Papers of Eric Fry, 1941-2000 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2136632
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Fry, E. C. (Eric Charles), 1921-2007
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1941-2000]
- 1.80 m. (10 boxes) + 1 carton.
- Summary:
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The papers in MS 9691 document Fry's tertiary education at the University of Sydney, some aspects of his academic career and his historical writings. They include correspondence, references, applications for scholarships and appointments, research notes and copies of documents, drafts of essays, articles and papers, reviews, newspaper cuttings and oral histories. The correspondents include Manning Clark, John M. Ward, Jim Hagan, Russel Ward, John Merritt, Graeme Powell and Royden Harrison.
The Acc06.061 instalment comprises papers relating to family and early life; papers relating to Sydney University and life in the 1940s; ANU seminar papers and ANZAAS papers, 1954-1957; files on thesis-writing, c. 1972; and, school broadcasts, 1970-1971.
The Acc08.068 instalment includes research material, drafts, illustrations and other papers relating to Fry's book, An airman far away.
- Biography/History:
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Historian and academic. Eric Charles Fry was lecturer and later reader in the Department of History, Australian National University, from 1959 until his retirement in 1986. In 1961 Fry founded the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History with Robin Gollan and Fry held the positions of Secretary and President. Most of Fry's writings were in the field of labour and urban history. He was the editor of, Rebels and radicals (1983), and, Common cause: essays in Australian and New Zealand labour history (1986). In his retirement Fry wrote An airman far away (1993).
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no.: MS 9691, MS Acc06.061, MS Acc08.068.
- Related Material:
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- Eric Fry interviewed by Edgar Waters; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 3263.
- Dr. Eric Fry interviewed by Edgar Waters; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 3660.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid available online.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1941-2000
- Occupation:
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
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