Records. 1953-1969.

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Records. 1953-1969.

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Consists of the minutes of the Executive, financial records proceedings of seminars and conferences, press cuttings, and individual issues of journals - such as "Encounter" (London), "The Bulletin" (Sydney), and the Association's occasional newsletters and bulletins. The correspondence deals with such issues as the Hungarian uprising in 1956; the Orr Case; the Stuart Case; and other matters of intellectual, academic, political and cultural freedom. Letters to and from such prominent academics, writers and publicists as Donald Horne, James McAuley, Frank Knopfelmacher, Henry Mayers, and R.N. Spann are included as the matters of cultural interest such as the foundation and editing of the journal "Quadrant" (Sydney) with the sponsorship of the Association; and the 1958 visit of Malcolm Muggeridge to Australia.

2.4 m. (16 boxes)

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Libraries Australia

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McAuley, James Phillip, 1917-

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Spann, R. N.

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Muggeridge, Malcolm, 1903-1990

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Writer, social critic, Christian apologist; born Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge, March 24, 1903 in Sanderstead, Surry, England; raised in a Socialist home; graduated from Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1924; travelled to India to teach at Union Christian College, 1924-1927; married Katherine (Kitty) Dobbs (niece of Beatrice Webb) September 10, 1927; lived in Egypt, the Soviet Union and India while serving as a correspondent for various newspapers; served as an intelligence officer in World War II in Lisb...

Knopfelmacher, Frank

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Stuart, Rupert Maxwell

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Orr, Sydney Sparkes, 1914-1966.

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Australian Association for Cultural Freedom

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Founded 6 June 1954 and until 1957 known as the Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom. An affiliated member of the International Association for Cultural Freedom (Founded 1950 and until 1967 known as the Congress for Cultural Freedom). From the description of Records. 1953-1969. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225844310 ...

Horne, Donald.

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Donald Horne, author, editor and academic, was born in Sydney in 1921. He began a career in journalism with the Sydney Daily Telegraph (1945). In 1958 he became founding editor of the Observer, and served two terms as editor with the Bulletin (1961-1962, 1967-1972). In 1973 he began teaching political science at the University of NSW and became Associate Professor in 1981 and Emeritus Professor in 1987. The award-winning The lucky country (1964) was his first published book. From the...

Mayer, Henry, 1919-1991

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