Records of Sir Harry Brookes Allen

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This paper-based collection (1868-1923) relating to Sir Harry Brookes Allen, pathologist and anatomist, includes: letters from the University of Melbourne concerning employment; Allen's letters to The Age concerning claim to be paid for work as demonstrator; letters to the Premier's Office regarding a commission to enquire into the sanitary condition of Melbourne and suburbs with progress and final reports (1882-1889); letters concerning Allen's trip to Europe (1890), University business including the Dickson fraud (1897-1904), Allen's trip to the U.K. and Europe (1912), the foundation of the Medical School in Brisbane (1914), and personal letters to Allen, including letters from Sir James Paget, London (1891-1898). It also includes: school reports from the Church of England Grammar School (1869); notes from Professor McCoy's Comparative Anatomy, Vertibrata (1872) and general anatomy notes (1873); certificates for attendance at the Melbourne Hospital and for registration; testimonials supporting appointments from E. James, S.D. Bird, G.B. Halford, T.N. Fitzgerald, James Robertson etc. (1882); licences to practice; programmes for ceremonies at which Allen received an honour; tributes to Allen on his retirement and death; invitations and programmes; a pencil drawing of the door of the old Wilson Hall by daughter, Mary Cecil Allen. 4 archive boxes (0.48 linear shelf metres).