Dr Douglas Joseph Anderson papers, ca. 1911-1971

MLMSS 8918

fonds

ca. 1911-1971

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Drawings, Ephemera, Photographs

404840

3.91 metres of textual material (23 boxes)

Dr Douglas Joseph Anderson, born in 1907, was the elder son of William Joseph Anderson and Lucie Winifred Hill. In 1930 he completed medical studies, graduating with honours from the University of Sydney. He began his career as resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital before moving to the Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney in 1932. In 1934 he moved to London and in 1936 he was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London. On his return to Sydney he joined the staff of The Royal North Shore Hospital and began his private practice at Macquarie Street. In 1939 he was awarded a degree of doctor of medicine for his studies in tuberculosis. He contributed numerous articles, book reviews, letters and editorial columns to journals including The Medical Journal of Australia. When the Royal North Shore Hospital became a teaching hospital, he became a tutor in clinical medicine. He also served as chairman of the Medical Board, chairman of the Nurses’ Education Committee and president of the Royal North Shore Hospital Medical Association. He continued to work at the Royal North Shore Hospital until his retirement as senior physician in 1967. He died on 30 November 1970.

Dr Douglas Jospeh Anderson’s papers, printed material and ephemera relating to his medical career and personal life. The collection comprises handwritten and typed correspondence, patient records, notes, financial records, minutes, newscuttings, diaries, photographs, invitations, personal scrapbooks, school reports, theatre programs, sketches and verse, etc., ca. 1911-1971

BOX 1 – RESTRICTED
Medical diaries, mainly Wellcome’s Medical Diary and Visiting List, some with handwritten information concerning patient records, 1911, 1913, 1937-1942, 1944-1970

BOX 2
Papers including handwritten income and expenditure statements, ca. 1934-1937; Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia depositor’s pass books, 1963-1966; cheque book stubs, 1967-1970; contracts and correspondence concerning ‘Craignish’, 185 Macquarie St, Sydney, 1945-1970; typed and handwritten general correspondence and notes; newscuttings, ca. 1922-1970; the estate of Dr. Douglas Joseph Anderson, including correspondence, financial records, the will and probate, ca. 1968-1971; the Sydney University Medical Society, including typescript songs, correspondence, minutes, ca. 1953-1969; newscuttings of family members, no date; typed list: Douglas Anderson: reference to published work, ca. 1933; material relating to academic dress, ca. 1970-1971

BOX 3
Financial records including bank statements and typed and handwritten notes, ca.1957-1969; balance sheets etc., 1958-1968; income tax returns, 1937-1970

BOX 4 - RESTRICTED
Patient records including list of operations and anaesthetics, 1932-1937; 17 black & white photographs, no date; correspondence and handwritten notes, ca. 1958-1967; RNSH and patient records, ca. 1952-1969; 1 folder of handwritten patient notes, 1949-1970; 1 exercise book titled RNSH Medical Clinic, 1938-1939

BOXES 5-6 – RESTRICTED
Patient records, including individual patient files, and Anderson’s personal medical records, ca. 1945-1970

BOX 7
1 box containing envelopes with handwritten copies of correspondence sent, arranged chronologically, 1929-1965

BOX 8
Personal correspondence and small diaries [incomplete], 1923-1970

BOX 9
Papers and ephemera including correspondence, notes, invitations and newsletters, concerning the Sydney University Union, ca. 1946-1968; the New South Wales Nurses’ Registration Board, 1957-1965; the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, ca. 1961-1966

BOX 10
Personal papers and ephemera including correspondence, minutes, notes, invitations, newscuttings, ferry tickets and fuel ration stamps. Material includes biographical notes, ca. 1958; Boddam-Whetham family tree, no date; H.E.C. Robinson Pty Ltd., ca. 1955-1958; the Conference on Medical Journalism in Australia, 1960; 2 exercise books containing newscuttings of Anderson’s The Odd Column, published in The Union Recorder, 1961-1967

BOX 11
Correspondence, handwritten and typed, received by Anderson, ca. 1925-1970

BOX 12
Personal papers and ephemera, including typed and handwritten correspondence, notes, school reports, poetry, theatre programs, invitations, newscuttings, etc., concerning Sydney Grammar School, 1918-1924; the proceedings of the Lunar Club, 1950-1969; obituaries and letters of condolence relating to Anderson, ca. 1970-1971; songs and verse composed by Anderson, no date; 18 black & white photographs, mainly of Anderson, no date

BOX 13
Papers and ephemera including typed and handwritten correspondence, minutes, notes, newscuttings, copies of articles and speeches written by Anderson, etc., concerning The University of Sydney Standing Committee of Convocation, 1968-1969; the University of Sydney, Department of Medicine, 1963-1965; The Old Sydney Hospitallers’ Club, ca. 1945-1968; the Kabeiroi of the University of Sydney, ca. 1957-1996; Anderson’s speeches and articles, verse etc., ca. 1923-1957; certificates awarded to Anderson, ca. 1923-1962; Dr T.L. Cleave, ca. 1957-1966; North Queensland Medical Conference, 1956; academic dress, 1964; 1 small box containing Christmas cards drawn by Anderson, 1933-1970

BOX 14
Papers and ephemera, including typed and handwritten correspondence, notes, invitations and minutes concerning Punch publications, 1951-1970; Royal College of Physicians, London; 1957-1963; University of Sydney senate election, 1950-1959; University of Sydney,tutorials in clinical medicine, 1963-1967; Medical Science Club, 1956-1970; Old Sydney Hospitallers’ Club, ca. 1933-1959, medical notes, ca. 1943-1963

BOX 15
Papers including correspondence, minutes and notes, concerning RNSH, 1946-1964; a typescript copy of The Incidence of Tuberculosis Infection in and about Sydney, N.S.W. as shown by the Mantoux Test, thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine in the University of Sydney, by Douglas Anderson, 1939; 6 exercise books containing handwritten notes relating to Anderson’s thesis on tuberculosis, ca. 1939

BOX 16
Correspondence received by Anderson, 1934-1968

BOX 17-18
Papers, printed material, ephemera and photographs relating to the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, including handwritten and typed correspondence, minutes, notes, newsletters and invitations. Material relates to the RNSH Nurses’ Education Committee, ca. 1938-1966, including 2 black & white photographs, no date; RNSH Honorary Medical Staff, 1958-1965; RNSH Medical Association, 1965-1970; RNSH Board of Medical Studies, 1965-1967; RNSH Drug Committee, 1963-1968; RNSH Section of Physicians, 1948-1967; RNSH Unit of Clinical Investigations, 1950-1954; RNSH examinations in nursing, 1937-1966

BOXES 19-21
6 scrapbooks of personal ephemera including invitations, newscuttings, menus, theatre programs, maps, song books, airline tickets, 9 black & white photographs, school reports, pencil and ink sketches, 1937-1955; Miscellaneous material including general notes, brochures, annual reports, etc. ca. 1933-1970; 1 folder containing printed journals, newscuttings, and articles written by Anderson, 1933-1966

BOX 22
1 scrapbook of personal ephemera including notes, invitations, newscuttings, menus, theatre programs, etc., ca. 1918-1955; 1 box containing miscellaneous material including general correspondence, notes, invitations, newscuttings, menus, theatre programs, etc., ca. 1968-1970; 1 file containing original ink sketches by Anderson, no date; 1 colour and 37 black & white photographs, mainly of Anderson, ca. 1917-1967

BOX 23
1 box containing ephemera relating to Anderson including invitations, menus, newscuttings, theatre programs, ca.1966-1967; photocopied obituary of Anderson, including references to published work, 1971

Printed book: My Life’s story by Nellie Stewart, De luxe edition No. 35, Sydney: J. Sands, [1923], interspersed with correspondence, postcards and photographs of Stewart.

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 8918/ Boxes 1, 4-6 Restriction to be reviewed in 2020

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