Origins Newsletter 

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The Archives publishes a newsletter, Origins, which includes an annual listing of accessions. Past issues of Origins can be downloaded here in pdf format. 

UNSW Archives Publications 

From time to time the Archives also publishes material from its Oral History Program. These publications have been made possible by generous funding from the U Committee. 
 
Publications include interviews with scientists and technologists as well as a former UNSW chancellor and vice-chancellors. They examine their life before UNSW, their academic career, major research projects and academic life in general. Also explored are parts of the Australian way of life like the volunteer ethic, group organisation, charity fund-raising, the uses of leisure, unpaid labour and worthwhile causes. 
 
Some publications are out of print and can only be used in the Archives' Reading Room; others are available for purchase by contacting the Archives

UNSW Governance Series 

  • John Philip Baxter: Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales 1955-1969 (an interview conducted by L Dillon and edited by Linda J Bowman) UNSW Archives 1987 (35pp. Softcover. Out of print. Available in the Archives' Reading Room) 
  • Not an Ivory Tower: the making of an Australian vice- chancellor. Based on interviews with Michael and Jenny Birt (Compiled and introduced by Julia Horne) UNSW Archives 1997 (150pp, 32 ill. Softcover. Available from the Archives) 
  • Rupert Horace Myers: Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales 1969-81 (An interview conducted by Sue Knights and edited by Linda Bowman and Victoria Barker) UNSW Archives 1990 (128pp, 35 ill. Softcover. Available from the Archives) 
  • Gordon Samuels Looking Back - A University Chancellor Reflects by Roderic Campbell (from an interview by Julia Horne) UNSW Archives 2005 (160pp, 22 ill. Softcover. Available from the UNSW Bookshop

Science and Technology 

  • Phyllis Margaret Rountree: Honorary Research Associate in the School of Microbiology (an interview conducted by Kerry Gordon and edited by Victoria Barker) UNSW Archives 1991. (48pp, 8 ill. Softcover. Out of print. Available in the Archives' Reading Room) 
  • Josef Lederer: Optometry in the University of New South Wales 1951-1981 (An interview conducted by Sue Knights and edited by Linda Bowman) UNSW Archives 1987. (44pp. Softcover. Available from the Archives) 

Fundraising and the Arts 

  • Unique Providers: Money raising and the University of New South Wales U Committee 1963-1993 by Louella McCarthy and Julia Horne, UNSW Archives, 1994. (96pp, 71 ill. Softcover. Available from the Archives) 
  • Fugitive Books: The U Committee's Book Fair 1968-2012 & Women's Voluntary Work at UNSW by Roderic Campbell, UNSW Archives, 2014. (189pp, 64ill. Softcover. Available from the UNSW Bookshop

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