10 - X-Disease, Kuru and Gajdusek Files - Frank Macfarlane Burnet Guide to Records

Series 10 - X-Disease, Kuru and Gajdusek Files

Date Range	23 October 1923 - June 1980
Quantity	68 cm, 38 files
Provenance	Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Description	This series contains papers regarding X-Disease and Kuru research and correspondence files, Kuru correspondence - photocopies from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Files, publications - reprints and Gajdusek journals, appendix files. Formats include correspondence, clinical notes and records, publications, notes, typescripts, reports, reprints, bibliographies, and journals (diaries).

Inventory Listing

10-1	X-Disease - Correspondence and clinical records
	Inwards correspondence from NSW Department of Agriculture, CSIR (Animal Health Division), R. Hughes, Ian (?), Austin Hospital, J.A. Galloway, C. Duncombe, E.M. Pullar, Commonwealth Department of Health, A. Mark and others. Includes material on louping illness, post vaccinal encephalitis, polio and clinical notes and records of patients Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 23 October 1923 - 21 October 1935 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/001 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-2	Visit to New Guinea - Preliminaries
	Inwards and outwards correspondence with F.M.C. Hasluck, J.T. Gunther, Commonwealth Department of Territories, New Guinea Department of Public Health, A. May, J.H. Hale, Rockefeller Foundation (R.S. Morison), University of Malaya (Department of Bacteriology). Includes medical training pamphlet in pidgin and material on Murray Valley encephalitis Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 16 April 1956 - 5 July 1956 Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/002 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-3	KURU 1 - Gajdusek letters 1957
	Includes index to Kuru 1 - Kuru 10. Mostly inwards correspondence from D.C. Gajdusek, R.W. Hornabrook, and I.J. Wood, M.M. Wilson, A.V.G. Price. Mostly typed letters from D.C. Gajdusek Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 13 May 1957 - 24 May 1963 Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/003 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-4	KURU 2 - Repercussions in 1957
	Inwards and outwards correspondence with J.T. Gunther, A.L.G. Rees, CSIRO (Division of Industrial Chemistry), Medical Journal of Australia (with typescript notes on Kuru), G. Anderson, R.M. Berndt, R.F.R. Scragg, D.C. Gajdusek, I. Wood, T.M. Rivers, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (New York), Commonwealth Department of Territories, N.G. Department of Health, N.G. Crown Law Office, Ian Burnet and F.M.C. Hasluck. Includes typescript notes on Kuru and its aetiology, February 1957. Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 21 August 1956 - 6 December 1957 Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/004 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-5	KURU 3 - Adelaide Workers
	Inwards and outwards correspondence with: University of Adelaide, H.N. Robson, J.H. Bennett, J.T. Gunther, with some copy letters. Includes reprint and typescript by Bennett, Rhodes and Robson; 'The Genetical Study of Kuru' (copy typescript) no date, 1959 Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 6 January 1959 - 11 September 1959 Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/005 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-6	KURU 4 - Sydney Meeting of December 1959 and Subsequent actions
	Inwards and outwards correspondence with: N. McArthur, R.F.R. Scragg, New Guinea Department of Public Health, J. Gunther, D. McCarthy, Department of Territories, J.E. Smadel, H.N. White, National Institutes of Health (U.S.A.), T.E. Lowe, Alfred Hospital, C.C. Curtain, J.H. Bennett, H.N. Robson, University of Adelaide, D.C. Gajdusek (with copies of letters from Gajdusek to others). Mostly on formation of Committee on Control of Kuru. Includes manuscript notes on Kuru, bibliography of papers by D.C. Gajdusek, copies of Committee Report (21 December 1959) copy of 'Report on Kuru and Recommendations for its Further Investigation and Control' by J.T. Gunther (May 1960), copies of Minutes to Meeting (Preliminary meetings for Director, Public Health, Papua New Guinea) for 18-19 May 1962 and Burnet typescript: 'Virology Lecture - Scrapie, aleutian disease, Kuru and NZB' for 19 October 1963 Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 3 September 1959 - 25 November 1963 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/006 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-7	KURU 5 - 'Cannibalism in the Kuru Region'
	Copy typescript of paper by R.M. Glasse, no date, Includes additional copy typescript: 'The Social Life of Women in South Fore' by S. Glasse. Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 196?, No date - 1960s(?) Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/007 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-8	KURU 6 - Demography and N. McArthur
	Copies of demographic records and reports. 'Report to Medical Research Advisory Committee (Papua New Guinea)', 28 August 1963 'The Age Incidence of Kuru', no date, 1960s with notes, and letter from N. McArthur Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range August 1963 - January 1964 Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/008 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-9	KURU 7 - Replies to Draft Paper ('The Pathogenesis of Kuru')
	Notes and correspondence. Inwards and outwards correspondence with R.W. Hornabrook, R.F.R. Scragg, M. Alpers, R.M. Glasse, R.J. Walsh, Red Cross Society, C.C. Curtain, D.C. Gajdusek, F.D. Schofield. Mostly replies and comments on 'The Pathogenesis of Kuru'. Includes summary of replies. Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 8 January 1964 - 11 March 1964 Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/009 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-10	Kuru 8 - P.R.J. Burch and J. Mathews
	Working papers, notes, copy typescripts and correspondence. Inwards and ouwards correspondence with: J. Mathews, P.R.J. Burch, Mathews to Burch (copy), H.N. Robson and J.H. Bennet. Mostly scientific correspondence on hypotheses for pathogenesis of Kuru. Includes copy typescript of paper by Burch: 'The Pathogenosis of Kuru: Some further Speculations' 13 March 1964 Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 21 October 1963 - 17 March 1964 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/010 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-11	Kuru 9 - London Meeting 15 June 1964
	Copies of reports for Meeting on Kuru at the CIBA Foundation 15 June 1964. Includes meeting papers (including F.M. Burnet's hypothesis). Includes draft and copy typescripts by F.M. Burnet: 'The Possibilities of Control', no date, 1964 'The Pathogenesis of Kuru: Speculations based on new Observational Material', no date, 1963 Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1963 - 1964 Quantity 1.1 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/011 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-12	Kuru 10 - Scrapie Reprints
	Annotated reprints, by H.B. Parry, H. Jacob and others Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1962 - 1964 Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/012 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-13	Kuru Reseach correspondence 1965-1966
	Inwards and outwards correspondence with D.C. Gajdusek, M. Alpers, R.F.R. Scragg, R.J. Walsh, R.M. Glasse. Includes meeting notices (November 1965), journal extracts (1965) and bibliography on Kuru, by D.C. Gajdusek, c.1963 Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 16 February 1965 - 23 August 1968 Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/013 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-14	Kuru correspondence and Gajdusek's Nobel Nomination 1970s
	Inwards and outwards correspondence with J.T. Gunther, K. Russell, Nobel Prize Committee. Includes F.M. Burnet's 1976 nomination of D.C. Gajdusek with accompanying Gajdusek bibliographies. Also includes copy typescript by J.T. Gunther 'Australia, Kuru and a Nobel Prize', no date, 1976 Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 14 January 1976 - 21 July 1978 Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/014 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-15	Gajdusek correspondence 1980
	Correspondence from D.C. Gajdusek Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range March 1980 - June 1980 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/015 Box Number 45 Series 10
10-16	Kuru correspondence 1956-1963
	Inwards and outwards correspondence with: D.C. Gajdusek, J.T. Gunther, J.H. Hale, F.M.C. Hasluck, A. May, Department of Territories and others Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 9 May 1956 - 24 May 1963 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/016 Box Number 46 Series 10
10-17	Kuru correspondence 1957-1959
	Inwards and outwards correspondence with J.H. Bennett, J.T. Gunther, H.N. Robson, R.S. Morison, F.M.C. Hasluck, R.F.R. Scragg, D.C. Gajdusek and others Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 8 May 1956 - 28 August 1959 Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/017 Box Number 46 Series 10
10-18	KURU Correspondence and Reports 1959-1963
	Correspondence with R.F.R. Scragg, J.H. Bennett, H.N. Robson, D.C. Gajdusek, J. Smadel, J.T. Gunther and others. Includes Committee on Kuru Control Reports] Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1959 - 1963 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/018 Box Number 46 Series 10
10-19	Reprints - (assorted authors) 1958-1977
	Reprints on Kuru, Foamy Viruses, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, encephalitis, dermatoglyphics and others. Articles by M. Alpers, H. Ward, R. Glasse, C.J. Gibbs and others] Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1958 - 1977 Quantity 1.7 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/019 Box Number 46 Series 10
10-20	Reprints - Gajdusek publications 1957-1965
	Articles on Kuru, Scapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and others, by D.C. Gajdusek] Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1957 - 1965 Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/020 Box Number 46 Series 10
10-21	Reprints - Gajdusek publications 1966-1969
	Articles by D.C. Gajdusek. Includes 'Paediatrics' vol.37 1966, Supplement] Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1966 - 1969 Quantity 2.6 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/021 Box Number 46 Series 10
10-22	Reprints - Gajdusek publications 1970-1973
	Articles by D.C. Gajdusek] Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1970 - 1973 Quantity 2.8 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/022 Box Number 46 Series 10
10-23	Reprints - Gajdusek publications 1973-1975
	Articles by D.C. Gajdusek] Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1973 - 1975 Quantity 3 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/023 Box Number 46 Series 10
10-24	Reprints - Gajdusek publications 1976-1978
	Articles by D.C. Gajdusek] Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1976 - 1978 Quantity 2.8 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/024 Box Number 47 Series 10
10-25	Gajdusek Journal - Correspondence with Smadel 1955-1958
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1955 - 1958 Quantity 2.4 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/025 Box Number 47 Series 10
10-26	Gajdusek Journal - Sahara Expedition 1960
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1960 Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/026 Box Number 47 Series 10
10-27	Gajdusek Journal - Western Caroline Islands, 1961
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1961 Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/027 Box Number 48 Series 10
10-28	Gajdusek Journal - New Guinea 1961-1962 (1)
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1961 - 1962 Quantity 2.3 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/028 Box Number 48 Series 10
10-29	Gajdusek Journal - New Guinea 1961-1962 (2)
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1961 - 1962 Quantity 1.7 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/029 Box Number 48 Series 10
10-30	Gajdusek Journal - Melanesia 1963
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1963 Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/030 Box Number 48 Series 10
10-31	Gajdusek Journal - Western Caroline Islands, 1964
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1964 Quantity 0.9 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/031 Box Number 48 Series 10
10-32	Gajdusek Journal - 1969-1970 (Soviet Union, Africa, Indonesia and New Guinea)
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1969 - 1970 Quantity 4.3 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/032 Box Number 49 Series 10
10-33	Gajdusek Journal - Colombia 1970
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1970 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/033 Box Number 49 Series 10
10-34	Gajdusek - Bibliography of Kuru July 1968
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range July 1968 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/034 Box Number 49 Series 10
10-35	Gajdusek - Bibliography of Kuru March 1975
	Includes list of Gajdusek Journals] Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range March 1975 Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/035 Box Number 49 Series 10
10-36	Gajdusek - Bibliography of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease April 1979
	Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range April 1979 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/036 Box Number 49 Series 10
10-37	Correspondence and papers held by Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research - Listings
	Copy typescript of listings of papers relevant to F.M. Burnet, held by PNG Institute of Medical Research. Original listings prepared by R. Ince (1978) Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range 1978 Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/037 Box Number 49 Series 10
10-38	Correspondence and papers held by American Philosophical Society and published as 'KURU 1956-1967 Correspondence', edited by J. Farquhar
	List of contents of the published 'Kuru 1956 - 1957 Correspondence'; Summary (of Burnet correspondence); Inwards and outwards correspondence with Gunther, I. Burnet, G. Anderson,. Wood, R. Scragg, D.C. Gajdusek, T.M. Rivers, A.L.G. Rees, Berndt, Winton. Includes notes on conversations - 12 February 1957 - 6 December 1957 Creator Frank Macfarlane Burnet Date range No date Quantity 1 file Inventory Identifier 10/038 Box Number 49 Series 10

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