Papers of Colin Bingham, 1936-1974 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 914477
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Bingham, Colin, 1898-
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1936-1974
- 3.84 m. (19 boxes) + 3 fol. boxes.
- Summary:
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The papers consist of volumes of newsclippings on Bingham's work, including 5 volumes of Notes on the news by Bingham (under the name Middlemarch), Brisbane Telegraph 1936-1939; volumes containing special articles; leading articles; notes on foreign affairs, book reviews, Sydney Morning Herald, 1943-1965 and a volume containing press reviews of Bingham's books, Men and affairs, 1967-1968 and The affairs of women. As well there are his despatches as war and foreign correspondent to the Sydney Morning Herald, Oct. 1943 to Nov. 1945; personal wartime letters written from London and collected into a volume entitled "Walls of Courage", and a copy of an address to the Journalists' Club, Sydney, by Colin Bingham, after his retirement from the editorship of the Sydney Morning Herald, 1965. Also: Watcher in the wings (2 vols), a collection of excerpts from letters written by Colin Bingham in London, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and U.S.A. when he was a foreign correspondent, war correspondent and diplomatic correspondent, 1943-1948.
- Biography/History:
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Journalist and poet.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no. : MS 4862.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; D637.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid (4 p.) available in the Special Collections Reading Room.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1936-1974
- Occupation:
- Journalists
- Copyright:
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Copyright Undetermined
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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