Stewart Jamieson interviewed by Mel Pratt in the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 765435
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Jamieson, Stewart, 1903-1975, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1971 Nov. 30-1972 Jan. 19
- 3 tape reels : 1 7/8 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Mr Jamieson, a diplomat, recalls studying at Oxford; studying for for the Bar examination; Broken Hill; Mt Pleasant; freelance journalism; broadcasting for the ABC; Royal Commission on Theatres and Films; travelling around Europe in 1938; skiing in Australia; World War II; Gerald Packer; Tyndall; New Guinea; Darwin; Seroua; Dept. of External Affairs; Mr Dunk; Billy Hughes; posting to Canada; Frank Forde; Mackenzie King; Canadian public service; Charles Ritchie; St Laurent; Korean War; Listening post; Radio Australia; posting to San Francisco; Dr Evatt; posting to New York; impressions of New York society ; posting to Ireland; Sean Murphy; diplomatic accreditation; posting to Ghana; Jo Michel; Willy van Lare; Susan Ofori-atta; Ghanian attitudes to American negores; Robert Jackson; Louis de Guiringaud; Botsio; Gbedemah; Krobo Edusei; Nkrumah; slave trave; French decolonization; Ivory Coast; Tubman; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Guinea; Senegal; Nigeria; attitude to aid in third world countries; posting to Rio; New Guinea and West Irian; travels around South America; possible revolution; inflation; posting to Russia; Skripov affair; Armenia; Kruschev; Mijatovic; Morad Ghaleb; Lord Trevelyan; Mr Ifeagu; Arnold; Smith; Bob Ford; Foy Kohler; Jerry Singha; Suhlman; traveling through Russia; Virgin Lands; ambassador to Sweden.
- Biography/History:
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Mr. Jamieson had a long and interesting career as a diplomat in Canada, San Francisco, New York, Ireland, Ghana, Sweden and Rio.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at his home in Canberra, A.C.T.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214858729
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (20 p.) and transcript (263 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pratt, Mel, -1986, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Mel Pratt collection.
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- Until 2042 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1972
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