Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1884-1930)
Papers c1902-1990
MSS 574.19 R65pa
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Series 6 : Biographical
The M.S.S. Review [Medical Students Review], 63rd year no. 1 (May 1951) containing papers from a symposium on the life of Robertson by J.W.R. [=Jane Winifred Robertson], H.R. Marston, O.W. Tiegs, S.W. Pennycuick, and Professors J.B. Cleland, M.L. Mitchell and J.H.G. Lugg. 2 copies
‘Professor Thornburn Brailsford Robertson (1884-1930): reflections by W.H. Bagot' Adelaide University Graduates Union Gazette v. 2 no. 10 (December 1959) 2 copies
Everitt, A.V. ‘The work of Brailsford Robertson, a pioneer experimental gerontologist' reprint, Gerontologia v. 4 no. 1 (1960)
‘The spirit of man: Professor T. Brailsford Robertson' / Colin Ballantyne (Typescript, 4 p.) Transcript of a broadcast 1965(?) relating his memories of working as a laboratory assistant under Robertson in the Darling Building from the age of 17 for 3 years
‘Two letters of William Sutherland to T. Brailsford Robertson: ideas on the electrical conductivity of proteins' / H.C. Bolton and B.A.W. Coller. Reprint, Historical Records of Australian Science v. 9 no. 4 (December 1993) 2 copies
Typescript copy of ‘Reminiscences of my life by Joseph Robertson' addressed to ‘My dear grandson' [= Brailsford Robertson?] written in London in 1894. Joseph Robertson, one time member of the Town Council of Hamilton' relates the political and social changes over his lifetime including agriculture, schools and school life, travelling and means of conveyance, The Post Office, and slavery over the last three quarters of the 19th century.
Captions for a Barr Smith Library exhibition on Robertson for History Festival 2012, with various photocopies and printouts collected as source materials.
