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Records of Dr Jan Sapp Regarding the Briggs Affair

Title
Records of Dr Jan Sapp Regarding the Briggs Affair
Repository
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
Reference
MS 13603
Date Range
1976 - 1989
Description

Records collected by Dr. Jan Sapp regarding an investigation at Deakin University of a case of scientific fraud (ca. 1983-ca. 1986). The case centred on the research of Professor Michael Harvey Briggs [Deakin University] who ultimately confessed to having fabricated research findings on an oral contraceptive pill. Dr. Jan Sapp was working in the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Melbourne when he collected these papers in order to research the Briggs affair.

Formats
Paper files and documents
Quantity
17 items (0.2125 m)
Access
Access conditions apply to Series 9 - "What is Truth?" Manuscript by Professor Fred R. Jevons.
Finding Aid

Ailie Smith and Ann McCarthy, Guide to the Records of Dr Jan Sapp Regarding the Briggs Affair, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2007, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/sapp/index.htm. Details

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EOAS ID: archives/BSAR03731.htm

This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-kooyang-season-of-eels

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