Sir George Paton, 1933 - 1962

Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Activity: Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Date Range: 1968–1979
Quantity: 10 cm.
Description: File relating to his trusteeship in the estate of Mrs. May Ina (Norman) Macgeorge, July 1968-October 1979, containing statements of accounts and correspondence from the Perpetual Executors and Trustees Association of Australia Ltd., and documents concerning the provision of an University Art Gallery Fund with $10,000 from the Estate in 1975 (Regulation 7.102). File relating to the Association of Commonwealth Universities 10th Congress, Sydney, August 1968. Regional Committee minutes, etc.
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Accession Number: 86 / 5
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Accession Number: 86/5
Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Sex: Male
Group:
University
individuals
Activity:
Academics - Law
Vice-chancellors
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Historical Note: Sir George Paton was appointed a trustee under the Will of May Ina Macgeorge, widow of the artist Norman Macgeorge, who had died on 2 September 1952. Her husband having bequeathed his property at 25 Riverside Road, Ivanhoe, with furnishings, books etc. to the Uioversity subject to his wife's right to live there during her lifetime Mrs. Macgeorge also left the residue of her estate to the University. The desire had been expressed in his lifetime that the property should be used for the benefit of Arts students "with special emphasis on those studying Fine Arts, Literature, History of Philosophy" and "for the postgraduate in all the arts"... (Reg. 7.98, "The Macgeorge Bequest"
Earliest Date: 1968
Latest Date: 1979
Access: Restricted
Quantity: 10 cm.
Description: File relating to his trusteeship in the estate of Mrs. May Ina (Norman) Macgeorge, July 1968–October 1979, containing statements of accounts and correspondence from the Perpetual Executors and Trustees Association of Australia Ltd., and documents concerning the provision of an University Art Gallery Fund with $10,000 from the Estate in 1975 (Regulation 7.102). File relating to the Association of Commonwealth Universities 10th Congress, Sydney, August 1968. Regional Committee minutes, etc.
Persons:
Macgeorge, Norman
Macgeorge, May Ina
Organisations:
Perpetual Executors and Trustees Association of Australia Ltd.
Association of Commonwealth Universities
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Subjects:
Macgeorge Bequest
Univ. Art Gallery Fund
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Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Activity: Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Date Range: 1968 to 1982
Quantity: 12 cm.
Description: Charles Strong (Australian Church) Memorial Trust. Minutes of Advisory and Executive Committee and Council October 1968 to August 1982. Included is a photocopied typescript : "A Brief History of the Charles Strong (Australian Church) Memorial Trust", 1981.
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Accession Number: 89 / 42
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Accession Number: 89/42
Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Sex: Male
Group:
University
individuals
Activity:
Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
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Historical Note: G.W. Paton was a graduate of Scotch College, the University of Melbourne and Magdalen College, Oxford from 1926 to 1929. In the following year he became Barrister-at-Law and lectured in Law at the London School of Economics. He was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1951 when he was appointed Vice- Chancellor. Sir George chaired the Federal Government's Royal Commission on Television 1953 to 1954, the Olympic Games Fine Arts Committee 1953 to 1957, and the National Library Enquiry Committee in 1956. He retired as Vice-Chancellor in 1968 and died in 1985.
Earliest Date: 1962
Latest Date: 1982
Access: Open
Quantity: 12 cm.
Description: Charles Strong (Australian Church) Memorial Trust. Minutes of Advisory and Executive Committee and Council October 1968 to August 1982. Included is a photocopied typescript : "A Brief History of the Charles Strong (Australian Church) Memorial Trust", 1981.
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Organisations:
Charles Strong Memorial Trust
Places:
Melbourne
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Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Activity: Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Date Range: 1936–1973
Quantity: 36 cm.
Description: Files: "Criminology", including Sir John Barry Memorial Fund Committee 1967-1973; "Melbourne College of Divinity Act Amendments"; "Lend Lease (Fulbright Scholarships beginning of") (Paton's survey of the operation of Lend Lease for the Commonwealth Treasury) 1943; "10th Commonwealth Universities Congress, Sydney 1968"; Royal Commission on T.V. 1953. Transcript. Photographs: Association of Commonwealth Universities Conference, Pakistan, Dec. 1956 (Album); 12 of University Grounds c. 1945; Wilson Hall; Beaurepaire Centre. Booklet by Leonhard Adam.
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Accession Number: 86 / 4
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Accession Number: 86/4
Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Sex: Male
Group:
University
individuals
Activity:
Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Location:
Historical Note: G.W. Paton was a graduate of Scotch College, the University of Melbourne and Magdalen College, Oxford from 1926 to 1929. In the following year he became Barrister-at-Law and lectured in Law at the London School of Economics. He was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1951 when he was appointed Vice- Chancellor. Sir George chaired the Federal Government's Royal Commission on Television 1953 to 1954, the Olympic Games Fine Arts Committee 1953 to 1957, and the National Library Enquiry Committee in 1956. He retired as Vice-Chancellor in 1968 and died in 1985.
Earliest Date: 1936
Latest Date: 1973
Access: Open
Quantity: 36 cm.
Description: Files: "Criminology", including Sir John Barry Memorial Fund Committee 1967-1973; "Melbourne College of Divinity Act Amendments"; "Lend Lease (Fulbright Scholarships beginning of") (Paton's survey of the operation of Lend Lease for the Commonwealth Treasury) 1943; "10th Commonwealth Universities Congress, Sydney 1968"; Royal Commission on T.V. 1953. Transcript. Photographs: Association of Commonwealth Universities Conference, Pakistan, Dec. 1956 (Album); 12 of University Grounds c. 1945; Wilson Hall; Beaurepaire Centre. Booklet by Leonhard Adam.
Persons:
Adam, Leonhard
Organisations:
Barry (Sir John) Memorial Lecture Committee
Melbourne College of Divinity
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Places:
Pakistan
Manyung
Subjects:
Television Scholarships, Fulbright
Listed: Not applicable
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Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Activity: Art galleries
Date Range: 1974–1982
Quantity: 8 lever-arch files (now reduced to boxes)
Description: Reports to Visual Arts Board, Australia, comprising summaries of exhibitions, performances, symposiums, publications etc., followed by catalogues, reviews etc. for each exhibition. Photographs. 1974 (2 folders), 1975 (2 folders), 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982.
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Accession Number: 91 / 7
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Accession Number: 91/7
Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
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Group:
University
official
Activity:
Art galleries
Location:
Melbourne
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Earliest Date: 1974
Latest Date: 1982
Access: Restricted
Quantity: 8 lever-arch files (now reduced to boxes)
Description: Reports to Visual Arts Board, Australia, comprising summaries of exhibitions, performances, symposiums, publications etc., followed by catalogues, reviews etc. for each exhibition. Photographs. 1974 (2 folders), 1975 (2 folders), 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982.
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Organisations:
University of Melbourne Student Union
Places:
Melbourne
Subjects:
Art
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Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Activity: Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Date Range: 1951–1953
Quantity: 1.1 metres (9 boxes)
Description: Letters to Paton from people willing or unable to attend discussion, with comments on the subject of enquiry; Paton's letters to R.G. Menzies sending his personal view and other letters; minutes of meetings February 1953 - November 1953; transcripts of evidence March 1953 - May 1953; Exhibits (written submissions considered at sittings); lines of enquiry for the Commission, report and arrangements for sittings, accommodation etc. February - August 1953; drafts of report, May 1953 - January 1954; sources of information used: articles and sheets of facts on T.V.; bibliographies; newspaper cuttings; rough notes.
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Accession Number: 66 / 4
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Accession Number: 66/4
Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Sex: Male
Group:
University
individuals
Activity:
Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Location:
Historical Note: G.W. Paton was a graduate of Scotch College, the University of Melbourne and Magdalen College, Oxford from 1926 to 1929. In the following year he became Barrister-at-Law and lectured in Law at the London School of Economics. He was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1951 when he was appointed Vice- Chancellor. Sir George chaired the Federal Government's Royal Commission on Television 1953 to 1954, the Olympic Games Fine Arts Committee 1953 to 1957, and the National Library Enquiry Committee in 1956. He retired as Vice-Chancellor in 1968 and died in 1985. The Royal Commission on Television, to which Sir George was appointed chairman in February 1953, consisted of C.B. Bednall, Mrs. Maud Foxton, R.G. Osborne, R.C. Wilson and N.S. Young. Its object was to enable Australia to profit from the experience of other countries in introducing and controlling television. The enquiry considered the numbers of national and commercial channels to be established, the economics involved and standards to be observed.
Earliest Date: 1951
Latest Date: 1953
Access: Open
Quantity: 1.1 metres (9 boxes)
Description: Letters to Paton from people willing or unable to attend discussion, with comments on the subject of enquiry; Paton's letters to R.G. Menzies sending his personal view and other letters; minutes of meetings February 1953 - November 1953; transcripts of evidence March 1953 - May 1953; Exhibits (written submissions considered at sittings); lines of enquiry for the Commission, report and arrangements for sittings, accommodation etc. February - August 1953; drafts of report, May 1953 - January 1954; sources of information used: articles and sheets of facts on T.V.; bibliographies; newspaper cuttings; rough notes.
Persons:
Rosenthal, Newman
Boyer, Richard
Falk, Barbara
Moses, Charles
Prest, Prof. Wilfrid
Wadham, Prof. Samuel
Fabinyi, A.
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Subjects:
Television
Listed: Yes listed
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Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Activity: Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Date Range: 1951–1963
Quantity: 84 cm. (7 Archives Boxes)
Description: Papers relating to the organization of the Olympic Games, October 1951 – March 1957, and to the Olympic Games Fine Arts Committee, December 1953 - June 1957. The Australian Universities Commission: questionnaire to Affiliated Colleges, 1959; Submission and J.S. Roger's comments, 1959; student enrolments by Faculty and Subject, 1958; data papers for Professorial Board Standing Education Committee; Copies of submissions on staff salaries to the A.U. C. Committee on University Salaries, draft report, etc., 1960-1961. The Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee: Report of conference on University Education held at the University of Melbourne, July 1960, submitted to Paton by S.B. Hammond, Editorial Committee. 1960. The Committee for the development of Tertiary Education: agenda, submissions, comments, papers presented etc. Includes items relating to the discussion of a third University in Victoria. 1961-1962. The State Library of Victoria. Terms of Enquiry, minutes of meeting of Trustees April 1963 The Social Studies Department: Epilepsy - A study ..., made at the request of the Royal Talbot Colony for Epileptics, n.d.
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Accession Number: 68 / 1
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Accession Number: 68/1
Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Sex: Male
Group:
University
individuals
Activity:
Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Location:
Historical Note: Sir George Paton was educated at Scotch College and at the Universities of Melbourne and Oxford. He lectured for a year at the London School of Economics before being appointed Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Melbourne in 1931. Having been also Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1943, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor in 1951. He retired in 1968. Sir George chaired the Olympic Games Fine Arts Committee from 1953 until 1957.
Earliest Date: 1951
Latest Date: 1963
Access: Open
Quantity: 84 cm. (7 Archives Boxes)
Description: Papers relating to the organization of the Olympic Games, October 1951 - March 1957, and to the Olympic Games Fine Arts Committee, December 1953 - June 1957. The Australian Universities Commission: questionnaire to Affiliated Colleges, 1959; Submission and J.S. Roger's comments, 1959; student enrolments by Faculty and Subject, 1958; data papers for Professorial Board Standing Education Committee; Copies of submissions on staff salaries to the A.U. C. Committee on University Salaries, draft report, etc., 1960-1961. The Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee: Report of conference on University Education held at the University of Melbourne, July 1960, submitted to Paton by S.B. Hammond, Editorial Committee. 1960. The Committee for the development of Tertiary Education: agenda, submissions, comments, papers presented etc. Includes items relating to the discussion of a third University in Victoria. 1961-1962. The State Library of Victoria. Terms of Enquiry, minutes of meeting of Trustees April 1963 The Social Studies Department: Epilepsy - A study ..., made at the request of the Royal Talbot Colony for Epileptics, n.d.
Persons:
Dexter D.
Rogers, J.C.
Hammond, S.B.
Organisations:
Australian Universities Commission
Olympic Games Committee
State Library of Victoria
Committee for the Development of Tertiary Education
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Subjects:
Education, University Sport
Listed: Yes listed
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Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Activity: Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Date Range: 1941–1957
Quantity: 12 cm (1 box)
Description: Letters concernng Paton's appointment as Chairman of the National Library Inquiry Committee, submissions by interested parties including the Commonwealth Archives Committee, H.L. White (National Librarian), John Metcalfe (Public Library of N.S.W.) and related correspondence, comments and notes; final report. Included are items for background from 1941: J. Metcalfe's paper, "Co-operation between State Public Libraries and Government Departments, 1941; brief outline on the history, government, functions etc. prepared for the Library Committee, 1951; article on the Commonwealth National Library by H.L.White, and a memorandum from J. Metcalfe concerning a dispute with White over spheres of collecting, 1953; notes for discussion with Sir John Latham, draft minutes of a meeting of the General Council at the P.L.V., June 1954; etc.
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Accession Number: 69 / 2
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Accession Number: 69/2
Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Sex: Male
Group:
University
individuals
Activity:
Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
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Historical Note: G.W. Paton was educated at Scotch College and at the Universities of Melbourne and Oxford. He lectured for a year at the London School of Economics before being appointed Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Melbourne in 1931. Having been also Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1943, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor in 1951. He retired in 1968. In 1956 the Federal Government established a committee, chaired by Paton, "to examine the whole question of control of the National Library and its functions" and advise on possible changes, the central problem being that the National Library was controlled by a Parliamentary committee but performed many services unconnected with Parliament, while financial responsibility for it lay with the Prime Minister's Department. The chief result following the presentation of the Committee's Report was the separation of the National Library from the Parliamentary Library and the establishment of a separate Archival Authority (this authority having been vested in the Library from 1952) over the Commonwealth's Archives.
Earliest Date: 1941
Latest Date: 1957
Access: Open
Quantity: 12 cm (1 box)
Description: Letters concernng Paton's appointment as Chairman of the National Library Inquiry Committee, submissions by interested parties including the Commonwealth Archives Committee, H.L. White (National Librarian), John Metcalfe (Public Library of N.S.W.) and related correspondence, comments and notes; final report. Included are items for background from 1941: J. Metcalfe's paper, "Co-operation between State Public Libraries and Government Departments, 1941; brief outline on the history, government, functions etc. prepared for the Library Committee, 1951; article on the Commonwealth National Library by H.L.White, and a memorandum from J. Metcalfe concerning a dispute with White over spheres of collecting, 1953; notes for discussion with Sir John Latham, draft minutes of a meeting of the General Council at the P.L.V., June 1954; etc.
Persons:
White, H.L.
Metcalfe, John
Organisations:
National Library of Australia
National Archives of Australia
Places:
Canberra
Subjects:
Libraries, Public
Archives
Listed: Yes listed
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Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Activity: Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Date Range: 1966 to 1966
Quantity: 1 cm
Description: Folder labelled "University of Melbourne", containing question- aire relating to Medical Teaching Hospitals for 1967-69 Triennium. Melbourne February 1966. Contains, apart from information concerning courses, facilities, requests for grants from the hospitals, photographs of proposed new Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, with plan. At front of folder, notes by Sir George Paton (is appears to be his handwriting) on the hospitals with "doodles".
Listed: Not applicable
Accession Number: 89 / 32
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Accession Number: 89/32
Name: PATON, GEORGE WHITECROSS, SIR (1902–1985)
Sex: Male
Group:
University
official
Activity:
Academics - Law Vice-chancellors
Location:
Historical Note: G.W. Paton was a graduate of Scotch College, the University of Melbourne and Magdalen College, Oxford from 1926 to 1929. In the following year he became Barrister-at-Law and lectured in Law at the London School of Economics. He was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1951 when he was appointed Vice- Chancellor. Sir George chaired the Federal Government's Royal Commission on Television 1953 to 1954, the Olympic Games Fine Arts Committee 1953 to 1957, and the National Library Enquiry Committee in 1956. He retired as Vice-Chancellor in 1968 and died in 1985.
Earliest Date: 1966
Latest Date: 1966
Access: Open
Quantity: 1 cm
Description: Folder labelled "University of Melbourne", containing question- aire relating to Medical Teaching Hospitals for 1967-69 Triennium. Melbourne February 1966. Contains, apart from information concerning courses, facilities, requests for grants from the hospitals, photographs of proposed new Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, with plan. At front of folder, notes by Sir George Paton (is appears to be his handwriting) on the hospitals with "doodles".
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