Biochemistry

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-; Preston, Gaylene Mary, 1947-; Courtney, Helen Kathleen, 1952-2020; McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949-

Reference: H-707-001/034

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. Sexual harassment in the work place; a time-line across history of the political, religious and sexual treatment of women; man gets blown-up into a balloon; running the home like a business; women are the stronger sex?; woman fights an armoured knight on a horse; Michelangelo sculpts a naked man with an exaggerated penis; Women's Liberation; persecution against homosexuals likened to that perpetrated by the Nazi regime and the medieval church; Lesbian Nation; media interviewer, Brian Edwards leads a TV programme on the Women's Movement; Muldoon drinks a glass of wine bottled to commemorate Women's Suffrage Day, Sept. 19; while the men discuss world revolution, a woman pour them tea; the double violation of rape victims by their attacker and then by the justice system; the female anatomy exposed to a room full of male doctors; church women protest against feminism challenging the family and traditional roles of women; justice for some, but not for women; the feminist backlash; pay equity; perhaps god is a man after all - three wishes; May I have my rights, please? apologetic feminism; justice not weighted equally for all; issues around sexual reproduction and the Royal Commission Report; women unite to resist the intrusion of the SIS (Special Intelligence Service); Muldoon's legacy to New Zealand women; sex roles reversed in the shearing shed; abortions; National Party tramples on New Zealand women; position of women in Iran; genital mutilation; the 1979 budget - what's in it for women; SPUC anti-abortion rally likened to a Ku Klux Klan rally with hoods and burning torches; the marriage trap; psychology and the oppression of women. Quantity: 34 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Walker, Susan, active 1990s; Fowlie, Karen, 1990s; Quillin, Viv, active 1980s-1990s; Chanwai-Earle, Lynda, 1965-; Seule, Juliet, active 1990s; Sorzano, Rigel, active 1990s; Rhonda, active 1990s; Chadwick, Rona, active 1990s; Hollander, Nicole, active 1990s; Fleming, Jacky, active 1990s; Horacek, active 1990s; Jackson, Cath, active 1990s; Vania, Rustam, active 1990s; Peterson, Nancy, active 1980-1990s; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-

Reference: H-709-001/033

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. National Women's Cervical Cancer inquiry, the value of women's experience in the work field when dealing with employers who are predominantly worried about a woman's period being heavy; questioning the relevance of Aids education information for lesbians; family discussion about orgasms; sexual harassment in the work place and the Employment Contracts Act; what are the options for a home-maker if her husband leaves her for another woman; ACC claims; men, women and housework; the stress of being too busy with activities and commitments; verbal abuse; siblings argue about being lesbian; 1993 - what women have to celebrate in Suffrage Year with Jenny Shipley and Ruth Richardson at the political helm; women can vote but thewy still remain disadvantaged in many areas; growing older; women respond to the Bobbitt Case (where a women cut off her partners penis); how lesbians can often feel inadequate when reading lesbian erotica books; being an independent, aggressive, adventurous girl doesn't win you many friends; men express themselves as women did in the 70's, but they're still slow to share their goodies with women; feminist collectives; never give up; 12 week campaign for maternity leave; seeking to silence her biological clock; pay equity; women and girls' self defence; beauty contests; the tree of life is a woman; wife slavery; a spell of warts for rich people; Women's Liberation targets your mother, sister and girl friend; Maori Women's Welfare League Conference poster, 1982; women lifting wieghts; dealing to a wolf whistler. Quantity: 33 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: 17 Jun 1993

From: Women in science oral history project

By: Mattingley, Joan Muriel, 1926-

Reference: OHInt-0624/5

Description: Interviews this biochemist who initially wanted to be a botanist. Recalls being told by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) that botany required an ability to tramp which women were unable to do. Describes doing a BSc at Victoria University College before working for most of her life at the Wellington Public Hospital laboratory and becoming senior scientific officer in biochemical research. Mentions her specialty in paediatric and renal disorders. Describes progress in knowledge about blood as a result of the need for blood transfusions for troops during World War II. Discusses user pays and how it is undercutting the sharing of information and knowledge. Describes how she took every opportunity available as a female scientist and comments on younger women scientists. Discusses lesser societal pressure on women to choose between family and a career. Interviewer(s) - Paula Martin Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s). 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available OHA-3556 agreement form and interviewee details only.

Date: 1959-1988

By: Batt, Richard Dean, 1923-1994

Reference: 90-331

Description: Professor Batt's copies of papers relating to the New Zealand Biochemical Society, the New Zealand Atomic Energy Committee, the new Zealand Institute of Chemistry, and the Royal Society of New Zealand. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 5 box(es). 1.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: 1953-1994

By: Wilson, Allan, 1934-1991

Reference: Micro-MS-0966

Description: Includes correspondence,notes, annotated draft papers, unpublished papers, peer review comments, field trip and sabbatical notes, drawings, photographs, grant proposals, newspaper articles Allan Wilson was a pioneer in the use of molecular approaches to understand evolutionary change and reconstruct phylogenies. He was a controversial figure in post-war biology; his work attracted attention both from within, and outside, the academic world. Quantity: 50 microfilm reel(s). Physical Description: Microfilms Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available in backfile.

Date: 1961-1962

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers

Reference: 80-323-351

Description: Material comprises biochemistry lab-book part I, with annotated cover Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 24 Apr-8 May 1996 - 24 Apr 1996 - 08 May 1996

By: Shorland, Francis Brian (Dr), 1909-1999

Reference: OHColl-0450/1

Description: Dr Brian Shorland was born in Wellington on 14 July 1909. Describes his father's career as a builder and architect and also a city councillor. Talks about his uncle, the cyclist Frank Shorland, and the family connection with Jerome K Jerome. Describes growing up in Island Bay and attending school there early in the century. Talks about going to Wellington College from 1921-1925 and graduating from Victoria University College with a chemistry degree in 1932. Recalls some of the women science students of the time including Thea Marwick and Eileen Pigget. Discusses Sir Ernest Rutherford, Karl Popper and his protege Eccles, religion and philosophy and proving scientific theories. Focuses on his scientific career and research largely into fats looking at animal and fish oils. Describes working with the Department of Agriculture from 1927 to 1946, study for a doctorate at the University of Liverpool and being director of Fats Research, later the Food Chemistry Division, of the DSIR. Talks about Sir Ernest Marsden, R A Falla, Ian Robertson and Bill Hamilton. Describes awards received including the Hector Medal, the Marsden Medal and the Order of Merit. Talks about being a lecturer in the Biochemistry Department of Victoria University from 1969 to 1987. Comments on solar energy and the windmill he installed at his own home. Describes editing the magazine `New Zealand science review' from 1985 to 1999. Comments on management systems and user pays and its effect on creativity. Talks about New Zealand scientists and how to achieve good science. Interviewer(s) - Mary Tallon Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007130 - OHC-007133 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1745.