Guide to the Papers of Sir Richard Boyer
MS 3181
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Sir Richard Boyer
- Title
- Papers of Sir Richard Boyer
- Date Range
- 1914-1965
- Collection Number
- MS 3181
- Extent
- 1.45 metres (9 boxes + 1 folios)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn768637).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Richard Boyer, National Library of Australia, MS 3181, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Letter to W.J. Cleary on the occasion of his resignation of the Chairmanship of A.B.C., 23 April 1945, and Cleary's reply. (File 2) - Box 1
Letter from Boyer to Lord Beveridge, 10 August 1950, regarding his opinions on The dual system of national and commercial radio. (File 2)
B.C. Paper No. 287. Broadcasting Committee-notes of discussion with Mr R.J.F. Boyer, Chairman of the A.B.C. (File 2) - Box 1
Letter from Edgar R.D.? 13 April 1956, to Boyer regarding executive officers of the A.B.C. (File 2) - Box 1
Typescript press statements-Comment by the Chairman of the A.B.C. on the Report of the Special Committee, 17 March 1948, The A.B.C. and the Broadcasting Act. (File 3) - Box 1
News services 1947; handwritten notes; photocopy of the series of articles Inside the A.B.C. by Frank Dixon, published in Century, 1962-1963 (File 4) - Box 1
Miscellaneous press statements, 1946-1950 by A.D. Dunton (Chairman of Canadian Broadcasting Commission) and Boyer, December 1946 (File 5) - Box 1
A.B.C.-British Commonwealth visitors, 1957 (File 7) - Box 1
Correspondence regarding A.B.C. and External Affairs Deparment joining forces in inviting prominent men to come to Australia.
U.N Controversy, 1957 (File 8) - Box 1
Correspondence regarding Boyer's letter to the Editor of the London Times, 7th August 1957, under the title 'Case for one nation, one vote in the U.N.' Copy of the letter itself.
Broadcasting and Television Bill, 1956 (File 16) - Box 2
Correspondence marked private and confidential, 1956. Typescript and printed copies of the Bill.
Copies of the Australian Broadcasting Act, 1942-48 and Statutory Rules.
Television-Australia to 1951. (File 18) - Box 2
Correspondence, typescript material, reports, statements and articles.
Royal Commission on Television Evidence Submitted by the Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Mr R.J.F. Boyer, June 1953 (File 19) - Box 2
Television, 1953. Royal Commission Evidence. (File 20) - Box 3
Typescript copies of the submission and correspondence.
Current television, 1956-57 (File 21) - Box 3
Correspondence, typescript material, statements and submissions to Cabinet.
Writings and essays possibly done at University (File 1NB) - Box 5
Handwritten draft. 'Erasmus: the apostle of the modern spirit.' 'The meaning attached by Tennyson to the Holy Grail.' 'Plate's theory of ideas.' The character and opinions of Sir Thomas Moore.' 'Mysticism.'
'The Angus Controversy'. (File 2NB) - Box 5
Dr Samuel Angus. Professor at St Andrew's Presbyterian College, Sydney. Writings by Boyer on the controversy.
War service, 1914-18 (File 3NB) - Box 5
Personal family correspondence during this time. Copy of Osteralia, Feb.-Apr. 1917. Notes.
Durella Moruen. (File 4NB) - Box 5
Accounts of Dick Boyer's early history. Letters from Boyer to his wife Betty. Notes.
Personal, 1939-55 (File 5NB) - Box 5
Correspondence, most deals with Durella Aqua Downs. War pension life certificate, Christmas card mailing list
Winton Meatworks. (File 6NB) - Box 5
The Queensland Dried Meats Cooperative Association Ltd., 1945-54. Correspondence.
United Nations Appeal for Children, 1948-49 (File 14NB) - Box 6
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs.
United Nations, pre 1945. (File 15NB) - Box 7
Typescript copy of Australia's stake in world organisation.
United Nations Association of Australia, 1945-49 (File 16NB) - Box 7
Correspondence, circulars, minutes of meetings.
Australian National Committee for United Nations, 1948-50 (File 17NB) - Box 7
Reports, correspondence, constitutions, minutes of meetings.
Typescript copy of 'Relief and Rehabilitation in Australia's Territories in New Guinea', by Dr T.P. Fry, University of Queensland. (File 19 NB) - Box 7
Paper presented to the Institute of Pacific Relations Conference, January 1945.
International Affairs, 1946-48 (File 20NB) - Box 7
Correspondence, minutes of meetings of the Australian Institute of International Affairs Commonwealth Council, 1946-48.
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 1949-50 (File 21NB) - Box 7
Typescript and printed material.
Papers delivered at the Institute of Political Science Summer School, Canberra, January 1950 (File 23NB) - Box 7
Commonwealth Jubilee Citizen Convention, 1951 (File 24NB) - Box 7
Resolutions, correspondence, memorandum, speeches.
Australian Citizenship Convention, 1953 (File 25NB) - Box 8
Typescript material, resolutions, reports, correspondence.
German trade. Notes and correspondence, resolutions and reports. (File 27NB) - Box 8
International trade-mainly concerned with wool and agriculture, 1935-39.
Correspondence when Boyer was Director. (File 29NB) - Box 8
American Division, Dept. of Information, Sydney, regarding Mr Royal Arch Gunnison, 1940-44. Address by Boyer entitled 'America's drive for world organisation.'
Pacific Relations Conference, 1942 (File 30NB) - Box 8
Diary notes, typescript report, handwritten notes, and the publications Current notes on international affairs, 15 Feb. 1943, vol. 14, no. 2. and Australian-American cooperation, Oct. 1946, vol. 6, no.9.