MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION


MS 104 - ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIAN PALAEONTOLOGISTS (OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA)


The AAP was inaugurated on 5 February 1974. It had been in existence prior to that as the Specialist Group in Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy (SGPB).


BOX 1

  1. Geological Society of Australia. Specialist Group in Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy 1969-72

  2. Palaeontology Specialist Group file - correspondence and questionnaires 1973-74

  3. Geological Society of Australia. Federal Executive minutes, 1973-75, and correspondence.

  4. APG - Palaeontology Group papers 1971-74

  5. APG - correspondence 1974-75

  6. International Palaeontological Association (IPA) 1972-74


BOX 2

  1. APG - committee meetings, memos, agendas, etc. 1974

  2. APG - First ballot on Constitution (closed 30 June 1974)

  3. APG - second ballot on Constitution (closed 30 September 1974)

  4. AAP - Constitutional ballot (closed 28 February 1976)

  5. First Annual General Meeting, 14 May 1975 - minutes (Hon Sec T B H Jenkins)
    Annual General Meeting, 18 August 1976 - minutes (Hon Sec M R Walter)

  6. Constitution and Rules 1974
    Annual report to March 1975
    Annual report to March 1976
    Annual report March-December 1976

  7. Alcheringa

  8. Nominations January 1975, 1976
    Alcheringa invoices
    Minutes of Committee meeting 28 November 1975
    Notes taken at meetings
    Correspondence


BOX 3

  1. List of names and addresses

  2. APG membership applications

  3. Membership lists

  4. Membership list (working copy)

  5. Precision in Correlation Symposium, Section D - abstracts

  6. "The future of Australian palaeontological collections" - a submission to the Committee of Enquiry on Museums and National Collections; and associated papers

  7. Submission to Committee of Enquiry on Museums and National Collections

  8. Queensland Palaeontological Society


BOX 4

Editorial files connected with Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists No 1 - Dorothy Hill Jubilee Memoir (a collection of papers from the Dorothy Hill Jubilee Meeting held in Brisbane, 9-10 September 1982)

  1. File of editorial correspondence labelled "Dorothy Hill volume" December 1981 - June 1983

  2. Sample cover

  3. Correspondence with authors August-December 1982

  4. Proof copy of pages 1-272
5-16. Proof copies and original illustrations of contributed papers


BOX 5

1-17. Proof copies and original illustrations of contributed papers


BOX 6

  1. Committee meetings - notes, agendas, etc. 1976-77

  2. Completed ballot and nomination papers 1977-78

  3. Completed ballot forms for proposed increase in fees 1979

  4. Completed ballot forms for Vice-President (term: March 1980 - February 1982)

  5. AAP Circular no 13, 1978

  6. General correspondence 1976

  7. General correspondence 1977

  8. General correspondence November 1977 - May 1978

  9. Treasurer's correspondence March 1976 - December 1977

  10. Second Australian Geological Convention, Melbourne, 2 February 1977. "The evolution of the Australian flora: cretaceous to recent (with emphasis on the angiosperm record)". Correspondence re programming

  11. Third Australian Geological Convention, Townsville, 28-31 August 1978. "The geology and geophysics of north eastern Australia"

  12. AAP General Meeting, Wollongong, 30 March 1979. "The applicability of the International Stratigraphic Guide for biostratigraphic work in Australia"

  13. Alcheringa 1976-77

  14. Correspondence re Alcheringa reprints 1976

  15. Publicity for Alcheringa 1976-77

  16. Industries Assistance Commission Printing Industry Inquiry 1977-78

  17. (see 16. above)

  18. Material relating to Nomen Nudum, newsletter of AAP. Forwarded by retiring editor, J W Pickett, 17 July 1981

  19. Financial records 1983-84


BOX 7

    Treasurer's files

  1. Archives (1984-89)

  2. 1989

  3. 1990

  4. 1991

  5. 1992


BOX 8 Treasurer's files (cont'd)

  1. 1993

  2. General financial file 1986-89

  3. Reprint orders 1990-91

  4. Membership list 5 October 1990

  5. Receipt book 20 June 1986 - 27 September 1991

  6. Bank deposit book 11 August 1986 - 27 June 1988

  7. Bank deposit book 4 April 1990 - 1 April 1992

  8. Bank deposit book (Memoir account) 15 February 1991

  9. Bank deposit book (Memoir account) 24 June 1991 - 13 March 1992

  10. Cheque book (Hobart) 1986-88

  11. Cheque book (Wollongong) 1988-90


BOX 9

  1. Correspondence pre-1990 (selected)

  2. Correspondence pre-1990 vol 1 (A to B)

  3. Correspondence pre-1990 vol 2 (C to E)

  4. Correspondence pre-1990 vol 3 (F to H)


BOX 10

  1. Correspondence pre-1990 vol 4 (I to K)

  2. Correspondence pre-1990 vol 5 (L to Q)

  3. Correspondence pre-1990 vol 6 (R to T)

  4. Correspondence pre-1990 vol 7 (U to Z)


BOX 11

  1. Correspondence 1990-1992

  2. Outwards correspondence 1992-1994 vol.1 (only)

  3. Inwards correspondence 1992-1994 vol 1

  4. Inwards correspondence 1992-1994 vol 2


BOX 12

  1. Committee minutes June 1974 - May 1984

  2. GSA Executive Committee minutes December 1984 - August 1992 and Council meeting minutes August 1984

  3. "The formation of an Australian and New Zealand Palaeontological Group. Notes for discussion". ca 1973

  4. General correspondence

  5. (see 4. above)

  6. General correspondence – A. 1976

  7. General correspondence – B. 1976


BOX 13

    1-20. General correspondence (cont'd). Note: Files K, U and V were empty and were disposed of.

  1. General correspondence – C. 1976-78

  2. General correspondence – D. 1976-77

  3. General correspondence – E. 1976-79

  4. General correspondence – F. 1976-77

  5. General correspondence – G. 1976-77

  6. General correspondence – H. 1974-79

  7. General correspondence – I. 1977

  8. General correspondence – J. 1974-78

  9. General correspondence – L. 1976-79

  10. General correspondence – M. 1976-78

  11. General correspondence – N. 1976

  12. General correspondence – O. 1977

  13. General correspondence – P. 1976-79

  14. General correspondence – Q. 1973-78

  15. General correspondence – R. 1976-79

  16. General correspondence – S. 1976-78

  17. General correspondence – T. 1976-78

  18. General correspondence – W. 1976-79

  19. General correspondence – X, Y, Z. 1976-77

  20. Annual report to March 1975

  21. Committee meetings 1974-78

  22. Treasurer's report 1975-78

  23. GSA meetings 1974-76

  24. GSA correspondence 1976-77

  25. Conferences – general. 1976-79

  26. Palaeontology – general. Undated

  27. Subscriptions. 1976

  28. AAP circulars nos 5, 9-13, 18 and 20, 1974-80

  29. Alcheringa – general. 1976-77

  30. Alcheringa – Editor's report. 1974-77

  31. Alcheringa – Publicity Officer's report. 1976


BOX 14

  1. Alcheringa – Editor's correspondence. 1976-78

  2. Monographs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. ca 1979

  3. Nomen nudum. 1973-77

  4. AAP miscellaneous. 1973-79

  5. Editorial files for AAP Memoirs, deposited by K S W Campbell

  6. (see 5. above)

  7. (see 5. above)

  8. (see 5. above)

  9. (see 5. above)

  10. AAP Memoir 4. 1982-89

  11. AAP Memoir 5 (file 1). 1987-88

  12. AAP Memoir 5 (file 2). 1987-89

  13. AAP Memoir 6. 1986-89

  14. AAP Memoir 7. 1987-88


BOX 15

    Editorial files for AAP Memoirs, deposited by K S W Campbell (cont'd)

  1. AAP Memoir 8 (file 1). 1988-89

  2. AAP Memoir 8 (file 2). 1988-89

  3. AAP Memoir 8 (file 3). 1988-90

  4. AAP Memoir 10. 1990-92

  5. AAP Memoir 14. 1991-93


BOX 16

    Editorial files for AAP Memoirs, deposited by K S W Campbell (cont'd)

  1. AAP Memoir 15. 1992-95

  2. AAP Memoir 16. 1993-94

  3. AAP Memoir 18. 1993-95

  4. APC 94 Memoir (file 1). 1994

  5. APC Memoir (file 2). 1994-95

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