MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

MS 154                                                                                                                AN 8704

BISHOP, Peter Orlebar, FAA (1917-2012)

 

154/1  1-6.  Correspondence files, academic personnel of the Brain Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of
Sydney, 1960-67.  (Arranged alphabetically)

1. Dr J I Johnson  April 1963 - November 1966
2. Dr W M H Kozak  July 1960 - May 1966
3. Dr T Ogawa  September 1960 - December 1965
4. Dr J Stone  September 1961 - April 1967
5. Dr G J Vakkur  May 1961 - September 1967

7-12.  Correspondence with Dr W Levick  1957-67

6. 1957-62
7.  Correspondence re NH&MRC grants  1962-64
8. 1964-65
9. 1966
10. 1966-67
11. Applications for positions and funds  1966-67

13-32.  Correspondence with other scientists  1957-67.  (Arranged alphabetically)

12. Dr G B Arden  1958-62
13. Dr G M Austin  1957
14. Dr G H Bishop  1959
15. Professor F Bremer  1963
16. Professor F Crescitelli  1958-59
17. Dr R W Doty  1963
18. Professor Sir John Eccles  1959-64.  Includes Sir John's Nobel Prize nomination
19. Professor Dr A Gallego  1964
20. Dr R Gunter  1962
21. Dr D H Hubel  1967
22. Professor Dr R Jung  1960-62
23. Professor B Katz  1960
24. Dr S Landgren  1958
25. Dr A Laties  1963
26. Dr T McLardy  1958-59
27. Dr E G McQueen  1959
28. Dr H R Maturana  1959
29. Dr V B Mountcastle  1960, 1967
30. Dr O Oscarson  1960
31. Dr F Ratliff  1966

154/2                      1-6.  Correspondence with other scientists  1957-67.  (Arranged alphabetically)

1. Dr W A Rosenblith  1960, 1966-67
2. Dr L Sutro  1965-67
3. Dr A Taub  1964-65
4. Dr A L Towe  1966
5. Dr E F Vastola  1961
6. Dr G Westheimer  1957
7. The Postgraduate Committee in Medicine, the University of Sydney  1956, 1967
8. University of Sydney miscellaneous material  May 1966 - April 1967
9. Letters of congratulation on appointment to Chair of Physiology, ANU  1967
10. Arrangements for transfer from Sydney to Canberra  1967
11. Proofs of photographs taken at Festschrift for POB, September 1983 (6 folders)
12. Main biographical material: cv, list of publications, etc.
13. Possible photographs for biographical memoir
14. Scientific contribution
15. “The use of stereograms in relationship to depth constancy”. Paper submitted to Nature in 1987 and rejected
16. “Panum’s fusional area, stereograms and real 3-D objects: neural mechanisms”. Paper submitted to Perception 1996 and rejected
17. Correspondence with Ann Sefton 1997
18. Correspondence regarding resignation from the Board of Historical Records of Australian Science 1998 and a small amount of general information on biographical memoirs for both the Academy and the Royal Society
19. Report to the Postgraduate Committee in Medicine, University of Sydney, October 1947
20. Applications for Rhodes Scholarship 1940, Postgraduate Fellowship in Medicine July 1945 and Chair of Physiology, University of Sydney 1954;
21. Film prepared by John Lanser and colleagues about 1960 concerning POB’s laboratory in the Department of Physiology, University of Sydney

Lance, James W. “Peter Orlebar Bishop”. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience vol. 9(2), 2000,pp.125-126

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1. Hermes (the journal of the undergraduates of the University of Sydney), vol. XLV, no. 2, Michaelmas 1939. POB was on the staff of this journal.

2. The Pauline (the journal of St Paul’s College students’ club), no. 37, 1939 (photocopied extract) and no. 38, 1940. POB was secretary of the committee until August 1940.

3. Sydney University Medical Journal vol. XXXII, part 2, June 1939, and photocopied extracts from vols. XXXIII, part 1, November 1939, XXXIII, part 2, June 1940, and XLV, 1955. They contain articles by POB or commenting on an article by him.

4. Personal file of miscellaneous material

5. Application for Chair of Physiology

6. Cartoon of cat doing eye operation on man

7. John Curtin School of Medical Research correspondence 1969-1971

8. Correspondence 1967-1988 (mainly 1982)

9. Correspondence from Jack 1966

10. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital annual report for the year ended 30 June 1967. It contains a list of all the medical staff from its foundation, including POB, who served as a resident in 1942.

11. Extracts from Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, research reports June 1979 and June 1983 (centenary research report). Each contains a brief history of the Department.

12. Macfarlane, W V. “Origins of the Australian Physiological Society”. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society, vol. 9, no. 1, May 1978, pp. 1-5

13. International Union of Physiological Sciences newsletter vol. 4(2), December 1971, pp. 36-38. Contains a history of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society by R A Westerman

14. Extract from the John Curtin School of Medical Research annual report 1980, containing a brief history of the Department of Physiology from 1967-1980

15. John Curtin School of Medical Research annual report 1982. Contains an appreciation of POB on his retirement.

16. Miscellaneous material by POB, largely talks, early 1950s – 1972

17. Autobiographical and biographical material

18. University of Sydney Department of Physiology 1883-1954, by POB

19. US – Australian Symposium on Vision, Canberra, 7-11 February 1972. Program. This symposium was organised by POB, who also presented a paper

20. Fellowship of Royal Society 1977

21. Correspondence largely regarding honours awarded to POB 1983-1997

22. Order of Australia correspondence 1985-1986

23. Australia Prize 1993

24. Photograph of Physiology Department, University of Sydney, 1960; Photographs and newspaper clipping from John Curtin School of Medical Research, 1967-1982

25. Photographs of POB alone and with colleagues and friends, supplied for his interview for the Australian Academy of Science

26. Reprints by R W Gerard 1939-1949

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1. P.O. Bishop Medal

2. “A new perimeter”. VHS version of a 16 mm film made in 1960

3. Interview of POB by Max Blythe 28 March 1996. VHS

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