Series 1 - Personal - Biographical


Date Range1910s - 1985
Quantity3 Boxes
ProvenanceRonald Gordon Giovanelli
Description

Correspondence, lists of publications,curricula vitarum, addresses, obituaries, press cuttings, publications, photographs


Inventory Listing

1-1 Curricula vitarum of R.G. Giovanelli

Typescript list of publications to 1957 (4 copies); typescript list of publications to 1959 (2 copies); Typescript list of publications to 1959 with typescript addendum 1958 to 1964 plus written addendum to 1979; Typescript of curriculum vitae with list of publications to 1967 plus written addendum to 1977; Typescript of curriculum vitae to 1974; Photocopy of typescript to 1974 with minor written additions to 1976; Résumé of career to 1979 with written additions to 1983; Part of list of publications 1964-1983 pp.6-8 (pp.1-5 missing) with amended copy of p.8; Typescript of select bibliography to 1977 with written corrections and additions to 1980; Written list of publications 1961 to 1964; Written list of publications 1982

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1957 - 1983    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-1 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-2 Biographical materials

Typescript of address given by R.G. Giovanelli to members of the staff of the National Standards Laboratory on 26 March 1974; Written questionnaire for International Book of Honor 1983 with attached written résumé of R.G. Giovanelli's major contributions to science

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1974 - 1983    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-2 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-3 Obituaries of R.G. Giovanelli

Typescript "Biographical Memoir: Ronald Gordon Giovanelli 1915-1984" by J.H. Piddington; "Ronald Gordon Giovanelli 1915-84" by J.H. Piddington Historical Records of Australian Science December 1985; "Former Visiting Prof dies" unsigned 17 February 1984; "Death of Dr Ron Giovanelli" The University of Sydney News 21 February 1984 (2 copies); "Obituary: Ronald G. Giovanelli DSc FAA FAIP 1915-84" The Australian Physicist April 1984; "Obituary: Ronald Gordon Giovanelli DSc FAA" by J.H. Piddington Australian STP Newsletter March 1984; "Man who studied the sun" Sydney Morning Herald 3 February 1984 (2 copies); "Death of Dr R. Giovanelli" newspaper clipping n.d.; "Ron Giovanelli" American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division Newsletter 1984; Typescript "Ronald Gordon Giovanelli" by C.N. Watson-Munro 2 February 1984 (2 draft copies): "Historical note" unsigned n.d.; "Obituary: Ronald G. Giovanelli DSc FAA 1915-1984" by Bill Blevin and Ralph Loughhead CSIRO Division of Applied Physics Newsletter February 1984; "R. Giovanelli 1915-1984" by J.H. Piddington Eos 26 June 1984; "CSIRO physicist dies" CoResearch February 1984

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1984 - 1985    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-3 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-4 Letters of condolence

Letters of condolence and cards of sympathy to Kath Giovanelli from: Jock and Zorina; Yemuna Vainu Bappu, Bangalore, India; Lyn Penrose; Pat Lambotte; John T. Jefferies, Director, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, Arizona; Joan Curtis; George Williams, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; Harold and Beulah Symmons; Alice Dunn, Jackie and Philip Cedder; Barry, John and Jillian; Liliane Raes; Elizabeth, Observatoire De Paris; Lorraine; Margaret and Howard Pollard; Stephen Filipczuk, Chairman, Benevolent Fund, CSIRO; Kerrie, Keith, David and Natalie Hobbs; Fiona Lucas-Jacobson; Harry and Pat Jones; Peter Wilson; Philip and Marjorie Harper; Chris Durrant; Mary and Harold; Louise and Henry Kobler; Julian H. Lee; Harriet; Ray Goldin; Ernest Hildner, Steven T. Suess, Ronald L. Moore, Jesse B. Smith at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Centre, NASA; Margaret; Yvonne; Elsa and Douglas; Dorothy, Andy and Andrew; Jessie; David; Margaret Beavis; Harley and Una; A. Bhatnagar, Udaipur Solar Observatory; Vic Gaizauskas, National Research Council; Nevil?; L.W. Davies; Chris and Annette Daachwerts?; Lesley?; Carole; Doctie and Kees; L. and K.T.? Gorgeous Tootie Livingston; Sophie and Richard McEvoy; Nancy Perry; Dwyllis Barrow; Eugénia White?

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1984    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-4 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-5 Letters of condolence

Ralph, Division of Applied Physics, CSIRO; Wang Jia?-ling, Beijing (Peking); Anne W. Branscomb; J.C. Bhattacharyya, Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics; Lola; B.C. Humphries; Marie McCabe; Ruth and Paul Kleineus; Pat and John Farrant; Margaret and Alan; John and Marguerite Beck; Anne and Bruce Hamon; Mary Bennett?; Truekle?; Hazel Knight; Yvonne Kinley; Mike and Marilyn Doe; Elsa and Doug; Viv; Keith Cole, Bob and M. Robertson; Elspeth and Chris; Joan and Norman; Alan Watson; Jean-Claude and Annie; Franco Pacini; A.G. Little, President, Astronomical Society of Australia; Teddy; R.M. MacQueen, Director, High Altitude Observatory; Dorothy and Jim Atkins; Fran; F. Love; Trevor and Win Martin; Molly Elliott; Theo and Ann; Lelia Smith; Sandy Hall; Raie and Kim; M. Eggleton; Hilary; Honor and Stan Egger; Jenny Price; The Twiggs; Lance and Jack; Neil and Marybeth; Ann? P.

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1984    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-5 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-6 Personal letters

Chris Candler; Anne and Lewis Branscomb; Arvind Bhatnagar; Yvonne and Jah?; Letter unsigned, C/O Perret-letterhead Collège France: Laboratoire D'Astrophysique Theorique: Institut D'Astrophysique; Rawi Bhavilai; Helen

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1974 - 1984    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-6 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-7 Press cuttings

Various press cuttings and newsletters mostly pertaining to RGG and solar astronomy; RGG and family, friends and the family home

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1950s - 1985M    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-7 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-8 Family history

Photostat copy of will of Irwin Wilfred Giovanelli bequeathing his estate to RGG 14 February 1970; Correspondence from Bill Weiley 24 April 1978 with photostat copy of article on Irwin Giovanelli from the Grafton Daily Examiner 14 May 1964; Notes and diagrams of family tree; Correspondence from Kerry Keusemann on family history 1982 and 1983

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1970 - 1983    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-8 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-9 Ronald Giovanelli Commemorative Colloquium

Australian Journal of Physics Vol.38, no.6, 1985 (contains papers presented at the R.G. Giovanelli Commemorative Colloquium, Part I, Sydney, 26-29 November 1984; Part II, Tucson, Arizona, 17-18 January 1985); List of participants in Sydney Symposium; Programme of first day (26 November) of Sydney Symposium: Revised programme of Sydney Symposium; Final programme of Sydney Symposium; Preliminary information on Tucson Symposium

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1984 - 1985    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-9 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-10 Early family and school photographs

5 photographs, all black and white; Portrait photograph of Gertrude May Giovanelli (RGG's mother); Kindergarten photograph, Forbes NSW, 1921; Irwin Wilfred Giovanelli (RGG's father) in tennis club photograph, Cowra, NSW, 1910; Irwin Giovanelli in tennis club photograph with Weaver Cup; RGG in photograph of Fort Street Boys' High School, Prefects, 1932

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1910s - 1932    Quantity 10 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-10 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-11 Early photographs of Ronald Giovanelli and family

30 photographs of Ronald Giovanelli ranging from RGG as a baby to RGG as a young adult. Includes: RGG as a baby 1915? or early 1916; RGG as a toddler, Christmas 1916; Gertrude Giovanelli; RGG and parents; Irwin Giovanelli in garden, 1915; Irwin Giovanelli with fish, Red Rock, 1940; RGG as a child, early 1920s; RGG as a child with grandmother and aunts; RGG and father 1920s; RGG and father, early 1930s; RGG as a high school student, early 1930s; RGG as a university student, 1930s; RGG as a young adult, early 1940s

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1915? - 1940s    Quantity 10 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-11 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-12 Portrait photographs of Ronald Giovanelli

10 portrait photographs of RGG, mostly black and white, most unlabelled, undated. Includes: RGG in Arizona, colour photograph 1980s?; Portrait photographs, black and white, 1970s?; Portrait photograph of RGG as a young adult, n.d.; Photograph of RGG at work perusing photographs of the sun, n.d.

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1930s - 1980s    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-12 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-13 Photographs of wedding and family home

6 photographs, black and white, some undated. Wedding photograph, Ron and Kath leaving the church, 8 February 1947; Wedding photograph, Ron and Kath standing beside car; Ronald holding baby n.d.; Ron and family outside house, Clontarf, n.d.; Photograph of rock wall outside house, n.d.; Large photograph of house with rough ink diagram of rock wall drawn on the photograph, n.d.; Ronald's parents' wedding invitation, January 1947

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1947 - 1950s    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-13 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-14 Photographs of Ronald Giovanelli and family and friends

6 photographs of RGG in various situations, mostly in colour, some unlabelled, undated. Includes: RGG with son Phillip and Angela; RGG with Maxine Giovanelli? and others; RGG and concrete truck, black and white photograph; Ron and Kath in Hawaii on lava flow, 1974

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1960s - 1970s    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-14 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-15 Photographs of Ronald Giovanelli convalescing

13 photographs, 8 in colour, 5 in black and white. Mostly of RGG resting, seated or in bed with medical apparatus to assist breathing. Includes: RGG sitting in garden, with Maxine; RGG resting in bed, with grandchildren Ava and Jessica, last days 1984; Seated with grandchild, 1983; With Maxine and daughter Brit and friend Max Cain; With son Phillip and granddaughter Jessica, 1983; RGG with T. Livingston 1983; Ron and Kath, late 1983; Series of 5 black and white portrait photographs of RGG seated with breathing apparatus

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1983 - 1984    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-15 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-16 CSIRO photographs

6 black and white photographs. Postcard group photograph of RGG and CSIRO staff, 1940s?; Group photograph of RGG and other staff members, Division of Physics; Photograph of John Gorton with Fred White and Alan Harper; RGG with John Gorton and Jack Ramsey; RGG with Jim Morrison at Culgoora; Letter from Dorothy Braxton, Central Communication Unit, CSIRO to RGG on the use of the Culgoora photograph by Morrison for his election campaign, April 1974

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1940s - 1970s    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-16 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-17 Photographs of Ronald Giovanelli and professional associates

13 black and white photographs of RGG and friends and professional associates. Many unlabelled and undated. Includes: Mr and Mrs Keipenhauer, 1949; Briggs, Pierce, W.H. Steel and Ken Wright on board ship; RGG and George Bell; RGG and Righini; In Germany 1958; Ron Keipenhauer and Gale Morton; Postcard photograph of RGG and associates; Ron and Kath in Moscow 1958; Ron and Kath in London 1949; At social function, Brussels 1958; In audience with Keipenhauer, Brussels, 1958; RGG with Edith Müller and Keipenhauer, Russia 1958

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1940s - 1950s    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-17 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-18 Photographs of Ronald Giovanelli and professional associates

52 photographs of RGG and professional associates and friends. Some in colour and some in black and white. Some unlabelled, most undated. Includes: Ron Bracewell; Hanbury Brown and Jacques Beckers; RGG and W.H. Steel; RGG and Mrs Livingston; RGG and Ron Kiepenhauer, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Conference, Surfers Paradise, 1973; RGG, Kiepenhauer, Righini and Alberto Righini; Righini; Ron and Kath beside pool with Catalina in the background, USA; RGG and Don Muggleston; Ron and Kath at Ferdinand Street, Hunters Hill; RGG at the beach; RGG in Mexico; RGG with Chuck Sonnet, Tucson, Arizona; Ron, Kath and Chuck Sonnet, Tucson; RGG and Karen Harvey, Tucson; Don Hall, 1980s; Ron and Kath, Tucson, 1980s; RGG playing piano; Ron and Kath and livestock in garden; Group photograph, Capri, German observatory; RGG and Edith Müller; Ron, Kath and Jean-Claude Pecker by the sea; RGG in the south of France; RGG talking with Karen Harvey, Tucson; RGG and Kaes Schwaan and telescope; Group photograph, Conference, Varenna, Italy, 1964; Ron and Kath at Los Alamos, 1982; Ron and Kath at Kitt Peak Annual Ball

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1950 - 1980s    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-18 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-19 Photographs of Ronald Giovanelli and professional associates

24 black and white and colour photographs of RGG and professional associates. Most unlabelled and undated. Includes: Staff at Udaipur, India; Staff at Kodai Kanal, India, January 1962; RGG at dinner, IAU Symposium, Prague, August 1975; Staff at Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Lucas Heights, September 1966; Staff at National Standards Laboratory; Photograph of the Steward Observatory on Kitt Peak; Aerial photographs

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1960s - 1970s    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-19 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-20 Thailand photographs

7 black and white photographs of Ron and Kath in Thailand. Undated and most unlabelled. Includes: Group photograph of RGG and Kath and PhD student Rawi and children; RGG and Rawi; Ron and Kath and statue; Group photograph of RGG, Kath, Rawi's wife and children

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1960s    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-20 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-21 Solar Observatory, Udaipur, India, photographs

7 black and white photographs of RGG and Kath in India. Includes: RGG with Dr Bhatnagar and Mr Hari Deo Joshi, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Solar Observatory, Udaipur, September 1975; Mr Maui Shankar Sharma garlanding Ron and Kath; Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr Babubhai Patel and Kath disembarking on the island, Udaipur, September 1975; RGG addressing audience on the inauguration of the Udaipur Solar Observatory; Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Dr Bhatnagar examining the solar telescope. File also includes a copy of booklet "Does the earth really rotate? and A review of the earth-shape" by the Earth Rotation Research Institute

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1975    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-21 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-22 Collège de France Medal Presentation, Photographs, 1982

3 photographs, colour, undated. RGG, J.C. Beckers and the President of the Collège de France examining medal; RGG at Fontainbleu in Francois I room (2 copies); Card with details of lectures by RGG at the Collège de France, 1982

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1982    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-22 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-23 Zürich Conference, Photographs, 1982

3 photographs of RGG at Zürich Conference, colour. Edith Müller making a presentation to RGG at Zürich Conference, 1982; Kath and Ron at reception with Harvard astronomer, Zürich Conference, 1982; Kath and Ron at reception with other astronomers, Zürich Conference, 1982

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1982    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-23 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-24 Ronald Giovanelli Colloquium, Photographs. 26 November 1984

21 photographs, 16 in colour, 5 in black and white, all unlabelled. 3 photographs of group at sundial dedicated to RGG; Couple at airport perusing copy of Secrets of the Sun; Large cactus plant; 11 photographs of reception; 5 black and white photographs of group at sundial dedicated to RGG, including one of Kath standing next to sundial; Periodical clipping of photo with text

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 26 November 1984    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-24 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-25 Photographic Slide

Photographic positive film set in glass slide of RGG and group of scientists outside building with initials CIE, undated

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Quantity 2 cm, Inventory Identifier 1-25 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-26 Postcards

4 postcards and a letter. Includes: Postcard from Maxie reporting on RGG's recovery from ill-health, 9 February 1975; Postcard from Giorgio and Anna Acetti, 17 December 1955; Letter from Florence and Arnold, 1974

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1955 - 1975    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-26 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-27 IAU Solar Symposia Photographs 1973

Spiral bound booklet of photographs of speakers and delegates at symposia, Chevron Paradise Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 1973. 53 black and white photographs, unlabelled

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1973    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-27 Box Number 3 Series 1
1-28 IAU Solar Symposia Photographs 1973

Spiral bound booklet of photographs of speakers and delegates at symnposia, Chevron Paradise Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 1973. 65 black and white photographs, unlabelled

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1973    Quantity 1.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-28 Box Number 3 Series 1
1-29 IAU Solar Symposia Photographs 1973

Spiral bound booklet of photographs of delegates at reception, Chevron Paradise Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 1973. 32 black and white photographs, unlabelled

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1973    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-29 Box Number 3 Series 1
1-30 IAU Solar Symposia Photographs 1973

Spiral bound booklet of photographs of delegates visiting Mount Tamborine Observatory, Queensland, 1973. 26 black and white photographs, unlabelled

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1973    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-30 Box Number 3 Series 1
1-31 IAU Solar Symposia Photographs 1973

Spiral bound booklet of photographs of delegates visiting CSIRO Solar Observatory, Culgoora, NSW, 1973. 42 black and white photographs, unlabelled

Creator Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
Date range 1973    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 1-31 Box Number 3 Series 1

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