E.J. Barker is a past principal of the School of Mines Ballarat and the Library at the Mt Helen Campus is named after him. Papers relate to building extensions. roads, speeches over three decades. Various documents, charts, correspondence collected by E.J. Barkere.j. barker, lydiards street south closure, staff structure 1970, building developments 1965, regional colleges, higher education, melbourne university, college of advanced education, affiliation, professor don aitkin address, staffing, management, ballarat teachers college, victorian institute of colleges, smb personnel, retirements, obituaries, a f heseltine report