Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre

Phillip Garth Law Guide to Records

Listed by Helen Morgan with Oscar Manhal and Gavan McCarthy

Dr Phillip Law is one of the more prominent and active members of the Australian scientific and academic community. As an Antarctic explorer, he is a member of an elite group which boasts names likes Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton, Mawson, Byrd and Fuchs. Dr Law has amassed a rich and significant collection of papers chronicling his childhood, education, family, interests and remarkable career. This archival collection is unique in terms of its content and breadth particularly in relation to the development of post-war Australian exploration, the Antarctic, scientific pursuit and education. [Details]

About the records
Provenance - creators and former custodians
Series list and summary descriptions
Inventory listing by series
- Series 1 - Personal - Biographical
- Series 2 - Voyages Diaries
- Series 3 - Small Diaries and Pocket Diaries - Overseas Trips
- Series 4 - Lectures, Talks and Broadcasts
- Series 5 - Lectures and Talks - Indexed Sets
- Series 6 - Manuscripts for Books and Articles
- Series 7 - Antarctic Correspondence - Subject Files
- Series 8 - General Correspondence - Subject Files
- Series 9 - Photographs - Antarctic and ANARE
- Series 10 - Photographs - General and Law Family
- Series 11 - Photographs - Institutional
- Series 12 - Scrap Books and Scrap Book Material
- Series 13 - Audio Tapes
- Series 14 - Teaching Notebooks, Lecture Notes and Theses
- Series 15 - Video Tapes
- Series 16 - Antarctic and ANARE Miscellany
- Series 17 - Publications on Antarctica and Education by (and collected by) P.G. Law
- Series 18 - Nel Law
- Series 19 - Field Notes Made During Landings and Aircraft Flights
- Series 20 - Biography - Kathleen Ralston
- Series 21 - Cosmic Ray Records and Analyses, HMAS Wyatt Earp and MV Duntroon
Gallery
Index
These records are managed by the National Library of Australia. All queries relating to access should be made to the manuscripts librarian quoting MS 9458 and the required inventory identifier(s).
Processing of this collection and generation of this finding aid was made possible with the support of
- National Library of Australia
- Rotary Club of Balwyn

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, August 1999
With support from National Library of Australia and Rotary Club of Balwyn
Listed by Helen Morgan with Oscar Manhal and Gavan McCarthy
HTML edition Helen Morgan
Updated 24 June 2003
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/lawp/LAWP.htm

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