Person
Archer, Mary Ellinor Lucy (1893 - 1979)
MBE
- Born
- 13 November 1893
Malvern, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 3 May 1979
Toorak, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Librarian
Summary
Mary Archer was CSIRO's first woman scientist, and chief librarian from 1923-1954. She is commemorated by the Library Association of Australia's Ellinor Archer award, first bestowed in 1984.
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Chronology
- 1916
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1918
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1918 - 1923
- Career position - Secretary and Investigator to the Special Committee on Seed Improvement of the Advisory Council of Science and Industry (Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry from 1920)
- 1923 - 1929?
- Career position - In charge of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry's library (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research from 1926)
- 1929 - 1946
- Career position - Librarian and Scientific Assistant at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- 1945 - 1946
- Career position - President, Australian Institute of Librarians, Victorian branch
- 1946 - 1954
- Career position - Chief Librarian at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1949)
- 1948 - 1949
- Career position - Federal President Australian Institute of Librarians
- 1956
- Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Whyte, Jean P., 'Archer, Mary Ellinor Lucy (1893-1979), librarian and scientist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 66-67. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/archer-mary-ellinor-lucy-9377. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6779469. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/195093774. Details
- 'Archer, Mary Ellinor Lucy (1893-1979)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-752095. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Archer, Mary Ellinor Lucy (1893-1979), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0095b.htm. Details
See also
- Kelly, Farley, 'Learning and Teaching Science: Women Making Careers 1890-1920' in On the Edge of Discovery: Australian Women in Science, Farley Kelly, ed. (Melbourne: Text Publishing Company, 1993), pp. 35-75. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 26 March 2007