Guide to the Papers of James R. Darling, 1947-1991

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MS 7826

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Collection Summary

Creator
James R. Darling
Title
Papers of James R. Darling, 1947-1991
Date Range
1947-1991
Collection Number
MS 7826
Extent
5.4 metres (39 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The original consignment includes correspondence and other papers, primarily relating to the Australian Frontier, the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, the Road Safety Council, Marcus Oldham Farm Management College and the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

The September 1991 consignment includes further files on such organisational records as the Australian Frontier and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust; a large group of correspondence; as well as drafts of articles, speeches and Darling's autobiography Richly rewarding.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1179372).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], National Library of Australia, Papers of James R. Darling, [class/series/file number]'.

Provenance

The September 1991 part of the collection was transferred to the Library in 1991.

Arrangement

The original consignment of papers of Sir James Darling comprises 14 boxes of material arranged into 6 series.

The papers in the September 1991 consignment have been arranged into 13 series and the numbering of the series follows on from those in the original consignment.

The Australian Frontier material can be found in Series 1 and 13; the Miscellaneous material is in Series 5 and 18; and the Printed material is in Series 6 and 19.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 7826. Original Consignment

Series 1-6. [Various papers] - Box 1-14 (MS 7826)

Class MS 7826. Consignment added 19 September 1991

Series 7. Correspondence, 1950-88

This series was arranged in alphabetical and chronological order by Sir James Darling. Correspondence for 1960-69 can also be found in Series 16 and 17. Main correspondents are highlighted in the folder listings below.

Josie Alder; David Anderson; R.C. Armstrong; Tom Austin (File 1-2) - Box 15 (MS 7826)

Garfield Barwick; Don Bennet; Julian Bickerstein; R.F. Broadbent; A.B. Brown (File 3-4) - Box 15 (MS 7826)

Don Casey; R.C.D. Casey; C.B. Christesen; C.M.H. Clark; F. Crean (File 8) - Box 15 (MS 7826)

Darling Family letters; John Davison; G.C.W. Dicker; Talbot Duckmanton (File 9-13) - Box 16 (MS 7826)

Frank Engel; M.J.B. Evans (File 14) - Box 16 (MS 7826)

Geoffrey Fairbairn; Graham Farley; Andrew Farran; Arthur Fletcher; Doug Fraser (File 15-18) - Box 17 (MS 7826)

Jane (daughter?); Angus Gillan; James Grant; R.J. Gray; R. Grenfell; Kevin Grosse (File 19-21) - Box 17 (MS 7826)

Peter Hare; Brian Harrison; Sir David Hay; Cameron Hazlehurst; Colin Healey; Jim Hogg; Brian Hone (File 22-26) - Box 18 (MS 7826)

Ken Inglis; P. Jardine; Bruce Jeffcott;; Robert Joyce; Tom Judd (File 27) - Box 18 (MS 7826)

Bill Kilpatrick; David King; Mary King; Alan Knight (File 28) - Box 18 (MS 7826)

R. Lawson; Desmond Lee; R.B. Lefroy; Hugh Lester; J.R. Lester; Michael Long (File 29-30) - Box 19 (MS 7826)

le Fleming family (File 31-32) - Box 19 (MS 7826)

A.M. McGaffrey; William McMahon; Paul McKeown; William McKie; Andrew McKinnon; Keith C. Mackriell; Hugh A. McRae; Elsie B. Manley; Don Marles; J. Milburn; Howard Milligan; J. Mitchell; Adrian Monger; Des Moore; John H.C. Morris; Tim Murray; Stephen Murray-Smith; Files (File 33-38) - Box 19, 20 (MS 7826)

Jack Munster (File 39) - Box 20 (MS 7826)

Sir Maurice Nathan; Bill Nederman; Nimmo family; John Norgard; Rev. J.S. Nurser (File 40-41) - Box 20 (MS 7826)

O.A. Oeser; Bill O'Shea; Alex Ottaway; N.P. Owen (File 42) - Box 20 (MS 7826)

J.B. Paul; Guy E.C. Pease; Michael Persse; Jeremy Pickett; B.M. Porter; Bruce Pratt (File 43-45) - Box 20 (MS 7826)

A.J. Rea; Blyth Ritchie; Rev. A. de Robin; P.A.V. Roff; Peter Ronald; Lloyd Ross (File 46-47) - Box 21 (MS 7826)

Clement Semmler; A. Sherriff; P.B. Sitzema; Robert Southey; W. Spewers; H.D. Steward; Barbara Sutton (File 48-51) - Box 21 (MS 7826)

William Tempel; David Thompson; Robert Todd; David Tompsett; Veronica Tozer; T.L. Twidell (File 52-53) - Box 22 (MS 7826)

Ian Urquart; Rick Van Bibra; Peggy Van Pragh; Claudia Veliz; Don Vincent (File 54) - Box 22 (MS 7826)

Darrell Wardle; L.W. Weickhardt; Jim White; Frank Woods (File 55-56) - Box 22 (MS 7826)

Jean Yule; Spencer Zifcats (File 57) - Box 22 (MS 7826)

Series 8. Letters of recommendation

This series contains requests from former Students of Geelong Grammar School, mostly for Headmaster positions at the various Church of England Grammar Schools in Australia, and copies of Darling's references.

Letters of recommendation (File 1-3) - Box 23 (MS 7826)

Series 9. Speeches

This series contains typescripts of miscellaneous speeches written and delivered by Darling on various occasions, including Unesco Repertory Theatre Conference in Adelaide, 1966; an address at the Geelong Boy's Employment Centre, 13 July 1965; Newington Old Boys Association; and Centenary Celebration Dinner, 26 July 1963.

Speeches (File 1-6) - Box 23, 24 (MS 7826)

Series 10. Writings: 'Saturday reflections'

This series contains carbon copies of handwritten drafts of feature articles published in The Age entitled "Saturday reflections" and book reviews. The articles were published as a book entitled Reflections for the Age (1991).

"Saturday reflections" (File 1-6) - Box 25, 26 (MS 7826)

Series 11. Writings: Richly Rewarding

Handwritten drafts and typescripts of Richly rewarding which was published by Hill of Content in association with Lloyd O'Neil, 1978.

Richly Rewarding (File 1-4) - Box 26 (MS 7826)

Series 12. Writings: 'The whole environment'

This series includes handwritten drafts, typescripts and some correspondence relating to 'The whole environment' and 'Freedom for equality'.

"The Whole Environement" (File 1-5) - Box 27 (MS 7826)

Series 13. Australian Frontier

Correspondence, 1962-72 (File 1-6) - Box 27, 28 (MS 7826)

Minutes of meetings, 1971-73 (File 7-12) - Box 28 (MS 7826)

Series 14. United World Colleges

Correspondence, 1970-91 (File 1-4) - Box 29 (MS 7826)

Applications for scholarships (File 5) - Box 29 (MS 7826)

Minutes of meetings, 1980-91 (File 6-9) - Box 29, 30 (MS 7826)

Notes on re-organisation and related correspondence, 1983-91 (File 10) - Box 30 (MS 7826)

James Fairfax Scholarship fund, 1988-89 (File 11) - Box 30 (MS 7826)

Printed material (File 12-13) - Box 30 (MS 7826)

Series 15. Marcus Oldham Farm Management College

Correspondence, 1976-81 (File 1) - Box 31 (MS 7826)

Forward planning study material report, May 1979 (File 2) - Box 31 (MS 7826)

"Special Subjects" agreement between Oldham and Geelong Church of England Grammar School, 1982 (File 3) - Box 31 (MS 7826)

Correspondence, minutes of meetings and reports relating to the appointment of a principal, 1980-81 (File 4) - Box 31 (MS 7826)

"Current" Financial papers, accounts and minutes of meetings, 1980-81 (File 5) - Box 31 (MS 7826)

Minutes of meetings, reports and circulars, 1981-88 (File 6-18) - Box 31, 32, 33 (MS 7826)

Minutes of meetings, financial statements, and reports, 1988-89 (File 19) - Box 33 (MS 7826)

Submissions to the Department of Education and Youth Affairs, 1984 (File 20) - Box 33 (MS 7826)

A description, analysis and history of the farm by R.G. Ashby part l and 2 (printed article) (File 21) - Box 33 (MS 7826)

Series 16. Australian Broadcasting Commission

Personal Correspondence, 1961-68 (File 1-5) - Box 33, 34 (MS 7826)

Correspondence relating to Senior Officers Association, 1961-63 (File 6) - Box 34 (MS 7826)

Correspondence concerning educational television (File 7) - Box 34 (MS 7826)

Correspondence with Sir Charles Moses, 1963-66 (File 8-9) - Box 34 (MS 7826)

Correspondence with Clem Semmler, 1963-67 (File 10) - Box 34 (MS 7826)

Correspondence concerning Darling's resignation, 1967 (File 11) - Box 34 (MS 7826)

Addresses and Speeches, 1961-63 (File 12) - Box 35 (MS 7826)

Constitution of ABC, 1965 (File 13) - Box 35 (MS 7826)

Response to news commentaries, 1965 (File 14) - Box 35 (MS 7826)

Newspaper cuttings and some correspondence, 1962-63 (File 15) - Box 35 (MS 7826)

Series 17. Other Activities

Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship: Financial papers, minutes of meetings, notes and some correspondence, 1977-89 (File 1-4) - Box 35 (MS 7826)

Television Society of Australia: Reports, newsletters and some correspondence, 1976-77 (File 5) - Box 36 (MS 7826)

The Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific: Drafts of articles, reports and some correspondence, 1981 (File 6) - Box 36 (MS 7826)

Australian Advisory Council of Elders: Correspondence, constitution and draft of a report entitled 'Challenge to Australia and to its Education' (File 7) - Box 36 (MS 7826)

Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust: Minutes of meetings and other miscellaneous papers, 1982-86 (File 8) - Box 36 (MS 7826)

Series 18. Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous notes and drafts, 1966-80 (File 1) - Box 37 (MS 7826)

Photocopies of an ANZAC diary, 1915 (File 2) - Box 37 (MS 7826)

Headmaster conference, 1965 (File 3) - Box 37 (MS 7826)

Miscellaneous, press releases and newspaper cuttings Headmaster conference, 1965 (File 4-5) - Box 37 (MS 7826)

Printed Material (File 19)

This series contains miscellaneous printed material (File [unnumbered]) - Box 37-40 (MS 7826)


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