Personal Papers
The University Archives hold a significant collection of personal papers of people closely associated with the University. The personal papers can also be accessed via Personal Papers. This page is currently a work in progress.
| Name | Old Identifier | Field | Date Range | Finding Aid |
| Alexander, Albert Ernest | P150 | Chemistry | 1931 to 1971 | Finding Aid |
| Anderson, Francis | P27 | Philosophy | 1875 to 1939 | Finding Aid |
| Anderson, John (and Family) | P42 | Philosophy | 1928 to 1955 | Finding Aid |
| Atkinson, William Thomas | P203 | Agriculture | ||
| Bailey, Victor Albert | P66 | Physics | 1921 to 1965 | Finding Aid |
| Barker, Thomas | P21 | Benefactor | 1825 to 1935 | Finding Aid |
| Barnet, James Johnstone | P30 | Clerk of Works | 1863 to 1900 | Finding Aid |
| Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton | P10 | Engineering | 1847 to 1948 | Finding Aid |
| Benning, Herbert Francis | P178 | Convocation; St John's College | 1930 to 1976 | |
| Birch, Louis Charles | P131 | Biology | 1953 to 1986 | Finding Aid |
| Black, Hermann David | P197 | Chancellor; Economics; Senate | 1859 to 1999 | Finding Aid |
| Black, Edith Joyce | P197 | 1859 to 1999 | Finding Aid | |
| Blackburn, Charles Ruthven Bickerton | P207 | Medicine | 1951 to 1988 | Finding Aid |
| Blacket, Edmund Thomas | P3 | Architect | 1817 to 1919 | |
| Bland, Francis Armand | P92 | Economics (Public Administration) | 1898 to 1960s | Finding Aid |
| Blount, John Charles | P17 | Students Representative Council (SRC); University of Sydney Union (USU) | 1968 to 1972 | Finding Aid |
| Boelke (nee Robinson), Grace Fairley | P139 | Medicine | 1886 to 1945 | Finding Aid |
| Boelke, Paul Wilhelm Randolph | P139 | Medicine | 1886 to 1945 | Finding Aid |
| Branagan, David Francis | P50 | Geology | Finding Aid | |
| Branagan, John King | P52 | Economics | Finding Aid | |
| Brereton, John Le Gay | P114 | English | Finding Aid | |
| Brewer, Ilma Mary | P141 | Biology; Education | 1933 to 1992 | Finding Aid |
| Briggs, Edward Alfred | P36 | Biology | 1924 to 1926 | |
| Brown, Lyle Arthur | P193 | Medicine | 1939 to 1943 | Finding Aid |
| Browne, Ida Allison | P187 | Geology | 1900 to 1975 | Finding Aid |
| Browne, William Rowan | P186 | Geology | 1901 to 1972 | Finding Aid |
| Buckley, Kenneth Donald | N/A | Economics | Finding Aid | |
| Bullen, Keith Edward | P25 | Geophysics; Mathematics | 1915 to 1976 | Finding Aid |
| Burkitt, Arthur Neville St George H | P151 | Anatomy | 1923 to 1950 | |
| Cazneaux, Harold Pierce | P183 | Photographer | 1927 | Finding Aid |
| Chambers, Raymond John | P202 | Accountancy | 1954 to 1997 | Finding Aid |
| Champion, Richard Annells | N/A | Psychology | 1946 to 1998 | |
| Chaney, John Allen | P201 | Student | Finding Aid | |
| Charteris, Archibald Hamilton | P38 | Law | 1899 to 1935 | Finding Aid |
| Christiansen, Wilbur Norman | P118 | Astronomy | 1947 to circa 1981 | |
| Coffey, Alfred Roland | P60 | Architecture; Artist | 1893 to 1954 | Finding Aid |
| Cohen, Fanny | P65 | Geology; Senate | 1910 to 1975 | Finding Aid |
| Cohen, Samuel Wolf | P173 | Education; Student Advisory Service; Sydney Teachers College (STC) | 1950s | |
| Connell, William Fraser | P95 | Education | Finding Aid | |
| Cotton, Frank Stanley | P147 | Physiology | 1914 to 1955 | Finding Aid |
| Cotton, Leo Arthur | P45 | Geology | 1908 to 1964 | Finding Aid |
| Cowan, Henry Jacob (Jack) | N/A | Architecture | 1941 to 1990 | Finding Aid |
| Crabbe, Brian D | P213 | Psychology | 1974 to 2000 | Finding Aid |
| Crocker, Robert Langdon | P160 | Biology | 1948 to 1952 | Finding Aid |
| Crommelin, Minard Fannie | P51 | Benefactor; Conservationist | 1887 to 1970 | Finding Aid |
| David, Tannatt William Edgeworth | P11 | Geology | 1882 to 1963 | Finding Aid |
| Derera, Nicholas Frederick | P166 | Plant Breeder, Wheat Research Institute | Finding Aid | |
| Dintenfass, Leopold | P194 | Biorheology; Haemorheology | 1958 to 1988 | Finding Aid |
| Dods, Lorimer Fenton | P172 | Child Health | Finding Aid | |
| Dunston, Arthur John | P96 | Deputy Vice-Chancellor; Latin | Finding Aid | |
| Earl, John Campbell | P99 | Chemistry | 1902 to 1981 | Finding Aid |
| Eddy, William Charles Henry | P196 | Philosophy | 1929 to 1980 | Finding Aid |
| Elkin, Adolphus Peter | P130 | Anthropology | Finding Aid | |
| Farrell, Ralph Barstow | P185 | German | 1898 to 1983 | Finding Aid |
| Gale, Kathleen Windeyer | P91 | Arts | Finding Aid | |
| Gamble, Allan Allman | P144 | Administration; Architecture | 1946 to 1977 | Finding Aid |
| Geddes, William | P195 | Anthropology | 1964 to 1966 | Finding Aid |
| Gosper, James Murray | P70 | Convocation; Honi Soit; Engineering; Students Representative Council (SRC) | 1920 to 1958 | Finding Aid |
| Graham (nee King), Beryl Ada | P72 | Biology | 1936 to 1980 | Finding Aid |
| Gunn, Reginald Montagu Cairns | P78 | Veterinary Science | 1912 to 1964 | Finding Aid |
| Hall, George Edward | P145 | Administration; Honorary Archivist | 1905 to 1952 | Finding Aid |
| Harris, John Windham | P211 | Radio Physics | 1933 to 1946 | Finding Aid |
| Haswell, William Aitcheson | P168 | Biology/Zoology | 1882 to 1925 | Finding Aid |
| Henning, Ian Allan Ramie | P155 | French | 1922 to 1973 | Finding Aid |
| Hogbin, Herbert Ian Priestley | P15 | Anthropology | 1926 to 1983 | Finding Aid |
| Holme, Ernest Rudolph | P123 | English | 1882 to 1953 | |
| Hufton, Edward | P8 | Chemistry | 1874 to 1924 | |
| Iredale, Thomas | P29 | Chemistry | 1928 to 1971 | Finding Aid |
| Jack, R Ian | P61 | History | Finding Aid | |
| Jack (nee Milner), Sibyl M | P109 | History | ||
| Keep, John Malcolm | P167 | Veterinary Science | Finding Aid | |
| Kuchel, Philip William | P126 | Medicine (Biochemistry) | 1973 to 1984 | Finding Aid |
| Laing, Norma | P192 | Science | 1938 to 1944 | Finding Aid |
| Lancaster, Henry Oliver | P206 | Medical and Mathematical Statistics | Finding Aid | |
| Larsson, Yvonne Anne | P184 | Education | 1956 to 1993 | Finding Aid |
| Lawrence, Peter | P170 | Anthropology | 1921 to 1989 | Finding Aid |
| Lawson, Abercrombie Anstruther | P48 | Biology | 1880 to 1927 | Finding Aid |
| Leech, Thomas David James | P59 | Engineering | 1947 to 1973 | Finding Aid |
| Le Fevre, Raymond James Wood | P15 | Chemistry | 1907 to 1989 | Finding Aid |
| Liversidge, Archibald | P8 | Chemistry | 1874 to 1924 | Finding Aid |
| Lovell, Henry Tasman | P31 | Psychology | 1893 to 1958 | Finding Aid |
| Lowe, Gordon Bradley | N/A | Medicine | 1915 to 1918 | |
| Ma, Shih Taun | P107 | Physics | 1943 to 1960 | Finding Aid |
| MacCallum, Mungo William | P9 | Chancellor; English; Senate; Vice-Chancellor | Finding Aid | |
| Mack, John Michael | P191 | Academic Board; Mathematics | ||
| Mackay, Iven Giffard | P97 | Esquire Bedell; Physics | See Person | |
| Mackie, Alexander (and Family) | P169 | Education; Sydney Teachers College (STC) | 1850 to 1980 | Finding Aid |
| Mackie, Margaret (and Family) | N/A | Education | 1824 to 1990 | Finding Aid |
| MacLaurin, Henry Normand | P14 | Chancellor, Medicine, Senate, Vice-Chancellor | 1861 to 1914 | Finding Aid |
| Madsen, John Percival Vissing | N/A | Electrical Engineering; Senate | Finding Aid | |
| Mahoney, Jack Andrew | P174 | Collection Curator; Geology | 1954 to 1982 | Finding Aid |
| Makinson, Richard Elliss Bodenham | P148 | Physics | 1902 to 1983 | Finding Aid |
| Marks, Gladys Hope | P18 | French | 1905 to 1949 | Finding Aid |
| McArthur, Annie Margaret | P205 | Anthropology | 1953 to 1963 | Finding Aid |
| McCusker, Charles Brian Anthony | P153 | Physics | 1957 to 1987 | Finding Aid |
| McLelland, Mary Sylvester | P214 | Social Work | Finding Aid | |
| Meaney, Neville K | P86 | History | Finding Aid | |
| Megaw, John Vincent Stanley | P33 | Archaeology | 1950 to 1972 | Finding Aid |
| Messel, Harry | P146 | Physics | 1946 to 1981 | Finding Aid |
| Mills, Bernard Yarnton | P154 | Physics | 1944 to 1985 | Finding Aid |
| Moore, Walter John | P132 | Chemistry | 1966 to 1983 | |
| Nicholson, Charles | P4 | Benefactor; Chancellor; Senate | 1836 to circa 1920 | Finding Aid |
| Nicholson, George Gibb | P152 | French | 1926 to 1948 | |
| Noble, Robert Jackson | P82 | Agriculture | 1908 to 1935 | Finding Aid |
| Ogilvie, Florinda Katharine | P104 | Social Work (Medical) | 1937 to 1968 | Finding Aid |
| Oliver, Alexander | P7 | Senate | Finding Aid | |
| O'Meagher, Bruce Dalton | P40 | Education Research; Students Representative Council (SRC) | ||
| Payne Scott, Ruby | N/A | Radio Physics | 1920 to 2015 | Finding Aid |
| Pearson, Eric J | P165 | Education; Sydney Teachers College (STC) | Finding Aid | |
| Peart, Donald Richard | P171 | Arts (Musics) | Finding Aid | |
| Pell, Morris Birkbeck (and Family) | P56 | Mathematics | 1862 to 1931 | Finding Aid |
| Pell, Jane Juliana | P56 | 1862 to 1931 | Finding Aid | |
| Pollak, John Kurt | P156 | Biochemistry; Embryology; Histology | 1950 to 1986 | Finding Aid |
| Powe, Arthur Blayney | P110 | Latin | ||
| Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald | P129 | Anthropology | 1915 to 1951 | Finding Aid |
| Roberts, Stephen Henry | P16 | History; Senate; Vice-Chancellor | 1914 to 1966 | Finding Aid |
| Robinson, Grace Fairley | P139 | Medicine | 1863 to 1945 | Finding Aid |
| Room, Thomas Gerald | P190 | Mathematics | 1923 to 1989 | |
| Rose, Thomas Arthur | P198 | Philosophy | 1927 to 1995 | Finding Aid |
| Schafroth, Max Robert | P127 | Physics | 1953 to 1959 | Finding Aid |
| Selby, David Mayer | P97 | Deputy-Chancellor; Senate | Circa 1961 to 1962 | Finding Aid |
| Simpson-Lee, Geelum | N/A | Economics (Dean) | Circa 1966 to 1978 | Finding Aid |
| Smith, John | P209 | Arts; Foundation Professor; Photographer | 1852 to circa 1860s | Finding Aid |
| Smith-White, William Broderick | P189 | Mathematics | 1925 to 1981 | Finding Aid |
| Spann, Richard Neville | P124 | Economics; Public Administration | 1930 to 1981 | Finding Aid |
| Spearritt, Donald | P176 | Education | 1948 to 1990 | Finding Aid |
| Stewart, James Douglas | P35 | Veterinary Science | 1857 to 1952 | Finding Aid |
| Still, Jack Leslie | P46 | Biochemistry; Professorial Board | 1943 to 1976 | Finding Aid |
| Stout, Alan Ker | P88 | Philosophy | 1932 to 1980 | Finding Aid |
| Stroobant, Raymond E | P117 | Education | Circa 1960s to 1970s | |
| Stove, David | P212 | Philosophy | 1953 to 1993 | Finding Aid |
| Stump, Claude Witherington | P121 | Histology; Embryology | 1921 to 1933 | Finding Aid |
| Sutcliffe, John Philip | N/A | Education (Psychology); Science, Sydney Teachers College (STC) | Finding Aid | |
| Swain, Marjorie Olive Burnham | P142 | Physical Education | 1922 to 1984 | Finding Aid |
| Taylor, Dorothy Rhodes | P177 | Geography | 1922 to 1945 | Finding Aid |
| Taylor, Thomas Griffith | P163 | Geography | 1899 to 1928 | Finding Aid |
| Teale (Family) | P69 | Graduates (Arts) | Finding Aid | |
| Thomson, Richard J | P119 | Psychology | Finding Aid | |
| Threlfall, Richard | P28 | Physics | 1885 to 1962 | |
| Todd, Frederick Augustus | P113 | Latin | 1902 to 1971 | Finding Aid |
| Troughton, Ellis Le Geyt | P79 | Biology | 1875 to 1979 | Finding Aid |
| Turner, Ivan Stewart | P143 | Education; Sydney Teachers College (STC) | 1918 to 1981 | |
| Turney, Clifford | P182 | Education (Foundation Dean) | 1958 to 1983 | Finding Aid |
| Vallance, Thomas George | P188 | Geology | 1954 to 1983 | |
| Vogan, Harold James | P106 | Engineering | 1900 to 1968 | |
| Walker, Alice Ruth | P158 | Philosophy | 1917 to 1986 | Finding Aid |
| Wall, Gordon Elliott | P215 | Mathematics | Finding Aid | |
| Ward, John Manning | P181 | History; Vice-Chancellor | 1919 to 1990 | Finding Aid |
| Warren, William Henry | P149 | Engineering | 1844 to 1922 | |
| Webb, Norman Charles | P164 | Senate; Wesley College | Finding Aid | |
| Wedgwood, Camilla Hildegarde | P122 | Anthropology | 1927 to 1958 | Finding Aid |
| Wheelwright, Edward Lawrence | N/A | Economics; Senate | Finding Aid | |
| White, Dorothy | P87 | Music | Finding Aid | |
| Wilkinson, Leslie | P64 | Architecture | 1906 to 1947 | Finding Aid |
| Williams, James | P80 | Law | 1940 to 1953 | |
| Wilson, James Thomas | P162 | Anatomy | 1815 to 1953 | Finding Aid |
| Wilson, John Lascelles Jenner | P175 | Adult Education | 1922 to 1987 | |
| Windeyer (Family) | P1 | Senate | Circa 1851 to 1905 | Finding Aid |
| Winston, Denis | P180 | Town and Country Planning | 1908 to 1980 | Finding Aid |
| Wood, George Arnold | P13 | History | 1803 to 1965 | Finding Aid |
| Woolley, John | P5 | Classics | 1849 to 1859 | Finding Aid |
| Young, John | P200 | Medicine (Dean); Physiology; Pro Vice-Chancellor | 1950 to 2003 | Finding Aid |