Guide to the Papers of Pauline Armstrong

MS 9878

National Library of Australia


Date completed: May 2005
Last updated: May 2005


Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Introduction

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Access

Copying and Publishing

Preferred Citation

Provenance

Related Material

Biographical Note

Series List and Descriptions

Series 1 Save Our Sons: research: list and author's notes

Series 2 Save Our Sons: research: correspondence, 1966, 1990-1995

Series 3 Save Our Sons: research: interviews and card indexes, 1990-1992

Series 4 Save Our Sons: research: subject files, 1951-2003

Series 5 Save Our Sons: research: publications, articles and extracts, 1950-2003

Series 6 Save Our Sons: MA thesis, 1991

Series 7 Save Our Sons: miscellaneous files, 1995-1997

Series 8 Frank Hardy: research: lists, author's notes and indexes, c.1983-2001

Series 9 Frank Hardy: research: correspondence, 1959, 1979, 1991-2001

Series 10 Frank Hardy: research: interviews, 1969, 1976, 1991-2000

Series 11 Frank Hardy: research: subject files, 1950-2002

Series 12 Frank Hardy: research: publications, articles and theses, 1937-2001

Series 13 Frank Hardy: PhD thesis , 1943-1998

Series 14 Frank Hardy and the Making of Power Without Glory: notes and drafts, 1994-2000

Series 15 Frank Hardy and the Making of Power Without Glory: publication, publicity and reviews, 1999-2004

Series 16 Pauline Armstrong obituaries, 2001

Container List

Appendix 1: Audiotapes of interviews

Appendix 2: Radio broadcasts

Appendix 3: Television, recorded off-air

Appendix 4: Miscellaneous recordings



Collection Summary

Creator: Armstrong, Pauline, 1928-2001
Title: Papers of Pauline Armstrong
Date Range: 1990-2002
Collection Number: MS 9878
Extent: 5.1 m (25 boxes, 5 cartons)
Repository: National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Content

The collection largely consists of material collected by Pauline Armstrong whilst researching and writing her PhD thesis, 'A critical biography of Frank Hardy' (1997), and preparing the thesis for publication, as Frank Hardy and the making of Power Without Glory (2000). A smaller portion of the collection relates to Armstrong's Masters thesis, 'A history of the Save Our Sons movement of Victoria, 1965-1973' (1991). The material in the collection includes correspondence, research material, photographs and other graphic material, audio-visual material, transcriptions, drafts and proofs.

Arrangement

The collection was created and maintained from its inception by Pauline Armstrong and Bruce Armstrong, who acted as his wife's secretary during her studies. Whilst some slight re-ordering of material has been imposed by the Library, wherever possible the collection has been left in its original order and the original files and file titles have been retained. Bruce Armstrong's lists and explanatory notes have been incorporated into the collection.

Access

The collection is partly available for reference and partly restricted. Series 1-7 and 15-16 are available for reference. Series 8-14 relating to Frank Hardy are restricted until 30 June 2009.

Provenance

The papers of Pauline Armstrong were purchased by the Library from her husband, Bruce Armstrong, in 2004.

Copying and Publishing

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.

Related Material

A biography file on Pauline Armstrong is available in the Newspaper and Microform Reading Room.

The National Library holds copies of Armstrong's thesis on microfiche and her monograph, Frank Hardy and the making of Power Without Glory.

The Library holds the papers of Frank Hardy (MS 4887), which are partly restricted and partly closed. It also holds a small collection of the records of the South Australian Branch of the Save Our Sons movement (MS 3821), which is restricted.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Pauline Armstrong, National Library of Australia, MS 9878, [series and/or folder number]'.

Biographical Note

Pauline Armstrong was born on 4 September 1928 in Camberwell, Victoria, into an immigrant Irish Catholic family. She attended St Dominic's parish school in Camberwell, winning a Diocesan scholarship. Her further education included: secretarial school from age 14; a BA at Deakin University in Literature, Philosophy and Professional Writing; a MA at Monash University in Australian Studies; and a PhD at the University of Melbourne.

Armstrong's family was politically active. In particular, her grandmother and mother protested against Billy Hughes' attempts to introduce conscription during World War I and were disenchanted Labor Party members, later joining the Communist Party. Armstrong herself was introduced to the Eureka Youth League of the Communist Party by her uncle, Paul Mortier, whose disillusionment with the Party and suicide were the focus of Frank Hardy's novel, But the dead are many (1975). Armstrong joined the Communist Party in 1947 and worked as a legal secretary from 1949 for lawyer Cedric Ralph, who represented the Communist Party at the royal commission into its activities in 1949-50. In other arenas she was active in campaigns for improved local services, and passionately involved in the Save Our Sons movement during the Vietnam War. Armstrong's son, Karl, was jailed twice during the Vietnam War for refusing to register for the draft.

Armstrong published a book based on her PhD thesis in 2000: Frank Hardy and the making of Power without Glory. She also wrote newspaper feature articles, short stories and journal contributions. She collaborated with Rebecca Maclean on Maclean's documentary Save Our Sons, which was based on Armstrong's MA thesis on the history of the Save Our Sons movement in Victoria.

Armstrong died on 21 Oct 2001, survived by husband, Bruce, and four of her six children.

Reference(s):
Avenell, Dianne. 'Dr Pauline Armstong', Herald-Sun, November 14, 2001, p. 79.
Griffin, James. 'Passionate advocate exposed author's dark secrets', Sydney Morning Herald, November 21, 2001, p. 35.

National Foundation for Australian Women website



Series List and Descriptions

Series 1 Save Our Sons: research: list and author's notes

The Save Our Sons (SOS) Movement of Victoria, along with similar organisations in New South Wales and other states, was set up by a group of concerned women in response to the introduction of the Menzies Government National Service Act in 1964, and the decision in 1965 to send troops to Vietnam. The SOS campaigns against conscription and for the rights of conscientious objectors and draft resisters contributed to the ultimately successful anti-war movement of the 1970s.

This series contains Bruce Armstrong's list of Save Our Sons research material and Pauline Armstrong's notes and notebooks relating to the preparation of the thesis. The box numbers referred to in Bruce Armstrong's 'Guide to the collection' no longer apply, as the material in the collection has been re-boxed by the Library.

Folder 1 Guide to the collection, 2003
Folder 2 Author's early rough notes

Series 2 Save Our Sons: research: correspondence, 1966, 1990-1995

This series consists of one folder of correspondence containing letters to and from publishers regarding the possible publication of the SOS thesis and responses to requests for views and memories of the SOS/Vietnam period by Gwen Walter, Joanna Maclaine-Cross and Barry York. Other correspondents include Val Noone and Nancy Butler. There is also a copy of a letter by Armstrong to the editor of the Tribune dated 6 July 1966.

1 folder

Series 3 Save Our Sons: research: interviews and card indexes, 1990-1992

Consists of one folder and two small boxes of audiocassettes. The folder contains a list of interviewees, a notebook relating to the interviews, a letter of thanks to the interviewees, a transcript of Jean McLean's interview, a list of interview questions and two bundles of index cards. Interviewees on the tapes include Ceci and Jim Cairns, Chris Cathie, Dorothy Dalton, Sam Goldbloom, Sue McCulloch, Irene Miller, Frances Newell, Joan Coxsedge, Corinne Kerby and Peter O'Brien. There is also a recording of ABC Radio program, Conversations with a Commonwealth policeman (1991).

Folder 1 Interviews list, card systems large and small, 1990-1992
Folder 2 SOS tapes (10), box no. 1 of 2,
Folder 3 SOS tapes (4), box no. 2 of 2,

Series 4 Save Our Sons: research: subject files, 1951-2003

This series consists of photocopies, newsletters, pamphlets and correspondence relating to the SOS and its activities, conscription and the Vietnam War. Whilst the original arrangement of papers inside the files and the file titles have been retained, the files themselves have been ordered alphabetically within the series by the Library.

The files entitled 'Fairlea Five' and 'Irene Miller's collection' include letters and telegrams of support from parliamentarians (eg Arthur Caldwell and Bill Hayden) and the public. The Fairlea Five were Chris Cathie, Joan Coxsedge, Irene Miller, Joanna Maclaine-Cross and Jean McLean, who defied new amendments to the Summary Offences Act by handing out anti-conscription material to young men registering for the draft. The women were gaoled for 14 days in Fairlea Women's Prison in Melbourne, an act which resulted in an upsurge of publicity and support for the movement.

Folder 1 1 ALP and trade union support
Folder 2 Australian and New Zealand Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD), 1969-1977
Folder 3 Correspondence to and from SOS, other correspondence referring to SOS, 1965-1984
Folder 4 Court summonses [including the 'Fairlea Five' case], 1969-1972
Folder 5 Demonstrations against conscription for Vietnam, 1972
Folder 6 'The Fairlea Five', lot 1, 1966-1972
Folder 7 'The Fairlea Five', lot 2, 1971-1972
Folder 8 Friends of the underground
Folder 9 Irene Miller's collection (photocopies), 1966-1984
Folder 10 Notes and comments by SOS members, 1973
Folder 11 Other individuals, 1966-1971
Folder 12 Other organisations, 1965-1990
Folder 13 Pamphlets by others, 1951-1979
Folder 14 Personalities: Irene Miller, 1971
Folder 15 Personalities: Jean McLean, 1969-1990
Folder 16 Personalities: Joan Coxsedge, 1971
Folder 17 Signed statements, interviews, petitions, c.1966
Folder 18 SOS demonstrations, 1967
Folder 19 SOS interstate (petition and Hansard extract), 1939
Folder 20 SOS leaflets and pamphlets, 1965-1971
Folder 21 SOS meetings and activities, speakers' notes, reports, 1966-c.1973
Folder 22 SOS membership lists
Folder 23 SOS structure and aims, 1965-c.1971
Folder 24 SOS (Victoria) newsletters, 1965-1973
Folder 25 Vietnam Moratorium campaign, 1966-1990
Folder 26 Verse and song (ie protest songs), 1966-2003

Includes a copy of a Glen Tomasetti songbook.

Series 5 Save Our Sons: research: publications, articles and extracts, 1950-2003

This series consists of photocopies, clippings and published material collected by Armstrong in developing her SOS thesis. Whilst the original arrangement of papers inside the files and the file titles have been retained, the files themselves have been ordered alphabetically within the series by the Library.

Folder 1 The Age, Vietnam War period, 1966-1971
Folder 2 The Age, post Vietnam War, 1990-2003
Folder 3 The Australian, post Vietnam War, 1988-2001
Folder 4 The Australian, Vietnam War period, 1965-1971
Folder 5 Booklet: Draftmen go free, 1988
Folder 6 Bundle of extracts from various books
Folder 7 Downdraft: a draft resistance manual, 1971-1972
Folder 8 Fact, 1969
Folder 9 Guardian, 1966
Folder 10 Guardian and Tribune, reports on activities of draft resisters, miscellaneous items, 1965-1971
Folder 11 Hansard reports, c.1966
Folder 12 Magazines [weekend newspaper magazines], 1993-1995

Includes a copy of Armstrong's article, 'Why fear contrition over Vietnam' (1995)

Folder 13 Literary journals [eg Quadrant, Communist Review, Dissent, The Realist], 1950-1994
Folder 14 Melbourne Herald, 1966-1971
Folder 15 Melbourne Herald-Sun, 2003
Folder 16 Melbourne The Sun, 1966-1971
Folder 17 Moratorium News, 1971
Folder 18 Nation Review, 1972
Folder 19 Resist, 1970
Folder 20 Sunday Observer, 1971
Folder 21 Tribune, 1965-1990
Folder 22 Troll, 1971
Folder 23 Weekend Truth, 1991

Series 6 Save Our Sons: MA thesis, 1991

Folder 1 Softbound thesis, 1991
Folder 2 Hardbound thesis, 1991
Folder 3 Graphic support for the thesis, 1991

Consists of copies of 44 photographs and line drawings, some of which were used in the thesis

Folder 4 Synopsis and examiners' comments, 1991

Series 7 Save Our Sons: miscellaneous files, 1995-1997

This series consists of: a post-thesis article by Armstrong; press clippings post-Vietnam War; a video of a documentary by Rebecca McLean (daughter of Jean McLean) entitled Save Our Sons (1996); material relating to the video, including reviews, publicity and some letters (correspondents include Vera Deacon and Phillip Adams); and a bag of badges.

Folder 1 Author's postscript: 'Why fear contrition over Vietnam?', 1995; also various post-Vietnam War observations and comments, 1995-1996
Item 2 Save Our Sons video, produced by Rebecca McLean, 1996
Folder 3 Material on Rebecca McLean's video, Save Our Sons, 1997
Folder 4 Bag of 'Moratorium means to stop - Museum of Victoria' badges

Series 8 Frank Hardy: research: lists, author's notes and indexes, c.1983-2001

Frank Hardy (1917-1994) was an Australian writer who attracted public attention in 1950 with his novel, Power Without Glory, a semi-fictional and controversial account of Melbourne millionaire John Wren. Hardy was charged with libel and underwent a criminal trial that lasted for nine months, but was ultimately acquitted. Hardy was also well-known as a television personality, playwright, songwriter, journalist, lecturer, writer for television and radio and supporter of Aboriginal rights.

This series contains Bruce Armstrong's list of the Frank Hardy research papers, indexes, diaries, notes and a document explaining Armstrong's reason for her choice of topic. The box numbers referred to in the list ('The collection: alphabetical index') no longer apply, as the material in the collection has been re-boxed by the Library. The first diary contains a loose copy of a letter from Armstrong to Phillip Deery (2001) and a summary of a talk delivered by Armstrong to the Society for The Study of Labour History (2001). Some of the notebooks and loose papers listed below as 'Rough notes' were received by the Library in bundles. Most of this material is undated and has been placed in folders in the order in which it was bundled. It includes articles, notes relating to literature searches and interviews (see also series 10), and some correspondence. Correspondents include Lyle Allen, Paul Adams, Bain Attwood and Grace and Len Gale. Some of this material may relate to the book, Frank Hardy and the Making of Power Without Glory, rather than to the thesis that preceded it.

Folder 1 'The collection: alphabetical index of the files and contents of the boxes'
Folder 2 Record of collected material
Folder 3 Miscellaneous items in the collection
Folder 4 Author's raison d'être, 'Why write about Frank Hardy?'
Folder 5 Diary, c.1991-2001
Folder 6 Diary, undated
Folder 7 Rough [literature] search notes
Folder 8 Rough notes I
Folder 9 Rough notes II, c.1983-1998
Folder 10 Rough notes III, c.1992-1995
Folder 11 Rough notes IV, c.1992-1995
Folder 12 Rough notes V, c.1992-1994
Folder 13 Rough notes VI

Series 9 Frank Hardy: research: correspondence, 1959, 1979, 1991-2001

Much of the correspondence in this series relates to the interviews conducted by Armstrong, along with copyright issues and progress of the thesis and book. The general correspondence file is arranged in envelopes by year. Correspondents include Phillip Adams, Eva Jago, Beverley Symons, Betty Collins, Alan Hardy, Shirley Hardy-Rix, Frances Driscoll (née Hardy), Ray Verrills (Williams), Terri Merlyn, Leon Arrowsmith, Audrey and Jack Blake, Jim Hardy, Jack Beasley, Vera Deacon, A.W. Oliver, Bert Nolan, Don Tonkin, Bruce Pascoe, Len Fox, Nancy Wills, Ann Curthoys and Peter Coleman. The email correspondence file includes a copy of an exchange of letters between Frank Hardy and Oksana Krugerskaya regarding Hardy's publishing activities in Russia, written in 1959 and supplied to Armstrong by Peter Coleman.

Folder 1 Correspondence, general, 1991-2001
Folder 2 Quotable correspondence, 1979, 1992-1996
Folder 3 Correspondence, email, 1959, 2001

Series 10 Frank Hardy: research: interviews, 1969, 1976, 1991-2000

This series consists largely of correspondence, notes and audiotapes relating to interviews carried out by Pauline Armstrong with people who had a first-hand knowledge of Frank Hardy. Notebooks and loose notes relating to the interviews have been retained in the order in which they were received by the Library and placed in folders. Correspondence relating to the interviews in this series has been removed from the concertina file in which it was originally filed and placed in folders in alphabetical order. See Appendices 1-4 for a list of interviewees supplied with the audiotapes and for the contents of other audiotapes and a video in this series. Correspondents not listed in Appendix 1 include: Niall Brennan, Jack Blake, Jennie Barrington, Clem Christesen, Hume Dow, Vera Deacon (with a copy of an article by Victor Khmara, 'The fall of Frank Hardy' (1969)), Ralph de Boissière, Mary Fiorini-Lowell, Margaret Hutton, Vane Lindesay, Wendy Lowenstein, Janet McCalman, Graham Pitts, B.A. Santamaria, Olga Tatrai, Dorothy Taylor and Don Tonkin.

Folder 1 Handwritten notes of interviews I, 1992-1995
Folder 2 Handwritten notes of interviews II, 1992-1993
Folder 3 Interviews (transcribed), 1991-1995
Folder 4 Interviews - permission to use or no response - A-D, 1969, 1994, 1998-1999
Folder 5 Interviews - permission to use or no response - E-J, 1998-1999
Folder 6 Interviews - permission to use or no response - K-M, 1998-1999
Folder 7 Interviews - permission to use or no response - N-S, 1998-1999
Folder 8 Interviews - permission to use or no response - T-Y, 1998-1999
Box 11 Interviews - audiotapes and video 1976, 1991-2000

Series 11 Frank Hardy: research: subject files, 1950-2002

This series consists of files of photocopies, articles, correspondence and other material collected by Armstrong during the preparation of her thesis. Some material in this series was removed from series 12 files to relevant subject files by Bruce Armstrong. Whilst the original arrangement of papers inside the files and the file titles have been retained, the files themselves have been ordered alphabetically within the series by the Library.

Folder 1 Adelaide Arts Festival, 1972, 1976
Folder 2 Australasian Book Society, c.1952-1958
Folder 3 Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, 1994-1995
Folder 4 On biographies, 1966-2002
Folder 5 Cartoons and sketches, 1937-1994
Folder 6 On celebrities, 1997
Folder 7 Comment on the TV version of Power Without Glory, 1976-1978
Folder 8 Communist Party power struggles, 1964
Folder 9 Communist Party refuses to oust Hardy, January 1969
Folder 10 Documents from individuals, 1943, 1986

Includes a copy of 'Kismet Hardy: a sort of biographical fragment', by Vane Lindesay.

Folder 11 Film, plays, television, radio, TV transcripts, reports, 1966-1994
Folder 12 Frank Hardy and A.S.I.O., 1990-1992
Folder 13 Frank Hardy and Fred Hollows, 1992-1993
Folder 14 Frank Hardy and George Seelaf, 1950, 1973, 1984
Folder 15 Frank Hardy and young women, 1995
Folder 16 Frank Hardy at University of New England, 1965
Folder 17 Frank Hardy's defence committee and Jack Selig (gaoled for contempt), 1951
Folder 18 Frank Hardy stands for parliament, 1955, 1993
Folder 19 Frank Hardy the seaman [service records], 1953, 1994

Records, 1953. Correspondence, 1994.

Folder 20 Frank Hardy's arrest and preliminary hearing in the City Court, 1950-1951
Folder 21 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: lists
Folder 22 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1958, Four legged lottery, 1958, 1969
Folder 23 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1961, The hard way, 1961, 1972, 1992
Folder 24 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1963, Legends from Benson's Valley, 1963, 1972
Folder 25 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1965-1966, The yarns of Billy Borker, 1966
Folder 26 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1967, Billy Borker yarns again, 1967-1968
Folder 27 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1967, The great Australian lover, 1973
Folder 28 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1968, The unlucky Australians, 1968-1999
Folder 29 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1971, The outcasts of Foolgarah, 1971-1980
Folder 30 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1972, It's moments like these
Folder 31 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1975, The needy and the greedy
Folder 32 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1975, But the dead are many, 1975-1995
Folder 33 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1978, You nearly had him that time
Folder 34 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1980, Who shot George Kirkland?, 1980-1982
Folder 35 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1982, A Frank Hardy swag, 1982
Folder 36 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1983, The obsession of Oscar Oswald and Warrant of distress, 1983-1984
Folder 37 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1985, The loser now will be later to win, 1986
Folder 38 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1986, Hardy's people, 1986-1987
Folder 39 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1988, Great Australian legends
Folder 40 Frank Hardy's books: reviews and comments: 1990, Retreat Australia fair, 1990
Folder 41 Frank Hardy's friendship with famous singer [Nana Mouskouri], 1981-1993
Folder 42 Frank Hardy's illness and death, 1993-1994
Folder 43 Frank Hardy's military history, 1995-1996
Folder 44 Frank Hardy's own: [curriculum] vitae and list of books, 1991
Folder 45 Frank Hardy's stay in France, 1978, 1996
Folder 46 Frank Hardy's trial in the Criminal Court, 1951, 1991
Folder 47 Gaoling of Soviet writers, 1959-1968
Folder 48 Hansard: 1898 attempt to outlaw John Wren's tote
Folder 49 Hardy family records, 1994
Folder 50 Hon. Justice John Starke and Hardy, 1992
Folder 51 Individuals on Frank Hardy and individuals on Ambrose Dyson, 1992-1998

Includes correspondence, interviews and articles by Vane Lindesay, Cedric Ralph, Beverley Symons, Joan Hendry and Jennie Gilbert

Folder 52 Individuals on Frank Hardy re: But the dead are many, 1975-2000

Includes an unpublished article by Dulcie Mortier, 'But the living are many'.

Folder 53 John Wren and family, 1971-1999
Folder 54 The launch of Power Without Glory, 1950-1951
Folder 55 Libel: Harris v. Hardy, 1979-1982
Folder 56 Libel law, 1951-1992
Folder 57 Literary criticism - deconstruction, 1986-1995
Folder 58 On literary grants, 1969-1996
Folder 59 Marcus Taylor's poem, 1995
Folder 60 Mary Hardy, 1968-1992
Folder 61 On mateship, 1962-1996
Folder 62 National Library, Canberra, 1992-1999
Folder 63 Official documents, 1823-1995
Folder 64 Photographic material, 1924-1998

Includes photos of Hardy and his family, Eva Jago, Cedric Ralph (solicitor for the CPA) and senior members of the Communist Party of Australia

Folder 65 On plagiarism, 1982
Folder 66 Poet Yevtushenko, 1969
Folder 67 Police, Kirkland, Egan, Hall, 1907-1998
Folder 68 Power Without Glory - 'the list', 1976
Folder 69 On pseudologia fantastica, 1995
Folder 70 Socialist Realism and Democratic Centralism, c. 1957
Folder 71 Stalin's heirs, 1968-1969, 1994
Folder 72 'Tall Tales in Darwin' (yarn-spinning contest), 1991

Series 12 Frank Hardy: research: publications, articles and theses, 1937-2001

This series consists of photocopies, clippings and published material collected by Armstrong in developing her Frank Hardy thesis. Some material in this series was removed and placed in relevant subject files (see series 11) by Bruce Armstrong. Where this has resulted in empty files, the files have been discarded by the Library. Whilst the original file titles and arrangement of papers inside the files have been retained, the files themselves have been ordered into a single alphabetical run of literary journals, newspapers and other files. The 'Extracts from monographs' material has been arranged by the Library into an alphabetical sequence by author or editor of the publication and placed in folders.

Folder 1 Advocate, 1937
Folder 2 The Age, 1937-2000
Folder 3 Annals Australasia, 1994
Folder 4 Arena, 1977
Folder 5 The Argus, 1950
Folder 6 Australasian Post, 1950-1993
Folder 7 The Australian, 1965-2000
Folder 8 The Australian Author, 1970
Folder 9 The Australian Book Review, 1983-2001
Folder 10 Australian Left Review, 1968
Folder 11 Australian Literary Studies, 1983-1997

Includes a copy of a pamphlet by Katharine Susannah Prichard, 'Why I am a Communist' (no date)

Folder 12 Australian Women's Weekly, 1980
Folder 13 Bacchus Marsh Express, 1994
Folder 14 Bacchus Marsh Telegraph, 1994
Folder 15 Beverley Symons' thesis, 'All-out for the people's war: Communist soldiers in the Australian Army in the Second World War', 1995
Folder 16 Brunswick Sentinel, 1994, 1997
Folder 17 The Bulletin, 1961-1993
Folder 18 CD-ROM entries on Hardy (Austlit), 1997
Folder 19 Communist Review, 1952-1957
Folder 20 Communist Review, 1958-1966
Folder 21 Eureka Street, 1992
Folder 22 Extracts from Australian Literary Studies, annual bibliography, binding no. 1 of 4, 1963-1972
Folder 23 Extracts from Australian Literary Studies, annual bibliography, binding no. 2 of 4, 1973-1982
Folder 24 Extracts from Australian Literary Studies, annual bibliography, binding no. 3 of 4, 1983-1991
Folder 25 Extracts from Australian Literary Studies, binding no. 4 of 4, 1981-1992
Folder 26 Extracts from monographs, A-C, 1963-1999
Folder 27 Extracts from monographs, D-G, 1961-1992
Folder 28 Extracts from monographs, H, 1962-1992
Folder 29 Extracts from monographs, J-M, 1964-1983
Folder 30 Extracts from monographs, N-O, 1974, 1986
Folder 31 Extracts from monographs, S-WH, 1966-1994
Folder 32 Extracts from monographs, WI, 1980, 1985
Folder 33 Farrago, 1937, 1950
Folder 34 Footscray Mail, 1988
Folder 35 Guardian (Melbourne, Victoria), 1944-1951
Folder 36 Herald (Melbourne, Victoria), 1951, 1985
Folder 37 Herald Sun (Melbourne, Victoria), 1991-1998

Includes a photocopy of a letter to the editor by Bill Smith (1994)

Folder 38 The Hummer, 1994
Folder 39 Indirectly related items from the press and other sources, 1991-1998

Includes an article by Phillip Deery, 'Labor, Communism and the Cold War: the case of W.T. Dobson' (1997)

Folder 40 Internet items, 2001
Folder 41 LiNQ, 1990
Folder 42 Meanjin, 1959, 1987
Folder 43 Melbourne Times and Melbourne Review, 1994, 1996
Folder 44 Mid-Day Times (Melbourne, Victoria), 1943, 1993

Includes a thesis by Beverley Symons, 'All-out for the people's war: 'Red Diggers' in the armed forces and the Communist Party of Australia's policies in the Second World War' (1993)

Folder 45 Nation, 1958, 1960
Folder 46 Nation Review, 1975
Folder 47 National Times, 1976
Folder 48 New Idea, 1981
Folder 49 New Literature Review, 1979
Folder 50 News Weekly, 1994, 1998
Folder 51 Newswit
Folder 52 Overland, 1974, 1979
Folder 53 Pamphlets, c.1944-1990
Folder 54 Paul Adams' thesis for his MA, 'The author as producer: Frank Hardy and Socialist Realism', 1988
Folder 55 Paul Adams' PhD thesis, 'The stranger from Melbourne: Crisis and Modernism in the writings of Frank Hardy: a literary biography 1944-1975', 1997
Folder 56 People, 1985-1988
Folder 57 Prime Time, 1991
Folder 58 Professor James Griffin on John Wren, 1990-1992
Folder 59 Quadrant, 1970-1995
Folder 60 The Realist, 1964
Folder 61 The Realist and notebook, 1966-1970
Folder 62 Realist Writer, 1954-1963
Folder 63 The Recorder, 1992
Folder 64 The Review, 1971
Folder 65 Rolling Stone, 1976
Folder 66 Social Alternatives, 1993
Folder 67 Southerly, 1988
Folder 68 Southern Cross (Melbourne, Prahran and district), 1974-1996
Folder 69 Southern Review, 1982
Folder 70 Soviet News Bulletin, 1969
Folder 71 The Sun (Melbourne, Victoria), 1950, 1972
Folder 72 Sydney Morning Herald, 1991, 1998
Folder 73 The Times Literary Supplement, 1961
Folder 74 Tribune (Sydney, N.S.W.), 1951-1962
Folder 75 Troppo Tribune and Salt, 1943-1999
Folder 76 Truth (Melbourne, Victoria), 1951
Folder 77 West Australian, 1992
Folder 78 World News and Views, 1950

Series 13 Frank Hardy: PhD thesis , 1943-1998

This series consists of drafts and bound copies of Pauline Armstrong's PhD thesis, 'A critical biography of Frank Hardy' (1997), and two files of copies of artwork (cartoons, excerpts from books etc). The drafts were received in tied bundles and numbered. This arrangement has been retained, although where bundles have been divided into parts due to size, each part has been numbered with a Roman numeral. Some of the drafts bear annotations by Chris Wallace-Crabbe.

Folder 1 Draft thesis, bundle no. 1, 1996-1997
Folder 2 Draft thesis, bundle no. 2A, 1994-1997
Folder 3 Draft thesis, bundle no. 2B, 1997
Folder 4 Draft thesis, bundle no. 3, 1997-1998
Folder 5 Draft thesis, bundle no. 4(I), c. 1997
Folder 6 Draft thesis, bundle no. 4(II), c. 1997
Folder 7 Artwork for Pauline Armstrong's PhD thesis, 1943-1994
Folder 8 Artwork for Pauline Armstrong's PhD thesis, 1943-1994
Item 9 Thermal bound copy of thesis, 1997
Item 10 Hard-bound copy of thesis, 1997

Series 14 Frank Hardy and the Making of Power Without Glory: notes and drafts, 1994-2000

This series contains: a re-worked copy of Armstrong's PhD thesis, 'A critical biography of Frank Hardy', used in the conversion of the thesis to the manuscript of the book, Frank Hardy and the Making of Power Without Glory; rough notes; sundry material; and the final manuscript of the book. The 'Rough notes and drafts - work in progress' material was originally received by the Library in one bundle but has been separated into parts (numbered with Roman numerals) and placed in folders due to its size. The contents of the folders include index compilation notes, indexes and the address which Armstrong delivered at the launch of the book. Some other handwritten notes relating to the book may also be found in series 8. The 'Sundry material' includes a list of photo captions, editor's notes and a draft bibliography.

Item 1 Re-worked thesis, part one of two, 1998
Item 2 Re-worked thesis, part two of two, c. 1998
Folder 3 Rough notes and drafts - work in progress I, c. 1994-2000
Folder 4 Rough notes and drafts - work in progress II, c. 1994-2000
Folder 5 Rough notes and drafts - work in progress III, c. 1994-2000
Folder 6 Sundry materials, 1999-2000
Folder 7 Draft manuscript, bundle no. 1, 1999
Folder 8 Draft manuscript, bundle no. 2, 1999
Folder 9 Draft manuscript, bundle no. 3, 1999
Item 10 Final manuscript, front cover to chapter 9, 1999
Item 11 Final manuscript, chapter 10 to bibliography, 1999

Series 15 Frank Hardy and the Making of Power Without Glory: publication, publicity and reviews, 1999-2004

This series contains: a folder of papers relating to the editing process, including correspondence between Armstrong and Melbourne University Press and an explanatory note by Bruce Armstrong; edited draft manuscripts; edited proofs; a copy of the book; and files of publicity and review articles.

Folder 1 The editing process: notes on the editing and author/editor conflict, 2000-2004
Folder 2 Editing process, stage 1, 2000
Folder 3 Editing process, stage 2, 2000
Folder 4 Editing process, stage 3, 2000
Folder 5 Editing process, stage 4: page proofs, 2000
Folder 6 Bibliography index cards
Folder 7 Select bibliography I
Folder 8 Select bibliography II
Item 9 Frank Hardy and the Making of Power Without Glory, 2000
Folder 10 Announcements and publicity, 1999-2000
Folder 11 Reviews and comments, complete set, 2000-2002
Folder 12 The Age, 2000-2001
Folder 13 Annals, 2002
Folder 14 The Australian, 2001
Folder 15 The Australian Book Review, 2001
Folder 16 Australian Historical Studies, 2001
Folder 17. Australian Socialist, 2001
Folder 18 Blast, 2001
Folder 19 Bulletin, 2000
Folder 20 Canberra Sunday Times, 2000
Folder 21 Courier Mail, 2000
Folder 22 Eureka Street, 2001
Folder 23 Gerry Harant's comments, 2001
Folder 24 Herald-Sun, 2000
Folder 25 Journal of Australian Studies, 2001
Folder 26 Melbourne Historical Journal, 2000
Folder 27 Melbourne University Press website, 2001
Folder 28 News Weekly, 2001
Folder 29 Overland, 2001
Folder 30 Quadrant, 2001
Folder 31 Readings Bookletter, 2000
Folder 32 Sydney Morning Herald, 2001
Folder 33 West Australian, 2001

Series 16 Pauline Armstrong obituaries, 2001

This series consists of obituaries by James Griffin and Dianna Avenell, funeral programs and speeches and an autobiographical item by Pauline Armstrong.

Folder 1 Obituaries: about the author, vale Pauline Armstrong, 2001
Folder 2 Pauline Armstrong 4-9-1928 to 20-10-2001, obituaries, 2001


Container List

Series Folder/Item Box
1 1-2 1
2 1 1
3 1 1
3 2-3 2
4 1-7 2
4 8-23 3
4 24-26 4
5 1-5 4
5 6-13 5
5 14-23 6
6 1-4 6
7 1-4 7
8 1-5 7A
8 6-11 8
8 12-13 9
9 1-3 9
10 1-3 9
10 4-8 10
10 A-V material 11
11 1-20 12
11 21-46 13
11 47-62 14
11 63-72 15
12 1-15 16
12 16-22 17
12 23-29 18
12 30-50 19
12 51-60 20
12 61-78 21
13 1-3 22
13 4-6 23
13 7-10 24
14 1-5 25
14 6-9 26
14 10-11 27
15 1-6 28
15 7-20 29
15 21-33 30
16 1-2 30


Appendix 1: Audiotapes of interviews

Interviewee Date
Adams, Paul 10 May 1994
Adams, Phillip 10 October 1995
Alexander, Hal 16 April 1994
Bacchus Marsh residents 3 February 1995
Barnes, Bill and Thelma 14 February 1996
Barnes, Les 18 June 1992
Boag, Alex 5 April 1993
Booth, Alvie 6 May 1993
Canteri, Carlo 17 April 1998
Collins, Betty 12 October 1995
Dickie, Vance 12 August 1994
Driscoll, Frances 13 October 1995
Fox, Len 26 August 1992
Fraser, John 23 November 1995
Hardy, Alan 8 November 1995
Hardy, Jim 25 January 1996
Hardy-Rix, Shirley 1 November 1995
Heintz, Alby 22 January 1996
Hewett, Dorothy 27 August 1992
Jago, Eva 11 October 1995
Kaufmann, Walter 10 September 1994
King, Cedric 12 January 1996
Lhuede, Gabby 9 August 1999
Little, Vic 23 March 1992
Mair, Ian 25 March 1992
McFarland, Kath 12 August 1994
McKissack, Bruce and Ruby 26 September 1994
McPhillips, Jack 31 October 1995
Moore, Deirdre 1 March 1995
Morrison, John 1 August 1994
Mortier, Dulcie 3 October 1992
Nolan, Bert 27 July 1994
Ralph, Cedric 13 September 1995
Santamaria, B.A. 4 April 1995
Shea, Carmel 23 July 1998
Smith, Bill 19 February 1992
Stone, Rose 27 June 1995
Taft, Bernie 9 August 1995
Thompson, Fred 5 February 1994
Thompson, Dot and Ted 7 March 1995
Verrills, Ray 1 February 1995
Wannan, Bill 21 August 1999
Waters, Joseph 12 August 1991
White, Susan 10 February 1996
Williams, Vic 15 September 1993
Wooller, Betty and Norma Stevens 12 August 1994
Yarsley, Colin 7 February 1996


Appendix 2: Radio broadcasts

Title Date
Hon. Sir John Starke and Frank Hardy interviewed by Jon Faine 8 December 1992
Frank Hardy interviewed by Doug Aiton, Radio 3LO 15 July 1993
Frank Hardy interviewed by Terry Lane, Radio 3LO 9 November 1993
Pauline Armstrong interviewed by Jon Faine, Radio Melbourne 774 12 December 2000
Daily bread of betrayal, on the East German Stasi secret police, Radio National 29 January 1994
Celebration of Frank Hardy's life, Collingwood Town Hall, Radio 3LO 4 February 1994


Appendix 3: Television, recorded off-air

Title Date
Collingwood Town Hall. Frank Hardy's funeral and celebration of his life 4 February 1994
Gray, Paul 3 May 1994
O'Hearn, Dinny 4 February 1992
Stretton, Andrea 6 February 1994


Appendix 4: Miscellaneous recordings

Title Date
Council of Adult Education seminar, audio tapes (3) 1976
Launch of Frank Hardy and the Making of Power Without Glory 19 November 2000
Bill Jeffrey interviewed by Wendy Lowenstein Unknown
Frank Hardy interviewed by Geoffrey Camm Unknown