Series 1 - Personal- Biographical


Date Range1938 - 1980s
ProvenanceArmin Aleksander Öpik
Description

Correspondence, newspaper clippings and typescripts.


Inventory Listing

1-1 Volleyball photographs

Various black and white photographs of volleyball team; Estonian newspaper clippings showing presentation of medals.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1938    Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-1 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-2 English study book

Manuscript notebook with dictation and English lessons.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1948    Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-2 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-3 Emigrating - Transit camp

Booklets from the General W. M. Black transport ship, with messages from crew, information about Australia and world news (in Estonian and English); manuscript curriculum vitae; colour map of Estonia; some personal correspondence, undated, mostly pre-1948.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1948    Quantity 3.2 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-3 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-4 Correspondence

Various letters, mostly personal, some regarding immigration details in Australia; unlabelled black and white photographs.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1940s - 1980s    Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-4 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-5 Certificates of Naturalisation

Correspondence with the Department of Immigration regarding residency in Australia and naturalisation as a citizen; Certificates of Authority to Remain in Australia for A. A. Öpik and B. Öpik; Certificates of Naturalisation as an Australian Citizen for both.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1950 - 1956    Quantity 4 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-5 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-6 Mexican conference

Papers from the 20th International Geological Congress. Also includes: programme; maps; related correspondence; postcards; two name badges; Qantas menu; manuscript draft of report on the Congress and a trip to the United States.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1956    Quantity 2.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-6 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-7 Travel papers - Correspondence

Official Australian passport, vaccination certificates, Qantas flight details, notebook with carbon copies of correspondence.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1956 - 1965    Quantity 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-7 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-8 Professional Associations - Testimonials - Correspondence

Geological Society of Australia Annual Report, 1960; Australian Academy of Science receipts; manuscript and typescript testimonials for Dr J. Veevers, David J. Taylor, Dr R. O. Brunnschweiler; other professional correspondence; writing pad with carbon copies of correspondence.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1950s - 1960s    Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-8 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-9 Certificates - Letters of congratulation

Certificates from the Geological Society of Stockholm (corresponding member) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow); various letters and telegrams, mostly in response to the winning of the Walcott medal; newspaper clippings concerning the opening of the Becker Hall, Australian Academy of Science, and Öpik's election as a Fellow of the Academy.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1960s    Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-9 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-10 Professional Officers Association

Subscription receipts.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1962 - 1963    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-10 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-11 American trip

Correspondence relating to trip, receipts and airline details; Commonwealth Government expenditure sheets; copy of Rockland County Journal-News, 10 June 1963, with article on Öpik.

Creator Armin Aleksander Öpik
Date range 1963    Quantity 2.3 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier 1-11 Box Number 2 Series 1

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, April 2004
With support from Nora Romot, Paul Öpik and The University of Melbourne
Listed by Lisa O'Sullivan with Gavan McCarthy and Tim Sherratt
HTML edition Ailie Smith
Updated 13 November 2007
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/opik/OPIKS001.htm

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