Guide to the Papers of Neil Gow
MS 5326
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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
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'.
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.