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Collection Summary

Creator
Paul McGuire
Title
Papers of Paul McGuire
Date Range
1878-1987
Collection Number
MS 6453
Extent
10.92 metres (78 boxes, 1 folio box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers include manuscripts, lectures, essays, official papers, literary correspondence, speeches, diaries, notebooks, subject files, photographs, newspaper cuttings, publications and other papers relating to McGuire's literary career, his official position as Minister and Ambassador to Italy and his interest in Catholic issues.

The literary papers include typescripts, research material, correspondence, reviews and other material relating to McGuire's books Australian journey, Westward the course, The Australian theatre, Experiment in world order, There's freedom for the brave, and Inns of Australia. There is also correspondence with English and American publishers and literary agents, papers relating to McGuire's work as a foreign correspondent, articles, speeches, poetry and lecture notes.

The official and personal papers deal particularly with McGuire's time in Rome, but also includes material relating to his work during World War II for the Far Eastern Liaison Office, and his involvement in Catholic Action, Good Neighbour Council of South Australia, Catholic Guild for Social Studies and other bodies.

Among the correspondents are Sir Robert Menzies, Lord Casey, B.A. Santamaria, Hugh McClure-Smith, Sir William McKell, Douglas Stewart, Kevin Kelly, Dame Enid Lyons, Mel Pratt, Lewis Ambrose, Hugh Rain, Joan Counihan, John Grimwade, Sir Paul Hasluck, Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes, Sir Edward Knox, Allen Mears, Stanis McGuire, Carol Robinson (Jackson), Sir Thomas White, Sir John Bunting, Sir Arthur. Tange and Ewen Waterman.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn131322).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Paul McGuire, National Library of Australia, MS 6453, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the Library by Frances McGuire in 1980, 1984 and 1993. A small quantity of material from the 1980 instalment was purchased by the Library. Paul McGuire destroyed parts of his papers (particularly relating to the 1939-45 War) shortly before his death.

An oral history interview with Paul McGuire is held by the Library at ORAL DeB 185, 186.

Arrangement

The papers have been organised into 21 series by Library staff. Many of the papers were kept in files or envelopes with titles supplied by either Paul or Frances McGuire. The order of the contents of these files has been retained. The cuttings files relating to World War II (series 5, subseries 2) form the only discernible sequence. Other files were arranged, usually chronologically, by Library staff.

Separated Materials

Papers of Frances Margaret McGuire are held by the Mortlock Library of South Australiana, State Library of South Australia. Cuttings and notes relating to Paul and Frances Margaret McGuire are held by the Adelaide Catholic Archives of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide.

Biographical Note

Dominic Paul McGuire was born in Peterborough, South Australia, on 3 April 1903. He was educated at the Christian Brothers' College, Adelaide and the University of Adelaide. He married Frances Margaret Cheadle in 1927 and shortly afterwards left for England, where he lived for several years.

McGuire was the author of many works of fiction, verse, literary criticism, history, travel and politics. His publications included Australian journey (1939), Westward the course (1942), Three corners of the world (1948), There's freedom for the brave (1949), and numerous mystery and detective novels.

In 1932 the McGuires returned to live in South Australia, and together with Father James O'Dougherty founded the Catholic Guild for Social Studies to raise awareness of Catholic principles. McGuire lectured and wrote on Catholic subjects during the 1930s and early 1940s, touring in Europe, the United States, and Canada. In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, McGuire travelled to Spain as a correspondent with the Catholic Herald (London) where he investigated the suitability of conditions for the return of expatriated Spanish children. His articles from this time were published in Australian Catholic newspapers. He afterwards went to Hungary to attend the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest.

McGuire served in the Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve from 1942 until 1945 and performed intelligence duties in Melbourne as deputy director of psychological warfare, Far Eastern Liaison Office. During this time he made 400 short wave radio broadcasts containing news and information throughout South East Asia.

After the War, McGuire went abroad as correspondent for the Melbourne Argus and wrote non-fiction on Australia and world politics. In 1951 he travelled to London as an advisor to the Prime Minister for the British Commonwealth Prime Ministers' meeting. He was a member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in 1953 and was named Ambassador to Ireland. His appointment to Dublin was cancelled in January 1954 and he served instead as Australian Minister to Italy (1954-1957) and Australian Ambassador to Italy (1957-1959). In 1959, McGuire represented Australia at the funeral of Pope Pius XII and the coronation of Pope John XXIII.

McGuire was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1951), received the papal honour of the Grand Cross of the Order of St Sylvester and was awarded Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1967).

He died in Adelaide on 15 June 1978.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. General correspondence, 1932-1987

Correspondence received by McGuire from friends and associates, together with some carbon copies of drafts of replies. There is also a small amount of correspndence received by Frances McGuire after Paul McGuire's death.

Most of the correspondence was arranged in folders or envelopes, usually with a title. These files have been arranged roughly chronologically, interfiled with loose correspondence. Some of the correspondence files also contain other papers such as articles, notes, newspaper cuttings, drafts of talks and printed material.

Correspondents include Lewis Ambrose, Hugh Rain, R.G. Casey, Joan Counihan, John Grimwade, Paul Hasluck, Wilfrid Kent Hughes, Sir Edward Knox, Allen Mears, Stanis McGuire, R.G. Menzies, and Carol Robinson (Jackson).

Correspondence with publishers and literary agents is held in series 2. Other correspondence is held in series 6, 7, 11-13 and 17.

Correspondence, 1932-1939 (File 1) - Box 1

Knights of Columbus; Catholic Action-correspondence, articles and notes, 1939-1940 (File 2) - Box 1

Trip to South America, 1940; United States lecture tour, 1939-1940 (File 3) - Box 1

Correspondence, 1940-1942 (File 4) - Box 1

Correspondence, 1940-1944 (File 5) - Box 1

Correspondence (US income tax), 1941-1944 (File 6-7) - Box 1

Knights of Columbus, 1942 (File 8) - Box 2

Correspondence and newpaper cuttings, 1942 (File 9) - Box 2

Includes William Morrow and Catholic Herald correspondence

Correspondence, 1943 (File 10) - Box 2

Allen Mears, 1943-49 (File 11) - Box 2

Correspondence, 1944-1945 (File 12) - Box 2

Includes letters to R.G. Menzies

Correspondence, 1944-1945 (File 13) - Box 2

Correspondence, 1945-1946 (File 14) - Box 2

Correspondence, 1946-1948 (File 15) - Box 2

Correspondence, 1947 (File 16-17) - Box 3

Correspondence, 1948 (File 18) - Box 3

Correspondence, 1949 (File 19-20) - Box 3

Correspondence, 1949-1950 (File 21) - Box 3

Includes a typescrpt of a talk 'Religion and the modern mind' by McGuire, 1950

Correspondence, 1950 (File 22-29) - Box 4

Includes drafts of talks, cuttings and printed material

Correspondence relating to the 'A call to the people of Australia' campaign, 1950-55 (File 30-32) - Box 4

Prime Ministers' Conference, London, January 1951 (File 33) - Box 5

Correspondence, 1951 (File 34) - Box 5

Correspondence, 1951-1952 (File 35) - Box 5

Correspondence, 1952-1953 (File 36-37) - Box 5

Correspondence relating to McGuire's appointment as Ambassador to Ireland, 1952-1954 (File 38-43) - Box 6

Correspondence, 1954-1955 (File 44-45) - Box 6

Letters from Italy, 1954-1959 (File 46-47) - Box 7

Correspondence, 1954-1956 (File 48-55) - Box 7

Correspondence, 1956-1960 (File 56) - Box 8

Correspondence, 1956-1963 (File 57) - Box 8

Correspondence, 1957 (File 58) - Box 8

Knights of Malta, 1957-1958 (File 59) - Box 8

Correspondence, 1957-1958 (File 60-64) - Box 9

Jack McGuire, 1957-1958 (File 65) - Box 9

Correspondence, 1958 (File 66-67) - Box 9

Papal Order of Knight of Grand Cross, 1959 (File 68) - Box 9

Correspondence, 1959 (File 69-70) - Box 9

Death of Pope Pius XII and coronation of Pope John XXIII, 1959 (File 71-73) - Box 10

Correspondence, 1959-60 (File 74) - Box 10

The Herald correspondence, 1959-62 (File 75) - Box 10

Correspondence, 1960 (File 76) - Box 10

Correspondence, 1960-1961 (File 77) - Box 10

Correspondence, 1961 (File 78) - Box 10

Good Neighbour Council; Murray Valley Development League, 1961 (File 79-80) - Box 11

Correspondence, 1961-1962 (File 81-82) - Box 11

Correspondence, 1961-1963 (File 83-84) - Box 11

Correspondence, 1961-1966 (File 85) - Box 11

Correspondence, 1962-1963 (File 86) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1963-1965 (File 87) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1964-1965 (File 88-89) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1964-1966 (File 90) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1966-1970 (File 91) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1967 (File 92) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1967-1968 (File 93) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1967-1970 (File 94) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1969-1970 (File 95) - Box 12

Correspondence, 1970-1971 (File 96) - Box 13

Correspondence, 1971 (File 97) - Box 13

Correspondence, 1971-1978 (File 98) - Box 13

Correspondence, 1972-1976 (File 99) - Box 13

Correspondence, 1977-79 (File 100) - Box 13

Correspondence, 1980-87 and undated correspondence (File 101) - Box 13

Series 2. Correspondence with publishers and literary agents, 1932-1978

The correspondents in this series include Dwye Evans (Heinemann); Thayer Hobson, Frances Phillips and John Willey (William Morrow and Co.); Victor Aarons (Sands and McDougall); Harold Bourne (Robert Spmmerville) and E.E. Bartholomew (Oxford university Press). It also includes some publishing agreements.

See also series 1 for business correspondence that was interfiled by McGuire with general correpondence.

Sands and McDougall (literary agents), 1932-1935 (File 1-2) - Box 13

Correspondence, 1933-1937 (File 3) - Box 14

Mainly with publishers and Robert Sommerville

Robert Sommerville (Harold Bourne), 1949-53 (File 4) - Box 14

Contracts with Heinemann and Morrow, 1939-1940 (File 5) - Box 14

William Morrow and Company, 1940-1961 (File 6-12) - Box 14

Correspondence with publishers, 1943-47 (File 13) - Box 15

Includes a 1939 agreement with Sommerville

Argus correspondence, 1945-48 (File 14-15) - Box 15

Oxford University Press (E.E. Bartholomew), 1945-50 (File 16-19) - Box 15

Dwye Evans (Heinemann), 1947-1958 (File 20-24) - Box 16

Angus and Robertson, 1958 (File 25) - Box 16

Correspondence relating to the publication of memoirs by G.W.L ('Kassa') Townsend on New Guinea, 1962-1963 (File 26-27) - Box 16

Rigby Limited, 1963-65 (File 28) - Box 16

Neville K. Robinson, University of Papua New Guinea, 1971 (File 29) - Box 17

Copyright, Franki report, 1975-78 (File 30) - Box 17

Series 3. Personal documents and family papers, 1878-1976

Personal and family papers of McGuire including a letter by John O'Sullivan to his wife (1878), a school certificate (1915), an army service book, passports, a diary of Mary O'Sullivan (1920), material relating to McGuire's promotion to the honourary rank of Commander (Special Branch) in 1959 and his appointment as CBE (1951), McGuire's will and a transcript of an oral history interview.

Personal and family papers, 1878-1940s (File 1) - Box 17

Diary of McGuire's mother, Mary O'Sullivan, 1920 (File 2) - Box 17

Personal documents, 1951-1959 (File 3) - Box 17

Will (1964), autobiographical notes and a transcript of an oral history interview, 1966-1979 (File 4) - Box 18

Series 4. Diaries and address books, 1941-1978

Diaries of McGuire, mostly written in notebooks. The level of detail in the diary entries is variable. Most are brief handwritten notes while others are considered, typescript records. The journals in folders 2 and 3 contain typescripts of diary entries, newspaper cuttings, photographs of Far Eastern Liaison Office staff, correspondence and other papers.

Diaries, 1941-1945 (also includes index to FELO cuttings files) (File 1) - Box 18

Journal, May-December 1944 (File 2) - Box 18

Journal, January-June 1945 (File 3) - Box 19

Diaries, May-September 1945 (File 4) - Box 19

Diaries, September-October 1945 (File 5) - Box 19

Diaries, 1946-1949 (File 6) - Box 19

Diaries, 1950-1952 (File 7) - Box 20

Diaries, 1953, 1955 (File 8) - Box 20

Diaries, 1956-1958 (File 9) - Box 20

Diaries, 1959-1960 (File 10) - Box 21

Diaries, 1961-1963 (File 11) - Box 21

Diaries, 1964-1966 (File 12) - Box 21

Diaries, 1967-1969 (File 13) - Box 21

Diaries, 1971-1978 (File 14) - Box 21

Address books (File 15) - Box 21

Series 5-1. World War II, 1940-1971: General files, 1940-71

During 1942 until 1945, McGuire served in the Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve and performed intelligence duties in Melbourne as deputy director of psychological warfare, Far Eastern Liaison Office. During this time he made 400 short wave radio broadcasts containing news and information throughout South East Asia.

Series 5 comprises a large, numbered sequence of Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) newspaper cutting files together with a smaller group of general files, arranged chronologically.

Series 4 folder 1 contains an index to the sequence of newspaper cuttings and also to a sequence of Special Division files. Mrs McGuire indicated to the Library that McGuire had destroyed a quantity of his World War II records, and it appears that this included all but one of the Special Division files listed in 4/1. Some files contain related material added by McGuire after 1945.

Netherlands East Indies cuttings, 1940-41 (File 1) - Box 21

Indonesia-photographs, 1941 (File 2) - Box 22

Newspaper clippings on early Pacific War, 1941-1942 (File 3) - Box 22

'A picture of the Japanese army', 1942 (File 4) - Box 22

FELO combined file-foreign, 1942-43 (File 5) - Box 22

'E.R.B. 2/41', 1942-71 (File 6) - Box 22

Includes anti-Japanese propaganda material, material concerning the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and postwar reconstruction, and later material relating to the transfer of Dutch New Guinea to Indonesia (1962)

General Headquarters communiqués-South West Pacific, 1943-1945 (File 7-9) - Box 23

FELO-Netherlands East Indies and British Malaya, 1944 (File 10) - Box 23

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)-post war reconstruction, 1944-1945 (Special Division file) (File 11) - Box 23

Letters of introduction (including one to Ernest Hemingway), 1945 (File 12) - Box 23

War reviews, August 1945 (File 13) - Box 23

Wartime paste ups, 1945 (File 14) - Box 24

Correspondence concerning The coast watchers by Eric Feldt, 1945 (File 15) - Box 24

Royal Australian Navy, memos and correspondence, 1945 (File 16) - Box 24

Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1945-62 (File 17) - Box 24

Series 5-2. World War II, 1940-1971: FELO newspaper cutting files, 1942-1945

Java, 1942-1944 (File F9) - Box 24

Malaya, 1942-1944 (File F10) - Box 24

Malaya operation, 1945 (File F10A) - Box 24

Philippines, 1942-45 (File F11-F11B) - Box 24

New Guinea, 1942-1945 (File F12-F12A) - Box 25

Prisoners of war, 1942-1945 (File F13-F13A) - Box 25

Japan, 1942-44 (File F16) - Box 25

Postwar reconstruction-Atlantic Charter, 1942-1944 (File F20) - Box 25

Postwar reconstruction, 1945 (File F20A-F20B) - Box 26

England, 1942-1945 (File F21) - Box 26

Italy, 1942-1945 (File F22-F22A) - Box 26

Russia, 1942-1945 (File F23-F23D) - Box 27

Australia, 1942-1945 (File F24-F24B) - Box 28

Burma, 1942-1945 (File F25) - Box 28

India, 1942-1945 (File F26) - Box 29

Papuans in Australia and officers in Australia, 1942 (File F27) - Box 29

Germany, 1943-1945 (File F29-F29A) - Box 29

Allied Occupation Territory, 1943-1945 (File F30) - Box 29

France, 1942-1945 (File F31) - Box 29

Enemy losses, 1942-1944 (File F32) - Box 29

Allied production, 1942-1944 (File F33-33A) - Box 29

Strategy, 1942-1945 (File F34-F34A) - Box 29

Africa, 1943-1944 (File F35) - Box 30

Japanese mandates, 1945 (File F36) - Box 30

Peace moves, 1943-1945 (File F37) - Box 30

Asia, 1943-1944 (File F38) - Box 30

Spain, 1942-1945 (File F39) - Box 30

Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 (File F40) - Box 30

South America, 1942-1945 (File F41) - Box 30

Europe, 1942-1945 (File F42-F42A) - Box 30

French Indo-China, 1942-1945 (File F43) - Box 30

Thailand, 1942-1945 (File F44) - Box 30

Allied losses, 1942-1945 (File F45) - Box 30

Propaganda, 1942-1945 (File F46) - Box 30

North West Area, 1942 (File F47) - Box 30

Netherlands East Indies, 1942-1945 (File F48) - Box 30

Pacific, 1942-1945 (File F49-F49B) - Box 31

Early material: miscellaneous, 1942-1945 (File F50) - Box 31

Turkey, Iraq, Iran, 1943-1945 (File F51) - Box 31

South/Southwest Pacific, 1943-1945 (File F52-F52A) - Box 31

Moslems, 1943 (File F53) - Box 32

Air war, 1943-1945 (File F54-F54D) - Box 32

Sea war, 1943-1944 (File F57) - Box 33

European invasion, 1944-1945 (File F64-F64B) - Box 33

Maps, 1944-1945 (File F65) - Box 33

British Pacific Fleet, 1944-1945 (File F66) - Box 33

Pacific, 1945 (File F67) - Box 33

Japan: operations against, 1945 (File F68) - Box 34

War crimes, 1943-1945 (File F69) - Box 34

Occupation of Germany, 1945 (File F70) - Box 34

Sumatra, 1945 (File F71) - Box 34

Territorial and boundary readjustments, 1945 (File F72) - Box 34

Russian operations, 1945 (File F73) - Box 34

Occupation of Japan, 1945 (File F74) - Box 34

Series 6. Minister and Ambassador to Italy, 1952-1971

McGuire was Australian Minister to Italy in 1954-1957 and continued to serve when his position was renamed Australian Ambassador to Italy during 1957 to 1959. In 1959, McGuire represented Australia at the funeral of Pope Pius XII and the coronation of Pope John XXIII.

The series comprises correspondence files (folders 1-21), mainly with the Minister and Secretary for the Department of External Affairs. The correspondence files include copies of official memoranda, reports and despatches and are arranged roughly chronologically. Folders 22-31 contain correspondence and other papers relating to official tours and visits by McGuire. Folders 32-57 contain financial records while other papers such as notebooks, newspaper cuttings and printed matter are in folders 58-65.

Correspondents include Sir Thomas White, Sir John Bunting, Sir Arthur Tange, Lord Casey, and Ewen Waterman.

London-Australian High Commissioner and Office, 1954 (File 1) - Box 34

Conduct of Mission 1-Department of External Affairs corresondence, 1954-1955 (File 2) - Box 34

Conduct of Mission 2-Minister of External Affairs correspondence, 1954-1958 (File 3) - Box 34

Conduct of Mission 2-Department of External Affairs correspondence, 1956-1958 Commercial Office, Rome, 1958 Conduct of Mission 3-Ambassador's file, 1958 (File 4) - Box 35

Department of External Affairs telegrams and correspondence, 1954-1958 (File 5) - Box 35

Correspondence with R.G Casey and others regarding appointment to Rome and other matters, 1954-1959 (File 6) - Box 35

Diplomatic despatches, 1954-1956 (File 7) - Box 35

Files concerning Merino sheep for Italy and other Department of External Affairs correspondence, 1954-1956 (File 8) - Box 35

Correspondence with Prime Minister, 1955 (File 9) - Box 35

Department of External Affairs correspondence and memoranda, 1956 (File 10) - Box 35

London correspondence, 1957-1958 (File 11) - Box 35

London correspondence - Heads of Mission, 1957 Minister's leave, 1957 (File 12) - Box 36

Despatches and memoranda, 1957 (File 13) - Box 36

Visit to San Marino-correspondence with Sir Percy Spender, 1957 (File 14) - Box 36

NATO south, 1957 General correspondence and translations, 1957-1958 (File 15) - Box 36

Despatches, 1958 (File 16) - Box 36

Memoranda and reports, 1958 (File 17) - Box 36

Head of Mission-Rome, 1958 (File 18) - Box 36

Despatches and notes, 1959 (File 19) - Box 36

Correspondence with External Affairs and the Commonwealth Parliament, 1959 (File 20) - Box 36

Ambassador-representation; income tax deduction, 1959 (File 21) - Box 36

Correspondence concerning Minister's trip to Calabria and Sicily, March 1955 (File 22) - Box 37

Nothern tours, 1955 (File 23) - Box 37

Cardinal Gilroy's visit, November 1956 (File 24) - Box 37

Norther tours, 1957 (File 25) - Box 37

Tunisia: personal file, 1957 (File 26) - Box 37

Tunisia war graves ceremony, 1957 (File 27) - Box 37

Speeches, 1957; Northern tour, 1958 (File 28) - Box 37

Visit to Olivetti (photograph album), n.d (File 29) - Box 37

Visit by Sir Lyell McEwin to Olivetti Company, 1958 (File 30) - Box 37

Southern trip, April 1958; Northern trip, May 1958 (File 31) - Box 37

Travel receipts, 1953 (File 32) - Box 38

Letters, receipts (Ireland and Rome), 1953-1956 (File 33) - Box 38

Receipts, subscriptions and hotel expenses, 1954 (File 34) - Box 38

Receipts and financial memos from C. Amato, 1954 (File 35) - Box 38

London (receipts, accounts, correspondence), 1954-1955 (File 36) - Box 38

Embassy hospitality receipts and accounts, 1954-1955 (File 37) - Box 38

Personal banking and accounts, 1954-1956 (File 38) - Box 38

Medical and dental expenses, 1955-58 (File 39) - Box 38

Donations given and refused, 1955-1958 (File 40) - Box 38

Banking (cheque books, transfers), 1956-1958 (File 41) - Box 38

Banking, commercial counsellor and miscellaneous financial correspondence, 1956-1958 (File 42) - Box 39

Staff-casual, 1957-1958 (File 43) - Box 39

Guest list, clubs and membership, 1957-1958 (File 44) - Box 39

Travel expenses, 1957-1958 (File 45) - Box 39

Entertainment, dinner parties, donations, 1958 (File 46) - Box 39

Embassy accounts and vouchers, 1958 (File 47) - Box 39

Income tax, 1958 (File 48) - Box 39

Departure expenses, 1958-1959 (File 49) - Box 39

Representation accounts, 1954-1958 (File 50-57) - Box 40

Emigration (Italy)-articles and printed matter, 1952-1954 (File 58) - Box 40

Other papers, 1954-1971 (File 59) - Box 41

Hungarian refugees embarking by air from Naples (includes photographs), 1956 (File 60) - Box 41

Newspapers cuttings, 1956-1958 (File 61-64) - Box 41

Rome notebooks (File 65) - Box 41

Series 7. Australian journey, 1939-1949

Australian journey, a non-fictional introduction to Australia, was first published in London by Heinemann in 1939. The Americal edition was published by Frederick A. Stokes Company in the same year under the title Australia, her heritage, her future.

The series contains a publisher's agreement, drafts, correspondence, reviews and research material.

Documents relating to Australian journey (File 1-3) - Box 41

Series 8. Westward the course: the new world of Oceania, 1941-1942

Westward the course: the new world of Oceania was published in 1942 in Melbourne and London by Oxford University Press and in New York by W.Morrow and Company.

The papers comprise drafts, notes, research materials, notebooks, reviews and a copy of the publication.

Documents relating to Westward the course: the new world of Oceania (File 1-10) - Box 42, 43

Series 9. The Australian theatre, 1948-1950

The Australian theatre: an abstract and brief chronicle in twelve parts with characteristic illustrations was written by Paul McGuire with research assistance by Betty Arnold and Frances Margaret McGuire. It was published in Melbourne and London by Oxford University Press in 1948.

The series contains notes, sketches, research materials, illustrations, correspondence and typescript drafts.

Documents relating to The Australian theatre (File 1-7) - Box 44

Series 10. Experiment in world order, 1948

Experiment in world order was published in New York by William Morrow in 1948. It was simultaneously published in London by Heinemann as The three corners of the world: an essay in the interpretation of modern politics.

The series contains a corrected typescript draft and a published copy of Experiment in world order.

Draft and published copy of Experiment in world order (File 1-2) - Box 45

Series 11. There's freedom for the brave, 1948

This book was published in 1949 in London by Heinemann and in New York by William Morrow with the full title There's freedom for the brave: an approach to world order.

The series contains notes, typescript drafts and correspondence.

Documents relating to There's freedom for the brave (File 1-2) - Box 45

Series 12. Inns of Australia, 1947-1950

Inns of Australia was published in Melbourne by Heinemann in 1952.

The papers include research materials, correspondence, notes, notebooks, drafts, a sequence of numbered files containing information on pubs around Australia (folders 5-7), and photographs.

Documents relating to Inns of Australia (File 1-21) - Box 45, 46, 47, 48

Series 13. Articles by McGuire, 1935-1971

McGuire published a great many articles throughout his life in a variety of literary and Catholic periodicals and newspapers including The Argus, Australian quarterly, The English review, Catholic herald, Columbia, America, The sign, Twentieth century, The Herald, and The Advertiser. There are articles on international affairs, the United Nations, migration, and Australian politics as well as reports on the Spanish Civil War (filed as a correspondent with the Catholic Herald in London). The files include manuscript and typescript drafts, newpaper cuttings and entire copies of journals. Some files also include correspondence and supporting documents.

Other articles by McGuire are included in the folders in series 14. Articles on McGuire are in series 19.

Articles, 1935-1936 (File 1) - Box 48

Catholic newspapers and publications, 1937 (File 2) - Box 49

Spain, 1937 (File 3) - Box 49

Spain, 1937-1938 (File 4) - Box 49

Articles, 1938 (File 5) - Box 49

Articles, 1938-39 (File 6) - Box 49

Articles in The Argus, 1941-1945 (File 7) - Box 49

Articles and talks, 1942 (File 8) - Box 49

Newspaper cuttings (The Argus), 1945 (File 9) - Box 49

'Britain revisited',n.d (File 10) - Box 50

Articles and correspondence, 1945 (File 11) - Box 50

Articles for The Argus, 1945-1946 (File 12-13) - Box 50

Articles, 1945-1947 (File 14) - Box 50

The Argus, 1946 (File 15) - Box 50

Articles, 1946 (File 16) - Box 50

The Argus, 1947 (File 17) - Box 50

The Argus, 1947-1948 (File 18-19) - Box 51

Newspaper articles, 1948-1949 (File 20) - Box 51

Articles, 1950-1959 (File 21) - Box 51

Articles for The Herald, 1959-1960 (File 22) - Box 51

Articles, 1959-1971 (File 23) - Box 51

Undated articles (File 24-25) - Box 51

Series 14. Lectures, speeches and broadcasts, 1934-1976

Lectures and lecture notes by McGuire during his position teaching history and English as a casual lecturer for the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) of South Australia in the early 1930s. There are also lecture notes for the Newman Institute of Christian Studies (Adelaide) and various speeches and talks given by McGuire throughout his life.

See also series 1/21 and series 13/8 for other talks by McGuire.

WEA lecture material, 1934 (File 1-6) - Box 52

Social history lectures, 1936 (File 7) - Box 53

Education broadcasts, 1938 (File 8) - Box 53

Radio talks, 1941 (File 9) - Box 53

Manuscripts (fiction) and lectures (postwar), n.d (File 10-12) - Box 53

'Australia Day' (1946), 'Geographic factors in strategy' by Dr Bruce Hopper (1949) (File 13) - Box 53

Lecture notes-Newman Institute of Christian Studies (Adelaide), 1950-1952 (File 14-15) - Box 53

Speeches delivered in Melbourne and Hobart; transcript of ABC forum 'What should we think about China', 1952; and a speech 'The modern crisis and the Christian' (1953) and other papers concerning the Eucharist Congress (File 16) - Box 54

Notes for speeches, lectures and articles, 1950-1952 (File 17) - Box 54

Address to International Club, Rome, 1955 (File 18) - Box 54

Lecture notes on international affairs and other speeches, 1960-1961 (File 19) - Box 54

Articles and talks, 1960-1961 (File 20) - Box 54

Addresses, talks and lectures, July-Sept. 1961 (File 21) - Box 54

Lecture notes, c.1961-1973 (File 22) - Box 54

Talks, 1963 (File 23) - Box 54

'1000 years of Christian Poland'-lecture and newspapers cuttings, 1966 (File 24) - Box 55

Talks, 1967-1968 (File 25) - Box 55

Talks, 1970-1976 and undated (File 26) - Box 55

Lecture publicity poster, n.d. (Folio) (File 27) - Folio-Box 1

Series 15. Other writings, 1927-1978

McGuire had diverse writing interests ranging from poetry and detective novels to political and general non-fiction.

This series contains poetry, play scripts, short stories, a draft novel and other unpublished writings.

Papers relating to publications by McGuire can be found in series 7-12.

Poetry, 1927-1936 (File 1-3) - Box 55

Poetry and play scripts, 1926-1929 (File 4) - Box 55

'The Bolshevic-a play in three acts' (File 5) - Box 56

Short stories, n.d (File 6-7) - Box 56

'The stream' (novel), n.d (File 8) - Box 56

Book on England, 1932 (File 9) - Box 56

Manuscript on cricket, 1964-1976 (File 10-15) - Box 57

Typescript on Sir Thomas More, 1977-1978 (File 16-18) - Box 57

Miscellaneous writings, 1928-1967 (File 19-20) - Box 58

Series 16. 'Life in Australia'

In 1947, McGuire began discussions with Oxford University Press about editing a series on Australian social history. Although the project never fully materialised, two books were published (The Australian Theatre and Inns of Australia) with the research assistance of Frances McGuire and Betty Arnott.

The series comprises files of research materials annotated with the working title 'Life in Australia'. The files contain notes, excerpts from publications, newspaper cuttings and printed material and are arranged alphabetically.

Aborigines-mythology and tracking (File 1) - Box 58

Migration (File 2-3) - Box 58

Music (File 4-6) - Box 58

Social manners (File 7-8) - Box 59

Social manners and sport (File 9) - Box 59

Sport (File 10-11) - Box 59

Transport (File 12-13) - Box 59

Photographs and illustrations (File 14-18) - Box 60, Folio-Box 1

Series 17. Subject files, 1926-1978

Subject files maintained by McGuire on a variety of topics. The files contain correspondence, notes, articles, reports, minutes, newspaper cuttings, and other printed material. Some files are research files, while others relate to McGuire's activities and associations.

The subject files have had the alphabetical arrangement imposed upon them by Library staff.

Associated Telefilms, 1960 (File 1) - Box 60

Australia-general, 1940-1941 (File 2) - Box 60

Australia, 1947-1948 (File 3) - Box 60

Australia-postwar, 1953 (File 4) - Box 61

Australian-American Association, n.d (File 5) - Box 61

Australian-American relations, 1940-1941 (File 6) - Box 61

ABC Talks Advisory Committee, 1967-1968 (File 7) - Box 61

Australian Citizenship Convention (24 Jan. 1961) and matters pertaining to migration and the Good Neighbour Council, 1961-1963 (File 8) - Box 61

Australian Society of Authors, 1963-1964 (File 9) - Box 61

British Commonwealth, 1946 (File 10) - Box 61

British Commonwelth relations, 1944 (File 11) - Box 62

Peter Bulic, 1970 (File 12) - Box 62

Canberra (ACT), 1936-1938 (File 13) - Box 62

Car, 1947-1949 (File 14) - Box 62

Catholic Action, 1937-1942 (File 15) - Box 62

Catholic Action; Catholic Guild for Social Studies; Spanish Civil War, 1936-1937 (File 16) - Box 62

Catholic Guild for Social Studies, 1965 (File 17) - Box 62

Catholicism and the Axis, 1942 (File 18) - Box 62

G.K. Chesterton Society, 1926-1978 (File 19) - Box 62

Church, 1940-1958 (File 20) - Box 63

Common market, 1962 (File 21) - Box 63

Fairbridge Society, 1962 (File 22) - Box 63

Germany, 1946 (File 23) - Box 63

Good Neighbour Council, 1960-1963 (see also folder 8) (File 24-25) - Box 63

Immigration, 1963-1965 (File 26) - Box 63

Imperial relations, 1944-1950 (File 27) - Box 63

Japan, 1940-1941 (File 28) - Box 64

Knights of Malta controversy, 1967-1977 (File 28) - Box 64

Malaya clippings, 1941 (File 28) - Box 64

Murray Valley, 1949-1950 (File 29) - Box 64

Murray Valley Development League and Murray Murrumbidgee Development Committee, 1960-1961 (File 30) - Box 64

Order of Malta, 1958-1964 (File 31) - Box 64

Referendum, 1948 (File 32) - Box 64

Religion, 1947 (File 32) - Box 64

Russia, 1947-1948 (File 32) - Box 64

Soil erosion, 1944 (File 33) - Box 64

South America, 1940 (File 33) - Box 65

Timor, 1941 (File 34) - Box 65

UK Information Service, 1947-1949 (File 35) - Box 65

United States of America, 1941 (File 36) - Box 65

Western Australia, 1938 (File 36) - Box 65

Wine, 1947-1949 (File 37) - Box 65

Series 18. Notebooks, 1929-1978

A substantial series of notebooks kept by McGuire to record drafts of poetry, articles, talks, letters and other writings. Other notebooks contain jottings, calculations, shorthand passages, bibliographic references, travel notes (including notes made in England, Spain and Paris) and lecture notes. Some of the notebooks contain enclosures such as letters, cuttings and typescripts.

In general the notebooks are difficult to read and poorly dated and identified.

9 lecture notebooks, dating from the early 1920s (File 1-3) - Box 65

Notebooks, 1929-1937 (File 4) - Box 67

Notebooks, 1944-1946 (File 5) - Box 67

Notebooks, 1947-1948 (File 6) - Box 67

Notebooks numbered 1-16, 1940s? (File 7) - Box 68

5 notebooks, 1950s? (File 8) - Box 68

Notebooks, 1950-1964 (File 9) - Box 68

3 notebooks, 1969 (File 10) - Box 69

Notebooks, 1976-1978 (File 11) - Box 69

Undated notebooks (File 12-14) - Box 70

Series 19. Reviews and articles on McGuire, 1932-1976

Reviews of books by McGuire and articles on McGuire.

Some book reviews are held in the series relating to publications by McGuire (series 7-12). Articles by McGuire are held in series 13.

Cutting book containing reviews and writings on McGuire, 1929-1936 (File 1) - Box 70

Reviews, 1932-1933 (File 2) - Box 71

Reviews, 1934-1935 (File 3) - Box 71

Reviews, 1936-1937 (File 4-6) - Box 71

Reviews, 1938 (File 7) - Box 71

Reviews, 1939-1942 (File 8) - Box 72

Reviews, 1945-1951 (File 9) - Box 72

Cutting book containing reviews and articles on McGuire, 1948-1952 (File 10) - Box 72

Articles on McGuire, 1932-1952 (File 11-12) - Box 72

Articles on McGuire, 1953-1959 (File 13-15) - Box 73

Articles on McGuire, 1960-1976 (File 16) - Box 73

Articles on McGuire, 1976 (File 17) - Box 73

Series 20. Photographs, 1924-1953

Photographs and negatives including photographs of stars of the London stage (n.d.), portraits of McGuire and photographs relating to the Eucharistic Congress (Budapest, 1938), Ireland (1946), the United Nations General Assembly (1953) and the visit of Broken Hill miners' delegation to the Australian Embassy in Rome (1950s).

Other photographs are also held in series 4/2-3, 5/1/2, 6/24, 6/60, 12, and 16/14-18.

Photographs (File 1-3) - Box 73,74

Series 21. Other papers, 1923-1978

Miscellaneous papers including manuscripts by others, financial papers, invitations, and newspaper cuttings.

Papers, 1923-1939 (File 1) - Box 74

'A South Sea bubble' by A.B. Piddington, 1938 (File 2) - Box 74

Financial papers, 1939-1947 (File 3) - Box 74

Invitations, c.1940-1971 (File 4-6) - Box 74

Papers, 1941-1949 (File 7) - Box 75

Newspaper cuttings, 1947-1949 (File 8-15) - Box 75

Papers, 1952-1959 (File 16) - Box 76

Papers, 1961-1968 (File 17) - Box 76

Political work and papers, c.1965 (File 18) - Box 77

Commonwealth of Australia-lists of permanent missions overseas, 1965-1966 (File 19) - Box 77

Newspaper cuttings, 1968 (File 20) - Box 77

Other papers, 1970-1978 including a radio script by Frances Margaret McGuire, 1974 (File 21) - Box 77

'The old man thinks' a novel by Michall Yeovil, n.d (File 22-23) - Box 77

'Kassa's story: New Guinea' by G.W.L. Townsend, n.d (File 24) - Box 78

'Report on post war production of copra in Papua and New Guinea', n.d (File 25) - Box 78

Manuscript (author unknown), n.d (File 26) - Box 78

Miscellaneous undated papers (File 27-28) - Box 78

Index cards (folio) Folio (File 29) - Folio-Box 1


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