MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
MS 182
CRAIG, David Parker, FAA (1919–
CHEMIST
Craig was Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the Australian National University, Canberra 1967–84, and has published in the fields of quantum chemistry and the chemistry of liquid and molecular crystals.
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Biographical notes and personal records
1. Miscellaneous biographical notes – David Parker Craig
2. Officer’s records of service. World War II
3. Letters of congratulations on election to Fellow of the Royal Society
4. Meeting record of the Grosvenor Square Presbyterian Church Literary Society. 1910–1911
5. Australian War Memorial. Material deposited and photographs.
6. Australian Academy of Science, Adolph Basser Library, Archive access authorisation.
Correspondence and related papers
7. Correspondence with Senator Brian Archer re Science Policy discussion paper. 1987
8. Correspondence with and papers relating to Professor Arthur John Birch (See also Boxes 182/5, item 3; 182/10, items 6 & 8)
9. Correspondence with Professor Aldo Brillante, University of Bologna. 1973–1994
10. Correspondence with Professor John H. Callomon, University College London. 1963–1993
11. Correspondence with Dr. G. S. Chandler, University of Western Australia. 1963–1985
12. Correspondence with Professor Joseph Chatt, Sussex University. 1969–1981
13. Correspondence with and papers relating to Professor Charles A. Coulson, FRS
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Correspondence and related papers (cont.)
1. Correspondence with Ifor Evans and Noel Annan, Provosts of University College London. 1959–1973
2. Correspondence with Professor Gad Fischer. 1961–1982
3. Correspondence with and relating to Sir Christopher Ingold and Lady Hilda Ingold. 1964–1987 (See also Boxes 182/2. item 4; 182/9, item 7; 182/10, item 7)
4. Correspondence relating to Sir Christopher Ingold, Professor Jack Dunitz, and the RACI Strategic Review on Chemistry. 1992 (See also Boxes 182/2, item 3; 182/9, item 7; 182/10, item 7)
5. Correspondence with Dr. Thomas Iredale, University of Sydney. 1956–1960
6. Correspondence with the Hon. Barry Jones, Minister for Science. 1983–1990
7. Correspondence with Professor Joshua Jortner, Tel Aviv University. 1967–1988
8. Correspondence with Professor Laurie E. Lyons, University of Queensland. 1956–1978
9. Correspondence with Professor Angelo Mangini, University of Bologna. 1952–1972
10. Correspondence with Professor Roy McWeeny, University of Pisa. 1998–2000
11. Correspondence with Professor David P. Mellor. 1957–1979
12. Correspondence with and papers relating to Sir Ronald Nyholm, FRS (See also Box 182/10, item 10)
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Correspondence and related papers (cont.)
1. Correspondence with Sir Mark Oliphant, FAA, FTS, FRS. 1991–1993
2. Correspondence with Professor Norman Paddock, University of British Columbia. 1986–2001
3. Correspondence with Professor Robert G. Parr. 1960–1989
4. Correspondence with Sir Linus Pauling. 1961
5. Correspondence with Professor Piotr Petelenz, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland. 1986–2004
6. Correspondence with Dr Michael R. Philpott. 1962–1990
7. Correspondence with Professor Edwin Power, University College London. 1987–1994
8. Correspondence with Professor G. Wilse Robinson. 1962–1985
9. Correspondence with and relating to Piero Sarti-Fantoni. 1963–1982
10. Correspondence with H. Benn Selby. 1959–2005
11. Correspondence with CSIRO Editorial and Publications Service. Dr Robert Schoenfield and B.J. Walby. 1973–1980
12. Correspondence with Dr Robert Schoenfield. 1985. (Book review of The chemist’s English.)
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Correspondence and related papers (cont.)
1. Correspondence with T. Thirunamachandran. 1983–1986
2. Correspondence with T. Thirunamachandran. 1987–1993
3. Correspondence with John H. van der Waals. 1960–1989
4. Correspondence with and regarding Ian Wark 1958–1982
5. Correspondence with Professor John White and the Theoretical Chemistry Department, Oxford. 1962–1984
6. Correspondence with Professor Hans C. Wolf, Universitat Stuttgart. 1959–1983
Miscellaneous correspondence
7. Correspondence relating to Visiting professorship University College London. 1968–1969
8. Correspondence with Royal Australian Chemical Institute and Royal Society of Chemistry. 1973–1987
9. Correspondence relating to ‘A journey with good companions’. 1999 (See also Box 182/9, item 4)
Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry
10. Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry. Miscellaneous correspondence. 1965–1974
11. Miscellaneous correspondence with Australian National University administration. 1968–1971
12. Australian National University News, vol. 3, n. 20, October 1968. (pp. 8–11 reports on opening of Research School of Chemistry)
13. Correspondence with Professor Donald Anthony Low, Vice Chancellor, Australian National University. 1977–1983
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Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry (cont.)
1. Correspondence with Alan Sargeson. 1986–1993
2. Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry. Miscellaneous papers – early years
3. Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry. Miscellaneous papers and correspondence with Ross Ainsworth Hohnen and Arthur Birch on history of School. 1991
4. Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry. Miscellaneous papers – Papers assembled for 25th anniversary celebrations 1992
5. Speech to 25th anniversary of the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, 1992
Australian Academy of Science related papers and correspondence
6. Miscellaneous papers on activities as President of Australian Academy of Science
7. Correspondence as President, Australian Academy of Science. February 1992–June 1993
8. Visit to South Korea as President of Australian Academy of Science. November 1992
9. Correspondence relating to establishment of the Australia Prize. 1990–1993
10. Prime Minister’s Science and Engineering Council. Papers and Correspondence. 1991–1994
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Other offficial appointments
1. CSIRO Executive Membership. Miscellaneous papers and correspondence. 1980–1985
2. CSIRO Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Papers. 1983–1984
3. Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships Scheme Sub Committee
Papers as Chairman. 1983–1984
4. Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships Scheme Sub Committee.
Papers as Chairman. 1983–1984 (cont.)
5. Bilateral Science and Technology Collaboration Program. Miscellaneous correspondence and papers. 1985–1991
6. Australian National Botanic Gardens Advisory Committee.
Miscellaneous papers.
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Other offficial appointments (cont.)
1. Australian National Botanic Gardens Advisory Committee.
Meetings papers, Agendas, Documents and Correspondence.
1986–15 Nov 1988 [hard cover folder]
2. Australian National Botanic Gardens Advisory Committee
Meetings papers, Agendas, Documents and Correspondence.
15 Nov 1988–15 Nov 1989 [hard cover folder]
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Research records and notebooks [see also publications for formal publications and reprints]
1. Research Day Book. 1946–1950
2. Research Day Book. 1950–1958
3. 1) On the numbers of configurations and 2) Benzene triplet states. 1949 [notebook]
4. Franck-Condon principle in benzene. 1950 [notebook]
5. Calculations in bent acetylene. 1950 [notebook]
6. Configuration interaction in benzene: 3) and 4) [2 notebooks]
Publications: Craig, D. P.
7. Craig, D. P. ‘Energy levels in conjugated and aromatic molecules’. PhD thesis University College London, Oct 1948
8. Craig, D. P. ‘Electronic State of Aromatic Molecules, DSc thesis, University College London, [various papers published 1947–1955]
9. Craig, D. P. et al. ‘Chemical bonds involving d-orbitals’, Journal of the Chemical Society, Jan 1954. (Reprint)
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Publications: Craig, D. P. (cont.)
1. Craig, D. P. Collected papers, 1956–1965
2. Craig, D. P. Collected papers, 1966–1969
3. Craig, D. P. ‘Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University’, Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, vol. 14, no. 2, 1974, pp. 29–34.
4. Craig, D. P. ‘A journey with good companions: 50 years of quantum chemistry’. Advances in Quantum Chemistry, vol. 34. 1990. (Reprint)
Publications: other authors
5. ABC Radio, ‘Insights’ broadcast no. 170. ‘Conversations with scientists: frontiers of chemistry’. (Broadcast 1968)
6. Chemical Physics, vol. 198, no.1/2, Sep 1995: Special issue dedicated to Professor David P. Craig
7. Ingold. C.K et al. [various papers on benzene], Journal of the Chemical Society, Apr 1946.
Ingold. C.K. et al, ‘Excited states of acetylene’, Journal of the Chemical Society, Sep 1953. (Reprint)
Ingold. C.K et al.Excited states of benzene, Parts I–XII’, Journal of the Chemical Society, Apr.1948. (Reprint)
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Publications: other authors
1. International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, Yearbook, [1993?]
2. International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, Yearbook, 2001
3. Maccoll, Allan. Australian Chemists at University College London 1899–1988. Ambix, vol. 36, no. 2, 1989.
Book reviews and citations
4. Current Contents, 28 July 1982, p. 20. (citation classic comment by Craig, D.P.)
5. Book reviews: Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics. D.P. Craig and T. Thirunamachandram, 1984.
Miscellaneous
6. Memoir of Arthur John Birch 1915–1995, by Rodney Rickards and Sir John Cornforth (See also Boxes 182/1, item 8; 182/5, item 3)
7. Article on Sir Christopher Ingold (Chemical and Engineering News, 27 Sep 1993.) Letter from Ingold on recruitment of Parkin (see also Boxes 182/2, items 3 & 4; 182/9, item 7)
8. Memoir of Francis Lions: prepared by Arthur J. Birch. c1995
9. Obituary. Professor Allan Maccoll 1914–1999.
10. Memoir of Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm 1917–1971 (Reprinted from Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol. 18, November 1972.) (See also Box 182/2, item 2)
11. ‘Edwin Power: A Scientific Portrait’ – by T. Thirunamachandran
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