Guide to the Papers of James Walter

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MS 7846

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: November 1989

Collection Summary

Creator
James Walter
Title
Papers of James Walter
Date Range
1976-1986
Collection Number
MS 7846
Extent
1.12 metres (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2948156) for the access conditions.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 James Walter, National Library of Australia, MS 7846, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Biographical Note

James Walter obtained his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Melbourne. In 1978 he was the Commonwealth Parliamentary Political Science Fellow. He was appointed as a Lecturer at Griffith University in 1979 and has been a Professor there since 1987.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. The Acculturation to political work: new members of the federal backbench (Canberra, APSA/Parliamentary Library Monograph 2, 1979)

Research notes and background material, 1978 (File) - Box 1

Interview schedules, letters to members and background material (File) - Box 1

Transcripts of interviews with Federal MPs, ms and typescript (File) - Box 1

Data breakdowns (File) - Box 2

Seminar paper on proposed monograph, ANU Research School of Social Sciences, December 1978 (File) - Box 2

Drafts (File) - Box 2

Pre-publication version (File) - Box 2

Published version (File) - Box 2

Series 2. The Leader: a political biography of Gough Whitlam (St. Lucia, UQP, 1980)

Interview notes, 1976 (File) - Box 3

"Question time performance and leadership style: a study of Whitlam and Fraser" by David Brereton and James Walter, drafts and notes, 1977 (File) - Box 3

First draft of chapter on language; Copies of Whitlam speeches and notes (File) - Box 3

Longhand draft (File) - Box 3

Typescript drafts with corrections and readers comments (File) - Box 4

Typescript draft (File) - Box 5

Page proofs (File) - Box 5

Series 3. The Ministers' minders: personal advisers in national government (Melbourne, OUP, 1986)

Initial working notes, 1980–1983 (File) - Box 6

Initial paper on project, "Career aims and policy effects: a comparison of backbenchers and advisers", given at APSA Annual Conference, August 1981 (File) - Box 6

Interview transcripts, 1977–1982 (File) - Box 6

Interview notes, 1983 (File) - Box 6

Ministerial staff postal questionnaire returns and data breakdown, 1983 (File) - Box 6

Journal article draft, "Ministerial staff under Hawke", 1984 (File) - Box 7

Working notes and readers' reports on initial manuscript (File) - Box 7

Longhand drafts (File) - Box 7

Typescript drafts (File) - Box 7

Corrected typescript drafts (File) - Box 8

Galley proofs (File) - Box 8


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