Guide to the Papers of Edward Francis Campbell

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MS 9474

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Collection Summary

Creator
Edward Francis Campbell
Title
Papers of Edward Francis Campbell
Date Range
1958-1973
Collection Number
MS 9474
Extent
0.56 metres (4 boxes)
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-vn558734).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Edward Francis Campbell, National Library of Australia, MS 9474, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the Library as part of the Dudley Glastonbury Papers (MS 9387) by Rosa Glastonbury in 1992. The papers were given to Dudley Glastonbury by Campbell to assist him in his research into the history of the public service in Papua New Guinea.

Papers of Edward Campbell compiled mainly while a member of the Social Change Advisory Committee of the Department of External Territories and as a consultant to the Psychological Services Branch of the Public Service Board in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. The papers include reports by Campbell, correspondence, minutes, agenda papers, notes, newspaper cuttings, articles, photographs and other papers.

Arrangement

The organisation and arrangement of the files has been imposed by Library staff.

Biographical Note

Edward Francis Campbell was born in Kalgoorlie, W.A. on 7 Jan. 1908, the son of Edward and Ethel Campbell. He was educated at Perth Boys' School, the University of Western Australia (BA, Dip Ed) and the University of Melbourne (BEd). Campbell was a teacher with the Western Australian Education Department until 1939 when he resigned to join the Australian Army. He served in the Second World War as an artillery officer, in the headquarters of the 3rd Australian Army Division in the Pacific.

Campbell married Rose Scarborough on 21 December 1936 and had a son Stuart and daughter Heather. He died in Melbourne on 16 May 1996.

Career

DateEvent
1940-67Australian Military Forces
1942-47Australian Imperial Forces
1945-67Australian Army Psychology Corps
1946-67Director of Psychology, Australian Army HQ
1947-58Tutor, Clinical Practice, University of Melbourne
1947-49Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Department of Repatriation
1947-67Honorary Psychologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1958-68Member, Advisory Panel (Applied Psychology), University of N.S.W.
1964Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1967-70Clinical Psychologist, Austin Hospital
1970-76Member, Commonwealth Government Road Safety Committee
1983Honorary Fellow, Australian Psychological Society
DateEvent
1940-67Australian Military Forces
1942-47Australian Imperial Forces
1945-67Australian Army Psychology Corps
1946-67Director of Psychology, Australian Army HQ
1947-58Tutor, Clinical Practice, University of Melbourne
1947-49Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Department of Repatriation
1947-67Honorary Psychologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1958-68Member, Advisory Panel (Applied Psychology), University of N.S.W.
1964Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1967-70Clinical Psychologist, Austin Hospital
1970-76Member, Commonwealth Government Road Safety Committee
1983Honorary Fellow, Australian Psychological Society

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Social Change Advisory Committee, 1961-72

The Social Change Advisory Committee was established by the Department of Territories in 1967 to provide advice on ways for the Administration of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea to better communicate its policies and actions to the people of the Territory. The inaugural meeting of the Committee was held on 11 August 1967 and subsequent meetings were held on 10-12 February 1969 and 10-11 June 1969. Members of the committee over its lifetime included R.S. Swift (Deputy Secretary, Department of Territories), M.A. Besley (First Assistant Secretary, Dept of External Territories), L. Johnson (Assistant Administrator), I.G. Ord, Dr Alex Sinclair (consultant) and Brigadier E.F. Campbell (consultant).

Topics covered by the Committee in its meetings included Gazelle Peninsula land issues, Public Service Wages Case, supervisory attitudes of indigenes in the Public Service, urbanisation, Family Planning Program, manpower, trade unionism, Conzinc Riotinto of Australia (C.R.A.) Bougainville Project and public relations of the Administration generally.

The files contain correspondence with the Department of External Territories and others, reports, minutes, agenda papers, notes, newspaper cuttings and other papers. There is also one file relating to the Social Change Advisory Conference, held in 1971.

The files are arranged alphabetically.

Correspondence, minutes and reports, 1966-69 (File 1) - Box 1

Allocation of manpower, 1969 (File 2) - Box 1

Bougainville mining rights, 1966-69 (File 3-6) - Box 1

Family planning, 1967-68 (File 7) - Box 2

Indigenous wages/economic rentals, 1967-69 (File 8) - Box 2

Land tenure- Gazelle Peninsula, 1961-70 (File 9) - Box 2

Police - armed services attitudes, 1968-70 (File 10) - Box 2

Race relations, 1967-69 (File 11) - Box 2

Trade unions, 1969-70 (File 12) - Box 2

Unity, 1868-69 (File 13) - Box 3

Urbanisation, 1968-69 (File 14) - Box 3

Other Social Change Advisory Committee records, 1966-70 (File 15-17) - Box 3

Social Change Advisory Conference, 1966-72 (File 18) - Box 3

Series 2. Other papers, 1958-73

Other files relating to Campbell's ongoing interest in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. They include papers relating to Campbell's work in the Australian Army Psychology Corps, and consultancies to the Department of External Territories including his review on the Papua New Guinea Public Service Board Psychological Services Branch.

The files contain correspondence, reports, articles, photographs and other papers.

The files are arranged roughly chronologically.

Inquiry re Army Officer selection and British Civil service selection procedures/ Public Service Commissioner, Port Moresby, 1958-60 (File 1) - Box 3

Selection of European personnel- non military, 1961-73 (includes reports by I.G. Ord (1961) and E.F. Campbell (1971) on the Papua New Guinea Public Service Board Psychological Services Branch) (File 2) - Box 3

Official papers of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea Department of the Administrator regarding indigenous attitudes to law and order, 1963 '1964 Follow up study to the field and clinical survey report of the mental health of the indigenes of the Territory of Papua-New Guinea 1957' by Alex Sinclair and E.F. Campbell (File 3) - Box 3

Training and supervisory attitudes, 1966-71.Includes photographs and reports by Campbell on supervisory attitudes of indigenes for the Psychological Services Branch and on selection of officers for the Reserve Bank of Australia (File 4) - Box 4

Papers on the Psychological Services Branch, 1971-73 (File 5) - Box 4

A report on arrangements appropriate to a national public service for Papua New Guinea, (Canberra : Dept. of External Territories, 1972) (File 6-7) - Box 4

Miscellaneous papers, 1960-69 (File 8) - Box 4


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