1 - Early Records - Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited Guide to Records

Series 1 - Early Records

Date Range	1958 - 1981, Mainly 60s
Quantity	42 cm, 17 files, binders and an album
Provenance	Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd)
Description	Includes records which document operations at the Pigments Plant at Laverton from 1961, and the set up of Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd). Many of these records were generated by Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Ltd (ICIANZ), the company that ran the Pigments Plant at Laverton from 1961 until the establishment of PMA Ltd in 1970. For more information about ICIANZ see the Provenance entry for Pigments Plant at Laverton (Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Limited). The provenance of Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited has been assigned to this series as it was not possible to determine a finer provenance attribution. Also included are files pre-dating the formation of PMA Ltd, which have been assigned the provenance of Pigments Plant at Laverton.

Inventory Listing

1-1	Historical Documents - Pigments Plant - Selection and Personnel
	Creator Pigments Plant at Laverton Date range 1960 - 1969 Quantity 5 cm, 1 file Formats Diagrams, Drafts, Memoranda, Loose Notes and Charts Inventory Identifier PMA0185 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-2	Pigments Project - J.D. Holdsworth
	Creator Pigments Plant at Laverton Date range 1959 - 1966 Quantity 5 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence, Graphs, Drafts, Reports, Loose Notes, Proposals and/or Submissions, Figures and Calculations Inventory Identifier PMA0186 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-3	L. B. X. - Manufacture of Monastral Pigments - Design Data Monastral Pigments Part 1 of 4 - Manufacture of Pigments - ICIANZ Laverton Plant, and Other Papers
	Includes papers regarding the commercial, historical background of the plant and it's pigments, information on the pigments plant at Laverton, handwriiten notes about history of the plant, correspondence and proposed designs for the PMA logo. Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1960 - 1970 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file Formats Ephemera, Reports, Minutes and Agendas, Loose Notes, Tables of data and Charts Inventory Identifier PMA0074 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-4	L. B. X. - Manufacture of Monastral Pigments - Design Data Monastral Pigments Part 2 of 4 - I.C.I. Dyestuffs Division - Grangemouth Works - Monastral Fast Green GDS Paste - Tentative Standardising Process to Make 5,000 Lbs, and Other Papers
	Mainly papers regarding process and technical details emerging from visits to other pigment manufacturers overseas and in Australia. Includes ICI dyestuffs division in UK papers; "Minutes of The Management Meeting on the Program of Dr. R. Sappok - Feb - Apr 1978". Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1961 - 1981 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats Ephemera, Reports, Minutes and Agendas, Loose Notes, Tables of data and Charts Inventory Identifier PMA1122 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-5	L. B. X. - Manufacture of Monastral Pigments - Design Data Monastral Pigments Part 3 of 4 - Dave Cullen - Pigments - 625 8P. Design Data
	Papers regarding different aspects of the manufacturing process for various pigments. Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1960 - 1970 Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file Formats Diagrams, Lists, Tables of data and Charts Inventory Identifier PMA1123 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-6	L. B. X. - Manufacture of Monastral Pigments - Design Data Monastral Pigments Part 4 of 4 - ICIANZ - Pigments Plant, Laverton - Bore Water at Laverton, and Other Papers
	Papers regarding heating systems, alarm systems, bore water and hot oil systems at the Laverton plant. Creator Pigments Plant at Laverton Date range 1958 - c. 1963 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence, Reports, Loose Notes and Drawings and/or Plans Inventory Identifier PMA1124 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-7	Azo Standardizing
	Creator Pigments Plant at Laverton Date range 1960 - 1965 Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats Loose Notes, Charts and Drawings Inventory Identifier PMA0075 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-8	Miscellaneous Papers - Staff Social Activities and Division Minutes
	Staff Social Club papers; Minutes of the Meeting for the Dyes and Pigments Division (March 1967, April 1967), Third Quarterly Research and Development Meeting Minutes (October 1970, Staff Meeting Minutes (March 1971). Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1967 - 1975 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats Ephemera, Minutes and Agendas and Loose Notes Inventory Identifier PMA0076 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-9	Production Programmes and Standards
	Papers addressed to Mr B. Lee - Foreman's Office Creator Pigments Plant at Laverton Date range 1962 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats Loose Notes and Tables of data Inventory Identifier PMA0077 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-10	Monastral Fast Greens GN, 3Y and 6Y - Information for ICIANZ, and Other Papers
	Creator Pigments Plant at Laverton Date range 1960 - 1961 Quantity 4 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence, Diagrams, Loose Notes, Lists, Forms and Calculations Inventory Identifier PMA1083 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-11	Materials Balance for the Laverton Monastral Plant. 8th April, 1966. George W. McInnes, and Other Papers	Image >>
	File includes Monastral Plant job descriptions. Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1966 - 1972 Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats Reports Inventory Identifier PMA1084 Box Number 1 Series 1
1-12	Cost Working Papers - 6 Months to 30-6-70 Part 1 of 2 - June Quarter
	Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1970 Quantity 3 cm, 1 file Formats Numeric Data, Tables of data and Calculations Inventory Identifier PMA1085 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-13	Cost Working Papers - 6 Months to 30-6-70 Part 2 of 2 - March Quarter
	Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1970 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 file Formats Numeric Data, Tables of data and Calculations Inventory Identifier PMA1125 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-14	Cost Working Papers - 6 Months To Dec. '70 Part 1 of 3 - December Quarter
	The first sheet in this file is a tab marked "December Quarter". Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1970 Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 file Formats Numeric Data, Tables of data and Calculations Inventory Identifier PMA1086 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-15	Cost Working Papers - 6 Months To Dec. '70 Part 2 of 3 - December Quarter (continued)
	The first sheet in this file is a tab marked "Labour, Oncost, Purchases, Provisions". Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1970 Quantity 3 cm, 1 file Formats Numeric Data, Tables of data and Calculations Inventory Identifier PMA1126 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-16	Cost Working Papers - 6 Months To Dec. '70 Part 3 of 3 - September Quarter
	Creator Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited (PMA Ltd) Date range 1970 Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 file Formats Numeric Data, Tables of data and Calculations Inventory Identifier PMA1127 Box Number 2 Series 1
1-17	Photographs of Site Excavation and Plant Construction
	THIS FILE IS MISSING (noted 6 August 2008). Creator Pigments Plant at Laverton Date range 1961 Quantity 6 cm, 1 album Formats Mounted Photographic Prints Inventory Identifier PMA0140 Box Number 3 Series 1

Published by the The University of Melbourne, eScholarship Research Centre on AustehcWeb, December 2008
Listed by Barbara Cytowicz, Ann McCarthy, Gavan McCarthy, Michael Jones, Rachel Tropea
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