MS 6409
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Sir John Latham
- Title
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Papers of Sir John Latham
- Date Range
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1879-1971
- Collection Number
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MS 6409
- Extent
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2.16 metres (1 ms box + 7 archive boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 small folio box)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2167512) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Sir John Latham, National Library of Australia, MS 6409, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Original consignment (Boxes 1 - 7 + folios). Further papers received October 1996 (Box 8, Folders 59-65) and February 1998 (Box 8, Folder 66).
Item Descriptions
Family Documents (File 1) - Box 1
Correspondence, 1885-1895 (File 2) - Box 1
Correspondence, 1896 (File 3) - Box 1
Correspondence, 1897 (File 4) - Box 1
Correspondence, 1898-1899 (File 5) - Box 1
Correspondence, 1900-1902 (File 6) - Box 1
Letters: Lady Latham to Sir John 1902-1903 and many undated letters (File 7) - Box 1
Correspondence, 1903-1904 (File 8) - Box 1
Letters: Lady Latham to Sir John, 1904 (File 9) - Box 2
Letters: Lady Latham to Sir John, 1905-1907 (File 10) - Box 2
Correspondence, 1905 (File 11) - Box 2
Correspondence, 1906 (File 12) - Box 2
Correspondence, 1906 (File 13) - Box 2
Correspondence, 1907-1908 (File 14) - Box 2
Correspondence, 1909-1910 (File 15) - Box 2
Correspondence, 1920-1930 (File 16) - Box 2
Letters: Sir John to Lady Ella Latham, 1928-1939 (File 17) - Box 2
Correspondence, 1940-1950 (File 18) - Box 2
Correspondence, 1951-1960 (File 19) - Box 2
Correspondence, 1959 (File 20) - Box 2
relating to 82nd birthday celebration.
Correspondence, 1961-1964 (File 21) - Box 3
Correspondence: The Gowrie Scholarship (File 22) - Box 3
Correspondence: Trust Fund, 1959-1965 (File 22) - Box 3
Tribute to the late Sir John: news clippings (File 23) - Box 3
Notes of Sympathy: Sir John Latham's death (File 24) - Box 3
Correspondence to Miss Freda Latham (File 25) - Box 3
Notes of Sympathy; Miss Freda's death (File 26_28) - Box 3
Letters to Lady Latham, also newsclippings referring to Lady Latham's death, 11936-1961 (File 29) - Box 3
Letters to Peter Latham (File 30) - Box 4
Important invitations (File 31) - Box 4
Honours and awards, also honour certificates (in folio run) (File 32) - Box 4
Certificates (File 33) - Box 4
Receipts of Sir John, Lady Latham, Freda and Peter (File 34) - Box 4
Diary 1967 Notebook Address book (File 35) - Box 4
Note and notebook (File 36) - Box 5
Soldiers pay books, notebooks (some unused) (File 37) - Box 5
Aust-American Association. Address, minute of meetings - correspondence (File 38) - Box 5
Australian Association for Cultural Freedom: President Report and seminars (File 39) - Box 5
Transcript of proceedings in the High Court of Australia (File 40) - Box 5
Tax assessment and Bank account for W.M. Latham and P.G. Latham (File 41) - Box 5
Manuscript: "Hiroshima: before, during and after" (File 42) - Box 5
Newspaper clipping (File 43) - Box 5
Printed matter: Speeches, current notes on International Affairs (File 44) - Box 6
Printed Matter: by Sir J. Latham (File 45) - Box 6
Printed Matter; miscellaneous newsletters etc (File 46) - Box 6
Printed Matter: Programmes (File 47) - Box 6
Material by E.H. Johnson (File 48) - Box 6
Military Court Case concerning an accident: notes of witness report (File 49) - Box 6
Military Matters: Question on Field Force (File 50) - Box 6
"A tale of Taegu" "Long Sward". R.C.A.I. Badge (File 50) - Box 6
Miscellaneous: Financial statement of the Queens Fund. Blueprint of the Univ. of Melbourne. Transport worker ticket (File 51) - Box 6
Stationery found in Sir John's collection (File 52) - Box 6
Passbooks and cheque butts, cheque books (File 53) - Box 6
Photographs, mostly personal (File 54) - Box 7
Photographs, portraits of Sir John (File 55) - Box 7
Photographs, Coral Sea (File 56) - Box 7
Photographs (File 57) - Box 7
Photographs and postcards (File 58) - Box 7
Honours and awards + photo of Oxford memorial to Richard Thomas Edwin Latham (File) - Folio No. ?
Four photo albums (File) - Folio No. ?
Childhood and early correspondence of J.G. Latham (File 59) - Box 8
Letters from sons Richard and Peter (File 60) - Box 8
Photographs (File 61) - Box 8
Exam papers of J.G. Latham (File 62) - Box 8
Parliamentary debates, 1917-1921 (File 63-64) - Box 8
Parliamentary speeches re Australian Eastern Mission and inscribed copy of Jack History the guardsman (File 65) - Box 8
Historical register entries for Janet Latham and Leslie Scott Latham Obituary of Alan Thomas Latham (File 66) - Box 8