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Contents of Trevor Watkins boxes at Tas Archives, Berridale 16 Aug 2012

NGT2594 box 1 of 3

School exercise book dated 8.8.13
Leather wallet
Another exercise book
Illustrated London News Jan 25, 1919
Photographic negatives
Notebook - 7AA sending times - few days in Sept 1924
Ludo board
Holy bible
CD Richard Rogers - Historic radio files 5/10/2009
2 glass plate negatives
Drawing book - boats etc
Booklet - Mt Pilatus Railway
Times of transmiosion 7AA & 7DX - empty
Box file containing :
 5 small notebooks - mostly empty
 Older notebook titled T.Watkins electrician Hobart   XZK
  mostly radio info - younger writing
 WIA dinner menus 1929, 1931
 Envelopes
 Press clippings
TP Test certificate 1926
WIA membership certificate 1925
press clippings and rubbish?

box 2 of 3

Mounted photos 7PF + WIA Tas exhibit + Wireless club members + 7AA & ? with giant headphones
[ I reckon all above were from Launceston exhibition 1925/6? ]
Framed Honorary Life Membership certificate  Tas Div WIA
7PF shack photo
Envelope : Photos ex 7DX overseas
Folder negs & prints 7DX gear?
Env : 7DX QSLs etc
Env : Photos ex 7DX Tasmanian
Env : 7DX photos
Env : QSL cards ex 7DX Tasmanian
Env : QSL cards ex 7DX USA
Env : photos ex 7DX dunno
Env : photos ex 7DX Australian
Env : QSL cards ex 7DX rest of world
ENV : Eight of my notes about early radio experimenter Trevor Watkins and photos of a coherer he made Richard Rogers
[ the coherer is in the Tas Museum ]
Env : 7DX original loggings
Env : 7DX unsorted inclused original 1923 loggings of Victorian stations (see copied letter from Ross Hull)
Env : 7DX blank QSL cards
Env : QSL cards ex 7DX Australian

box 3 of 3

Folder : letters to 7DX
Negs and prints
Folder : letters to 7DX re WIA
Folder : letters to 7DX ex PMG
Logbook 1923/4 - Feb 1923 to 16 Aug 1924
Logbook 1928 - Jan 1 to Apr 8
Logbook 1930/1 - 1 Jan 1930 to 13 Feb 1931