MS 7939
Records of the Australian Book Publishers Association


Historical Note

Founded in 1949 with the merger of the New South Wales and Victorian Publishers' Associations. Among its aims are to foster original publishing in Australia and to encourage the highest possible standards of writing, editing and manufacture of books in Australia.

Summary List

Box 1      Constitution, minutes, correspondence, circulars, 1947-57           
Box 2      Minutes, correspondence, circulars, 1958-70                         
Box 3      Minutes, correspondence, circulars, 1963-70                         
           Annual general meeting, 1965-69, 1972                               
Box 4      Association of South East Asian Publishers, 1972-74                 
           Attorney-General's Conference, 1974                                 
           ABPA Allied Bodies, 1964-67                                         
           Australian Book Trade Advisory Committee, 1955-68                   
           Australian Book Trade Advisory Council, 1960s                       
           Australian Copyright Council, 1968-70 (Part 1)                      
Box 5      Australian Copyright Council, 1968-70 (Parts 2-3)                   
           Australian Copyright Council, 1971-74                               
           Australian Society of Authors, 1967-72                              
           Book bounty, 1968-70                                                
Box 6      Book bounty, 1970-74                                                
           Book clubs, 1973                                                    
           Book Trade Working Party, 1973-74                                   
           Books of the Year Awards, 1950-56 (Parts 1-3)                       
Box 7      Books of the Year Awards, 1950-56 (Parts 4-6)                       
           British market reports, 1974                                        
           British Market Agreement, 1974                                      
           British market rights, 1973                                         
           British traditional market, 1973                                    
           Canada, 1972-74                                                     
           Cash book - payments, 1949-69                                       
Box 8      Cash book - receipts, 1969-77                                       
           Children's Book council, 1972                                       
           Circulars (bound), 1953-67                                          
Box 9      Circulars (bound), 1968-69                                          
           Circulars (unbound), 1969                                           
           Commonwealth Literary Fund, 1971-73                                 
           Copyright, 1967-68                                                  
           Copyright, 1966-70 (Parts 1-2)                                      
Box 10     Copyright, 1966-70 (Parts 3-4)                                      
           Copyright, 1969-74                                                  
           Copyright-photocopying, 1970, 1974                                  
Box 11     Copyright documents, 1951-59 (Vols. 1-2)                            
Box 12     Copyright documents, 1951-59 (Vols. 3-4)                            
           Curriculum Development Centre Workshop, 1974                        
Box 13     Design Awards, 1964-67                                              
           Directory, 1965-67                                                  
           Drafts, 1969                                                        
           Educational Group, 1965-66                                          
           English Language Book Society, 1973                                 
           Enquiry (possible) into Australian publishing, 1974                 
           Executive Committee, 1963-68                                        
           Export, 1963-72                                                     
Box 14     Guide to book outlets, 1974                                         
           I.P.A. 1965-74                                                      
           Joint Publishers Committee, 1967, 1969-71                           
           Joint Publishers Committee documents, 1969                          
Box 15     Joint Publishers Committee payments, 1969-70                        
           Joint Publishers Committee receipts, 1969-70                        
           Literature Board, 1973-74                                           
           Members                                                             
           Miscellaneous correspondence, 1970-72                               
           National Book Council, 1974                                         
           Net Book Agreement, 1962                                            
           Netherlands Book Exhibition                                         
           New members, 1974                                                   
           New members-correspondence, 1951-54                                 
Box 16     N.S.W. Branch miscellaneous papers, 1965-67                         
           N.S.W. Branch correspondence, 1951-54                               
           N.S.W. Branch minutes, 1950-55                                      
           Open market, 1974                                                   
           Postal Users Council, 1974                                          
Box 17     N.S.W. Branch minutes, 1955-70                                      
           N.S.W. Publishers Association, 1948-51                              
Box 18     Victorian Branch minutes, 1955-70                                   
           Victorian Branch papers, 1965-67                                    
           Public lending right, 1971-74                                       
           Publishers Association, 1964-69                                     
Box 19     Publishers Association, 1971-74                                     
           Publishers Association Committee, 1975                              
           Publishers Association Mission, 1974                                
           Resale price maintenance, 1971-74                                   
           Resale price maintenance - Allen, Allen & Hemsley                   
           papers, 1972-73                                                     
           Resale price maintenance - P.A., London, 1971-72                    
           Restrictive trade practices, 1962-65                                
           Statement of terms, 1971                                            
Box 20     Statistics, 1964-66, 1968-69, 1972                                  
           Textbooks - interdepartmental committee, 1973                       
           Tariff Board, 1961-72                                               
           Tariff Board enquiry, 1973                                          
Box 21     Tariff Board reports (bound), 1945-46 (2 vols.)                     
Box 22     Tariff Board enquiry - transcripts, 31 May - 7 June 1971            
Box 23     Tariff Board enquiry - transcripts, 8 June - 14 December 1971       
Box 24     Tariff Board enquiry - evidence from Book Manufacturers             
           Group of PATEFA, 1971                                               
           Trade Practices Act, 1974                                           
           Trade Practices Tribunal - papers relating to Resale                
           Price Maintenance Case, 1971 (parts 1-3)                            
Box 25     Trade Practices Tribunal - papers relating to Resale                
           Price Maintenance Case, 1971 (parts 1-3)                            
Box 26     Papers of Lanse Tainton and John Michie, including                  
           Tariff Board inquiry on products of printing industry,              
           1971, ABPA meeting files 1975-77, and Book Trade Working            
           Party, 1975                                                         
Box 27     Tariff Board inquiry on products of printing industry,              
           1971                                                                
           Book Tade Working Party, 1974-75                                    
Box 28     Book Trade Working Party, 1974-75                                   
Box 29     Book Trade Working Party, 1974-75                                   
           ABPA meeting files (agenda, minutes, correspondence)                
           1975