| Description | File of correspondence between John Cornforth and Professor Arthur Birch, who was based at the Australian National University during the period of correspondence. Birch was in the same year as Rita Cornforth at Sydney University and also worked with Robert Robinson at Oxford before returning to Australia. The correspondence contains some exchange of professional information, arrangements for reunions and general updates, as well as letters from Cornforth to others relating to award nominations for Birch. The file also contains materials on the biographical memoir of Arthur Birch, which Cornforth wrote in collaboration with Rod Rickards. |