Guide to the Papers of Colin Bingham
MS 4862
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Colin Bingham
- Title
- Papers of Colin Bingham
- Date Range
- 1936-1974
- Collection Number
- MS 4862
- Extent
- 3.84 metres (19 boxes, 3 folio boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises correspondence, drafts (including 'Walls of courage; despatches from London'), papers relating to journalism, notebooks, cutting books and photographs.
The correspondents include Clem Christesen, J.O. Fairfax, Edith England, Patricia Johnson, Norman Lindsay and Gavin Souter.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn914477).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Colin Bingham, National Library of Australia, MS 4862, [series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
Colin Bingham presented the first instalment of his papers to the National Library in 1974 and a second instalment in 1979. Following his death in 1986, the remaining papers were presented by his son Hugh Bingham.
Biographical Note
Colin Bingham (1898-1986). Joined staff of the Brisbane Telegraph in 1922. London staff of Australian Associated Press 1940-42. Joined Sydney Morning Herald in 1942, holding posts of foreign correspondent 1943-48, leader-writer 1949-57, associate editor 1957-60, editor 1961-65.
Publications included Marcinelle and other verses (1925), A book of verse (1929), Men and affairs (1967), The affairs of women (1969) and Decline of innocence and other poems (1970).
Item Descriptions
Manuscript of 'Walls of courage; wartime despatches from London' Despatches, Oct. 1943 - Nov. 1945 (cuttings) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
Correspondence, A-J, 1940-82 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Correspondents include Rupert Henderson, Edgar Holt, Les Haylen, Douglas Brass, P.R. Heydon, Clem Christesen, W. Baddeley, J.O. Fairfax, Edith England, Patricia Johnson