Accession[2013.0008] Papers of Irving David SaulwickIdentifierUMA-ITE-2013000800019Scope and ContentSAUL00019 Correspondence and working papers. Much of the correspondence is regarding permission to purchase data tables or reprint poll data in publications. Other topics include: polling methodology, analysis and administration; suggestions for future polls and surveys; and material sent to Saulwick for comment. Correspondence to and from Irving Saulwick and parties including: Creighton Burns and other staff of the Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers; the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria; the Australian Conservation Foundation; authors; academics; students; public servants; and members of the general public.
Also includes: meeting notes; press releases from the Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research [IAESR] University of Melboune and Morgan Research (dating from 1977 - 1980); NCRC [National Catholic Research Council) Newsletter No. 2 - November 1977; copies of newspaper articles; blank poll questionnaires, drafts and supporting material (polling classifications and variables; interviewers guide; coding lists).
Also includes copies of published articles: Michael Kahan and Don Aitkin 'Drawing a Sample of the Australian Electorate' Occasional Paper No 3, Department of Political Science, Australian National University, 1968; Richard M. Johnson 'Marginal Weighting' published by Market Facts Inc, 1972; J.S. McDonnell and L.V Defris 'The Demand for New Motor Vehicles - Using Australian Consumer Sentiment Measures to Explain and Predict Consumer Behaviour' The Australian Economic Review, 4th quarter, 1976; Murray Goot and Terrance W. Beed 'The Referenda: pollsters and predictions' [publication details not available]; 'Standardization of Measurement of Cigarette Smoking Rates' Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, 1976; Alan Richardson and Ronald Taft 'Australian Attitudes Toward Immigrants: A Review of Social Survey Findings' published in International Migration Review, Summer 1968; Ronald Taft 'The Shared Frame of Reference Concept Applied to the Assimilation of Immigrants' Human Relations, Vol 6, No.1, 1953; Ronald Taft 'The Assimilation Orientation of Immigrants and Australians' Human Relations, Vol 16, No.3, 1963; James S. Bowman 'Attitudes and Orientations of Environmentally Concerned Citizens' Environmental Conservation Vol 4, No.4, Winter 1977.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2013.0008 Unit 0003
Saulwick, Irving D., Age Poll Correspondence 1975 (April 1975-August 1981), [UMA-ITE-2013000800019]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 13/06/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/327228
