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Harris, Phillip L. (Phillip Lawrence). Papers [manuscript].

Title: Papers [manuscript]. 1928-1971.

Papers relate to the period Harris spent in England. They include correspondence between P. Harris and Hugh Dash, Press Secretary to Prime Minister Menzies, 1954-1960. Letters discuss the Prime Minister, Dame Pattie Menzies, Lady MacMillan, and the political situation in Australia. Also included are correspondence with lawyers, abstracts of letters and notes all relating to Harris's struggle to bring his son back from Belgium, where his mother had fled with him. Papers also include newspaper clippings relating to the World War I trench paper "Aussie" of which P. Harris was editor.

ArchivalResource: 2 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225747964 View

Joske, Percy Ernest, 1895-1981. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1890-1967.

Correspondence, notes, cuttings, drafts of articles, printed matter, and reports on legal matters, marriage and divorce, dentistry, the Liberal Party, Sir Robert Gordon Menzies. There are papers on the Ernest Joske Oration and the Fellowship of the same name (Ernest was Sir Percy's father), a scrap album of early circulars, menus etc. on the Dental Association of Victoria.

ArchivalResource: 32 cm. (25 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225826401 View

Hughes, W. M. (William Morris), 1862-1952. Papers [manuscript].

Title: Papers [manuscript]. 1940-1952.

Items include: I. Copy of letter from Ezra Norton, Managing Director of "Truth" and "Sportsman" Ltd., to R.G. Menzies (3rd June 1940). II. "Budget 1951-1952". Four typescript pages, unsigned. Possibly a budget speech presented to the Australian Parliament. III. Two page proposal from H.S. Foll (Minister for the Interior) entitled "Proposal for the transfer of young children from the United Kingdom to Australia during the war". Dated 10th June 1940. IV. One page copy of a cablegram to the High Commissioner (29th May 1940) seeking to ascertain Britain's response to an Australian request for looking after 5,000 British children for the duration of the war. V. Four secret reports to the War Cabinet for its consideration (12th to 15th June 1940). Includes reports by the Chiefs of Staff; summary of decisions of the War Cabinet for the information of the Full Cabinet. VI. Folio items include two hand coloured etchings (one by De Bécourt) and "The four freedoms" ([11 p.]), originally published by "The Saturday Evening Post" during February and March of 1943 and presented to Billy Hughes. The art work is by Norman Rockwell.

ArchivalResource: 1 cm. (1 folder) + folio items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225848279 View

Menzies, Robert Sir, 1894-1978. Letter [manuscript].

Title: Letter [manuscript]. 1976.

A letter from R.G. Menzies to the National Library concerning the proposed Judge Book Memorial Village, assumed to be named in honour of Clifford Henry Book, 1895-1954.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225846414 View

Bess W. Truman Papers. 1889 - 1983. White House Menus Files. 1947 - 1952. January 1 - May 31, 1952. 1947 - 1952. White House Menu for Luncheon for the Prime Minister of Australia

Title: Bess W. Truman Papers. 1889 - 1983. White House Menus Files. 1947 - 1952. January 1 - May 31, 1952. 1947 - 1952. White House Menu for Luncheon for the Prime Minister of Australia

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Lindsay, Lionel. Correspondence and photographs [manuscript].

Title: Correspondence and photographs [manuscript]. 1959-1977.

Letters written by Dr Ursula Hoff to Peter Lindsay, 20 January 1959-14 January 1977. Also, collection of photographs mostly of Lionel Lindsay but including Henry Lawson, A. Davington and R. G. Menzies.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222860259 View

MacKenzie King and World War II [manuscript].

Title: MacKenzie King and World War II [manuscript]. 1960.

Extract of newspaper article entitled "Mackenzie King and World War II" from the "Sunday Sun", Vancouver, Canada, 1960 Oct. 15. Concerns the visit of Robert Menzies to Canada, 1941 May and MacKenzie King's reaction to his proposal for a war cabinet comprised of Commonwealth Prime Ministers.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225695690 View

Boyce, Leslie Sir, 1895-1955. Document [manuscript].

Title: Document [manuscript]. 1951.

Copies of an address presented by the Prime Minister, R. G. Menzies on behalf of the people and government of Australia to Sir Leslie Boyce on his appointment as Lord Mayor of London.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225701387 View

Boyce, Leslie Sir, 1895-1955. Document [manuscript].

Title: Document [manuscript]. 1951.

Copies of an address presented by the Prime Minister, R. G. Menzies on behalf of the people and government of Australia to Sir Leslie Boyce on his appointment as Lord Mayor of London.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225701387 View

Menzies, Robert Sir, 1894-1978. Papers of Sir Robert Menzies, 1905-1978.

Title: Papers of Sir Robert Menzies, 1905-1978. 1905-1978.

This extensive collection of personal papers includes inter alia: 1. Inward and outward correspondence sorted chronologically and by name, 1935-1978. Principal correspondents include Eric Harrison, Lord Casey, Harold Macmillan, Leo Amery, Clive Baillieu, Owen Dixon, Alfred Stirling, Jack Fingleton, Fred Alexander, Walter Crocker, Lionel Lindsay, Alexander Douglas Home, Will Ashton, Anthony Eden, Jack Cato, Winston Churchill, Alexander Downer, Alan Herbert, James McGregor, Hubert Opperman, Leon Trout, Ralph Richardson, Frank Richardson, Justice Felix Frankfurter and Colonel F.H. Wright. 2. Press cuttings, speeches, statements and broadcasts, 1917-1976. 3. Diaries, 1935-1963, including those kept on overseas trips and office appointment diaries. 4. Research material and drafts of writings. 5. Personal medical, legal and financial records. 6. Family papers, including those of his wife Dame Pattie Menzies. 7. Liberal Party correspondence and printed material, 1944-1974. 8. Family and official photographs. 9. Papers relating to specific topics including the Communist Party, the 1956 Suez Crisis, defence, cricket, elections, Rhodesia and South Africa, banking, economics and the Churchill Memorial Trust. 10. Papers relating to Menzies' appointment as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1965-1971.

ArchivalResource: 82.32 m. (588 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/219969931 View

Herde, Ken (Kenneth Howard), 1918-2004. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1951-2000.

The papers comprise a cabinet paper entitled "The problems of Canberra and its future" in which Herde proposed the establishment of the National Capital Development Commission. Also included is a memo from Herde to Menzies informing him of the inadequacies of the second draft bill proposed by the Minister for the Interior, Allen Fairhall. Another document outlines Fairhall's draft bill clause by clause, Herde's suggested clauses and an explanation of why these are a preferred option. This paper includes pencil markings made by Prime Minister Robert Menzies. There are also two letters: one from Menzies to Fairhall re the proposed legislation (14/8/57) and another from Herde to John Farquharson (30/3/00). The latter wrote a newspaper article about Ken Herde, a copy of which is included in these papers. There is also material on the Royal Commission on Espionage (1954), Kiribilli House (1957) and the Royal Australian Mint (1962-65).

ArchivalResource: 4 cm. (3 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224576092 View

Dean Gooderham Acheson papers, 1898-1989

Title: Dean Gooderham Acheson papers

The papers include correspondence, writings, speeches, memoranda, and photographs, documenting Dean Acheson's life after leaving the U.S. State Department in 1953. Also documented is his work as a member of the Yale Corporation and his long friendship with Felix Frankfurter, Archibald MacLeish, and others. The correspondence and memoranda contain Acheson's views on many contemporary issues in American foreign policy such as Korea, the Middle East, NATO, Germany, the war in Vietnam, and Rhodesia and South Africa. The papers also include Acheson's later reflections on his years in public life and assessments of the U.S. government under the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. Acheson's numerous correspondents include personal friends, American and foreign government officials, journalists, and a wide range of other persons in public life. The papers also include manuscripts, notes, and reviews for several of Acheson's books.

ArchivalResource: 42.83 Linear Feet (128 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1087 View

Eugene Gressman papers, 1935-1967

Title: Eugene Gressman papers

Law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy, and Washington, D.C. attorney. Diary, 1943-1944, relating to the Supreme Court, and miscellaneous notes, correspondence and newspaper clippings; also papers of Justice Murphy collected by Gressman, including notes of cabinet meetings, and of conferences and telephone calls; and correspondence, 1937-1949, between Frank Murphy and Felix Frankfurter.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-851417?rgn=main;view=text View

Bess W. Truman Papers. 1889 - 1983. White House Menus Files. 1947 - 1952. April 1 - August 16, 1950. 1947 - 1952. Shopping List for Stag Luncheon for the Right Honorable R. G. Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia

Title: Bess W. Truman Papers. 1889 - 1983. White House Menus Files. 1947 - 1952. April 1 - August 16, 1950. 1947 - 1952. Shopping List for Stag Luncheon for the Right Honorable R. G. Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7584199 View

Streeton, Arthur, Sir, 1867-1943. Letters [manuscript].

Title: Letters [manuscript]. 1894-1940.

Fourteen letters received by Sir Arthur Streeton, 1894-1940, from Sir Frank Clarke, Sir Neville Howse, W.M. Hughes, H.R.H. Princess Marie Louise, Alfred Mond, Alister Clark, Wilhelm Backhaus, Sir Robert Menzies, Sir Keith Murdoch, Sir Henry Parkes, Rougemont and John S. Sargent.

ArchivalResource: 14 letters, 1 cm. (1 folder, 14 letters).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225836391 View

Pudney, John, 1909-1977. Papers, 1850-1977 (bulk 1926-1976).

Title: Papers, 1850-1977 (bulk 1926-1976).

The John Pudney Papers, 1850-1977 (bulk 1926-1976), include drafts, notes, printer's copies, galleys, research material, notebooks, diaries, and correspondence. Manuscripts for Pudney's poetry collections and chapbooks include Collected Poems, 1957, and Selected Poems, 1967-1973, as well as proofs for Beyond this Disregard (1943), South of Forty (1943), Spandrels: Poems and Ballads (1969), and Living in a One-Sided House (1976). Manuscripts for early and/or unpublished later poems, 1926-1968, are also present. Some materials such as those for Ten Summers: Poems, 1933-1943 include only notes and correspondence. Manuscripts of Pudney's fiction include The Accomplice (1950), Shuffley Wanderers: An Entertainment (1948), and 'Sleadley' (nd). Materials for such works as The Net (1952), Trespass in the Sun (1957), and Home and Away: An Autobiographical Gambit (1960), include only critical notes and correspondence. Nonfiction materials include the proposal and correspondence for The Thomas Cook Story (1953). These materials, which concern the British temperance movement, consist primarily of the mid-19th century letters and ephemera of Thomas Cook, George Cruikshank, and Emily Ellis. Also present are the manuscript for Lewis Carroll and His World (1976), a working notebook, 1947 on the history of the British Air Force, and numerous materials for the revised edition of The Smallest Room (1954, 1959), a humorous history of sanitation and water closets. The Correspondence series, 1937-1962, primarily concerns the revision of The Smallest Room. Other correspondence also describes the nature of Pudney's other literary endeavors and editorial duties, while letters from George Barker and H.E. Bates are of a more personal nature. Other significant correspondents include Kingsley Amis, Malcolm Arnold, John Betjeman, Benjamin Britten, Jocelyn Brooke, Sir Winston Churchill, Cynthia Coville (Secretary to Queen Mary), Oliver Dawney (Secretary to H.M. Queen Elizabeth), C. Day Lewis, T.S. Eliot, John Lehmann, Compton Mackenzie, Wolf Mankowitz, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Laurence Olivier, J.B. Priestly, Frederic Prokosch, Herbert Edward Read, Michael Redgrave, Vita Sackville-West, Edith Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Henry Treece, and Evelyn Waugh.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1 linear foot), 1 galley folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122692658 View

O'Sullivan, Neil Sir, 1900-1968. Papers [manuscript].

Title: Papers [manuscript]. 1948-1965.

Apart from some business papers, the collection relates almost entirely to O'Sullivan's career as a Queensland Senator and Minister in the Menzies Government. They include correspondence, reports, subject files, notes, speeches, cuttings, photographs, invitations, menus and publications. The papers are most extensive for the period 1956-1959, when O'Sullivan was Attorney-General and Chairman of the joint Committee on Constitutional Review. Correspondents include Robert Menzies, Shane Paltridge, Sir Owen Dixon, Reg Wright, Douglas Menzies and Magnus Cormack.

ArchivalResource: 1.12 m. (8 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225849662 View

Bengtsson, William Stewart, 1910-1972. Letter [manuscript].

Title: Letter [manuscript]. 1954.

Letter from Sir Robert Menzies to Mr Bengtsson, dated 27 Oct. 1954, concerning his resignation from the Secretariat.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225761079 View

Martin, A. W. (Allan William), 1926-2002. Papers of Allan Martin [manuscript].

Title: Papers of Allan Martin [manuscript]. 1954-2002.

The papers fall into two groups: personal papers, mostly dating from the period 1975-2000, and research materials and indexes that Martin compiled while writing the biography of Robert Menzies. The personal papers comprise correspondence, notes, drafts of articles, reviews and photographs. Among the correspondents are Manning Clark, John Hirst, Ken Inglis, Peter Ryan and Geoffrey Serle. The research materials comprise copies of personal and official papers, parliamentary debates, newspaper articles, journal articles and other sources on the life of Menzies, together with extensive card indexes.

ArchivalResource: 10.36 m. (50 boxes, 24 index drawers)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224126665 View

Gardner, Edwin, b. 1884. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1955-1958.

Available for reference; not for loan. Letters written to his son Jack, describing his day-to-day life as a dryblower/prospector, with comments on other matters, including his meeting with the Prime Minister, R.G. Menzies in Kalgoorlie in 1958; newspaper cuttings relating to that meeting, and to his award of a DCM during World War I; mss of 2 poems.

ArchivalResource: 8 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224334202 View

Lindsay, Lionel Sir, 1874-1961. Papers [manuscript].

Title: Papers [manuscript]. 1902-1976.

Comprises papers of Sir Lionel Lindsay, including correspondence, diaries 1928-1934, notes and articles.

ArchivalResource: 5 ms boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222995397 View

Hicklenton & Phillips. Box presented to Sir Robert Menzies by the Corporation of London, Guildhall, 4th June 1952 [realia] / [manufactured by] Hicklenton & Phillips, City of London.

Title: Box presented to Sir Robert Menzies by the Corporation of London, Guildhall, 4th June 1952 [realia] / [manufactured by] Hicklenton & Phillips, City of London. 1952.

ArchivalResource: 1 box : gold plate and wood ; 28.5 x 9.5 x 13.2 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/220820515 View

Gressman, Eugene, 1917-2010. Eugene Gressman papers, 1935-1967.

Title: Eugene Gressman papers, 1935-1967.

Diary, 1943-1944, relating to the Supreme Court, and miscellaneous notes, correspondence and newspaper clippings; also papers of Justice Murphy collected by Gressman, including notes of cabinet meetings, and of conferences and telephone calls with Hugo Black, Louis Brandeis, William J. Donovan, Carter Glass, Charles E. Hughes, Cordell Hull, Joseph P. Kennedy, John L. Lewis, Sir Robert Menzies, Manuel Quezon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Francis B. Sayre, Harlan F. Stone and Sumner Welles concerning the. Diplomatic prelude to World War II and the activities of the Supreme Court during Murphy's tenure; and correspondence, 1937-1949, between Frank Murphy and Felix Frankfurter.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34418462 View

Australian Broadcasting Commission. Mr. Prime Minister transcripts [manuscript].

Title: Mr. Prime Minister transcripts [manuscript]. 1966.

A.B.C. "Mr. Prime Minister", a series of seven documentaries on Robert Gordon Menzies. Produced and directed by Joan Haydon.

ArchivalResource: 25 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225829182 View

Yorston, Keith Sir, 1902-1983. Papers, 1895-1983 [manuscript].

Title: Papers, 1895-1983 [manuscript]. 1895-1983.

The collection comprises correspondence, certificates, invitations; addresses and writings by Yorston; minutes, conference papers, programs, publications, scrapbooks, reports, subject files, diaries, photographs and other papers relating primarily to Yorston's career as a chartered accountant, and his involvement in the Australian-American Association and the Presbyterian Church. Correspondents include American Australian Association (New York), R.W. Askin, Floyd G. Blair, J.J. Cahill, Norman Coleman, R.J. Cotton, Charles Court, Robert J. Dixon, Sir Alexander Fitzgerald, Cardinal Gilroy, P.M. Hamilton, Randal Heymanson, Admiral Herbert G. Hopwood, General Laurence Kuter, Sir John Latham, Lt. Col. Joseph W. Lynch, Rev. Fred McKay, William McMahon, R.G. Menzies, Richard M. Nixon, E.S. Owens, William J. Sebald, Lord Slim, Lt. Col. S.P.M. Sutton, John L. Swigert, Frank A. Waring, General I.D. White and Guthrie Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 4.34 m. (31 boxes) + 7 folio packages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225793883 View