MS 6909
Papers of Vincent Clair Gair



Scope and Content Note

PAPERS OF V.C. GAIR

Summary List

May 1984


Series List

Series

Box

1

Correspondence and fragment of files

1-2

2

Engagement Diaries

3

3

Conferences and Conventions

3

4

Trips and Tours

4-5

5

Speeches, articles, broadcasts

6

6

Personal

6

7

Elections

7

8

Subject files

8-9

9

Democratic Labor Party and Queensland Labor Party

10

10

Royal Visit 1954

10

11

Photographs, cartoons, sketches

11

12

Press cuttings

12-15

13

Printed matter

16

14

Miscellaneous

16

 

Series Description

Series 1 Correspondence and fragments of files

Includes Deputation – papers to Premier of Queensland. Many of the loose items in this series appear to have come out of files because they have been folio numbered.

Folder

1-9

Period as Premier of Queensland (1952-57)

10-13

Premier period (1952-47)

14

All other dates (1941-76)

15

Memoranda

16-18

Deputations

Series 2 Engagement Diaries

Folder

19

1952, 1953

20

1954, 1955

21

1957, 1958

Series 3 Conferences and Conventions

Folder

22

Bundaberg Conference, 1944

23

Labor-in-Politics, 20 Feb. 1950, Toowoomba

Minutes of Triennial Federal Conference, ALP, 1 March 1951

24

20th Annual ALP Conference, Adelaide, 19-22 Jan. 1953

25

United Nations Sugar Conference, 1953

Qld Labor-in-Politics Convention, 23 March 1953

26

ALP 21st Federal Biennial Conference, 17 Jan. 1955

GA – AWU Conference with Premier, 26 Sept. 1956

Report on Premier’s Conference of Wages and Inflation, 16-17 Aug. 1956

FACP Executive Committee Conference, QLP, 14-15 Nov. 1959

27

Circulars, Reports, Minutes 1942-7

Series 4 Trips and Tours

Folder

28

Visit to New Zealand 1950

29

North Coast Trip 1952 – Atherton

30

North Coast Trip 1952 – Ayr, Bowen

31

North Coast Trip 1952 – Cairns, Charters Towers

32

North Coast Trip 1952 – Gordonvale, Ingham

33

North Coast Trip 1952 – Innisfail

34

North Coast Trip 1952 – Mackay

35

North Coast Trip 1952 – Mackay

36

North Coast Trip 1952 – Mareeba

37

North Coast Trip 1952 – Mosman, Procerpine

38

North Coast Trip 1952 – Townsville

39

North Coast Trip 1952 – Tully

40

State Tour. 8th July-2nd August 1952

41

Overseas Travel – Coronation 1953, Travel arrangements in Australia

42

London – Brisbane, 21st August – 17th September 1953

43

London – Brisbane, 21st August – 17th September 1953

Series 5 Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts

Folder

44

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts

45

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts

46

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts

47

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts

48

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts

49

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts

50

Mt Isa Dispute 1964

Series 6 Personal

Folder

51

Personal papers
3 folio items
+ 1 elephant folio

Series 7 Elections

See also Series 9

Folder

52

State Election – South Brisbane, printed propaganda, 1932-38

53

State Election – South Brisbane, printed propaganda, 1932-47

54

South Brisbane propaganda

55

South Brisbane – State Election propaganda, 1944

56

State Election – printed propaganda. Other Electorates, 1944, 1947

57

Anti-Labor propaganda, 1950

58

State Election, 1950

59

South Brisbane Election 1953

60

Election propaganda, Policy speech, ALP, 13 November 1961

61

Election propaganda, Mouilyan Electorate

Series 8 Subject Files

Folder

62

Blair Athol

63

New International Sugar Agreement

64

Notes on Simplified Draft of a New International Sugar Agreement

65

Pastoral Dispute, 1956

66

Pastoral Dispute, 1956

67

Residential School for Mentally Handicapped Children

68

Opening of Fitzroy Bridge New Generating Station, 27 September 1952

69

State Electricity Commission of Queensland

Folder

70-76

Meat Strike 1946

77

New Merger Plant at Garbutt, Townsville 25 July 1956

Series 9 Democratic Labor Party and Queensland Labor Party

See also series 7

Folder

78

Policy Speech, QLP 1953

79

QLD, 1955-57

80

DLP

81

Policy Speech, QLP, 8 July 1957

82

Policy Speech, QLP, 9 May 1960

Series 10 Royal Visit, 1954

Folder

83

State Reception, Correspondence etc

84

Police Instructions

85

Official Program
See also photograph album in folio run

Series 11 Photographs, cartoons, sketches

Folder

86

Photographs

87

Photographs

88

Photographs

89

Cartoons
see also 16 items in lge folio cabinet
4 folio items in folio run
1 large photograph in frame (opposite compactus 18)

Series 12 Press Cuttings

Folder

90-94

Press Cuttings

See also

9 cuttings albums in folio run

10 Sept 1942 – 6 June 1946

16 June 1946 – 31 December 1949

1 January 1949 – 22 August 1951

18 August 1951 – 29 May 1952

30 May 1952 – 25 January 1954

18 January 1954 – 14 June 1955

14 June 1955 – 16 July 1956

17 July 1956 – 22 April 1957

22 April 1957 – 11 September 1957

1 lge Vol – Qld 1859-1959. 6 special Issues ‘The Courier

Mail’ opposite Compactus 18.

Series 13 Printed Matter

Folder

95

Parliamentary Debate 1957

96

Printed matter

97

Printed matter

98

Mental Health Facilities and Needs of Australia 1955

99

The Opening of the new Chamber of the House of Commons 1950

Series 14 Miscellaneous

Folder

100

Greeting cards (5)

Basic Wages Increases

Tape – ‘This Day Tonight’ 2-3 April, 1974

Senator Gair’s Appointment as Ambassador to Ireland

Folder

101

Visitor’s Book, 1952 – 54

Folder

102

Visitor’s Book, 1954 – 57

1 Folio package:

Discs (2) 1956 Qld State Elections – ‘Round Table Discussion’

Sen C Byrne, Mr J McCormack, Mr J Killen

Parts 1 – 4

Guide prepared May 1984