Minutes from Meetings of the Australian National Research Council (ANRC) Executive Committee
Papers related to ANRC Executive Committee meetings from the following dates:
- 27/02/1953 - Professor Harvey Sutton's Fellowship; Gmelin Handbook; state committees of C.S.I.R.O.; research committees; Chair of Geophysics; UNESCO panels; finance; international unions; congresses and conferences; Social Science Research Council.
- 27/03/1953 - Finance; international unions; congresses and conferences; fauna in New Guinea; municipal elections.
- 24/04/1953 - Fauna in Papua New Guinea; correspondence with Colonial office re Oceania; ANU grant for Oceania; correspondence with Royal Society of London re Russian, Serbian and Bulgarian text transliteration; international unions; finance; 'suggested commission to investigate tertiary education in Australia'; ANRC general meeting; state committees of CSIRO; germ warfare in Korea;
- 29/05/1953 - Transliteration of Cyrillic alphabets; finance; international unions; research committees, congresses; suggested commission to investigate tertiary education in Australia; ANRC general meeting.
- 26/06/1953 - Social Sciences Research Council; finances; international unions; research committees; a symposium on tertiary education at Canberra Science Congress; Lyle Memorial Medal; Masson Memorial Lecture; WA division meeting; DM Myers' resignation as a proxy.
- 31/07/1953 - transliteration of Cyrillic alphabets; proxies; finance; international unions; ANRC committees; congresses and conferences; Masson Lecture; the future of the ANRC and the proposed Academy of Science; proposal for meeting on the development of research in Australia.
- 28/08/1953 - 7th International Congress for the History of Science; finance; international unions; congresses and conferences; Symposium in Canberra on University Education; Proposal for meeting on development of research in Australia.
- 25/09/1953 - Members (proxies, resignations); letter from RH Raggett; Symposium on University Education; finance; international unions; 8th Pacific Science Congress; proposals on meeting on the development of research in Australia; Australian Journal of Science.
- 16/10/1953 - Special meeting to discuss "a letter from DF Martyn to Petitioners for the proposed Academy of Sciences"
- 16/10/1953 - Eighth pacific Science Conference; proposed academy of sciences.
- 30/10/1953 - Letters from Sir Charles Rosenthal and ES Hills; finance; 8th Pacific Science Congress; meeting on the development of research; Pakistan Conference for the Advancement of Science; symposium on university education; Australian Advisory Committee for UNESCO; Australian Academy of Sciences.
- 27/11/1953 - Reports; finance; international unions; Pacific Science Congress; Australian Advisory Committee for UNESCO; AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE; REPORT OF MEETING BETWEEN SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF A.N.R.C. and SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF A.N.Z.A.A.S; Australian Journal of Science report; Social Science Research Council of Australia; Pan-Indian Science Congress.
- 18/12/1953 - Australian Journal of Science; ANRC Statement of Funds; Edgeworth David metal; Pakistan conference for the Advancement of Science; Lyle Medal; Divisional Representatives; Finance; International Unions; Pacific Science Congress; Symposium on University Education; Australian Advisory Committee for UNESCO; Australian Academy of Science; Australian Journal of Science; Oceania; Science House lease; Informal meeting on the development of research in Australia; General meeting; Transliteration of Cyrillic alphabets; Minutes of WA division; Report from the editor, Australian Journals of Scientific Research; Masson Lecture; Cost of reprints of scientific articles; Chairman of the ANRC (nomination).
- 26/02/1954 - Apologies; Membership of executive; Minutes (of previous meeting); Business arising out of minutes; Matters for report; Finance; International Unions; Pacific Science Association; Symposium on University Education; Australian Advisory Committee for UNESCO; Future of the ANRC; Australian Journal of Science; Oceania; Pan-Indian Science Association; Statement of funds; Pakistan Congress for the Advancement of Science; Survey of Scientific Workers.
- 30/04/1954 - Apologies; [previous] Minutes; Business arising out of [previous] minutes; Matters for report; Finance; International Unions; Pacific Science Association; University education; Australian Advisory Committee for UNESCO; Oceania; Australian Journal of Science; Pan Indian Ocean Science Association; Institute of Anatomy; Future of ANRC; Any other buiness; Statement of funds.
- 28/05/1954 - Apologies; Publication of Australian Scientific Journals; letter from the Science Council of Japan; Application for increased rent for room 305 in Science House; Finance; International conference; Pacific Science Association; Oceania; Pan Indian Ocean Science Association; Australasian Journal of Science.
- 30/07/1954 - Minutes (previous); Business arising out of the [previous] minutes; matters for report; finance; Pacific Science Association; Oceania; Pan Indian Ocean Science Association; International Union for the Protection of Nature; any other business; letter from solicitor regarding Science House rent; Statement of funds; balance sheet; Statements of income and expenditure for 1953; protection of flora and fauna; Pacific Science Secretariat; publication of Australian Scientific Journals.
- 03/09/1954 - Apologies; [previous] minutes; business arising out of the [previous] minutes; matters for report; finance; Pan Indian Ocean Science Association; other business; statement of funds; letter regarding the perpetual lease of room 305 at Science House; protection of flora and fauna; rental at Science House; Australian Journal of Science.
- 03/09/1954 - Apologies; [previous] minutes; business arising out of the [previous] minutes; protection of flora and fauna; room 305, Science house; matters for report; finance; Pan Indian Ocean Science Association; other business; Pan Indian Ocean Science Congress; Australian Journal of Science; treasurer's statement on finance.
- 29/10/1954 - apologies; [previous] minutes; business arising from [previous] minutes; matters for the report; finance; Pan Indian Ocean Science Association; Room 305, Science House; letter from the Association of Professional Engineers; protection of flora and fauna; matters for report; report on Pan Indian Ocean Science Congress by AD Ross.
- 10/12/1954 - apologies; [previous] minutes; business arising out of the [previous] minutes; room 305, Science House; regional committees; Carnegie fund; finance; Financial statement; annual audit; Pan Indian Ocean Science Congress.
- 25/02/1955 - Treasurer's report for 1954; balance sheet as of 31/12/1954; statement of income and expenditure for year ended 31/12/1954; apologies; [previous] minutes; business arising out of the [previous] minutes; matters for report; finance; Pan Indian Ocean Science Association and Pacific Science Association; Scientific manpower; other business; change of meeting location; future of the ANRC Committee on Scientific Information; Correspondence on Resolutions from the Pacific Science Congress; protection of flora and fauna; financial statement; accounts for payment.
- 22/04/1955 - statement of funds; apologies; [previous] minutes; matters for report; International Association of Universities; finance; financial statement; annual audit; Pan Indian Ocean Science Association and Pacific Science Association; South Pacific Commission; arrangements for next meeting; other business.
- 16/08/1955 - Invitation to dinner to mark the cessation of the ANRC.
- 29/07/1955 - International Association of Universities; Pacific and Pan Indian Ocean Science Associations; South Pacific Commission; Protection of Flora and Fauna; Committee on Scientific Information; Finance; Arrangements for the General meeting - dinner, reports, files and archives, agenda, Miss Houison's presentation.
- 28/10/1955 - Fauna and Flora Protection; The Lyle medal; Archives and Records of the ANRC; ANRC Committee on Scientific Information; The Anthropological Collection; Pacific Science Association, and Pan Indian Ocean Science Association; Regional Committees of the Academy; Finance; treasurer's report
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