Archival Resources Details

Armin Aleksander Öpik - Records

Collection Title
Armin Aleksander Öpik - Records
Repository
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Reference
MS 205
Date Range
1912 - 1983
Description

A significant collection of person records including: personal and biographical material 1938-80s (2 boxes); slides and B&W glass negatives c1912-1960s (3 boxes); Bureau of Mineral Resources Bulletins including notes, draft manuscripts, photographs and diagrams 1955-81 (13 boxes); working files including field notebooks, correspondence, photographs and drawings 1950s-70s (5 boxes); Bureau of Mineral Resources working files 1950s-70s (6 boxes); Bureau of Mineral Resources correspondence 1950s-70s (3 boxes); card indexes 1950s-60s (1 box); records relating to the Stratigraphic Nomenclature Committee 1960s-70s (1 box); newspapers from Europe 1932-38 dealing with the exploration of the Arctic and Australian newspapers 1950s-60s (folio).

Quantity
35 boxes and folios (4.44 m)
Access
Available for reference
Finding Aid

'Öpik, Armin Aleksander - Ms 205', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms205.html. Details

Lisa; McCarthy O'Sullivan and Tim Gavan; Sherratt, Armin Aleksander Öpik Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/opik/opik.htm. Details

O'Sullivan, Lisa; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim, A Brief Guide to the Records of Armin Aleksander Öpik (Melbourne: Australian Science Archives Project, 1992), 47 pp. Details

People

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