MON645: Personal papers and Monash memorabilia

Material collected by Louis Matheson during his time as Vice-Chancellor of Monash University. The collection documents the foundation of the university and all aspects of life on the Clayton campus between 1959 and1976. The majority of the collection was transferred to the Archives during 1986 and most items are arranged chronologically by accession. Only two items include material inserted subsequent to Dr Matheson's retirement. The collection includes memos; press cuttings; invitations; photographs and slides; programs for opening ceremonies, Open Days and for events staged at Robert Blackwood Hall; and student and faculty publications. Correspondence and reports related to Dr Matheson's appointment and the establishment of the university, are also included. Many of the items are in the form of scrapbooks and contain collections of cuttings, photographs and handwritten notes in chronological order. Similar material related to functions attended outside the university is also included within the series, eg. commemoration services for John Monash, and State occasions. A tape recording and transcript of conversations at the time of his retirement, between Dr Matheson and Information Officer Keith Bennetts; and an invitation and program for a memorial service after his death in 2002, have been included with the collection. Tapes of discussions (2008/33) between Dr Matheson and Professors Scott, Legge, Cochrane, and Andrew; and J. D. Butchart, Stewart Broadhead and Keith Bennetts were forwarded to the library in 1976, and from there to the Archives in 2008.