183 - Unsuccessful Applications for Chairs and Other Positions - Guide to the University of Adelaide Archives

Series 183 - Unsuccessful Applications for Chairs and Other Positions

Date Range	1882 - 1990
Quantity	833 cm, 49 boxes
Provenance	Registrar's Office
Description	The records consist of individual applications, accumulated envelopes and bundles. To 1909, a number of positions other than Chairs are included - eg Librarian, Registrar, Accountant. 1953-73 comprises one sequences of files numbered 1-1153: from 1972-78 a separate sequence, 10-451. This is followed by a chronological sequence 1978-1990.
Arranged	Chronological and by Position/Number
Access	Partially closed
Related Series
Related	169 Registrar's Department Correspondence 1872 - 1923 33 University Council Correspondence Files [Dockets] 1877 - 1878

Inventory Listing

•	Hughes Professorship of English Literature Folder 1 - Information for applicants, correspondence with Vice-Chancellor Prof William Roby Fletcher and printed schedule of applicants. Folder 2 - Correspondence and testimonials for successful applicant Edward Vaughan Boulger, Ireland Folder 3 - Correspondence with applicant Richard Colonna-Close, Sydney Folder 4 - Correspondence with applicant Jeremiah Dwyer, Melbourne Folder 5 - Correspondence with applicant J W Leary, Ballarat Folder 6 - Correspondence with applicant Rev William Mattthew, Sandhurst Folder 7 - Correspondence with applicant Rev Peter Mercer, Melbourne Folder 8 - Correspondence and testimonials of applicant Edward Ellis Morris, Melbourne Folder 9 - Correspondence with applicant James Murdoch, Queensland Folder 10 - Correspondence with applicant T J Smith, Melbourne Folder 11 - Correspondence with applicant George Sutherland, Adelaide Date Range 1882 Quantity 5 cm, 11 folders Inventory Identifier 018300001 Box Number 1 Series 183
•	Schedule of Applicants for Office of Registrar Printed schedule includes details of qualifications and other notes. The 58 applicants included: Wiliam John Anderson, Queensland Lewis Badham, Sydney J La Trobe Bagley, Victoria Benjamin Boothby, Adelaide G J Shirreff Bowyear, Adelaide Edward Ernest Brice, Sydney Henry Bloomfield Brown, Melbourne Richard George Burke, Victoria Herbert Day Church, Melbourne Frederick Albert Coghlan, Sydney Charles H Compton, Adelaide Henry Ashley Cooper, Ballarat Walker Worthington Criddle, Melbourne James N Dalton, Sydney J F Daniell, Melbourne James T Deeble, Jamestown John Dixon, Adelaide Robert Campbell Earl, Adelaide Henry Edelmann, Sydney Francis William Fabris, Sydney Alfred Leslie Giles, Sydney J R Y Goldstein, Melbourne Lorimer C Harcus, NSW John Harry Haydon, Melbourne Robert E Hayes, Melbourne Charles Hean, Sydney Alfred H Highton, Adelaide Richard Hindley, Adelaide Thomas Paul Johnston. Melbourne Joshua Lake, Melbourne Frederick Mackie, Albury Joseph William Mackman, Wallaroo John Wilson Martin, Sydney Herbert W C Michell, NSW Cornelius Butler Mitchell, Adelaide James John Mortlock, Sydney L Herbert Noyes, Melbourne Ormond O'Brien, Brisbane Thomas Parker, Adelaide Edward Henry Power, Melbourne Captain H E W Preston, Sydney George William Ratten, Victoria Charles Henry Rendall, Melbourne F H Rennick, Adelaide M George Rigden, Sydney John Hartley Roberts, Victoria Thomas U Scrutton, Port Pirie John C Shepherdson, Mount Gambier William Simpson, NSW Douglas B W Slader, Melbourne Francis Edwin Smith, Victoria A E Spooner, Queensland Edward J Steane, Victoria Alexander J Sutherland, Melbourne A Lloyd Thomas, Sydney W H Tietkens, Adelaide John Walter Tyas, Adelaide (successful applicant) Robert Whibley, Sydney Date Range 1882 Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier 018300002 Box Number 1 Series 183
•	Correspondence and List of Candidates for Law Lectureship Printed schedule includes details of qualifications and other notes. The 4 applicants included: William James Anderson, Queensland S B Backhouse, Victoria J J Stuckey, Adelaide Aretas Young, Adelaide Date Range 1883 Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier 018300003 Box Number 1 Series 183
•	List of Candidates for Angas Professorship of Chemistry Printed schedule includes details of qualifications and other notes. The 9 applicants included: Ralph Waldo Emerson MacIvor, Sydney Edward H Rennie, Sydney (successful applicant) Alfred Mica Smith, Ballarat William Sutherland, Melbourne John McKillop, Brisbane W J Clunie Ross, Hobart John Kruse, Melbourne Edwards Lloyd Marks, Victoria J Pepper, Brisbane Date Range 1884 Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier 018300004 Box Number 1 Series 183
•	Correspondence and Statute relating to the Professor of Anatomy Letter from Agent General, Arthur Blyth with a copy of the advertisement for the Professor of Anatomy and Statute. Date Range 1884 Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier 018300005 Box Number 1 Series 183
•	List of Candidates and Applications for Evening Lectureship in Latin Handwritten list includes details of qualifications and other notes. The 12 applicants included: D J Byard, North Adelaide William Powell Lee, Port Adelaide J Lindsay Leary, Adelaide J W Haacke, Port Vincent John Thomas Smyth, Norwood Arthur Inkersley, Adelaide Rev Richard T Matthews, North Adelaide Samuel Churchward, Adelaide A H Champion, Kent Town F Slaney Poole, Adelaide S Kelly, North Adelaide W A Jones, Adelaide Date Range 1885 Quantity 1 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier 018300006 Box Number 1 Series 183
•	List of Candidates for Law Lecturers Printed list includes details of qualifications and other notes. The 8 applicants included: J R Anderson, Adelaide - see docket 1887/482 for application E Mayhew Brissenden, Sydney - see docket 1887/491 William Portus Cullen, Sydney - see docket 1887/515 Alfred Gill, Adelaide - see docket 1887/492 Thomas Hewitson, Adelaide - see docket 1887/496 Frederick William Pennefather, New Zealand - see dockets 1887/433 & 1887/451 R W Smith, Melbourne - see docket 1887/490 J G Sprigg, Melbourne - see docket 1887/474 Date Range 1887 Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier 018300007 Box Number 1 Series 183
•	List of Candidates for Medical Lecturers Handwritten list includes details of qualifications and other notes. The 11 applicants included: John Davies Thomas, Adelaide Joseph C Verco, North Adelaide Edward Willis Way, Adelaide H Eustace Astles, Adelaide William Gardner, Adelaide Alfred Austin Lendon, North Adelaide W I Hayward Benjamin Poulton Charles E Todd, Adelaide W Austey Giles, Adelaide Mark J Symons, Adelaide (also booklet containing testimonials) Date Range 1887 Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier 018300008 Box Number 1 Series 183
•	Hughes Professorship of English Language and Literature and mental and Moral Philosophy Folder 1 - Correspondence relating to the appointment, including letters to and from the Agent General. Also newscuttings and a rough list of candidates. Folder 2 - Letters of enquiry and application received by the Agent General from: John St Clair, Putney Hill, UK T A Archer, Oxford, UK R Warwick Bond, Yeovil, UK Joseph Brough, Newcastle, Staffordshire, UK H Caldicott, Cambridge, UK M Church, Middlesborough, UK J N Dempsey, Dublin J M Dixon, Tokyo Richard Hippisley Domenichetti, Norwich, UK (also booklet of testimonials) Alexander Richard Eagar, Cornwall, UK William T Downer, Kent, UK P C Durward, Edinburgh Oliver Elton, UK Charles Ford, Norfolk, UK W A Gill, Germany R M King, Dublin Rev Dr Lightfoot, Todmorden, UK Robert Lomas, Liverpool, UK M J McCarthy, Dublin John S Mackenzie, Glasgow E W Moore, Leeds, UK A A Irwin Nesbitt, Exeter, UK Alfred Pullin, Glasgow W Douglass Reid, Kent, UK William H Rhodes, Manchester, UK T W Rolleston, Wicklow, UK W H Sharp, Midlothian, UK H Arthur Smith, UK F Ryland, Putney, UK G F Stout, Cambridge, UK G Lyon Turner, Keswick, UK R M Wenley, Glasgow George H Wheeler, Belfast J G Robertson, Dublin - forwarding testimonials for his son in Melbourne G W Heneman (?), Kensington, UK C Stewart, West Brompton, UK T Ward, Peterborough, UK Date Range 1888 Quantity 3 cm, 2 folders Inventory Identifier 018300009 Box Number 1 Series 183
•	Applications and List of Candidates for Assistant Lecturer on Mathematics and Physics Printed list includes details of qualifications and other notes. The 6 applicants included: R W Chapman, Melbourne R Beauchamp Clayton, Melbourne - see also docket 1888/1 Rev R T Matthews, Adelaide Samuel Patterson, Tasmania Cecil J Sharp, Adelaide Joseph J Stuckey - see also docket 1888/20 Date Range 1888 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier 018300010 Box Number 1 Series 183

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