Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of Sir Alec (Alexander Walter) Merrison FRS (1924-1989) NCUACS catalogue no. 122/08/03 by Caroline Thibeaud and Timothy E. Powell A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Description level: Fonds Date of material: 1931-2002 Deposited in: Title: Compiled by: Caroline Thibeaud and Timothy E. Powell Extent of material: 39 boxes + 2 outsize items, ca 910 items Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of Sir Alec (Alexander Walter) Merrison FRS (1924-1989), physicist NCUACS catalogue no. 122/8/03 © 2003 National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, University of Bath. Special Collections, Arts & Social Sciences Library, University of Bristol Reference code: GB 0003 DM 1956 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 The work of the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists in the production of this catalogue is made possible by the support of the following societies and organisations: The Heritage Lottery Fund The Institute of Physics The Macro Group UK The Polymer Physics Group The Public Record Office A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 NOT ALL THE MATERIAL IN THIS COLLECTION MAY YET BE AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION. ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TO: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ARCHIVIST, ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 LIST OF CONTENTS GENERAL INTRODUCTION SECTION A BIOGRAPHICAL A.1-A.174 SECTION B UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL B.1-B.38 SECTION C PUBLICATIONS C.1-C.67 SECTION D LECTURES AND BROADCASTS D.1-D.83 SECTION E SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS E.1-E.518 SECTION F CORRESPONDENCE F.1-F.32 INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 GENERAL INTRODUCTION PROVENANCE The papers were received from Lady Merrison in 2001. OUTLINE OF THE CAREER OF SIR ALEC MERRISON Alexander Walter Merrison was born in Wood Green, London on 20 March 1924. He attended Tottenham Grammar School and then Enfield Grammar School, before going on to King’s College London (which had been evacuated to Bristol during the Second World War) where he graduated B.Sc. with First Class Honours in 1944. Merrison’s first appointment was as an Experimental Officer working on radar at the Signal Research and Development Establishment, Christchurch, Hampshire 1944-1946. In 1946 Merrison joined the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, as Senior Scientific Officer where he began research in nuclear physics and developed some of the earliest neutron spectrometers. He remained at Harwell to 1951, when he moved to the University of Liverpool as Leverhulme Fellow and Lecturer (Ph.D. 1957). Here he changed the direction of his research and began work on elementary particle physics, a discipline beginning to flourish with the where he was responsible for the construction of the 5 GeV electron synchrotron ‘NINA’. The Laboratory was officially opened in 1967. In 1969 Merrison left Liverpool to become Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol. Although he years at Liverpool and CERN, where he was Senior Physicist 1957-1960. Merrison returned to initially intended to serve for ten years, he held the post to 1984. During his term of office, he Merrison was also appointed the first Director of the new Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory, development of proton synchrotron machines. He continued this line of research for the next ten Liverpool in 1960 to take up the Chair in Experimental Physics, holding this post to 1969. In 1962 expansion in size, although towards the end of his tenure he was faced with the need to make presided over many changes in University structure and funding and oversaw a considerable reported in 1975 and its recommendations were very largely incorporated in the 1978 Medical controversial reductions in some departments as the government reduced its funding of higher Merrison combined his Vice-Chancellorship with a number of other responsibilities. These included made Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into the Regulation of the Medical Profession. This service on government committees. In 1970 Merrison was appointed Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into the design and creation of steel box girder bridges (reporting in 1973). In 1973 he was education. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Practitioners Act. In 1978 Merrison was appointed a member of the Severn Barrage Committee established by the Department of Energy under the chairmanship of H. Bondi to assess the advantages and disadvantages of a ‘scheme for harnessing the tidal energy of the Severn Estuary’ and advise the Government on whether to proceed. The Committee reported favourably on the project in 1981. In 1976 Merrison was appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission into the National Health Service. It reported in 1979 and although some of its key recommendations were resisted at the time, a number were adopted in later NHS reforms. Other responsibilities of Merrison included the Chairmanship of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals 1979-1981, a post he took on at a particularly difficult time for the higher education sector, and the Chairmanship of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils 1978-1983, succeeding Sir Frederick Stewart. Internationally, his association with CERN resulted in his being made President of the CERN Council in 1982. He served to 1985 and his presidency saw Spain rejoining the project and he campaigned to retain UK membership of CERN. As an eminent figure in Bristol life, Merrison also took on a number of local responsibilities. He served as a Governor of the Bristol Old Vic theatre and other city involvements included the Bristol Evening Post and Bristol Waterworks Company. On retirement from the Vice-Chancellorship of Bristol, Merrison’s career took another direction when he became a Director of Lloyd’s Bank and Chairman of its Western Regional Board. He was also Chairman of the Western Provident Association. and Liverpool and was appointed High Sheriff of Avon for 1986-1987. died in 1968. Merrison died on 19 February 1989. He was survived by his second wife, Maureen, Lady Merrison, with whom he had a son and a daughter, and two sons from his first marriage. His first wife Beryl knighted in 1976. He received honorary degrees from a number of universities including Bristol, Bath measurement of electron decay. He was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1969 and Merrison received the Institute of Physics’ Charles Vernon Boys Prize for 1961 for his work on the Royal Society, vol 48 (2002). For further information on the life and work of Merrison see E. Gabathuler, ‘Sir Alexander [Alec] Walter Merrison, D.L. 20 March 1924-19 February 1989’, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION The material is presented in the order given in the List of Contents. It covers the period 1931-2002 but principally covers his career from the late 1960s. Section A, Biographical, includes extensive biographical material, including obituaries and tributes and articles composed in his lifetime. Documentation of his career, honours and awards includes the Institute of Physics’ C.V. Boys Prize, Merrison’s election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society and various honorary degrees and fellowships, chiefly from the 1980s. There are diaries for the year 1969 and much of the 1980s, which complement his engagement diaries in section B. Other material includes the letters of condolence received by Lady Merrison from friends and colleagues after his death and newspaper cuttings and photocopies of articles about Merrison. Section B, University of Bristol, is short. It includes material relating to his appointment at and retirement from Bristol and some of the functions he attended. Most significant is the complete run of his engagement diaries as Vice-Chancellor covering the period 1971-1984. Section C, Publications, includes a short sequence of drafts 1969-1979, mostly relating to particle physics, and a longer sequence of off-prints covering the period 1950-1988. The subjects covered editorial correspondence, reviews and letters to the press. There are few lectures on purely scientific topics. Subjects typically include the funding and science and government. This sequence is of particular note as Merrison often kept related include early work on neutron detectors, research on electron decay and particle physics, and the design of synchrotrons, as well as later publications on issues such as university research and Section D, Lectures and broadcasts, covers the period 1965-1988. It includes lectures, orations and correspondence and papers with his filed off-prints. The section concludes with a short sequence of talks given as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol and speeches to national and local associations and societies as chairman of a government committee or in another official capacity. medical care. Most of the material is typescript notes for the lectures and not all have either a title or administration of universities, the relationship between science and government and funding of Merrison’s other significant associations, such as his chairmanship of the Royal Commission on the component of this section relates to his service for the Department of Energy on the Severn Barrage Section E, Societies and organisations, is the largest in the collection. It includes documentation of Committee, the documentation providing comprehensive coverage of the work of the Committee in assessing the potential advantages and difficulties involved. Although material relating to some of indication of the occasion. Merrison’s connection with 29 Bristol, national and international organisations. The largest A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 National Health Service, is sparse, there is documentation of Merrison’s connection with scientific bodies such as CERN, with papers covering his Presidency of the Council 1982-1985, and the Institute of Physics (President 1984-1986). There is extensive material relating to his Chairmanship of the Universities Superannuation Scheme as a member of the Management Committee, director and later Chairman. The section includes some coverage of Merrison’s support for local causes such as the Avon Riding Group for the Disabled. There is also documentation of his post-retirement work as a director of Lloyd’s Bank and the Western Provident Association. Section F, Correspondence, is slight. It dates from 1969 to 1988 and chiefly relates to Merrison’s official engagements and responsibilities as Vice-Chancellor, chairman of the Advisory Board of the Research Councils, chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, and other offices and posts. There are also sequences of postcards and other informal greetings, invitations to functions and occasions including funeral and memorial services, and references and recommendations. There is also an index of correspondents. C.F. Thibeaud T.E. Powell Bath, 2003 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 SECTION A BIOGRAPHICAL, A.1-A.174 1931-2001 A.1-A.67 OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS A.68-A.80 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL A.81-A.117 CAREER, HONOURS AND AWARDS A.118-A.125A DIARIES A.126-A.146 FAMILY AND PERSONAL A.147-A.170 PRESS CUTTINGS A.171-A.173 PHOTOGRAPHS A.174 MISCELLANEOUS A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS 1989-2001 Obituaries. Newspaper newsletters, reports and bulletins. cuttings and _ notices from _ various A.1 At Merrison by E. Gabathuler. Royal the is Society biographical memoir of 5 folders. ‘Memorials AWM in Memoriam’. Content of folder so inscribed. 1989-1992 Order of service for the thanksgiving service for the life of Merrison, St Mary Redcliff, Bristol, 23 February 1989. 2 folders. Order of service. Correspondence. Memorial Service, Bristol Cathedral, 8 June 1989. Includes copy of the address by Lord Flowers. Bound list of those attending, with signatures. Printed brochure of Lord Flowers’ address at Merrison’s Memorial service. Draft list of those attending. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 Service of Thanksgiving, St Mary’s, Capel-Y-Ffin, Powys, 19 May 1992. This service was to mark the church restoration and the unveiling window to The Merrisons had a cottage at Maes-Y-Ffin. Merrison. memorial of a Brief correspondence and order of service. A.14, A.15 Tributes and biographical articles. Includes correspondence, copies of tributes, etc. 2 folders. A.16-A.26 Donations, commemorations and memorials. 1989-2001 Correspondence re the opening of the Merrison Lecture Theatre at Daresbury Laboratory, donation of a medieval manuscript Bristol University. Also includes a photograph. to CERN and planting tree at | by 2 folders. 15 folders. A.29-A.43 Section A. Lady Merrison in 11 folders. sections A to 1989-1990 A.27-A.67 Letters of condolence. Index of correspondents. Arranged by institutions and in alphabetical order. 5 folders. Alphabetical sequence of names. University of Bristol. Section B. 1989-1990 A.44-A.48 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 A.49-A.51 Section C. Various universities. 3 folders. A.52-A.56 Section D. Organisations. 5 folders. Section E. HTV West. 2 folders. Section F. Judges. Section G. Section H. Schools. Section I. Western Provident Association. ‘Replies to my letters.’ Content of folder so inscribed. ‘Replied but need not inscribed. Royal Commission on the NHS. be listed.’ Content of folder so A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 ‘Apologies for memorial service.’ Content of folder so inscribed. ‘Letters about memorial service.’ Content of folder so inscribed. ‘Letters inscribed. written after service.’ Content of folder A.68-A.80 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL c. 1960-1994 Curriculum vitae and personal data. ‘Career in physics’, by Merrison. 12 pp manuscript. re Merrison’s war time family Correspondence placement. Interview about Merrison with Freda’). 5 folders. Article for the Physics Bulletin based on an interview of Merrison. Transcript of Merrison’s interview of Sir James Chadwick. Entries from Who’s Who and other directories. Mrs V. Clarke (‘Auntie A.74-A.78 1985-1994 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 Dictionary of National Biography. 1993-1994 Includes correspondence. Who’s Who in the City. 1988-1989 Who’s Who corrected entries. 1985-1988 International Who’s Who. Directory of Directors. Choice of a portrait painter. Correspondence; article University of Bristol newsletter. on 1987-1989 1983-1994 Merrison’s portrait in the Passports. c.1960-1989 A.81-A.117 CAREER, HONOURS AND AWARDS 1961-1989 A.81-A.103 Professional honours and awards Three passports of Merrison and one of his first wife. 1961-1984 Fellowship of the Institute of Physics, Institute of Physics and the Physical Society, 4 July 1961. Charles Vernon Boys Prize, Institute of Physics and the Physical Society, London, 7 March 1961. Includes covering letter with the certificate. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 Medal of the Abo Akademi c.1968. Abo Akademi is the Swedish University of Finland. Fellowship of the Royal Society, London 20 March 1969. Certificate, correspondence and documents relating to new Fellows. 2 folders. John Snow Medal, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, 1975. Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, New University of Ulster, 9 July 1976. Congregation programme and certificate. 2 folders. University of Certificate, congregation programme and dinner menu. Honorary degree of Doctor of Science, Southampton, 10 July 1980. Honorary Fellowship, Faculty of Community Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, 26 June 1980. Genavae, Switzerland, 1982. Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of Leeds, 19 May 1981. Certificate, correspondence and copy of the presentation address. Studiosa Erga Consilia Internationalia Voluntas, A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of Liverpool, 6 September 1982. Correspondence, order of proceedings and transcript of the orations, certificate. 2 folders. 13th Commonwealth Universities Congress Medal, 1983, presented by the University of Birmingham. Merrison received the medal as President and Chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. Honorary Psychiatrists, 1983. Fellowship of the Royal College _ of Certificate. Honorary Engineers, London, 8 December 1983. Fellowship the of Institution of Structural A.101 1 letter only. Honorary Fellowship of the University of Bristol, 1984. Medal of the University of Helsinki (Finland), undated. Medal of the University of Jyvaskylan (Finland), undated. Correspondence and certificate. Deputy-Lieutenant of the County of Avon. Civil honours and celebrations A.101-A.117 1971-1989 1974 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 Knighthood. Correspondence. A.103-A.106 Honorary Liveryman Haberdashers. of the Worshipful Company of 1971-1985 Merrison was admitted to the Freedom of the Company in 1981. Correspondence. 1980-1982 Certificate. Membership lists. 1982, 1985 Copy of ‘A Short Description of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers’ by H. Prevett. A.107, A.108 2 folders. A.110, A.111 Correspondence. 60th birthday party, March 1984. Dinner at the Mansion House, Bristol, in Honour of Alec Merrison, 6 September 1984. 2 folders. the Lady birthdays of Merrison, his daughter and Maurice Jacob (President of the Société Francaise de Physique). Correspondence, menu and guest list. Joint birthday celebrations. Merrison organised a party to celebrate Sir A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 A.112-A.117 High Sheriff of the County of Avon. 1983-1989 Merrison served as High Sheriff 1986-1987. A.112-A.114 Correspondence. 1983-1989 Includes correspondence re appointment. 3 folders. Official Opening of the Research Institute for the Care of the Elderly, Bath, 16 April 1986. Programme of the visit. Services of worship attended by Merrison as High Sheriff. Dinners in honour of the High Sheriff. 1984-1988 DIARIES 1969-1988 for the years 1969, A.118-A.125A A.118-A.125 are working diaries 1980, 1981, 1985-1988. 1969 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 1986 Committee meeting dates only. 1970. 12pp manuscript travel diary. A.126-A.146 FAMILY AND PERSONAL 1931-1994 A.126-A.128 1969-1987 3 folders. Miscellaneous official documents. 1931-1989 Driving certificate of Merrison’s first wife. licence, marriage and death certificates; birth Merrison’s personal correspondence. Interviews with Lady Merrison for the University of Bristol Newsletters. 3 folders. Mainly letters of thanks for social invitations. A.131-A.133 Lady Merrison’s correspondence. A.131-A.134 Lady Merrison. 1970-1994 1971-1994 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 Greetings and postcards from friends and family. 1976-1984 A.135-A.140 Leisure and interests. A.135 Brochure of beekeeping equipment. 1979-1989 1981 A note explains that Merrison had been interested in beekeeping since he was a child. A.136-A.138 Ephemeral Book Society. 1979-1989 Correspondence. Merrison was a member of the society from 1979 to 1989. 3 folders. Rotary Club. 1980-1982 Correspondence. The Anchor Society. Social Book Club. 1979-1984 A.141-A.146 Charities and societies. 1982-1989 Correspondence and minute of meetings. Merrison was an honorary member of the Rotary Club. Merrison was a member from 1979 to possibly 1984. 1986-1988 Merrison societies to which he donated. kept records of some of the charities and Correspondence and brochure. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 1982-1988 Biographical, A.1-A.174 Dolphin Society. Correspondence. Grateful Society. Correspondence and newsletter. The National Trust. Deed of covenant. Royal The the Manufactures and Commerce. Society for Encouragment of Arts, 1987-1988 Correspondence. Merrison was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. 1969-2000 1969-1984 A.147-A.152 Merrison A.147-A.170 Correspondence. PRESS CUTTINGS Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Press cuttings and photocopies of articles on Merrison. 1982-2000 ‘People Associated with Merrison’. Contents of folder so inscribed. Articles arranged in alphabetical order. obituaries of colleagues of Merrison, A.153-A.170 6 folders. and 18 folders. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Biographical, A.1-A.174 A.171-A.173 PHOTOGRAPHS c.1975, 1988, n.d. Portrait photographs of Merrison and photographs with colleagues. Portrait photograph. Merrison and colleagues in Rome, Italy, September 1988. Portrait photographs at various dates. MISCELLANEOUS Details of a visit to India, humorous texts and records of Merrison’s daughter’s growth as a baby. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 SECTION B UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, B.1-B.38 1968-1987 APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE AS VICE- CHANCELLOR 1968-1983 Correspondence. 1968-1969 Correspondence re Merrison’s appointment and details of the position. Copy of the ‘University of Bristol Gazette’ announcing the appointment of Merrison as Vice-Chancellor. ‘Sir Alec His Pavan for Piano Solo, Raymond Warren’. 4pp of musical notation written in honour of Merrison by the Head of the Music Department at the University of Bristol. 18 January - 3 July 1971. 5 July - 25 December 1971. 3 July - 23 December 1973. 1970-1983 1971-1984 Correspondence re salary. Copies of the Vice-Chancellor’s engagement diaries, with manuscript annotations, on A4 sheets. 7 January - 22 June 1974. 10 January - 1 July 1972. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 University of Bristol, B.1-B.38 9 September - 22 December 1974. 13 January - 5 July 1975. 7 July - 20 December 1975. 12 January - 26 June 1976. 5 July - 24 December 1976. 10 January - 2 July 1977. 4 July - 24 December 1977. 9 January - 1 July 1978. 3 July - 23 December 1978. 15 January - 30 June 1979. 2 July - 23 November 1979. 12 January - 4 July 1981. 7 July - 21 December 1980. 7 January - 5 July 1980. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 University of Bristol, B.1-B.38 6 July - 19 December 1981. 25 January - 3 July 1982. 5 July - 25 December 1982. 17 January - 2 July 1983. 4 July - 24 December 1983. 16 January - 14 July 1984. Lists of University committees, annotated by Merrison. B.31-B.34 1982-1984 Correspondence. RETIREMENT AS VICE-CHANCELLOR Colleagues responding to Merrison’s retirement. Copy of the University of Bristol’s Report of the Senate to the Council announcing Merrison’s retirement. of his retirement. Copies of the University of Bristol Newsletter announcing Merrison’s retirement. of List the Chancellor of the University to Merrison on the occasion presentation made by contributors to a 1982-1983 1982, 1984 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 University of Bristol, B.1-B.38 B.35-B.38 CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL c.1970-1987 Colour photographs of an award of Honorary Degree to the US Ambassador to the UK. University of Bristol Centenary Celebrations. Copy of souvenir programme and programme of centenary open day. the International 40th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Pi Meson, Bristol, 22- 24 July 1987. Conference Celebrate to the 1986-1987 Correspondence and bulletins and conference programme. list of attendees. Also includes 2 folders. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 SECTION C PUBLICATIONS, C.1-C.67 1949-1988 C.1-C.13 DRAFTS C.14-C.52 OFF PRINTS C.53-C.67 LETTERS, REVIEWS AND EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE DRAFTS 1969-1979 ‘The Design and Use of Large Electron Synchrotrons’, in Evolution of Particle Physics, Academic Press (c. 1969). correspondence, drafts and background Includes material. 3 folders. Science, 2 folders. ‘Particle in Department of Education and Science, c. 1972. Physics’, Growth Points in Correspondence, draft and background material. Correspondence, off print and background material. ‘Science, Scientists and Government’, in Physics Bulletin, vol. 24 (1973). 4 folders. ‘Particle Encyclopaedia, (1974). Correspondence and drafts. Century Italiana Accelerators’ in 1970-1974 2 folders. \| Istituto The Della Twentieth Enciclopedia A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Publications, C.1-C.67 CA2ZF CAS ‘The Future of Research in Guardian (15 November 1979). the Universities’, in The Correspondence, draft and off print. 2 folders. C.14-C.52 OFF PRINTS 1950-1988 In some cases Merrison kept correspondence and papers relating to an article with the published off print. ‘A High-Efficiency Neutron Detector’, with J.C. Duckworth and A. Whittaker, in Nature, vol. 165 (14 January 1950). ‘The Harwell Time-of-Flight Neutron Spectrometer’, with E.R. Wiblin, in Nature, vol. 167 (3 March 1951). Total Neutron Cross-sections of Cobalt, ‘The Development of Intermediate Energies’, Merrison et al, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, vol. 101, Part Il, 248 (1954). a Neutron Spectrometer for the in Proceedings of p. ‘The Silver, lodine, Aluminium, Nickel and Gallium Between 1eV and 5 keV’, with E.R. Wiblin, in The Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol. A.215, p. 278 (1952). 1956’, pp. 241-242, (1956). ‘Measurement of the Panofsky Ratio with a High-Energy Pair Spectometer’, with J.A. Kuehner and S. Tornabene, in Proceedings of the CERN Symposium on High Energy Accelerators and Pion Physics, Geneva, 11-23 June ‘A Fast Multiple Coincidence Circuit’, With B. Collinge and D. Eccleshall, in Journal of Scientific Instruments, vol. 33, p. 72 (1956). A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Publications, C.1-C.67 of Production ‘The Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions’, in Proceedings of the CERN Symposium on High Energy Accelerators and Pion Physics, Geneva 11- 23 June 1956, pp. 329-333. Mesons_ in of Capture Negative and ‘The Deuterium-I: S. Tornabene in Proceedings of the Physical Society, vol. 73, p. 545 (1959). in Kuehner and Pions J.A. Hydrogen’, Hydrogen with of Capture Negative and ‘The Deuterium-lI:Deuterium’, S. Tornabene in Proceedings of the Physical Society, vol. 73, pp. 551 (1959). in Kuehner Pions J.A. Hydrogen with and Dependence ‘Energy from Polarized Muon Decay in Emulsion’, with C. Casagnoli and A. Manfredini, in // Nuovo Cimento, Serie 10, vol. 9, pp. 186-187 (1958). Asymetry Positron of v + Vv in vol. in Physical I! Nuovo Cimento, Serie 10, ‘Electron Decay of the Pion’, Merrison et al, Review Letters, vol. 1, no. 7, (1958). ‘The Electron Decay Mode of the Pion’, Merrison and al, in 13, pp. 1240-1262, (1959). ‘Search for the Decay yu —e + y and Observation of the Decay uy -e + // Nuovo Cimento, Serie 10, vol. 14, pp. 1266-1281, (1959). vol. 5, no. 1, (1960). ‘Mass Analysis of the Secondary Particles Produced by the Proton in Physical Review Letters, Synchrotron’, Merrison et al, ‘A New Measurement of the Mean Life of the Positive Pion’, Merrison et al, // Nuovo Cimento, Serie 10, vol. in 16, pp. 490-504, (1960). + Y, Merrison ef al, 25-Gev Proton CERN Beam the of A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Publications, C.1-C.67 ‘A Redetermination of the Panofsky Ratio’, Merrison et al, in pp. 494-518, (1961). I! Nuovo Cimento, Serie 10, vol. 22, ‘Counter Techniques in High Energy Nuclear Physics: Rare Decays of tr and u Mesons’, C.V. Boys Lecture, in Proceedings of the Physical Society, vol. p. 1116, (1961). 78, ‘Recent Advances in Philosophical Magazine Supplement, vol. 41, p.1, (1962). Physics’, Muon Pion and in ‘Framework for Binary Consummation’, Merrison et al, Universities Quarterly, (Spring 1973). in Transcript of discussion between Merrison, C. Crouch, B. Ford, Also includes correspondence. Halsey, J.E. Skinner and G. Tolley. A.H. 2 folders. C.33, C.34 Also includes correspondence. ‘Predicting the Future’, in Physics Bulletin, (June 1974). Also includes correspondence and background material. ‘The University’s Role in Industry’, in The Evening Post's 1974 Review of West Country Industry and Commerce. Also includes correspondence. ‘Report on the 5th General Assembly of the Standing Conference of Rectors and Vice-Chancellors of European Universities (CRE)’, Nature, (1974). ‘Is Usefulness a Useful Concept?’, in Physics Bulletin, November 1974. Also includes correspondence. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Publications, C.1-C.67 See also C.44, D.25, D.26. ‘Is the Quinquennial System Dead?’ in Physics Bulletin, February 1975. Also includes correspondence. ‘Don’s’. The Supplement, ca July 1975. Diary’, in Times’ Higher Education Also includes correspondence. ‘What must we do about the Education of Physicists?’, in Physics Bulletin, August 1975. ‘The Education of Ministers of Quarterly, Winter 1975. State’, in Universities Also includes correspondence. Also includes correspondence. Also includes correspondence. ‘Pure and Applied’, in Physics Bulletin, January 1976. ‘Dentists and Doctors: The Concept of the Professional Man’, in British Dental Journal, 7 September 1976. Council, Daresbury Laboratory (1977). NINA Scrapbook, A ‘The Collection Birthday Celebrations of NINA on 22 December 1976 and at the Closing Ceremony on 1 April 1977, Science Research ‘The Concept of Usefulness’, Nature, vol. 268, no. 5615, (1977). See also c.37, D.25, D.26. Early Years of Talks of NINA’, Given in at the 10th A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Publications, C.1-C.67 Untitled article published in Pulse, January 1978. Two drafts starting with ‘The problem with writing about oneself is that one can’t then blame the reporter for getting it wrong.’ Untitled article published in Pulse, c.1978. Also includes correspondence. Written on the occasion of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the NHS. ‘Universities Universities Quarterly, Summer 1980. Evolving as Institutions?’, in New Transcript of discussion between Merrison, M. Preston and B. Ford. ‘Patients, not Underpants’, in British Medical Association News Review, April 1984. with Adriana and Defensive Cook’, Also includes correspondence. ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow's Physicist’, in Physics Bulletin, vol. 36, (1985). This paper was the Presidential Address to the Institute of Physics delivered on 8 May 1985. ‘The Benedict Merrison, in But the Crackling is Superb, An Anthology on Food and Drink by Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society, ed. Nicholas and Giana Kurti, pp. 96-99, (1988). 2 folders. Includes correspondence and a copy of the book. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Publications, C.1-C.67 C.53-C.67 LETTERS, REVIEWS AND EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE 1949-1997 Material relating to Oxford University Press is E.366. at E.357- General editorial correspondence. 1968-1997 Correspondence re request for a regular leader article in the Physics Bulletin and other requests for reviews and articles. 2 folders. C.55-C.67 Alphabetical Sequence. 1949-1987 (S55 Guardian, advance. Obituary of Lord Flowers, prepared in 1986 Drafts and correspondence. Institute of Physics Journal. ‘Sources of Physics Teaching, Part | and Il’ (4 December 1968). Also includes correspondence. Reply (with J.C. Duckworth) to J.D. Cockcroft’s article ‘High Energy Electron Accelerators as Pulsed Neutron Sources’ published in Nature, vol. 163, no 4153 (4 June 1949.) Refereeing. Nature, 4 June 1949. Nature, c. May 1969. Review of Robert Jungk, The Big Machine. Nuovo Cimento. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Publications, C.1-C.67 Physics Education. Refereeing. The Times Higher Education Supplement. Comment on Sir Keith Joseph’s article ‘The Pursuit of Truth or Relevance’, November 1974. The Times, 31 October 1986. Reply to ‘Science and Society’ published in The Times, 31 October 1986. The Times, November 1986, letter to the Editor. The Times, 13 October 1987, letter to the Editor. University Quarterly, Summer 1975. Review of G.C. Moodie and Authority in British Universities. R. Eustace, Power and University Quarterly, April 1972. Review of Leonard Greenbaum, A Special Interest, with correspondence. No evidence of the publication in which this appeared. Review of John Strutt’s Life of John William Strutt Third Baron Rayleigh. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 SECTION D LECTURES AND BROADCASTS, D.1-D.83 1965-1988 LECTURES 1967-1986 General correspondence. the Untitled speech at synchrotron NINA, Daresbury Laboratory, 1967. inauguration the of electron Typescript draft. Prime Minister Harold Wilson presided at the opening. ‘Big Science’, Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Exeter, 4 September 1969. Typescript draft with manuscript corrections. Typescript draft. Typescript draft. Typescript draft. occasion Scholarship and Contemplation’, ‘Research, unknown, c. 1970. Untitled talk beginning ‘Cannon [sic] Liddon tells us that Bishop Strong told him that....’, occasion unknown, c. 1970. Typescript draft with manuscript corrections. ‘Talk to International Conference on Steel Box Girder Bridges’, c. 1972. Untitled talk March 1973. to Bristol Structural Engineers, Bristol, 9 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 ‘How is Academic Shape of University Determined?’, talk to academic staff, University of Bristol, 24 October 1973. Typescript draft. ‘Vice-Chancellors University of Bristol, January 1974. Address to Degree Congregation’, Typescript draft. ‘Personal Views, West of England Headmasters and Head Mistresses meeting’, 26 January 1974. Manuscript draft. ‘Incorporated Society of Musicians’, occasion unknown, 20 April 1974. Typescript draft. Two different typescript drafts. Typescript draft with manuscript corrections. ‘Crookshank Lecture’, The Royal College of Radiologists, London, 16 May 1975. ‘How does Government get Scientific Advice?-Rothschild Episode’, December 1974. Typescript draft with manuscript corrections. ‘Doctor and Patient - The Regulation of John Royal Physcians, London, 19 September 1975. ‘Electricity Demand and Predicting the Future’, 6 June 1975. Typescript draft. Snow Memorial Lecture, a Profession’, of College A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 Untitled Responsibility in Science, 26 November 1975. Society lecture British the for for Social Typescript draft. ‘Predicting the Future-Nuclear Energy’, c. 1975. Typescript draft with manuscript notes. ‘Doctor and Patient - Contract’, January 1976. Yeovil, Somerset, 26 Typescript draft. D.19, D.20 ‘Science Policy for a Mature Society, Science and our Education’, American the Advancement of Science Annual Association for Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 18-24 February 1976. the 142 Annual Lecture at 2 folders. Typescript draft with manuscript corrections. Two typescript drafts with travel and presentation details. See also D.79 for audio cassette tape recordings of Merrison’s lecture and presentations of other scientists. ‘Advise and Consent (Government and its Independent Advisers)’, 55th Earl Grey Memorial Lecture, 26 April 1976. Typescript notes with corrections and list of slides. ‘NINA 10th Anniversary Lectures’, 21 December 1976. Typescript draft with manuscript corrections. ‘Doctors for 1984’, Bath, 2 December 1976. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 Oration for Richard Hill, Congregation, c. 1976. University of Bristol, Degree Typescript draft with corrections and photographs of the ceremony. Richard Hill was the Chairman of the University of Bristol Council. and ‘Government University Research - Science and Government Lecture II, 24 January 1977. of Is Usefulness a Useful Concept?’, Usefulness Funding and the Typescript. See also C.37, C.44, D.26. ‘Research Councils and the Concept of Usefulness’, 21 April 1977. Typescript and manuscript notes. of the value of scientific research, University Typescript notes. Degree Congregation, See also C.37, C.44, D.25. Typescript notes with corrections. Untitled speech, Bath, 7 July 1977. Untitled speech on Abingdon, September 1977. Typescript draft with manuscript corrections. Decision-Making’, ‘Decentralisation Financial Post Conference on Ailing Health Care, April 1978. of Health Care A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 ‘A Spectator’s View of Medicine’, Truro, Cornwall, 13 April 1978. Typescript notes. ‘Science September 1978. and Society’, Rank Prize Fund Ceremony, Typescript draft and notes of the speech. ‘The Analysis of Power’, Bristol Chamber of Commerce, 5 April 1979. Programme of the day conference. Merrison acted as chairman. Untitled speech, ? National Pharmaceutical Association, 24 May 1979. Typescript notes. Manuscript notes. Oration for Walter Scheel, University of Bristol Degree Congregation, 10 September 1979. ‘Patient and Provider: The Idea of a National Health Service’, Telford Memorial Lecture, Manchester Medical Society, 19 December 1979. programme of the ceremony. Typescript notes. Speech for the Chancellor of the University of York, York, 9 May 1980. Sir Michael Swann as installation manuscript corrections, of Typescript notes with and A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 D.37-D.39 ‘How to Pay for Health Care?’, Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Lecture, Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 May 1980. Includes typescript notes and slides. 3 folders. ‘A Tribute to India’, occasion unknown, January 1980. Manuscript draft. ‘What must we do about Science?’, occasion unknown, c.1980. Typescript notes. Place ‘The c.1980. of Private Medicine’, occasion unknown, Typescript notes. Copy of speech, order of proceedings, guest list, etc. ‘Speech to Convocation’, occasion unknown, 22 March 1982. Oration for A. M. Barrett, (Honorary Doctor of Science), University of Leeds Degree Congregation, 19 May 1981. Typescript notes with corrections and correspondence. ‘The Insoluble Problems of Health Care’, Medical Society of London Annual Oration, 10 May 1982. to Conference of Vacuum Group’, Chester, 30 Typescript notes. ‘Talk March 1982. Manuscript draft. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 The oration was later published in volume 38 of Transactions of the Medical Society. the ‘The Current State of Links Between Universities and of Science and Technology and Industry in the to Prospects for Parliamentary of Commons, 25 May 1982. Address _ House Development’, Committee, Scientific Future Field and Typescript draft and notes with corrections. Oration Degree Congregation, c.1982. for Kingman Brewster, University of Bristol, Typescript notes with corrections. ‘Truth and Imagination in Science’, Psychiatrists, 6 July 1983. Royal College of Typescript notes with manuscript corrections. [Large Typescript notes. Typescript notes. Electron-Positron (Collider)], ‘Opening of LEP’ CERN, Switzerland, 13 September 1983. ‘Fostering Excellence in Universities, the Need to Identify and Support the Most Able Individuals’, The Hague Club, 16 September 1983. West Branch, Institute of Physics, 1 December 1983. Address at the opening of the Cornwall Postgraduate Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, 17 October 1983. ‘A Plain Physicists Guide to Nuclear Weapons’, South Programme of the ceremony. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 The title manuscript draft. is taken from the original folder containing the Speech in Honour of Sir Alfred Pugsley’s 80th Birthday, Bristol, 1983. Typescript notes. ‘Is the National Health Service serving us well?’, Royal Institute of Public Administration, 12 January 1984. Typescript draft with figures. ‘Talk to Southern Universities Regional Administrative Training Programme-Senior Staff Seminar’, 19 January 1984. Typescript notes. Typescript notes. Speech to Degree Congregations, University of Bristol, July 1984. Opening and Closing speeches, CERN 30th Anniversary celebrations, CERN, Switzerland, 21 September 1984. Printed brochure of the speeches, programme and menu with autographs of King Juan Carlos, Queen Sophia and Princesses Cristina and Elena of Spain. September 1985. ‘How does Science Change Medicine?’, Ingelheim conference, Germany, 9-11 May 1985. Typescript notes. Boehringer- ‘1. Untitled manuscript notes science is position of the orderly and logical working from one 20 Laboratory, Rutherford Large part starting: next’, the to A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 ‘Entertainment possibly to Institute of Physics, c.1985 Enlightement’, not occasion unknown, Manuscript notes. Address at Memorial Service for Arthur Roderick Collar, Bristol Cathedral, 13 May 1986. Correspondence, biographical notes on Collar. typescript notes, obituaries and 2 folders. ‘Notes for Cambridge’, talk on James Chadwick, undated. Typescript notes with manuscript corrections. ‘Collaboration in Research on a National and a European Basis’, occasion unknown, undated. Typescript notes. unidentified degree Sir Peter Kent at Typescript notes. Oration congregation. for Untitled manuscript notes ‘on physicists’ starting: ‘The end of the 19th Century saw a great synthesis in our picture of the physical world around us’, undated. Manuscript notes. Also includes photocopies on Stanton Drew stone circle and transparencies. ‘Myths of the NHS’, occasion unknown, undated. Manuscript notes starting ‘You are a physicist...’. ‘Interrupt’, occasion unknown, undated. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 Untitled manuscript notes starting ‘1. How to approach- not somewhat dry classification of observable particles nor of their constituents’, undated. Also includes slides. ‘Speech for Evan Wright, Registrar and Secretary of the University of Bristol on his retirement party, University of Bristol, undated. Manuscript notes from notebook. D.72-D.78 BROADCASTS 1965-1983 ‘Tools of Science No 4: The Proton Synchrotron’, BBC 2 Television, Bristol, 6 May 1965. Programme for the recording with Merrison’s notes. Typescript notes and correspondence. ‘Overheard on a Train’, BBC Radio, February 1981. ‘The World at One’, Interview re staff reduction at Bristol University, BBC Radio 4, 7 October 1981. 1 letter only. Contribution to the programme ‘Public Life’, BBC West, February 1982. Contribution Television, October 1982. the to programme ‘Panorama’, BBC Payment slip only. Correspondence only. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Lectures and broadcasts, D.1-D.83 Contribution Radio 4, November 1982. to the programme ‘Science Now’, BBC 1 letter only. Contribution Science Policy, BBC Television, February 1983. the programme ‘Horizon’ to on British Correspondence. D.79-D.83 NON-TEXTUAL MATERIAL 1976-1988 Audio recordings and photographic slides. Audio cassette recording of the 142" Annual Meeting of the the Advancement of Science, 18-24 February 1976. See also D.19, D.20. Association American for 2 cassette tapes. Audio cassette recording of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, University of Bristol, 1-5 September 1986. Audio cassette recording of the Opening and Closing Plenary Sessions of the 14th Commonwealth Universities Congress, Perth, Australia, 7-12 February 1988. the Power Advisory Board. Miscellaneous slides on the National Health Service and Box of slides used to illustrate lectures. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 SECTION E SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS, E.1-E.518 1967-2001 ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES E.6 E*7, AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY AVON RIDING GROUP FOR THE DISABLED E.8-E.12 BRISTOL EVENING POST E.13-E.35 BRISTOL OLD VIC TRUST E.36-E.39 BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY E.40-E.42 CECIL POWELL LECTURE TRUST E.43-E.59 CERN E.60-E.62 ST CHRISTOPHER’S SCHOOL (BRISTOL) E.63-E.69 DARESBURY LABORATORY (SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL) COUNCIL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTES (CST]) CLIFTON COLLEGE/CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS SECURITY E.219-E.221 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL E.216-E.218 DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ='73;,6:/4 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE E.75-E.215 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E222 E1228 EUROPEAN PHYSICS SOCIETY E.224-E.244 HARKNESS FELLOWSHIPS E.245-E.272 INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS E.273-E.351 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILD STUDIES (BRISTOL) E.352-E.356 LLOYDS BANK PLC E.357-E.366 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS E.367-E.371 ST PETERS HOSPICE DEVELOPMENT APPEAL (BRISTOL) E.372-E.378 PUGWASH CONFERENCES ON SCIENCE AND WORLD AFFAIRS E.379-E.382 E.387-E.475 E.476-E.518 E.386 STANFORD UNIVERSITY E.383-E.385 ROYAL SOCIETY UNIVERSITY SUPERANNUATION SCHEME ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE WESTERN PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION LTD A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES 1984-1986 was Merrison Commonwealth Universities between 1982 and though the surviving material post-dates this. Chairman the Association of of 1983, Correspondence re recommendation for award and review of the selection of Commonwealth Scholars. 1984-1985 Agenda and minutes 1984-1985 Includes the agendas and minutes of the Special Group on Future Developments, the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the Panel of Advisers. Memoranda, notes and brochures. 1984-1986 awarded by the of Selection Accounts. scholarships Lists Committee. AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY A Civil Defence early warning system had been installed in Hinton Blewett, where Merrison lived as University of Bristol Vice-Chancellor and routine tests were conducted by the Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Correspondence and spiral-bound notes. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 AVON RIDING GROUP FOR THE DISABLED Brief correspondence re the appointment of Merrison as President, brochure. Merrison was President of the Group, which campaigned to create a riding centre for the disabled. BRISTOL EVENING POST 1978-1989 Merrison was a Director between 1979 and 1989. Correspondence re Merrison’s pension. 1978, 1989 Notes and report. 2 folders. 1985/1986 budget. 1984-1985 E.13-E.35 1983-1986 BRISTOL OLD VIC TRUST 1984 and 1985 Reports and Accounts. 1983-1986 Correspondence re funding and accounts, appointment of staff, and _ performance programme. Merrison was Governor from 1969 to 1987 and Chairman between 1971 and 1987. E.13-E.21 Correspondence. art development strategy 8 folders. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.22-E.26 Agenda and Minutes. 1983-1985 Minutes of the Governors’ meetings and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Sub-Committee arranged in chronological order. 5 folders. E.27-E.32 Correspondence re appointment of General Manager. 6 folders. Agreement between Bristol Director Leon Rubin. Old Vic and the Artistic of ‘The Copy for Research Amongst Existing and Potential Theatre-goers in Bristol’. Proposal Theatre Bristol. Royal, E.36-E.39 Newspaper cuttings re the Old Vic. Correspondence re terms of appointment. BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY Merrison was on the Board of Directors April 1984-1989. 2 folders. Agenda and chairman’s statement for the Annual General Meeting. Reports and Accounts. 1983, 1989 1983-1984 1983-1989 1984-1985 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.40-E.42 CECIL POWELL LECTURE TRUST 1974, 1985 Merrison was a trustee. Correspondence re the cancellation of the annual lecture in 1984 and trustee membership. 1984-1985 Trust deed and appointment of a new trustee. 1974, 1985 Accounts. E.43-E.59 1979-2001 E.43-E.45 3 folders. E.46-E.50 Committee papers. Merrison was President of the CERN Council 1982-1985. E.46 Agenda and minutes of the Committee of the Council. Correspondence re the appointment of a new Director and general and management strategies. Reports and notes on ‘conversation’ in the President’s Group. Agenda and minutes of the Sessions of the Council. Agenda and minutes of the Finance Committee. 2 folders. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 Draft paper and notes for discussion. Introduction by Merrison at the memorial gathering for Sir John Adams, CERN, 27 April 1984. Miscellanous manuscript notes starting ‘Longer period of DiGi Copies of CERN bulletins with articles on colleagues of Merrison. 1989-2001 Also includes a photograph. 2 folders. Newpaper cutting and black and white photograph. 1983-1984 E.57-E.59 1979-1994 3 folders. E.60-E.62 ST CHRISTOPHER’S SCHOOL (BRISTOL) 1981-1984 Merrison is featured in this publicity material. Promotional printed photographic album and brochures. 2 folders. Merrison was a member of the School Council. Agenda, minutes and accounts. 1981-1984 Correspondence re educational provision. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.63-E.69 CLIFTON COLLEGE/CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 1984-1985 a working party investigating Merrison was chairman of the possibility of collaboration between Clifton College and Clifton High School for Girls. Correspondence re collaboration between Clifton School for Girls and Clifton College. High 1984-1985 Agenda and minutes. 2 folders. 1984-1985 E.66-E.69 Reports, accounts and press release. 1984-1985 4 folders. SCIENCE AND Correspondence. TECHNOLOGY Merrison was Chairman of the CSTI. COUNCIL INSTITUTES (CSTI) OF DARESBURY LABORATORY (SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL) c.1967, 1978 Merrison was the first Director of the Laboratory, serving between its construction and opening. Large photographic album showing various stages of construction, inaugurations and celebrations. 1962 and 1969 and presiding over A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 Laboratory brochure featuring Merrison. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE 1981-1985 Merrison was a member of the Committee of Enquiry into the Academic Validation of Degree Courses in Public Sector Higher Education 1984-1986. ‘Academic Validation in Public Sector Higher Education’, Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Academic Validation of Degree Courses in Public Section Higher Education, April 1985’. includes Also typescript ‘Science and Government’. notes by Merrison entitled E.75-E.79 Nuclear Power Advisory Board 1973-1988 1973-1988 E.75-E.215 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ~'55-E77/9 Nuclear Power Advisory Board E.80-E.215 Severn Barrage Committee Merrison was a member of the Board between 1973 and 1976. Also includes miscellaneous manuscript notes. Notes on conversations by the Secretariat. E75, 276 Correspondence re energy production strategy. 2 folders. 1973-1988 1973-1974 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 Miscellaneous manuscript notes with copy of entitled ‘Energy for the next Generation’. a paper 1986-1987 Newspaper cuttings. E.80-E.215 Severn Barrage Committee 1986-1987 1979-1983 by the Department Merrison was a member of this Committee, established in 1978 the chairmanship of H. Bondi, to assess the advantages and disadvantages of tidal energy of the Severn Estuary’ and advise the Government on whether to proceed. a ‘scheme for harnessing the Energy under of The Committee reported favourably on 1981. the project in E.80-E.83 Correspondence 1979-1983 E.84-E.87 E.88-E.93 E.94-E.98 4 folders. 4 folders. power, reports, costs 1979-1981 E.88-E.213 Meeting agendas and minutes. a Dutch barrage, the Severn studies, and Memoranda, committee papers, progress reports, draft and final reports. Correspondence re visit to tidal pre-feasibility environmental impact, organisation of a symposium. 1979-1980 October 1979 - January 1980. June - October 1979. 1979-1981, n.d 6 folders. 5 folders. and A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.99-E.103 February - June 1980. 5 folders. E.104-E.108 June - July 1980. 5 folders. E.109-E.113 July - August 1980. 5 folders. E.114-E.118 September 1980 (1). 5 folders. E.119-E.123 September 1980 (2). E.139-E.143 5 folders. 5 folders. E.129-E.133 E.134-E.138 October 1980 (3). E.124-E.128 October 1980 (1). October 1980 (2). 5 folders. November 1980 (1). 5 folders. 5 folders. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.144-E.148 November 1980 (2). 5 folders. E.149-E.153 November - December 1980. 5 folders. E.154-E.158 December 1980 (1). 5 folders. E.159-E.163 December 1980 (2). 5 folders. E.164-E.168 December 1980 (3). E.169-E.173 5 folders. 5 folders. E.179-E.183 December 1980 (6). E.174-E.178 December 1980 (5). December 1980 (4). 5 folders. December 1980 - January 1981. 5 folders. 5 folders. E.184-E.188 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.189-E.193 January 1981 (1). 5 folders. E.194-E.198 January 1981 (2). 5 folders. E.199-E.203 January - March 1981. 5 folders. E.204-E.208 March - April 1981. 5 folders. E.209-E.213 April 1981. 5 folders. 1979-1981 1979, 1981 E.216-E.218 Press releases and newspaper cuttings. Typescript notes on workshop programmes. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT abridged version (33 pp). Merrison was Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into the Basis of Design and Method of Erection of Steel-Box Girder and Bridges. reported in 1973. ‘Inquiry into the Basis of Design and Method of Erection of the Committee, Steel-Box Girder Bridges’, Report of This was established in 1970 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E217, E:218 Report of the Committee - Appendix 1 and Workmanship Rules, Part I-lll. - Interim Design 2 folders. E.219-E.221 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY 1973-1978 Merrison was Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into the Regulation of the Medical Profession between 1973 very and largely incorporated in the 1978 Medical Practitioners Act. Its recommendations were 1975. Correspondence. ‘Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Regulation of the Medical Profession’. E.222, E.223 1984-1989 EUROPEAN PHYSICS SOCIETY See also E.245-E.272 (Institute of Physics). Signed copy of the Medical Practitioners Act 1978, also called the Merrison Act. Merrison was Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Society's Seminar on International Research Facilities. Committee. Correspondence and papers. Agenda and minutes of meetings of the Organising 1984-1989 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.224-E.244 HARKNESS FELLOWSHIPS 1983-1989 Merrison was Chairman of the UK Selection Board for Harkness Fellowships. Lady Merrison was also on the committee. E.224-E.234 Correspondence re committee membership, candidates’ applications and student reports. 1983-1986 11 folders. E.235-E.238 ‘Lady Merrison’. Contents of folder so inscribed. 1986-1989 E.235 Correspondence. 1986-1989 E.236-E.238 Typescript report of visits to recipients of the Harkness fellowships by Lady Merrison. E.239-E.243 the British 1985-1986 1984, 1985 3 folders. 5 folders. E.245-E.272 on A.L. Atherton (Harkness Records of interviews for candidate selection. Biographical Fellowship Director). information 1975-1985 Institute 1984-1986. He Merrison was President of the chaired Olympiad Committee, Physics represented the Institute of Physics on the Science and Engineering Professional Group and was a board member of the Fulmer Research Institute, a company owned by the Institute. See also E.222, E.223 (European Physics Society). INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.245-E.247 Correspondence. 1982-1985 Correspondence re Merrison’s appointment as President, nomination of members of the Council, the Partnership Agreement of Europhysics Letters, nomination for the Holweck Prize 1985, shortage of physics teachers. 3 folders. Annual report of the Council. E.249-E.251 British Physics Olympiad Committee. This Committee, chaired by Merrison, was responsible for the UK team at the International Physics Olympiad, at which secondary school students competed in theoretical and practical physics tests. Correspondence re appointment of Merrison as Chairman. Miscellaneous papers. Copy of the test paper. Science and Engineering Professional Group. Aide memoire for a meeting of the group. Includes a list of committee members and supporters and sponsors and notes of the International Physics Olympiad. 4 folders. Meeting notices, reports and accounts of the Institute and its subsiduaries. The Fulmer Research Institute, Slough, was a company owned by the Institute of Physics. E.253-E.256 Fulmer Research Institute. 1984-1985 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.257-E.266 ‘Resources for Physics Education’. Contents of folder so inscribed. 1975-1984 This material relates to requested by the Institute of Physics Council. a report on physics education E257 255 Correspondence. 2 folders. E.259-E.262 Drafts and tables for ‘A Policy Statement on Resources for Physics Education’. 4 folders. E.263-E.265 Background material. 1975-1984 3 folders. 1983-1984 E.268-E.271 E.267-E.272 Kendrew report. report entitled in the Members of study of the Council of ‘High Energy Particle Physics in Found with Merrison’s Institute of Physics files. ‘Research and Development’, newspaper cuttings and leaflet. A the United Kingdom’ (Kendrew Report) was published by the Science and Engineering Research Council to review the high energy particle UK participation physics. of Physics commented on it. 4 folders. Copy of the report. Correspondence. the Institute A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 Copy of ‘Response to the Report of the ABRC/SERC Enquiry on High Energy Particle Physics.’ Also includes a newspaper cutting. E.273-E.351 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE (BRISTOL) FOR CHILD STUDIES 1982-1985 Merrison was Chairman of the Trustees. E.273-E.302 Correspondence. 1982-1985 General correspondence International Centre for management and appointment, fund includes report on the newly created centre. Studies Child the re creation in raising of a Bristol, etc. new staff Also 30 folders. 25 folders. 3 folders. 1982-1985 E.330-E.332 E.303-E.327 List of Trustees. Report to the Trustees. Agenda and minutes of meetings. Appeal and fund-raising. Application for registration as a charity. Statements of income and expenditure. E.334-E.342 1983-1985 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.334-E.336 Appointment of Appeal Director. 3 folders. E.337-E.339 Fund raising management. 1983-1984 Lists of potential donors and helpers. 3 folders. E.340-E.342 Draft and final of appeal brochure. 3 folders. E.343-E.347 Building construction documentation. Plans, studies. budgets, maps, photographs and_feasability 4 folders. 2 folders. 2 folders. 1983-1989 E.348, E.349 E350; E.Gol Miscellaneous papers. 1982-1984 Notes on reports, articles and papers on children’s living conditions and disabilities. Includes typescript note on the management structure of the Centre, copy of annual report of the Muller Homes for Children, draft of a proposal to the 1983 ‘Blue Peter You Can Save a Baby Appeal.’ Board. Merrison was appointed a Director of Lloyd’s Bank UK Management Ltd and Chairman of the Bristol Regional E.352-E.356 LLOYDS BANK PLC A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E352, E.353 Correspondence re Regional Board members, charity appeals and Merrison’s terms of appointment. 1984-1989 2 folders. ‘Lloyds Personal.’ 1983-1989 Correspondence re Merrison’s appointment as Director and Chairman of Bristol Regional Board; ‘statement of emoluments and material interests relating to Lloyds Bank plc and it subsiduaries.’ Minutes of meeting of Directors. Minutes of Lloyds Bank UK Management Ltd. 1983-1985 Also includes minutes of Lloyds Bank UK Management Equipment Committee. 10 folders. 1978-1984 1984-1985 was of the E.357-E.366 University Press OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Merrison Oxford Science and Engineering Policy Series. Editor Correspondence re appointment of Merrison as Editor of the OUP’s Science and Engineering Policy Series, and publication proposals some with extracts. 1984-1985 HOSPICE DEVELOPMENT APPEAL Correspondence re the Appeal Committee. Merrison Development Appeal. was PETER’S ST (BRISTOL) E.367-E.371 Chairman of St Peters Hospice A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 Minutes of meetings. 1984-1985 E.369, E.370 Drafts of appeal brochure. 2 folders. Copy of the ‘Financial Plan of Action.’ E.372-E.378 PUGWASH WORLD AFFAIRS CONFERENCES ON SCIENCE AND 1977-1984 Merrison was a member of the Executive Committee of the British Pugwash Group. Correspondence re Executive Committee. Merrison’s membership of the Minutes of meetings. Miscellaneous papers. on Proposed Activities of the of members of the Executive Committee, Includes list notes British Pugwash Group, statement of the Pugwash Committee and a paper entitled ‘Pugwash and the Scientific Community’. 1977-1982 Includes papers, brochures and manuscript notes on the subject of the arms race. File on the nuclear arms race kept by Merrison. E.375-E.378 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.379-E.382 ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 1976-1984 Merrison was Chairman of the Royal Commission on the It National Health Service. This was established in 1976. reported in 1979 (Cmnd 7615) and although some of its key recommendations were resisted at the time, a number were adopted in later NHS reforms. Correspondence. E.380, E.381 Reports and other documents. 1976, 1979 Contains copies of the final report (E.381), ‘The Task of the Commission’ and ‘A Service for Patients, Conclusions and Recommendations of the Royal Commission Report’. 2 folders. E.383-E.385 ROYAL SOCIETY 1981-1987 Programmes of symposia on the medical system which Merrison chaired. Merrison was elected to the Fellowship in 1969. He was first editor of the journal Science and Public Affairs and was Treasurer-designate of the Society in 1986 (having subsequently to decline the appointment). Royal Society annual dinner. Correspondence re launch of new journal Science and Public Affairs and appointment of Merrison as _ editor; possible appointment as Treasurer, Royal Society. Correspondence. 1985-1986 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 Miscellaneous. 1981-1985 Includes Teachers’ and ‘A Study of Commissioned Research’. ‘Shortage reports copies on of of Physics STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, USA 3pp typescript entitled ‘Notes on Stanford Visit.’ E.387-E.475 UNIVERSITY SUPERANNUATION SCHEME (USS) 1979-1989 Merrison was on the Management Committee of the USS as a representative of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom. He later became a director and then Chairman. He was also a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. 1979-1989 re_ actuarial valuations, E.387-E.408 E.409-E.422 Correspondence. management information Merrison’s Correspondence appointment to the Management Committee, duties of the chairman, staff appointment, committee membership and remuneration, requirements, consultants. 1983-1985 Financial and General Purposes Committee agenda and minutes. Management Committee agenda and minutes. E.423-E.447 1984-1985 22 folders. 14 folders. 25 folders. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 Committee membership information. E.449-E.453 Reports and accounts and administrative handbook. 1982-1984 5 folders. Estimates of administrative expenses. E.455-E.466 ‘Valuation’. Contents of folder so inscribed. E.455-E.457 Correspondence re valuation, solvency of the USS. Also includes memorandum and typescript notes. 3 folders. 1979-1986 1979-1984 Statistics and cash flow summary. 1983, 1984 Pension, E.460-E.462 Miscellaneous. A Background paper for Costs and Pensioner’s into Inquiry the ‘Population, Copy of Incomes. Provision for Retirement.’ Valuation calculation, manuscript notes on solvency and on actuarialism, demography of USS. 1984, 1985 The Birth Universities Superannuation Scheme by Logan (Liverpool University Press, 1985). Notes, memoranda and reports. the Douglas of a Pension Scheme - A History of 3 folders. 4 folders. E.463-E.466 E.467-E.473 1983-1986 Sir A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.467-E.472 Draft of The Birth of a Pension Scheme. 6 folders. Copy as published. E.474, E.475 Miscellaneous material. 1984-1985 Includes ‘Universities Superannuation Scheme, Individual Commentary 1984’ and drafts and articles for the USS Newsletter. 2 folders. E.476-E.518 WESTERN PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION LTD 1974-1989 in 1985 E.476, E.477 1983-1989 2 folders. E.479-E.501 List of members of the Board. 1983 Merrison became a director Agenda and minutes of meetings. Correspondence re Merrison’s terms of appointment. In and Chairman of the Western Provident Association. 1983-1985 E.502-E.504 Memorandum and reports. E.505-E.508 Portfolio summaries. 1974-1985 1983-1985 13 folders. 3 folders. 4 folders. n.d, 1984 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Societies and organisations, E.1-E.518 E.509-E.514 Reports and accounts. 1981-1985 6 folders. Ee '515-E-5i7, British Hospitals Contributory Schemes Association. 1981-1983 515 1981-1982 annual report and ‘Avon Leagues of Hospital Friends a Record of Achievements, 1948-1981’. 1981-1982 Newspaper cuttings and notes on the future of hospital contributory schemes in Britain. 1981-1983 ‘A Study of the Development of Hospital Contributory Schemes in England and Wales’ by Veronica Dawkins, September 1982. Miscellaneous material. Notes on the new Director, A.G. Wright. 1983-1984 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 SECTION F CORRESPONDENCE, F.1-F.32 1969-1988 This material dates from 1969 to 1988 and chiefly relates to Merrison’s official engagements and responsibilities as Vice-Chancellor, chairman of the Advisory Board of the Research Councils, chairman of the Committee of Vice- Chancellors and Principals, and other offices and posts. are also sequences of There other informal greetings, invitations to functions and occasions including funeral and memorial services, and references and recommendations. postcards and F.1-F.16 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE G07, bes POSTCARDS AND GREETINGS F.19-F.25 INVITATIONS, PROGRAMMES AND ORDERS OF SERVICE F.26-F.32 REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1969-1988 September 1969. August-September 1978. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE January-February 1979. September-October 1978. October-December 1978. A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Correspondence, F.1-F.32 February 1979. June-August 1979. August-October 1979. October 1979-March 1980. 1979-1980 March-October 1980. January 1981. July 1982-March 1983. 1982-1983 March-May 1983. September-December 1988. 2 folders. 1983-1984 July 1984-October 1986. 1984-1986 May 1983-July 1984. 1973-1988 POSTCARDS AND GREETINGS A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Correspondence, F.1-F.32 F.19-F.25 INVITATIONS, PROGRAMMES AND ORDERS OF SERVICE 1972-1987 7 folders. F.26-F.32 REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1980-1987 Arranged in alphabetical order. B-H 2 folders. J-L 1982-1987 1984-1986 P-S 3 folders. 2 folders. F.30-F.32 1980-1986 A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS ANNAN, Noél Gilroy, Baron Annan ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY AVON RIDING GROUP FOR THE DISABLED BRISTOL EVENING POST BRISTOL OLD VIC TRUST BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY E.8-E.12 E.13-E.35 E.36-E.39 BUTTERFIELD, Sir William John Hughes Bit EG CROCKCROFT, W. H. CERN CHADWICK, Sir James COLLAR, Arthur Roderick B:3;D:62;:0.63).:1,.5-6 CECIL POWELL LECTURE TRUST A.72 E.63-E.69 E.40-E.42 E.43-E.59 CLIFTON COLLEGE/CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS = 7.0 COUNCIL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTES (CSTI) A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 Index of correspondents DAINTON, Frederick Sydney, Baron Dainton of Hallam Moors A.50, E.357-366, F.7, F.12 DARESBURY LABORATORY (SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL) EUROPEAN PHYSICS SOCIETY E2227 E223 FLOWERS, Brian Hilton, Baron Flowers of Queen’s Gate in the City of Westminster GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY E73, E74 E.75-E.215 SEVERN BARRAGE COMMITTEE E/5-E.79 E.80-E.215 E.216-E.218 E.219-E.221 E.379-E.382 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT NUCLEAR POWER ADVISORY BOARD DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE E.273-E.351 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILD STUDIES (BRISTOL) E.224-E.244 E13 INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS A.82, E.245-E.272 HARKNESS FELLOWSHIPS HIRSCH, Sir Peter Bernhard A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 KAY, Henry Index of correspondents LLOYDS BANK PLC E.352-E.356 MERRISON, Maureen Michele, Lady A.1, A.7, A.8, A.13, A.16, A.18, A.25, A.29, A.130, A.131-A.134, E.235-E.237 MILLER, John A. Reel NAIRE, Sir Patrick el, 8) mR 10-Ft2,.ba4 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS E.357-E.366 ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL (BRISTOL) LTD A.84, E.383-E.385 E.60-E.62 E.367-E.371 E.372-E.378 ROTHSCHILD, Nathaniel Mayer Victor, 3° Baron Rothschild PUGWASH CONFERENCES ON SCIENCE AND WORLD AFFAIRS ST PETERS HOSPICE DEVELOPMENT APPEAL (BRISTOL) A.53, E.45 ROYAL SOCIETY RUBBIA, Carlo ROTARY CLUB SALAM, Abdus A.W. Merrison NCUACS 122/8/03 SCHOPPER, Herwig STEELE, Kenneth Index of correspondents THATCHER, Margaret Hilda, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven A.109, E.278, F.14 THISTLEWAITHE, Frank UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL UNIVERSITY OF STANFORD B.1-B.38 E.386 UNIVERSITY SUPERANNUATION SCHEME E.387-E.475 WAGNER, Anthony E.476-E.518 Pal F.3 WILLMOTT, John Charles WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF HABERDASHERS WESTERN PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED A.103-1.106
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