Sir Douglas Robb papers.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence to and from Sir Douglas Robb; articles and speeches; some personal papers; secondary material and memorabilia. While the collection reflects Sir Douglas's wide-ranging interests in medicine, health reform, education and international relations, they represent only a part of his papers as most of the material dates from 1940 onwards.
As far as possible, the collection has been left in the order in which it was received. There are two major categories of material: The correspondence (series A) and the subject files (series B-K). From 1967, Sir Douglas Robb organised his letters alphabetically by correspondent, this order has been retained in Series A and all other general correspondence has been inter-filed into this alphabetical sequence. Correspondence found within the subject files has been arranged chronologically rather than alphabetically.
A small collection of Lady Helen Robb's correspondence is included with the papers (Series J).
Dates
- 1940 - 1974
Creator
- University of Auckland. Chancellor (Organization)
- Robb, George Douglas (Person)
- Robb, Helen (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Not restricted
Biographical / Historical
Sir Douglas Robb, 1899-1974, was an eminent Auckland surgeon, medical reformer, writer and Chancellor of the University of Auckland from 1962 to 1968.
Extent
3 metres (29 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Sir Douglas Robb's children, Mrs S. Coxhead, Mrs J. Buxton and Mr J. Robb in April 1980. Book with Auckland Grammar School bookplate awarded to Robb in 1916, held in General Glass Case, donated by Vice Chancellor's Office, 24 September 2010.
General
NRAM B954.
- Auckland University College -- General subdivision--History.;
- Medicine -- Study and teaching -- New Zealand -- Auckland
- University of Auckland -- General subdivision--History.;
- Title
- An inventory of the papers of Sir Douglas Robb, 1940-1974.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth MacFarlan
- Date
- 1980
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand
specialcollections@auckland.ac.nz