William Wilson Ingram papers, 17 May 1907-20 June 1982, together with associated papers, 6 December 1982

MLMSS 4120

fonds

1907-1982

918811

Microfilm : CY 4846 (Series 04)

3 boxes and 1 folder of textual material

William Wilson Ingram, medical doctor and Antarctic explorer, was born in Craigellachie, Scotland, on 6 December, 1888. In 1912 he graduated in medicine from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Following the outbreak of the First World War, Ingram served in France with the Royal Scots Fusiliers. In 1915 he was wounded, after which in 1916 he served with the Eleventh General Hospital and for a period with the Fourth Dragoon Guards as a Regimental Medical Officer. After obtaining his M.D. with honours in 1919 from the University of Aberdeen, Ingram migrated to Sydney. In 1920 he was appointed to the staff of Sydney University as a lecturer in Physiology and Biochemistry. Between 1929 and 1931, Ingram was a member of Sir Douglas Mawson's British -Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, which made two summer cruises to Antarctica on board the S.Y. Discovery. During the 1930's, Ingram devoted his major efforts to developing a diabetic clinic and to establishing research at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. On 22 December 1936, he married Dorothy E. King. During the Second World War, he served in the capacity of a lieutenant-Colonel, mainly commanding the Medical Division of various Australian General Hospitals. From 1948 to 1974, he was the Chairman of the Hospital Board of Studies, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. Ingram died on 25 November, 1982

Series 01: Papers regarding Army Service, 18 May 1912-29 August 1944, together with related papers, ca. 25 September 1944-17 October 1972
Box 1 (formerly Boxes 1 and 2)
Items 1-1A
Includes a copy of the signature of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill on a certificate of merit, 1 March 1919

Series 02: Testimonials, 9 March 1925-16 June 1937, together with a resume of life, ca. 1958
Item 2
Includes testimonial by Sir Douglas Mawson, 8 September 1931

Series 03: Correspondence, 1 July 1932-3 March 1981
Item 3
a. General correspondence, 22 July 1935-3 March 1981. Includes reference to the Bermagui Progress Association, 12 April 1947

Items 4-8
b. Correspondence regarding medical career, 1 July 1932-9 March 1976, arranged in alphabetical order

Series 04: Papers, 9 July 1929-5 December 1934, regarding British-Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931, together with related papers, ca. 1931-5 December 1934
Item 1
a. Correspondence, 9 July 1929-5 December 1934

Item 2
b. Letters received from Sir Douglas Mawson, ca. 19 July 1929-5 December 1934

Items 3-4
c. Diary ca. 13 October-28 December 1929, 22 November-2 December 1930, kept while on board S.Y. Discovery. Includes references to Stuart Alexander Caird Campbell, 1929-1930 and Sir Douglas Mawson, 1929-1930

Item 5
d. 'Medical Log S.Y. Discovery', 17 November 1930-18 March 1931. Includes references to Stuart Alexander Caird Campbell, 1930-1931 and Sir Douglas Mawson, 1930-1931

Items 6-7
e. Stores and supplies inventories, ca. 1931. Being a notebook regarding stores, ca. 1931, and loose sheets, ca. 1931, mainly listing medical stores

f. Related papers, ca. 1931-ca. 1934, being narrative accounts and addresses about the Expedition, ca. 1931-ca. 1934, together with related notes, n.d.
Items 8-15
i. Narrative accounts and addresses by William Wilson Ingram, ca. 1931-ca. 1934, including one entitled 'The Mawson Expeditions to the Antarctic in 1929-1930 x in 1930-31', being both the manuscript and published version

Items 16-18
ii. Unidentified narrative accounts and addresses, n.d, including one address, Item 16, which is possibly by Thomas Harvey Johnston

Items 19-22
g. Miscellaneous material, ca. 1929-ca. 1931

Series 05: Papers regarding the Antarctic Club - Australian Branch, 1938-20 June 1982
Box 2 (formerly Folder 3 and Box 4)
Items 1-3

Series 06: Articles, ca. 1928-ca. 1949, together with related papers
Items 1-4
a. Antarctic writings, ca. 1931-ca. 1948

Items 5-9
b. Medical writings, ca. 1928-ca. 1949
Includes papers written in collaboration with George Vincent Rudd, 1928-1932, P.E. Walton Smith, 1930, and Anthony Musgrave, 1933, and includes a folder entitled 'Dengue fever', with a letter by Beatrice Durie, 1 December 1941

Series 07: Certificates, 17 May 1907-27 September 1955
Folder 3 (formerly Portfolio 5)
Items 1-12
Includes certificates of qualification

Series 08: Miscellaneous material, 1923-1979
Box 4 (formerly Boxes 6-7 and Folder 8)
Includes printed material by Sir Douglas Mawson, 1928-1935, Stuart Alexander Caird Campbell, 1931 and a report by L. C. Hill on the Ellsworth Antarctic Relief Expedition, 1936

Series 09: Associated papers, 6 December 1982
Being an address given by Ian Roger Vanderfield at the memorial service of William Wilson Ingram held in the Royal North Shore Hospital Chapel, Sydney, on 6 December 1982

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-707C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

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