Series 4 - Autobiography (2nd Edition) - Source Material


Date Range1940 - 1986
ProvenanceIan Jefferys Wood
Description

Notes, correspondence, draft manuscripts, press cuttings, photographs


Inventory Listing

4-1 Part One A - Chapter 1

Preparation notes, material not included in Autobiography, sections of chapter 1 and foreword and source material. Photocopied, and some original correspondence (pre-and post-publication) with: D. R. Stuart, C. Austin, W. A. Osborne, I. Johnson, Clive Fitts, Jane Minton-Taylor, June Jeffreys-Smith. 14 April 1981 - 16 April 1986. Photocopies of historical letters from members of Dobson family (1800s). Includes Dobson family tree and extensive biographical material on the Dobson family, and others. Original Photographs and Photographic Reproductions: Alfred, Henry, Frank and William Dobson (1800s). Arthur Jeffreys Wood, n.d. (1800s). 19 Collins Street, n.d. Portrait of Hamilton Russell, n.d. Portrait of Sir Richard Stawell, n.d. Small original: probably Henry Wood (1800s). Emily Collinson Dobson, 1854. Reverend William Wood, 1855

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 1981 - 1986    Quantity 2.9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-1 Box Number 9 Series 4
4-2 Part One B - Chapter 2, Section 1

Preparation notes and source material, chapter 2, first sections. Phocopied and original correspondence with Gordon Shaw, G. L. McDonald, R. R. Andrew, J. Fairley, Sir Gordon Wolstenholme, Jenny Young, S.K. Sutherland, John Morrison, P. Braithwaite, Patsy McKinnon, Elisabeth Murdoch. 10 September 1965 - 18 August 1986. Photographs and Photographic Reproductions: Macfarlane Burnet 1923. Portrait of Sir Harold Dew, n.d.

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 10 September 1965 - 18 August 1986    Quantity 2.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-2 Box Number 9 Series 4
4-3 Part One B - Chapter 2, Section 2

Preparation notes and source material, Chapter 2, second section. Correspondence and photocopied letters with: A. Kucers, Graeme Barnes, Rosemary Downes, Elisabeth Murdoch, Howard Williams, Sir Edward Ford, Sir T. Dunhill, Betty Kenrick, Rod Andrew, Lord Hunt of Fawley, Jack Morris, N(?) Macindoe, Helen Walsh, R. M. Downes. 8 February 1940 - 19 July 1986. Photographs and old postcards (?) Gate of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, n.d. Quadrangle at St. Bartholomew's Hosital, n.d. Sir Dennis Bowles Bart, Lady Bart and daughters, 1931

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 1931 - 27 August 1986    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-3 Box Number 9 Series 4
4-4 Part Two A - Chapter 3, Section 1

Preparation notes and source material, chapter 3. Correspondence and photocopied letters with: Elyne Mitchell, Eva Butler, Gordon Wolstenholme, Elisabeth Garran, Ann Howitt, J. L. Gordon, John Somerset, Douglas Stephens, Sir Edward Dunlop, Wendy Martin. Includes notes and source material on Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, and First Issue set of stamps - 'Elves and Fairies' - drawn by I. R. Outhwaite. Original Photographs and Photographic Reproductions: Ian Wood (war photograph) 1939, I. J. Wood and Diana Wood 1940, I. J. Wood and R. Andrew - pre-embarkation March 1940, Edith and Diana Wood at home 1940, Arab quarters of Jerusalem 1940, British Hospital at Jerusalem 1940, British Hospital Gardens and Monument, n.d., French Egg Cup and Meissen Candlestick (two photographs) 1940, The Grotto of Nativity, Bethlehem, 1940, Burial place of heart of King Robert the Bruce, Scottish Hospice, Jerusalem, 1940, I. J. Wood with Hospital Colleagues, Cairo, n.d., The Nile, two views (two photographs) 1941, I. J. Wood, Cairo, n.d. Huts and tents, 2/2nd Australian General Hospital, Kantara, Suez, 1941, Kantara Raiway Station, Egypt (1940-1941), I. J. Wood at 2/2nd Australian General Hospital, Kantara 1941, Officers' Mess, Kantara 1941, Aircraft and Australian General Hospital, Kantara 1941, Burning ships and oil tanks, Tobruk 1941, Tobruk town and harbour 1941, 2/1st Field Ambulance - site of front-line blood transfusion unit 1941, Tobruk harbour after capture by Australian and British Forces 1941, I. J. Wood, Kantara 1941, General T. Blamey talking to Australians wounded at Battle of Bardia 1941

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 1940 - 1986    Quantity 2.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-4 Box Number 10 Series 4
4-5 Part Two A, Chapter 3, section 2

Notes and source materials, Chapter 3. Correspondence and photocopies of letters with: Brian Outhwaite, Wendy (?), Ann Outhwaite, Mary Ralston, Alison Outhwaite, Wendy Martin, Vanessa Golmahammadi, Sue Robb, R. G. Macfarlan, Judy Stuart, Vanessa Martin, Diana Wood, Jos Shaw, Sam Gray, Rupert Goodman 23 January 1974 - 19 June 1986. Photographs: I. J. Wood's tent at Beach Hospital, Tobruk - with I. J. Wood, C. Littlejohn and L. Spiers 1941, Interior of I. J. Wood's tent, Tobruk n.d. (1941), Surgical ward of 2/4th Australian General Hospital, Tobruk 1941, Charles Littlejohn operating in 2/4th Australian General Hospital, Tobruk 1941

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 1942 - 1986    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-5 Box Number 10 Series 4
4-6 Part Two B, Chapter 4, section 1

Notes and source materials, chapter 4. Original correspondence and photocopied letters with: Edith Wood (?), Col. W. McCallum, Geoffrey Blainey, Gustav Nossal, John Tonge, Rosemary Dods, Sally Morrison, Joy Williams, Anna Bridgeford, Graham Mitchell, Robin Anders, Doug Leslie, V. Wakefield, Sheila Brown, Major Hedberg, Diana Wood, Clive Backhouse, Diana Bridgeford, Wendy Martin, Wing Commander R. I. Greenham, Lt.-Col. Douglas Galbraith, Major W. L. Forsyth 9 September 1942 - 2 June 1986. Photographs: I. J. Wood - playing cricket, Watten, Queensland 20 October 1942, 2/2nd Australian General Hospital, Hughenden, Queensland, after wind storm and torrential rains (Two photographs) 1942, 2/2nd Australian General Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, 1943, Neil Hamilton Fairley, n.d., Orm Smith, I. J. Wood and Don Duffy at 2/2nd Australian General Hospital, Atherton Tablelands 1943, Memorial portrait of Alan Wakefield, n.d. (1980s), I. J. Wood inspecting troops of 2/7th Australian General Hospital, Lae 1945, Exterior of ward at 2/7th Australian General Hospital, Lae, n.d. (1945), Operating theatre, Lae 1945, Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey 1950, Diana Wood aged 8 years, n.d., Diana Wood - wedding photo, n.d., Chapel at 2/7 div. Australian General Hospital, Lae (Two photographs) 9 May 1945

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 1942 - 1986    Quantity 2.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-6 Box Number 10 Series 4
4-7 Part Two B - Chapter 4, section 2

Notes and source materials, chapter 4 and things not included in autobiography. Correspondence and photocopied letters with: Mark Oliphant, Michael Woodruff, Rosalind Wood, Glyn White. 8 October 1983 - 16 May 1986. Includes source material and cuttings on: Atom bomb, R. Oppenheimer, Chernobyl Disaster (1986) Photographs: I. J. Wood and family (Two photographs) 1946

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 1946 - October 1986    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-7 Box Number 10 Series 4
4-8 Part Three A - Chapter 5

Notes and source materials to chapter 5. Correspondence and photocopied letters with Reed Stuart, Ian Mackay, Rosemary Lancaster, Sheila Sherlock, Sol Rose, Mabel Mackay, Eric G. Saint, Mary Ralston, I. D. Gust, Harry Gerlick, Chris Booth, Keith Taylor, F. Avery Jones, R. R. Andrew, Edward Ford, Mark Bonnin, Frank Fenner 9 April 1975 - 16 July 1986. Includes general material and scientific journal extracts and reprints on: gastric biopsy, in-vitro fertilisation, genetic engineering. Photographs: Royal Melbourne Hospital and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 1985-1986, G. Cooper, W.(?) Kune, I.J. Wood, S. Rose and ? Wadham at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital 1981?, E. French at work in Burnet's department 1952, Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus, n.d. (1950s)

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 1952 - July 1986    Quantity 2.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-8 Box Number 11 Series 4
4-9 Part Three A - Chapter 6

Notes and source materials to chapter 6. Correspondence and photocopied letters with: David Cowling, John Santamaria, Elsa Hastie, Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, Lady Pickering, R. Lovell, Sir Gustav Nossal, Graham Menzies, Dame Pattie Menzies 6 July 1979 - 28 May 1986. Includes press cuttings and journal extracts. Photographs: Frank Fenner in his laboratory, n.d., I. J. Wood and his Clinical Research Unit at Royal Melbourne Hospital 1957, Macfarlane Burnet returning to Melbourne after Nobel Prize award 1960, Portrait of Burnet by William Dargie 1961, Macfarlane and Linda Burnet with Dargie's Portrait 1961, Burnet in his study, aged 70, 1968.

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 1957 - 1986    Quantity 1.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-9 Box Number 11 Series 4
4-10 Part Three B - Chapter 7

Notes and source materials to chapter 7. Correspondence and photocopied letters with: Julia Kark, Jacques Miller, Margaret Holmes, Andrew Grimwade, Robin Syme, Department of Health, Ian Mackay, Bill Boake. 27 February 1979 - 19 August 1986. Journal and press extracts, including "Burnet of Australia" by I. J. Wood, Postgraduate Medical Journal, April 1970. Draft of speech given by Lord Casey upon Burnet's retirement - 9 August 1965. Photographs: Donald Metcalf in Laboratory 1974, T. Hurley, I. Mackay, I. J. Wood and others at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 1984, Includes post-publication material on opening of New Walter and Eliza Hall Institute building and A.I.D.S.

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 9 August 1965 - 19 August 1986    Quantity 1.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 4-10 Box Number 11 Series 4
4-11 Part Three B - Chapter 8 and Epilogue

Notes and source material, chapter 8 and Epilogue. Includes various post-publication additions. Correspondence and photocopied letters with: Sir Gordon Wolstenholme, Deborah Giddey, Ian Burnet, Tom Hurley, J. A. Dudgeon, John Hunt, A. D. McCutcheon, John Forbes, Marten (?) Syme, Carol Twopeny (?) Bernard O'Brien, J. K. Clarebrough, Bernard Neal, E. Garran, Richard Stawell, Gastroenterological Society of Australia, Gustav Nossal, Graeme Barnes, Ruth Bishop, W. Kitchen, R. Larkins, J. Hickie, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, S. Goulston, A. K. Grant, A. Skyring, E. Y. Ots, G. M. Clark, The Royal Society of Medicine, Elisabeth Murdoch. 24 September 1979 - 14 April 1986. Includes manuscript of talk by I. J. Wood, given 3 February 1983, Hall Institute. Several scientific and press extracts on A.I.D.S. research (1986). Transcript of biographical sketch of Macfarlane Burnet by I. J. Wood, for Munk's Roll (Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians) (1985). Photograph: 402 Albert St., East Melbourne 1965.

Creator Ian Jefferys Wood
Date range 24 September 1979 - July 1986
Inventory Identifier 4-11 Box Number 11 Series 4

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, April 2004
With support from Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Amalgamated Melbourne and Essendon Hospitals (The Royal Melbourne Hospital)
Listed by Gavan McCarthy and Oscar Manhal, Index by Miranda Hughes
HTML edition Ailie Smith
Updated 15 November 2007
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