Letter from Ernest Jabara to Barry Cole dated January 16 1969 and a photocopy of Barry Cole's handwritten reply January 20 1969, with attached papers
 Catalogue Number: 904 Letter from Ernest Jabara to Barry Cole dated January 16 1969 and a photocopy of Barry Cole's handwritten reply January 20 1969, with attached papers Category: Papers Sub-Category: Collection of papers (People) incl CVs Author: JABARA Ernest Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1969 and earlier Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne Description Of Item: Handwritten letter from Ernest Jabara to Barry Cole dated 16/1/69. Handwriten reply from Barry Cole dated 20/1/69. Circular to members dated 15/2/44 from Ronald P Griffiths. Independent Analysis of College Affairs dated 17/8/1943 by J A Richards. Letter to members of the Council of the Australian College of optometry dated 5/6/1943 fropm JA Richards Historical Significance: Ernest Jabara was the foundation First Vice President of the Australian College of Optometry who resigned in April 1942 because he had lost the confidence of the Council. Barry Cole was the Director of the College form 1964 to 1999. Ronald Griffiths was a Melbourne optometrist who was a member of Council from June 1945 to September 1947. JA Richards was the legal advisor to the College in its foundation years. There are other collections of papers that relate to Jabara and the turbulence he caused during his brief chairmanship of the Council and the opposition group The Optometric Education Reform Society he founded in the years after his resignation from Council. See Cat No 534, 552 and 892 How Acquired: Record of VCO Condition: Good Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 2 |