Guide to the Papers of Neil Gow

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MS 5326

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Collection Summary

Creator
Gow, Neil, 1948-
Title
Papers of Neil Gow
Date Range
c1970-1975
Collection Number
MS 5326
Extent
2.9 metres 2(18 boxes + folio items)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, notes, printed material, newspaper clippings, conference proceedings, government documents and miscellaneous items of a personal nature. It should be noted that the largest part of this collection consists of photocopies of original items (1905-1946) which are located in the National Archives of Australia.

The bulk of material relates to Gow's research for a thesis, entitled: Australian Defence Debate, 1923-1941, a draft of which is included in this collection. There is also material relating to Gow's work as a tutor at the Royal Military College, Canberra.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for reference.

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Neil Gow, National Library of Australia, MS 5326, [series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

This collection was donated to the National Library by Neil Gow in 1976.

Arrangement

The various series were created out of broad subject areas which reflect the structure of defence in Australia as well as Gow's research interests. As far as possible the original order was maintained. The papers which fell into those subject areas were then arranged chronologically, where possible.

Biographical Note

Neil Gow was born on 30 November 1948 at Subiaco, Western Australia. He attended the University of Western Australia where he was awarded a BA History (Honours).

In March 1972, he commenced studies at the Royal Military College under the Commonwealth Post Graduate Research Scheme. After a year of research, he became a teaching Fellow of the Royal Military College until December 1975.

Publications

1. Gow, Neil 'Australian Army strategic planning 1919-39', Australian Journal of Politics and History. Vol. 23, August 1977, pp. 169-172.

2. Gow, Neil 'Frank Gardner : Prince of Tobymen', In The Bushranger Papers, Canberra, Canberra Historical Society, pp. 1-13.

3. Gow, Neil and Gow, Barbara News from Marengo, 1860-1900 Lyons, A.C.T., 1974

4. Probert, Linda and Gow, Neil News from Marengo, 1929-1939 Murringo, N.S.W., Murringo Historical Centre, 1975

Source: Royal Military College.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Department of Defence, 1920-1939

Department of Defence vol. I (self titled) (File 1-2)

Department of Defence vol. II (File 3)

Department of Defence vol. II (File 4)

Australian military forces, organisation and requirements (File 5)

Includes an index of files; minutes of inter staff meeting, Victoria Barracks, 9 August 1933; Army list of Australian military forces, Part 1, 1 February 1939; and a draft memorandum 'A common doctrine'.

Miscellaneous (File 6)

Letter from Monash to Rosenthal, 12 July 1920; minute on defence policy, 7 April 1922; valedictory messages (Green 1923; Bowden 1925); and Chief of Air Staff submission, Singapore, 11 April 1928.

Department of Defence (File Folio 1)

Series 2. Council of Defence, 1905-1946

Council of Defence vol. I (self titled) (File 1)

Includes notes on Council of Defence records; index to meetings; Council of Imperial Defence documents (313-C, 372-C); Hankey/Parkhill correspondence, 1934 - 19 June 1935.

Hankey/Parkhill correspondence, 24 August 1936 (File 2)

Hankey/Parkhill correspondence, 17 December 1937 (File 3)

Hankey/Parkhill correspondence, 24 February 1938 (File 4)

Council of Defence vol II (self titled) (File 5)

Hankey/Parkhill correspondence, 18 March 1938 - 13 July 1938

Hankey/Parkhill correspondence, 26 August 1938 (File 6)

Hankey/Parkhill correspondence, 25 January 1939 (File 7)

Meeting, 5 July 1939 and pages from Shedden's notebook, 1938 (File 8)


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