Primary contact
Ian Potter House, 9 Gordon Street, Acton Postal address: GPO Box 783, Canberra 2601Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601
Identity area
Identifier
daa/2
Authorized form of name
Adolph Basser Library, Canberra (CLOSED)
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
Contact area
Type
Address
Street address
Ian Potter House, 9 Gordon Street, Acton
Postal address: GPO Box 783, Canberra 2601
Postal address: GPO Box 783, Canberra 2601
Locality
Canberra
Region
Australian Capital Territory
Country name
Postal code
2601
Telephone
02 6201 9400
Fax
Note
Description area
History
PLEASE NOTE: The library closed in 2015 and is in the process of being wound down and the holdings dispersed. See https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/taskforce-consider-future-librarys-holdings
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
History of science in Australia. The Library collects personal papers of prominent Australian scientists and records of scientific societies.
Buildings
Holdings
Rivett, A C D: Papers 1907-1961 (4.4m).
Gilruth, J A: Papers 1890-1954 (0.16m).
Geological Society of Australia: Records 1953-(10m).
Australian Institute of Physics: Records 1923- (14.5m).
Australian Society for Parasitology: Records 1964- (10.4m).
Swan, J M: Papers 1943-1985 (7.2m).
Fenner, F J: Papers 1920- (5.75m).
Tate, R: Papers 1863-1894 (0.05m).
Wark, I W: Papers 1909-1985 (6.25m).
Titterton, E W: Papers 1937-1986 (17m).
Fairley, N H: Papers 1916-1971 (6.1m).
Quantity: 230m (35% in-house).
References: Clayton, Rosanne, 'Basser Library Manuscripts listed recently' Historical Records of Australian Science 6(3)(Dec 1986): 423-5.
Clayton, Rosanne, 'The Adolph Basser Library' Group for Scientific and Technological Collections Newsletter 4 (March 1988): 3-4.
Clayton, Rosanne, 'Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science' editors Biskup, P and Goodman, D Resources for Australian studies in the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1988:173-193.
Clayton, Rosanne, 'Basser Library manuscripts listed 1987-1988' Historical Records of Australian Science 7/4 (June 1989): 431-5.
Clayton, Rosanne and McCarthy, Gavan 'The records of E.W. Titterton, nuclear physicist' Archives and Manuscripts 20/1 (May 1992): 41-50.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Entries in National Library of Australia Guide to Collections of Manuscripts Relating to Australia.
Guides produced by Australian Science Archives Project for Walter Geoffrey Duffield, Ronald Gordon Giovanelli, Andrew Crowther Hurley, Armin Aleksander Opik, Albert George Lloyd Rees, Ian William Wark.
King, Bill & McCarthy, Gavan, The records of Albert Cherbury David Rivett (1885-1961) and British Association for the Advancement of Science Australian meeting 1914 ASAP, 1988.
Guides produced by Australian Science Archives Project for Walter Geoffrey Duffield, Ronald Gordon Giovanelli, Andrew Crowther Hurley, Armin Aleksander Opik, Albert George Lloyd Rees, Ian William Wark.
King, Bill & McCarthy, Gavan, The records of Albert Cherbury David Rivett (1885-1961) and British Association for the Advancement of Science Australian meeting 1914 ASAP, 1988.