiggi, L.
Maori Wedding Marriot, W. Maryon, H. Maunden, E. W. May, Arthur Sir McClean, F. Melbourne Miller, M. J. Moroney, J. A. Murphy, J. F.
Newall, H. F. Nicholson, J. W.
Osborne, T. G.
B. Oxford Parliament Pearce, George Sir Perkins, J. A. Phillips, C. Photographs Pollock, J. A. Professor Porter, A. W. Prime Minister
of Australia Public Meeting
re SPO Puiseux, M. Raleigh, W. Sir Riccò, A. Robertson, T. B. Roentgen Society Rossi, T. B. Royal Flying
Corps Royal Navy College, Osborne Royal Society of
London Russia Rutherford,
Ernest Sir Sampson, Professor Schuster, A. Sclater, H. Seismology
Congress Simenov, Mrs. Smith, B., M.P. Solar Physics
Observatory, Mt. Stromlo Solar Physics
Observatory, Mt. Stromlo, history of Solar Physics
Observatory, Mt. Stromlo, photographs Solar
Spectroscopy Stanistreet, Colonel Stonehaven,
Sydney Sunspots Sweet, Georgina Syme, G. Taylor, G. Telescope,
lenses Telescope,
photographs of Telescope, the
Farnham Telescope Thomson, J. J. Sir Thorp, T. Treasury Turner, H. H. University College, Reading University College, Reading, Duffield's appointment to Chair University of Adelaide University of Adelaide, Duffield's academic record University of Manchester University of Reading University of Reading, constitution of University of Reading, history of War Service
Documents War work,
Admiralty War Work, drugs War Work,
munitions Wellington Whiteoak, J. B. Williams, R.
Stenhouse Wilson, C.
Claude World War I Wright, F. H. 116cm
BOX 8
BOX 9
– mother Doris Boult (DTD) born 1881 in Adelaide
– grandfather, Arthur Boult, first organist at St Peter’s Cathedral,
Adelaide
– grandmother, Marion Gawler Boult who was the granddaughter of Sir George
Gawler the first constitutional Governor of South Australia;
WGD – double bass
DTD – violin
Professor Haydon of Duntroon – viola
Mrs Arthur Campbell – cello
Mr Charles Daly, a Canberra commissioner – piano and conductor;
4-11
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