Commemorative medal for World Congress of Medical Librarianship, Brisbane, 2009. Housed in small fabric pouch.

AMA Queensland Centenary Celebrations, ‘Milestones in Medicine’, 7 May 1994 : Medal.

The Pearn Numismatic Collections consists of 16 gilded medals, most accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Medals commissioned and desgined by Professor John Pearn to promote history and heritage primarily relating to Queesland healthcare. All are gilded with 24 karat gold, 2003 to 2014. The medals are:
Pediatric and Child Health Heritage Medal;
Clinical Multimedia Heritage Medal;
Bioethics Heritage Medal;
Rehabilitation Heritage Medal;
Heritage Medal of Pediatric Healthcare;
Nursing Heritage Medal;
Healthcare Staff Tribute Medal;
Pharmacy and the Poisons Information Centre Heritage and Tribute Medal;
Department of Respiratory Medicine Heritage Medal;
Intensive Care Heritage and Tribute Medal;
Emergency Medicine Heritage and Tribute Medal;
Radiological Sciences Heritage Medal;
Hospital School Heritage and Tribute Medal;
Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Centenary Medallion;
The surgeon General John White Medal; and
Congress Medal - 10th International Congress on Medical Librarianship Brisbane - Australia 2009.

Medals presentented to John Pearn and Pearn's Numismatic Collection.

Photographs comprise:

[Item 1] Commemorative photograph: 75th Anniversary of the University of Queensland, Department of Child Health, Clinical Examiners, 1985.
[Item 2] ‘Treasures of the Fryer Library’ [names of families represented in group photo written on frame], 1997.
[Item 3] Photograph of John Pearn and library staff at Customs House Presentation to John Pearn as Alumnus of the Year [from left: Lisa Kruesi, John Pearn, Grace Saw, Deborah Stumm and Andrew Heath], with accompanying note to Lisa Kruesi, 24 Oct 2004
[Item 4] One colour photograph of John Pearn’s presentation to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace where he received the King Edward VII Cup for service to lifesaving, injury prevention and prehospital care, 22 Nov 2016

Bound volumes containing John Pearn's curriculum vitae for: 1994, 2014 and 2022.

Dr David Clements Jackson gave his original lecture notes from 1961 to Pearn. In 1961 the Department of Child Health was established within the University of Queensland.

Two videocassettes. [Item 1] Professor John Rendle-Short interviewed by Professor Fred Leditschke in 1986; and [Item 2] Memorial Service for Dr Robert Endean on 15 Oct 1997. All were colleagues of John Pearn.

Letter with details of the collection written by John Pearn, 18 Mar 2019. Certificates of Authenticity for 13 medals; information on the John White and Congress Medals are included. There is no certificate or information sheet for the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Centenary Medallion.

Includes:
[Item 1] Printout of the The London Gazette, Tuesday 6th February 1996 where John Hemsley Pearn is named as being conferred the appointment as Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.
[Item 2] Letter from Professor John Pearn to Mr N. W. McCaughey regarding the Medical Training Programme for the March of the "Dungarees" in April 1998., 22 Aug 1997
[Item 3] Attached to the letter is a summary of self preparation for medical and fitness requirements for the March.
[Item 4] Promotional flyer from journal Doctor Q with a speaker profile John Pearn at the 2005 AMA Queensland Conference.
[item 5] List of Life Governors and Life Members, which lists John Pearn for 2004-05, from the Royal Life Saving Society Queensland Annual Report, 2006.
[Item 6] St John Ambulance Australia, Queensland History and Heritage Committee Report 2007, listing John Pearn as Consultant to the Committee
[Item 7] Notes relating to the presentation of a ceramic flask to John Pearn, Oxford, 2012
[Item 8] Letter to the Fryer Librarian, Simon Farley, which accompanied Commemorative medal for World Congress of Medical Librarianship from 2009, 15 Sep 2016.
[Item 9] Flyer for the Surgeon General, presented to Major General John Pearn, Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force, 1998-2000.
[Item 10] Letterhead for Colonel John Pearn, AM, RFD.