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The University of Melbourne Archives

Contact Details
Street Address
Archives and Special Collections Reading Room, 3rd floor, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic 3010
Postal Address

As above

Phone
(03) 8344-6848, (03) 8344-9893
Fax
(03) 9347-8627
Email
archives@archives.unimelb.edu.au
Website
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/archives/
Archive Information
Officer in Charge
University Archivist
Hours & Facilities

Open Mon - Fri: 9.30 - 5.30, except for Wed: 9.30 - 7.30. General reference assistance available. General copying services available.

Access

Researchers are first required to register with the Archives and state the purpose of their research. Advance notice of visit required (at least 24 hours). Permission must be sought for access to Central University records that are less than 25 years old. Otherwise access conditions vary from one collection to another.

Acquisition Focus

University: Official records of governance and administration, faculties, departments and societies; personal papers of University administrators and academics.
Business: records of (mainly) Victorian organisations and papers of related individuals.
Labour and other non-business bodies: records of trade unions, professional associations, community organisations, women's organisations, social welfare associations, literary collections; papers of individuals associated with these organisations.

Quantity
12,712 m (ACA Australian Archival Statistics, 1998)
Major Holdings
  • University of Melbourne: Many series and types 1853-1980.
  • Victorian Trades Hall Council: Minutes, correspondence etc 1857-1988.
  • Stock Exchange of Melbourne: Company files 1870-1994.
  • Broken Hill Association Smelters: Minutes, correspondence 1889-1980.
  • Bates, Smart and McCutcheon: Drawings, technical reports, job files 1862-1956.
  • CRA Ltd: Minutes, correspondence, technical reports etc 1887-1994.
  • Blake & Riggall: Solicitors client files 1829-1962.
  • Broken Hill South Ltd: Minutes, correspondence, technical reports 1876-1980.
  • Bright Family: Deeds, correspondence, accounts late C16th-1951.
  • Graham Brothers and Co.: Correspondence, legal, accounts 1839-1985.
  • Liberal Party (Victorian Division): Minutes, Electorate.
  • Communist Party of Australia, Victorian Branch: Minutes, correspondence, publications, 1930s-1980s, publications and ephemera only pre 1960s.
Guides
  • University of Melbourne Archives, Guide to Collections Melbourne, 1983.
  • Forell, Andrew and McCubbin, Maryanne, The Records of the Victorian Trades Hall Council First Accession (1857-1988), List and Indexes 2 Vols., Melbourne, 1989.
  • Entries in National Library of Australia 's RAAM database.
References
  • Reeves, A P, 'The Archives Department of the University of Melbourne', Labour History 43 (1982).
  • Lee, J M, 'New South Wales Labour Records Held at Melbourne University Archives' Hummer 2 (1985).
  • Richmond, J M, 'Oral History Resources in the Melbourne University Archives' Rewind 5 (May, 1985).
  • McCubbin, M, 'Women in the Paid Workforce Sources - Available at the Melbourne University Archives', Lilith 6 (Spring 1989): 109-116.
  • UMA Bulletin, vols 1-9 (1997-2001)
Last Updated
8 June 2005