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Guide to the Records of Dr Jan Sapp Regarding the Briggs Affair

Listed by Ailie Smith and Ann McCarthy

This is a guide to records collected by Dr Jan Sapp about an investigation at Deakin University of a case of scientific fraud (c.1983-c.1986). The case centred on the research of Professor Michael Harvey Briggs, who ultimately confessed to having fabricated research findings on an oral contraceptive pill. [Details]

About the records
Provenance - creators and former custodians
Series list and summary descriptions
Inventory listing by series
- Series 1 - Correspondence To and From Dr Jan Sapp Concerning the Briggs Affair
- Series 2 - Newspaper Articles
- Series 3 - Extracts of Minutes and Agenda of the Deakin University Council Regarding The Briggs Affair
- Series 4 - Petition to and Judgement of the Visitor in the Case of Professor M.H. Briggs
- Series 5 - Reports of the Deakin University Council Working Party
- Series 6 - Documents Provided to Dr Jan Sapp by Deakin University under the Freedom of Information Act
- Series 7 - Correspondence Files of Professor Fred Jevons Regarding the Briggs Affair
- Series 8 - Correspondence Regarding The Disposal of Dr Briggs' Papers
- Series 9 - "What is Truth?" Manuscript By Professor Fred R. Jevons
Search
These records are managed by the State Library of Victoria. All queries relating to access should be made to the Manuscript Librarian quoting MS 13603 and the required inventory identifier(s).

Published by the The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on AustehcWeb, January 2007
9780734040879
Listed by Ailie Smith and Ann McCarthy
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Updated 27 July 2010
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