Guide to the Papers of Sir William Dunk

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MS 1535

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Collection Summary

Creator
Sir William Dunk
Title
Papers of Sir William Dunk
Date Range
c. 1939-1959
Collection Number
MS 1535
Extent
1.28 metres (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Includes personal and official papers relating to: war finance including reverse lend lease period, 1939-45; the post war world economic position; overseas visits, 1956-59; external affairs, 1945-47; the administration of territories of New Guinea, Nauru and the Northern Territory; the New Zealand public service and the European Common Market.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2976207).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 William Dunk, National Library of Australia, MS 1535, [series and/or file number]'.

Biographical Note

Chairman, Commonwealth Public Service Board, Canberra, 1947-60; Secretary of the Dept. of External Affairs, 1945-47; Assistant Secretary, Treasury (Special War Services), 1939-45; Director of Reciprocal Lend-Lease.

Item Descriptions

Personal papers and correspondence (File 1-23) - Box 1

Personal papers and correspondence (File 24-32) - Box 2

Personal papers and correspondence (File 24-32) - Box 2

Papers on war finance including reverse lend lease period, 1939-1945 (File 33-42) - Box 3

Includes - Final RLL report of Cabinet, Report on Washington Mission 1945, Patons RLL Summary, Treasury RLL Summary (Draft)

Lend Lease termination. Negotiations in Washington 1944-1945 (File 43-45) - Box 4

U.K. Dollar loan - with Lord Keynes, Washington 1945 (File 43-45) - Box 4

Personal and official correspondence mainly 1945-1946 (File 46-52) - Box 4

World economic position (Post-war); Summary economic position 1947 (File 53-59) - Box 5

Trade and employment; Bretton Woods Conference; International Trade Organisation; Population and migration etc.

Overseas visits and diaries 1946 - (Peace Conference) 1949, 1952, 1956, 1959 (File 60-64) - Box 6-7

External Affairs 1945-1947 (File 65-73) - Box 6-7

Administration reports; Correspondence with overseas posts; Inspection of overseas posts etc.

The administration and development in the Territories of New Guinea, Nauru, Northern Territory (File 74-75) - Box 6-7

Some addresses to Institute of Public Administration and other bodies (File 76-77) - Box 8

Report on New Zealand Public Service 1961 and a few other papers on Public Service (File 78-79) - Box 8

European Common Market (File 80) - Box 8

Papers relating to the W.E. Dunk Papers (File 81) - Box 8


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