Papers of Ken Ferguson, 1936-2007 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 5714531
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Ferguson, Ken, 1921-2011
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Part available for research; part requires permission for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1936-2007]
- 18.45 m. (101 boxes) + 1 large fol. box + 6 small fol. boxes + 1 med. elephant fol.
- Summary:
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MS Acc10.069 comprises personal and professional correspondence files; diaries and notebooks; university papers and early career (CSIRO) research materials including final year essay on merino breeding, Kameruka experiments and fleece growth; notes for veterinary science lectures given at the University of Sydney; research materials from work with CSIRO on pituitary and growth hormones, hormonal control of wool growth, protected proteins, amino acids, protected lipids, nutrition and wool growth, ruminant nutrition, methionine, electrophoresis, appetite and voluntary feed intake; Human Pituitary Advisory Committee papers; J.S. Davies bequest committee papers; annual reports, agreements, minutes of Peptide Technology Ltd.; experimental data cards including fleece samples, transparencies, negatives and photographs; administrative files from CSIRO; reprints and photocopies of articles by others on numerous topics concerning sheep husbandry, wool production, fleece characteristics and genetics; subject files kept post-retirement, including news clippings and correspondence on the sheep and wool industry; post-retirement work with Jim Watts and others on SRS (soft rolling skins) sheep breeding and selection including research notes, experimental data, articles and correspondence (83 boxes).
The Acc11.121 instalment comprises correspondence, research relating to Soft Rolling Skin (SRS) development, slide specimens, lecture notes, patent information and research cards (18 boxes, 1 large fol. box, 6 small fol. boxes, 1 med. elephant fol.)
- Biography/History:
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Veterinary scientist. Kenneth Adie (Ken) Ferguson was born in Sydney in 1921 and died in June 2011. Ferguson's work on the direction of genetics research in Australia was critical but controversial, emphasising nutrition for the animal rather than purely quantitative genetics as a determinant of success. He studied and was a researcher and teacher in the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Sydney, 1938-1947. He went to Cambridge University in 1948 to commence Ph.D. research on the role of the pituitary gland on wool growth of sheep, returning to Australia in 1952 as a research scientist with CSIRO at Prospect, New South Wales, until 1973.
Ferguson was the chairman, Animal Research Laboratories, CSIRO, based in Canberra from 1973-1978, and director, Institute of Animal and Food Sciences, CSIRO, 1978-1986, retiring in 1986 to become consultant to Peptide Technology Ltd., 1986-1993. Ferguson was made a Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in 1974, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 1976, and contributed significant work with the Human Pituitary Advisory Committee from 1965-1988. Ken Ferguson was the nephew of Sir John Ferguson, compiler of Bibliography of Australia.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS Acc10.069, MS Acc11.121.
- Some photocopies.
- Subject:
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- Ferguson, Ken, 1921-2011 -- Archives
- University of Sydney. Faculty of Veterinary Science -- Employees -- Archives
- CSIRO. Animal Research Laboratories -- Officials and employees -- Archives
- CSIRO. Institute of Animal and Food Sciences -- Officials and employees -- Archives
- Veterinarians -- Australia -- Archives
- Government executives -- Australia -- Archives
- Science consultants -- Australia -- Archives
- Veterinary medicine -- Australia
- Livestock -- Research -- Australia
- Australian merino sheep -- Breeding
- Sheep -- Genetics
- Wool -- Growth
- Time Coverage:
- 1936-2007
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