Personal archives
We hold some records of people associated with the University
Search for an individual in our alphabetised list.
First Nations Peoples should be aware that the University of Sydney Archives hold sensitive content in various formats including audio, film, photographs and printed material, which may be considered distressing, inappropriate or offensive. The Archives holds material that contains images and names of deceased people. Material in the collection about First Nations people and cultures has traditionally been created and recorded by non-Indigenous people. As a result, this material may contain inaccuracies and misinterpretations. Researchers should also be aware that some material contains descriptions and words which do not reflect current understandings and could be considered offensive and inappropriate in today’s context. While the Archives does not support such language and views, this information is presented without alteration.
Records
- Comprehensive guides are not available for all material, although there may be box lists.
- Requests to access unprocessed material are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
- Rare Books & Special Collections in the Fisher Library also holds personal papers.
Browse by surname: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Person (ref. no.) |
Field | Date range | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Albert Ernest (P150) |
Chemistry | 1931–1971 | Guide available |
| Anderson, Francis (P027) |
Philosophy | 1875–1939 | Guide available (pdf, 377KB) |
| Anderson, John (P042) and family | Philosophy | 1928–1955 | Guide available (pdf, 146KB) |
| Atkinson, William Thomas (P203) |
Agriculture | ||
| Bailey, Victor Albert (P066) |
Physics | 1921–1965 | Guide available (pdf, 70KB) |
| Barker, Thomas (P021) |
Benefactor | 1825–1935 | Guide available |
| Barnet, James Johnstone (P030) |
Clerk of works | 1863–1900 | Guide available (pdf, 462KB) |
| Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton (P010) |
Engineering | 1847–1948 | Guide available |
| Benning, Herbert Francis (P178) |
Convocation, St Johns College | 1930–1976 | |
| Birch, Louis Charles (P131) |
Biology | 1953–1986 | Guide available |
| Black, Hermann David [1904–1990] & Edith Joyce (P197) |
Economics, Senate, Chancellor | 1859–1999 | Guide available (pdf, 216KB) |
| Blackburn, Charles Ruthven Bickerton (P207) |
Professor & head of Department of Medicine | 1951–1988 | |
| Blacket, Edmund Thomas (P003) |
Architect | 1817–1919 | Guide available |
| Bland, Francis Armand (P092) |
Economics (public administration) | 1898–1960s | List available |
| Blount, John Charles (P017) |
SRC, Sydney University Union | 1968–1972 | |
| Boelke, Nee Robinson, Grace Fairley & Boelke, Paul Wilhelm Randolph (P139) | Medicine, graduates 1893 | 1886–1945 | Guide available |
| Branagan, David Francis (P050) |
Geology | Access only with consent of depositor | |
| Branagan, John King (P052) |
Economics, student | ||
| Brereton, John Le Gay (P114) |
English | ||
| Brewer, Ilma Mary (P141) |
Biology, education | 1933–1992 | Guide available |
| Briggs, Edward Alfred (P036) |
Biology | 1924–1926 | Guide available |
| Brown, Lyle A (P193) | Medicine, graduate | 1939–1943 | Guide available |
| Browne, Ida Allison (P187) |
Geology | 1900–1975 | Guide available |
| Browne, William Rowan (P186) |
Geology | 1901–1972 | List available |
| Buckley, Kenneth Donald |
Economics | ||
| Bullen, Keith Edward (P025) |
Mathematics & geophysics | 1915–1976 | Guide available (pdf, 410KB) |
| Burkitt, Arthur Neville St. George H (P151) |
Anatomy | 1923–1950 | Guide available |
| Cazneaux, Harold Pierce (P183) |
Photographer, University appeal | 1927 | Guide available |
| Chambers, Raymond John (P202) |
Accountancy | 1954–1997 | Guide available |
| Champion, Richard Annells |
Psychology | 1946–1998 | Guide available |
| Chaney, John Allen (P201) | Student | ||
| Charteris, Archibald Hamilton (P038) |
Law | 1899–1935 | Guide available (pdf, 4.1MB) |
| Christiansen, Wilbur Norman (P118) |
Astronomy | 1947–c1981 | Guide available |
| Coffey, Alfred (P060) | Architecture, artist | 1893–1954 | |
| Cohen, Fanny (P065) |
Geology, Senate |
1910–1975 | Guide available |
| Cohen, Samuel Wolf (P173) |
Education, director Student Advisory Service, STC | 1950s | |
| Connell, William Fraser (P095) |
Education | ||
| Cotton, Frank Stanley (P147) |
Physiology | 1914–1955 | Guide available |
| Cotton, Leo Arthur (P045) |
Geology | 1908–1964 | Guide available |
| Cowan, Henry Jacob (Jack) |
Architecture | 1941–1990 | |
| Crabbe, Brian D (P213) | Psychology | 1974–2000 | Records less than 30 years old closed |
| Crocker, Robert Langdon (P160) |
Biology | 1948–1952 | Guide available |
| Crommelin, Minard Fannie (P051) |
Benefactor, conservationist | 1887–1970 | Guide available |
| David, Tannatt William Edgeworth (P011) |
Geology | 1882–1963 | Guide available (pdf, 259KB) |
| Derera, Nicholas Frederick (P166) |
Plant breeder, Wheat Research Institute | Some items are restricted | |
| Dintenfass, Leopold (P194) |
Biorheology & haemorheology | 1958–1988 | Guide available |
| Dods, Lorimer Fenton (P172) |
Child-health | ||
| Dunston, Arthur John (P096) |
Latin, Deputy Vice-Chancellor | Access only with consent of donor | |
| Earl, John Campbell (P099) |
Chemistry | 1902–1981 | Guide available |
| Eddy, William Charles Henry (P196) |
Philosophy | 1929–1980 | Guide available (pdf, 114KB) |
| Elkin, Adolphus Peter (P130) |
Anthropology | Guide available – some items are restricted | |
| Farrell, Ralph Barstow (P185) |
German | 1898–1983 | List available |
| Gale, Kathleen Windeyer (P091) |
Arts, graduate 1913 | Guide available (pdf, 128KB) | |
| Gamble, Allan Allman (P144) |
Architecture, administration | 1946–1977 | Guide available |
| Geddes, William (P195) |
Anthropology | 1964–1966 | List available |
| Gosper, James Murray (P070) |
Engineering, SRC, Honi Soit, convocation | 1920–1958 | Guide available (pdf, 879KB) |
| Graham, Nee King Beryl Ada (P072) |
Biology | 1936–1980 | Guide available |
| Gunn, Reginald Montagu Cairns (P078) |
Veterinary science | 1912–1964 | Guide available |
| Hall, George Edward (P145) |
Admin, Hon. archivist (1932–52) Book of Remembrance | 1905–1952 | Guide available |
| Harris, John Windham (P211) |
Radio physics, graduate | 1933–1946 | Guide available |
| Haswell, William Aitcheson (P168) |
Biology – zoology | 1882–1925 | Guide available |
| Henning, Ian Allan Ramie (P155) |
French | 1922–1973 | Guide available |
| Hogbin, Herbert Ian Priestley (P015) |
Anthropology | 1926–1983 | Guide available (pdf, 305KB) |
| Holme, Ernest Rudolph (P123) |
English | 1882–1953 | Guide available |
| Iredale, Thomas (P029) |
Chemistry | 1928–1971 | Guide available – open for access in 2022 |
| Jack, R Ian (P061) |
History | List available | |
| Jack, Nee Milner Sibyl M (P109) | History | ||
| Keep, John Malcolm (P167) |
Veterinary medicine | ||
| Kuchel, Philip William (P126) |
Medicine – biochemistry | 1973–1984 | |
| Laing, Norma (P194) | Science, graduate | 1938–1944 | Guide available |
| Lancaster, Henry Oliver (P206) |
Medical & mathematical statistics | ||
| Larsson, Yvonne Anne (P184) |
Education | 1956–1993 | List available |
| Lawrence, Peter (P170) |
Anthropology | 1921–1989 | Guide available some items are restricted |
| Lawson, Abercrombie Anstruther (P048) |
Biology | 1880–1927 | Guide available |
| Leech, Thomas David James (P059) |
Engineering | 1947–1973 | Guide available |
| Le Fevre, Raymond James Wood (P015) |
Chemistry | 1907–1989 | Guide available – some items are restricted |
| Liversidge, Archibald (P008) & Hufton, Edward | Chemistry | 1874–1924 | Guide available |
| Lovell, Henry Tasman (P031) |
Psychology | 1893–1958 | Guide available |
| Lowe, Gordon Bradley |
Medicine | 1915–1918 | Guide available |
| Ma, Shih Taun (P107) |
Physics | 1943–1960 | Guide available |
| Maccallum, Mungo William (P009) |
English, Senate, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor | Guide available (pdf, 299KB) | |
| Mack, John Michael (P191) | Mathematics, Academic Board | Guide available | |
| Mackay, Iven Giffard (P097) |
Physics, Esquire Bedell | ||
| Mackie, Alexander (P169) and Family | Education, Sydney Teachers College | 1850–1980 | Guide available (pdf, 1MB) |
| Mackie, Margaret and Family | Education | 1824–1990 | |
| Maclaurin, Henry Normand (P014) |
Medicine, Senate, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor | 1861–1914 | Guide available |
| Madsen, John Percival Vissing (Sir) (m27) |
Electrical engineering, Senate | Digitised-microfilm available (we do not hold the originals) |
|
| Mahoney, Jack Andrew (P174) |
Geology, collection curator | 1954–1982 | |
| Makinson, Richard Elliss Bodenham (P148) |
Physics | 1902–1983 | Guide available |
| Marks, Gladys Hope (P018) |
French | 1905–1949 | Guide available |
| Mcarthur, Annie Margaret (P205) |
Anthropology | 1953–1963 | Guide available (pdf, 47.5KB) |
| Mccusker, Charles Brian Anthony (P153) |
Physics | 1957–1987 | Guide available – some items are restricted |
| Mclelland, Mary Sylvester (P214) |
Social work | ||
| Meaney, Neville K (P086) | History | Access only with consent of donor | |
| Megaw, John Vincent Stanley (P033) |
Archaeology | 1950–1972 | List available |
| Messel, Harry (P146) |
Physics | 1946–1981 | List available – some items restricted |
| Mills, Bernard Yarnton (P154) |
Physics | 1944–1985 | Guide available – some items are restricted |
| Moore, Walter John (P132) |
Chemistry | 1966–1983 | Guide available – some items are restricted |
| Nicholson, Charles (P004) |
Senate, Chancellor, benefactor | 1836–c1920 | Guide available |
| Nicholson, George Gibb (P152) |
French | 1926–1948 | Guide available |
| Noble, Robert Jackson (P082) |
University Medal, agriculture | 1908–1935 | Guide available |
| Ogilvie, Florinda Katharine (P104) |
Social work, medical social work | 1937–1968 | Guide available |
| Oliver, Alexander (P007) |
Senate | Guide available (pdf, 526KB) | |
| O'meagher, Bruce Dalton (P040) |
SRC (education research) | ||
| Payne Scott, Ruby |
Radio physics | 1920–2015 | Guide available |
| Pearson, Eric J (P165) | Education, Sydney Teachers College | ||
| Peart, Donald Richard (P171) |
Arts (music) | List available – some items are restricted | |
| Pell, Morris Birkbeck (P056), Jane Juliana | Mathematics, family papers | 1862–1931 | Guide available |
| Pollak, John Kurt (P156) |
Histology, embryology & biochem | 1950–1986 | Guide available |
| Powe, Arthur Blayney (P110) |
Latin | ||
| Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (P129) |
Anthropology | 1915–1951 | Guide available (pdf, 336KB) |
| Roberts, Stephen Henry (P016) |
History, Senate, Vice-Chancellor | 1914–1966 | Guide available |
| Robinson, Grace Fairley (P139) |
Medicine, 1893 graduate | 1863–1945 | Guide available |
| Room, Thomas Gerald (P190) | Mathematics | 1923–1989 | Guide available |
| Rose, Thomas Arthur (P198) | Philosophy | 1927–1995 | Guide available (pdf, 30KB) |
| Schafroth, Max Robert (P127) |
Physics | 1953–1959 | Guide available |
| Selby, David Mayer (P075) |
Senate, Deputy-Chancellor | c1961–62 | Guide available |
| Simpson-Lee, Geelum |
Dean Faculty of Economics | c1966–1978 | |
| Smith, John (P209) |
Arts, foundation professor, photographer | 1852–c1860s | |
| Smith-White, William Broderick (P189) |
Mathematics | 1925–1981 | Guide available |
| Spann, R N (P125) |
Economics, public administration | 1930–1981 | Guide available |
| Spearritt, Donald (P176) |
Education | 1948–1990 | |
| Stewart, James Douglas (P035) |
Veterinary science | 1857–1952 | Guide available |
| Still, Jack Leslie (P046) |
Biochemistry, professorial board | 1943–1976 | Guide available |
| Stout, Alan Ker (P088) |
Philosophy | 1932–1980 | Guide available |
| Stroobant, Raymond E (P117) |
Education | c1960–70s | Guide available |
| Stove, David (P212) |
Philosophy | 1953–1993 | Guide available |
| Stump, Claude Witherington (P121) |
Histology, embryology | 1921–1933 | Guide available |
| Sutcliffe, John Philip |
Professor of psychology education, science, Sydney Teachers College | ||
| Swain, Marjorie Olive Burnham (P142) |
Physical education | 1922–1984 | Guide available |
| Taylor, Dorothy Rhodes (P177) |
Geography | 1922–1945 | Guide available |
| Taylor, Thomas Griffith (P163) |
Geography | 1899–1928 | Guide available |
| Teale, Family (P069) | Graduates [Arts 1927–1968] | ||
| Thomson, Richard J (P119) |
Psychology | ||
| Threlfall, Richard (P028) |
Physics | 1885–1962 | Guide available |
| Todd, Frederick Augustus (P113) |
Latin | 1902–1971 | Guide available (pdf, 591KB) |
| Troughton, Ellis Le Geyt (P079) |
Biology | 1875–1979 | Guide available |
| Turner, Ivan Stewart (P143) |
Education, Sydney Teachers College | 1918–1981 | Guide available |
| Turney, Clifford (P182) |
Education (foundation dean), MA | 1958–1983 | List available |
| Vallance, Thomas George (P188) |
Geology | 1954–1983 | Guide available |
| Vogan, Harold James (P106) |
Engineering | 1900–1968 | Guide available |
| Walker, Alice Ruth (P158) |
Philosophy | 1917–1986 | Guide available – some items are restricted |
| Wall, Gordon Elliott (P215) |
Mathematics | ||
| Ward, John Manning (P181) |
History, Vice-Chancellor | 1919–1990 | Guide available – some items are restricted |
| Warren, William Henry (P149) |
Engineering | 1844–1922 | Guide available |
| Webb, Norman Charles (P164) |
Senate, Wesley College | ||
| Wedgwood, Camilla Hildegarde (P122) |
Anthropology | 1927–1958 | Guide available |
| Wheelwright, Edward Lawrence |
Economics, Senate | ||
| White, Dorothy (P087) |
Music | ||
| Wilkinson, Leslie (P064) |
Architecture | 1906–1947 | Guide available |
| Williams, James (P080) |
Law | 1940–1953 | Guide available |
| Wilson, James Thomas (P162) |
Anatomy | 1815–1953 | Guide available |
| Wilson, John Lascelles Jenner (P175) |
Adult education | 1922–1987 | |
| Windeyer, Family (P001) | Senate (family papers) | c1851–1905 | Lists available |
| Winston, Denis (P180) |
Town and country planning | 1908–1980 | Guide available (pdf, 472KB) |
| Wood, George Arnold (P013) |
History | 1803–1965 | List available |
| Woolley, John (P005) |
Classics | 1849–1859 | Guide available |
| Young, John (P200) |
Physiology, dean of medicine & Pro Vice-Chancellor | 1950–2003 | Guide available (pdf, 183KB) – some items are restricted |
Featured image (top of the page): Students on geology excursion, 1891.
