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MS 8202

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Created: April 2025

Collection Summary

Creator
Russo, Peter, Dr.
Title
Papers of Peter Russo
Date Range
1889 - 1988
Collection Number
MS 8202
Extent
6.19 metres (21 ms boxes + 4 medium folio boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 1 shared binder)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this collection contains images of deceased persons and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Additional details are provided within this finding aid at the file/item level.

Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Notice

This collection contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. Restrictions on access, copying and publication of this material may apply. Contact the National Library of Australia for further information. Additional details are provided within this finding aid at the file/item level.

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises correspondence, newspaper cuttings and scrapbooks of articles by and about Russo, typescripts of articles and broadcasts, passports, notebooks, subject files including photographs, material relating to the Debuchi Goodwill Mission 1935 and Vietnam 1945-1973, miscellaneous printed material and personal documents of Peter Russo and Vera Bergman.

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Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn781952).

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Peter Russo, National Library of Australia, MS 8202, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Provenance

The original consignment of this collection was donated to the National Library in 1989. The second consignment was donated to the Library in 2005.

The Papers of Peter Russo MS 5885 are also held by the National Library of Australia.

Content Advisory Notice

Please be advised that this collection contains material which may cause distress. This includes graphic images of human remains, including children, within the context of war and violent conflict. Please also be aware that you may see certain words, descriptions or images within this collection which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the material were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive. Additional details are provided within this finding aid at the file/item level.

Biographical Note

Peter Vasquez Russo was born in Ballarat in 1908. Upon completing his degree at the University of Melbourne in 1930 he was awarded the Mollison Travelling Scholarship which he used to study Japanese language and literature at Tokyo Imperial Universities.

His Doctorate of Philosophy was conferred in 1936. From 1934 to 1941 he was a Professor of Modern Languages at the Tokyo University of Commerce. In 1935 he accompanied Japanese diplomats on the Debuchi Goodwill Mission to Australia and New Zealand.

In 1941 Russo returned to Australia and joined the staff of the Melbourne Herald as a foreign affairs commentator. In 1946 he joined the Argus newspaper as Far Eastern Editor. He subsequently worked as a correspondent for the British Mirror group of newspapers, and in 1960 became a columnist for the Australian Sunday Mirror. In 1963 he became a lecturer in international affairs for the Victorian Council of Adult Education. Until his death in 1985 he was a regular broadcaster of foreign affairs commentary for the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

In 1951 he married Vera Burgman, an actress who had fled Nazi Germany to Italy in the early 1940s.

Item Descriptions

Class 1. Original consignment, 1927 - 1985

Comprises 1. Correspondence, 1935-1985. 2. Cuttings and scrapbooks of articles by and about Russo, 1935-1964. 3. Typescripts of articles and broadcasts, 1955-1985. 4. Passports, 1931-1977. 5. Notebooks. 6. Subject files (including photographs), 1926-1985. 7. Debuchi Goodwill Mission, 1935. 8. Vietnam, 1945-1973. 9. Miscellaneous printed material, 1935-1983..

Series 1. Correspondence, 1935 - 1985

Items of correspondence can also be found in Series 6.

Reader's letters, 1951 - 1968 (File 1a) - Box 1

Includes newspaper clippings.

Reader's letters, 1951 - 1968 (File 1b) - Box 1

Includes newspaper clippings.

Australian Broadcasting Commission and Mirror Group correspondence, 1953 - 1963 (File 2) - Box 1

Includes telegrams and newspaper clippings.

Nicholas Pty, Ltd, Chemist - re sales to China correspondence, 1935 - 1947 (File 3) - Box 1

Includes correspondence in Chinese.

Correspondence with Lee White, McMillian, 1950 - 1981 (File 4) - Box 1

Includes academic record for Andrew Bruce Arkley from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; booklet Outlook: An Independent Socialist Review, 4 August 1963; pamphlet British Industrial Exhibition Peking.

Cecil King and Daily Mirror correspondence, 1960 - 1985 (File 5) - Box 1
Cecil King and Daily Mirror correspondence, 1960 - 1969 (File 6) - Box 1

Include newspaper clippings; Qantas itinerary; 4 black and white photographs of Cecil King in an Isuzu factory in Tokyo.

Argus Asian Goodwill Fund correspondence, 1953 - 1979 (File 7) - Box 1

Includes copy of the Message of the Prime Minister for the "Sunday Pictorial" of the Daily Mirror Group; telegrams.

Correspondence, 1936 - 1973 (File 8) - Box 2

Includes correspondence from The Herald and The University of Melbourne.

Council for Adult Education (C.A.E) correspondence, 1985 (File 9) - Box 2
IPC, Daily Mirror and Statist correspondence, 1955 - 1968 (File 10) - Box 2

Includes telegrams.

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1977 - 1982 (File 11) - Box 2
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1973 - 1980 (File 12) - Box 2, Binder MS Cold Store 332

Includes black and white and coloured family photographs. This file contains 2 black and white 35mm negatives. These negatives have been re-housed and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes. Negatives were originally housed in a blue plastic pocket.

Correspondence, 1954 - 1985 (File 13) - Box 2

Includes Britain's Voice Abroad.

Correspondence, 1937 - 1982 (File 14) - Box 2

Includes article from Monash University, 'Is it a Criminal Offence to Marry a Foreigner?': The Life and Times of Rose Carolyn (Allkins) Mowsey. Inagaki, 1881-1943.

Correspondence: A-B, 1944 - 1962 (File 15) - Box 3
Correspondence: C, 1948 - 1964 (File 16) - Box 3

Includes article Three Editors and the Status Quo, by Dorothy Green.

Correspondence: D-H, 1943 - 1962 (File 17) - Box 3

File includes The Merchant of Venice: A Tokyo Amateur Dramatic Club Presentation.

Correspondence: I-J, 1941 - 1965 (File 18) - Box 3

File includes black and white photograph of a man with small child and newspaper clippings.

Correspondence: K-M, 1949 - 1963 (File 19) - Box 3
Correspondence: Mc-R, 1949 - 1964 (File 20) - Box 3

File includes newspaper clippings and black and white photographs.

Correspondence: S, 1947 - 1965 (File 21) - Box 3

File includes colour and black and white photographs.

Correspondence: T-W, 1940 - 1961 (File 22) - Box 3

File includes newspaper clippings.

Special reference and letters, 1961 - 1970 (File 23) - Box 4

Letters housed in expandable folder. File contains 2 copies of International Certificates of Vaccination for Peter Russo; "Which Way China" Note: Prepared by Editor of series, C. P. Fitzgerald; The Melbourne Junior Chamber of Commerce; newspaper clippings; correspondence.

Personal references, 1941 - 1984 (File 24) - Box 4

File includes receipts, house keys, newspaper clippings.

Series 2. Cuttings and scrapbooks of articles by and about Peter Russo, 1935 - 1979

Red scrapbook including newspaper clippings, 1945 (Item 25) - Box 5
Red scrapbook including newspaper clippings, 1942 - 1946 (Item 26) - Box 5
Red scrapbook including newspaper clippings, 1942 (Item 27) - Box 5
Blue/ grey scrapbook including newspaper clippings, 1937 - 1939 (Item 28) - Box 5
Red scrapbook including newspaper clippings, 1935 - 1942 (Item 29) - Box 5
Large scrapbook with green binding including newspaper clippings, 1951 (Item 30) - Folio-Box 6

File also includes envelope of newspaper clippings relating to Japan.

Blue and red scrapbook including newspaper clippings, 1951 - 1952 (Item 31) - Box 7
Brown scrapbook with green binding including newspaper clippings, 1952 - 1955 (Item 32) - Box 7
Brown scrapbook with green binding including newspaper clippings, 1953 - 1955 (Item 33) - Folio-Box 8
People, 24 March 1954 (Item 34) - Folio-Box 8

Vol. 5, No. 2.

Cuttings of articles by Peter Russo, 1958 - 1965 (File 35) - Box 7
Fact, articles by Thomas Green (penname), 1961 - 1962 (Item 36) - Box 7

Vol. 1, No. 3-7, 9-19, 18.

Scrapbook of visit of Australian press delegation to India, 1953 (Item 37) - Folio-Box 8
Black and gold scrapbook of cuttings relating to Peter Russo's wife, Vera Bergman, 1953 (Item 38) - Folio-Box 8
Black scrapbook of cuttings relating to Peter Russo's wife, Vera Burgman, 1937 - 1961 (Item 39) - Folio-Box 19
The New Australasian Post, 27 March 1952 (Item 40) - Folio-Box 8

Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Notice This material contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. The ICIP comes in the form of traditional cultural expression and knowledge of the First Nation's people of Point McLeay.

Newspaper is missing the first two pages.

The Bulletin, 12 January 1949 (Item 41) - Folio-Box 8

Vol. 70, No. 3596.

Red scrapbook including newspaper clippings by Peter Russo, 1956 - 1970 (Item 42) - Folio-Box 8
Maroon scrapbook including newspaper clippings by Peter Russo, 1955 - 1979 (Item 43) - Folio-Box 19

Series 3. Typescripts of articles and broadcasts, 1955 - 1985

London reports, 1955 - 1965 (File 44) - Box 9
London reports, 1959 - 1960 (File 45) - Box 9
London reports, 1961 - 1962 (File 46) - Box 9
Miscellaneous talks and articles, 1960 - 1964 (File 47)
Notes for Teachers, September 1963 (Items 47.1) - Box 9

Vol. 17, No. 7. 2 copies.

Talks for the Sixth Form, China: School Radio Broadcasts, 1964 (Items 47.2) - Box 9

Second series, term 11. 3 copies.

Miscellaneous talks and articles, 1960 - 1964 (Items 47.3) - Box 9

Articles include Asia: Challenge of Political Change in the Sixties, BBC Questions - British Commonwealth, and Japan's American Interlude.", by Kazuo Kawai.

London reports, 1963 - 1964 (File 48) - Box 9
London reports, 1955 - 1965 (File 49) - Box 9
Notes on the News, ABC broadcasts, 1970 - 1975 (File 50) - Box 10
Notes on the News, ABC broadcasts, 1975 - 1977 (File 51) - Box 10
Notes on the News, ABC broadcasts, 1978 - 1980 (File 52) - Box 10
Notes on the News, ABC broadcasts, 1981 - 1985 (File 53) - Box 10

Series 4. Passports, 1931 - 1977

Passports, 1931 - 1977 (File 54)
Australian passports, 1931 - 1977 (Items 54.1) - Box 10

Three Australian passports. Passport numbers A 115349, H 148013 and K874354.

British passports, 1940 - 1967 (Items 54.2) - Box 10

Five British passports. Passport numbers A 217557, E 402300, E 55471, B 7524 and E 179808.

Series 5. Notebooks, 1975

Notebooks, 1975 (File 55)
Small brown note book, n.d. (Item 55.1) - Box 10

Includes Japanese language notes and newspaper clipping.

Small brown address book, n.d. (Item 55.2) - Box 10

Includes handwritten notes and newspaper clipping.

Black "Where is it?" address book, n.d. (Item 55.3) - Box 10

Includes handwritten notes and newspaper clipping.

Blue "Reminder Diary", 1975 (Item 55.4) - Box 10

Daily diary with notes.

Series 6. Subject files, 1927 - 1985

Includes correspondence, photographs, printed material, certificates, newscuttings, typescripts and other papers.

Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (KBS) [Society for International Cultural Relations], Tokyo, 1935 - 1941 (File 56) - Box 11

File includes correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings.

Diplomatic, 1935 - 1979 (File 57)

File includes correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings.

The Reporter, 19 August 1952 (Item 57.1) - Box 11
Bcon, 25 December 1948 (Item 57.2) - Box 11

Christmas New Year 1948 Souvenir edition. Newspaper for the British Commonwealth of Nations' Occupation Force in Japan.

Correspondence, photographs and newspaper cuttings, 1935 - 1979 (Items 57.3) - Box 11
India and Nehru, 1964 - 1966 (File 58) - Box 11

File includes The Overseas Hindustan Times, Vol. XV, No. 23 and Vol. XVII. No. 2; French Settlements in India, Current Affairs Publication; Indian and Foreign Review, Vol. 1, No. 16.

Military occupation of Japan and China, 1946 - 1948 (File 59) - Box 11

File includes receipts, press passes, photographs, ration cards, ephemera and correspondence.

Columbo Conference, 1950 (File 60) - Box 11

Invitations to various events and fold out map titled, Central Colombo Shewing Buildings Connected with the Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs, January, 1950.

Indian Press Delegation, 1953 - 1956 (File 61) - Box 11

File includes approximately 100 black and white photographs of Peter Russo's time in India.

China, 1945 - 1980 (File 62)

Collection of booklets and newspaper articles.

National Union of Australian University Students Delegation to Malaya and Indonesia, 1956 (Item 62.1) - Box 11
Report on China: Australian Cultural Delegation, May-June 1956 (Item 62.2) - Box 11

Published by the Australian-China Society, New South Wales Branch.

The Truth about conditions in Communist China, n.d. (Item 62.3) - Box 11

Written by Greg O'Dwyer. Published by the Friends of Free China Association.

Students in China: Report of a delegation from the National Union of Australian University Students to the Peoples' Republic of China, n.d. (Item 62.4) - Box 11
The Nation's Forum of the Air: What Should We Do With Japan?, 28 November 1945 (Item 62.5) - Box 11

Broadcast on the national network by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Vol 1, No. 30.

Newspaper articles and photographs, 1956 - 1980 (Items 62.6) - Box 11

Includes newspaper Orientation Week Programme, Vol. 32, No. 1; two black and white photographs.

Education and Italian references, 1927 - 1965 (File 63) - Box 11

File includes correspondence.

Newspaper receipts and photographs of George Lawford, 1952 - 1967 (File 64) - Box 12

File includes photographs of George Lawford, Japan, and a World Federation Trade Union march.

Articles by K. C. Lee on Singapore and Malaya, 1957 - 1958 (File 65) - Box 12

File includes Manifesto of the People's Action Army.

Expanding file of photographs, correspondence, clippings and invitations, 1935 - 1985 (File 66)
Photograph taken at the reception held by the Secretary-General, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in New Delhi on February 26, in honour of the members of the Australian Press Delegation, n.d. (Item 66.1) - Box 12
Portrait of women in striped dress, seated outdoors, c. 1950's (Item 66.2) - Box 12
Group photograph, four adults and four children, on a bridge in Japan, n.d. (Item 66.3) - Box 12
Photograph of two men, one Japanese and one Westerner, n.d. (Item 66.4) - Box 12
Photograph of Japanese couple, man in grey top hat, n.d. (Item 66.5) - Box 12
As the World Sees Us, 31 December 1957-5 January 1958 (Item 66.6) - Box 12

A verbatim written record taken from an unscripted discussion broadcast by Associated Television Limited, in the Independent Television Network on December 31st, 1957 and repeated on January 5th, 1958.

Assorted material, 1935 - 1985 (Items 66.7) - Folio-Box 20, Binder MS Cold Store 332

Includes white and orange award ribbon, black and white photographs. This file contains one 35mm negative. This negative has been re-housed and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.

Petrov Royal Commission, 1954 - 1958 (File 67) - Box 12

File includes press publications including, The Royal Commission on Espionage - The Australia-Soviet Friendship Society - Mr John Rodgers, Speech on the Budget by Dr. H. V. Evatt, Leader of the Opposition, and Foreign Affairs and Defence: Dr. Evatt's Reply to Prime Minister.

Petrov Royal Commission, 1951 - 1959 (File 68)
Commonwealth of Australia: Parliamentary Debates - Twenty Second Parliament, Third Session, 1958, 24 September 1958 (Item 68.1) - Box 12

House of Representatives.

Commonwealth of Australia: Speech by Rt. Hon. H. V. Evatt, Q.C. L.L.D. D. Lit., MP on Royal Commission on Espionage, 19 October 1955 (Item 68.2) - Box 12

From the "Parliamentary Debates".

Royal Commission on Espionage: Official Transcript of Proceedings, 6 December 1954 (Item 68.3) - Box 12

77th day, continued from 3rd December 1954.

Royal Commission on Espionage: Official Transcript of Proceedings, 8 December 1954 (Item 68.4) - Box 12

78th day, continued from 8 December 1954.

Royal Commission on Espionage: Official Transcript of Proceedings, 28 January 1955 (Item 68.5) - Box 12

91st day, continued from 27 January 1955.

Royal Commission on Espionage: Official Transcript of Proceedings, 9 March 1955 (Item 68.6) - Box 12

115th day, continued from 8 March 1955.

Royal Commission on Espionage: Official Transcript of Proceedings, 10 March 1955 (Item 68.7) - Box 12

116th day, continued from 9 March 1955.

Press publications, 1951 - 1959 (Items 68.8) - Box 12

Includes Australian Labor Party: Labor's plan for World Peace and newspaper clippings.

DLP/ Bob Santamaria/ NCC, 1958 - 1963 (File 69) - Box 12

File includes Observer, No. 19; The Truth about the D.L.P. and its False Claims; Catholic Action and Australian Labor; newspaper cuttings and notes.

Asian history, 6 August 1965 (File 70) - Box 12

File includes articles A Pilgrimage to Khao Phra Vihara and Phanom Rung, Thailand's Southern Exposure, by Charles N. Spinks and Survey of China Mainland Press, No. 3512.

DLP/ Bob Santamaria/ NCC, 1959 - 1964 (File 71) - Box 12

File includes Danger NCC at Work; newspaper Farrago, Vol. 40, No. 17-18; newspapers News Weekly, No. 1031 and Catholic Worker, No. 281-282, 289, 304 and 306.

John Barry and Alfred William Foster, 1951 - 1975 (File 72)
Some Aspects of Magic, Witchcraft and Sorcery, by John Barry, n.d. (Item 72.1) - Box 12

Photocopy.

Lenin through Australian eyes, 1970 (Item 72.2) - Box 12

An Australian contribution to the Lenin Centenary 1870-1970.

Pioneers in Criminology: XII. Alexander Maconochie (1787-1860), July-August 1956 (Item 72.3) - Box 12

Reprinted from The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology and Police Science, Vol. 47, No. 2, July-August 1956.

Newspaper articles and reports, 1951 - 1975 (Items 72.4) - Box 12

File includes newspaper New Statesman: The Week-end Review; article Democratic German Report, Vol. XXIV, No. 22; eulogy for Alfred William Foster; article Criminology, written by Barry M.

Television - London, 1958 - 1962 (File 73) - Box 12

File includes Statement by the Chairman Mr. Cecil H. King at the Annual General Meeting of The Daily Mirror Newspapers Limited 2nd July 1962; As the World Sees Us; photographs and cards.

Xavier Connor "Church and State", 1964 - 1974 (File 74) - Box 13

File includes Church and State, by Xavier Connor; newspaper cuttings and magazine articles.

Indonesia and Malaysia, 1954 - 1963 (File 75)
Economic and Political Background to Malaysia, October 1963 (Item 75.1) - Box 13

Written by E. L. Wheelwright and others. An Outlook Publication.

Raayat: Our Malayan Gandhis, 27 December 1954 (Item 75.2) - Box 13

Vol. 1, No. 3.

Collection of newspaper articles, correspondence and articles, 1954 - 1969 (Items 75.3) - Box 13

File includes article Current Background: Peng Peng Speaks at Indonesian Aliarcham Academy of Social Sciences, No. 763.

Indonesia, 1964 - 1966 (File 76) - Box 13

File includes Pacific: War-Peace-International Cooperation, Vol. 1, No. 2.; articles A Year of Living Dangerously: Address by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, and Speech of President Sukarno of Indonesia at the Second Non-Alignment Conference, Cairo, October, 1964; newsletter Indonesian Newsletter, No. 64/6.

The Twenty Club (dining club), 1974 - 1979 (File 77)
Official Report of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Japan, July 1978 (Item 77.1) - Box 13

Led by Mr P. C. Millar, M.P, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Collection of correspondence, articles and newspaper cuttings, 1975 - 1979 (Items 77.2) - Box 13

Includes article The Challenge of Post Industrialism, by Barry O. Jones.

China, 1931 - 1970 (File 78)
Contemporary China, 1942 - 1944 (Items 78.1) - Box 13

Vol. 11, No. 8, 17; Vol. 3, No. 4, 7-8, 16-26; and Vol 4, No. 2-5, 20, 22.

Collection of articles, correspondence and newspaper cuttings, 1931 - 1970 (Items 78.2) - Box 13

Articles include China Marches On; Letter from China, No. 29, 33-34; and Peking Review, No. 18.

Menzies and Wilfred Burchett, 1959 - 1985 (File 79)
Menzies Unlimited, n.d. (Item 79.1) - Box 13
Foreign Affairs Record, October 1960 (Item 79.2) - Box 13

Vol. 6, No. 10. Published by the Ministry of External Affairs: External Publicity Division Government of India.

Collection of newspaper cuttings and notes, 1959 - 1985 (Items 79.3) - Box 13
Espionage - Intelligence services, 1951 - 1983 (File 80)
Top Secret: A closer look at Australia's secret service, n.d. (Item 80.1) - Box 13

Published by the Committee for the Abolition of Political Police.

Agora, August 1969 (Item 80.2) - Box 13

Vol. 3, No. 3.

Harper's Magazine: A Book-Length Supplement: The Craft of Intelligence, April 1963 (Item 80.3) - Box 13

Written by Allen Dulles.

Collection of newspaper cuttings, 1951 - 1983 (Items 80.4) - Box 13
Business cards and receipts, 1938 - 1947 (File 81) - Box 14

Includes newspaper cuttings; receipts and business cards in Japanese; notes and photocopy of Victorian Bishops and Research in Roman Archives.

Miscellaneous, 1941 - 1967 (File 82)
Oriental Affairs, August 1941 (Item 82.1) - Box 14

Edited and published by H. G. W. Woodhead. Vol. 16, No. 2.

Articles and newspaper cuttings, 1948 - 1967 (Item 82.2) - Box 14

Articles include The Re-Japanised Japan.

Articles and newspaper cuttings, 1953 - 1967 (File 83) - Box 14

Articles include KBS Bulletin on Japanese Culture, No. 84-85; Comments on the Week's News; and Monopoly Threat to Community.

Publications, 1941 - 1968 (File 84)
Photograph of Merdeka rally in Singapore, n.d. (Item 84.1) - Box 14
The Bulletin, 5 August 1961 (Item 84.2) - Box 14

Vol. 82, No. 4251.

The Beacon, March 1965-May 1966 (Items 84.3) - Box 14

Includes issues for March 1965 and May 1966.

The Chicago Seed, 1968 (Item 84.4) - Box 14
New York Free Press, 5-12 September 1968 (Item 84.5) - Box 14

Vol. 1, No. 35.

Articles and newspaper cuttings, 1941 - 1966 (Items 84.6) - Box 14

File includes article An Act to provide for the Registration of Psychologists, the Protection of the Public from Unqualified Persons and certain Harmful Practices and for other purposes, No. 7355 and Sermon of the Month: Building for the Future; newspaper cuttings.

Articles and newspaper cuttings, 1941 - 1953 (File 85)
Manchester v. Japan: The Imperial background of the Australian Trade Diversion Dispute with Japan, 1936, n.d. (Item 85.1) - Box 14
Private Diplomacy in the 1936 Trade Dispute with Japan, n.d. (Item 85.2) - Box 14

Written by D. C. S. Sissons at the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University.

"What Should we do with Japan?", 3-17 December 1945 (Items 85.3) - Box 14

Three transcripts for the radio. Written by Ian Lasry and Victor James, narrated by Peter Russo.

Newspaper cuttings, articles and invitations, 1941 - 1953 (Items 85.4) - Box 14

File includes article Lend-lease and Victory and House News, Vol. 11, No. 3.

Correspondence, notes, posters, photographs and newspaper cuttings, 1935 - 1975 (File 86) - Box 14

Content advisory notice: Please be advised that this file contains images of deceased peoples which may cause distress.

File includes poster of the 'Games of the New Emerging Forces' held on 6 December 1966 and 'British declaration of war'; black and white photographs; newspaper Bcon, 25 December 1949.

Bank books and letters and telegrams from Vera Burgman, 1935 - 1958 (File 87) - Box 15

File includes two bank books with the Bank of New South Wales; business cards; invitations.

Series 7. Debuchi goodwill mission to Australia and New Zealand, 1935 - 1953

Black note book, correspondence, invitations and photographs, 1935 - 1940 (File 88) - Box 15
Newspaper cuttings, 1935 - 1953 (File 89) - Box 15

File includes Visit of Japanese Goodwill Mission, 19 August 1935.

Series 8. Vietnam, 1945 - 1978

Newspaper cuttings and articles relating to Vietnam, 1961 - 1978 (File 90)
Pacific: War-Peace-International Cooperation, July-August 1968 (Item 90.1) - Box 15

Vol. 3, No. 2.

Sunday Observer: First Color Pictures - Bloodbath in Vietnam, 14 December 1969 (Item 90.2) - Box 15

Content advisory notice: Please be advised that this file contains content of a sensitive nature in relation to the My Lai massacre in Vietnam which may cause distress. This includes images of human remains, including children.

Published by arrangement with Life Magazine, New York.

Australian Atrocities in Vietnam, by Alex Carey, n.d. (Item 90.3) - Box 15

Content advisory notice: Please be advised that this file contains images of deceased peoples which may cause distress.

Published by R.S. Gould, Convenor of the Vietnam Action Campaign.

Vietnam: Is it Truth We Want?, By Dr. J. F. Cairns, 1965 (Item 90.4) - Box 15

Published by the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

Vietnam Tragedy, 1965 (Item 90.5) - Box 15

Published by Monash University Labor Club.

Efforts for Peace, November 1967 (Item 90.6) - Box 15

Issued under the Authority of the Minister for External Affairs, the Rt Hon. Paul Hasluck.

Oz, March-April (Items 90.7) - Box 15

No.7-8.

Newsweek, 1 May 1978 (Item 90.8) - Box 15
Newspapers and articles, 1961 - 1970 (Items 90.9) - Box 15

File includes newspapers Century, Vol. 29, No. 41 and Catholic Worker, No. 394 and 406; article Jen-Min Jih-Pao Delegation writes articles on Impressions of visit to North Vietnam, No. 736 and The Story of John Foster Bulles.

Magazines and newspapers relating to Vietnam (File 91)
Pacific: War-Peace-International Cooperation, September-October 1968 (Item 91.1) - Box 15

Vol. 3, No. 3.

Pacific: War-Peace-International Cooperation, July-August 1967 (Item 91.2) - Box 15

Vol. 2, No. 2.

Lot's Wife, 11 June 1968 (Item 91.3) - Box 15

Monash University Student's Newspaper. Vol. 8, No. 6.

Oz, 1964 (Item 91.4) - Box 15

No. 12-15.

Dissent, 1967 (Item 91.5) - Box 15

No. 19.

Article and newspaper cuttings, 1967 (Items 91.6) - Box 15

File includes article Australian Cambodia Association.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Vietnam, 1945 - 1975 (File 92) - Box 15

File includes booklet The War America Lost, Br Cyril E. Goode; The Beacon; and The Rationalist.

Articles and newspaper cuttings relating to Vietnam, 1957 - 1983 (File 93)
Vietnam: Recent Statements of Australian Policy, November 1965 (Item 93.1) - Box 15

Issued under the Authority of the Minister for External Affairs, the Rt Hon. Paul Hasluck.

Vietnam: Questions and Answers, May 1966 (Item 93.2) - Box 15

Issued under the Authority of the Minister for External Affairs, the Rt Hon. Paul Hasluck.

Pacific: War-Peace-International Cooperation, January-March 1969 (Item 93.3) - Box 15

Vol. 4, No. 1.

Comment, August-November 1966 (Items 93.4) - Box 15

Vol. 1, No. 3-4.

Collection of newspaper cuttings, 1957 - 1983 (Items 93.5) - Box 15
Articles and newspaper cuttings relating to Vietnam, 1954 - 1968 (File 94)
U.S. News & World Report, 30 April 1954 (Item 94.1) - Box 16

Magazine missing first few pages.

Pacific: War-Peace-International Cooperation, 1966 - 1968 (Items 94.2) - Box 16

Vol. 1, No. 4 and Vol. 3, No. 1.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Vietnam, 1960 - 1968 (Items 94.3) - Box 16
Magazines relating to Vietnam, 1963 - 1969 (File 95)
The Beacon, August-September 1969 (Item 95.1) - Box 16

August and September issues.

Unitarian Addresses, August-September 1969 (Items 95.2) - Box 16

Issue no. 1, 3-4. Addresses delivered at the Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church on Sunday August 17th - 7th September by the Minister Mr Stanley Moore.

Times Newsmagazine, 9 August 1963 (Item 95.3) - Box 16

South Pacific edition.

Newsweek, 10 July 1967 (Item 95.4) - Box 16

Special issue.

Ramparts Extra: The Children of Vietnam, 1967 (Item 95.5) - Box 16

Content advisory notice: Please be advised that this file contains content of a sensitive nature in relation to children injured and deceased through war which may cause distress. This includes images of human remains, including children.

Written by William F. Pepper.

The Vietnamese people will win! The American invaders will be defeated!, 1965 (Item 95.6) - Box 16

Content advisory notice: Please be advised that this file contains content of a sensitive nature in relation to children injured and deceased through war which may cause distress. This includes images of human remains.

Magazine written in Chinese.

Series 9. Miscellaneous printed material, 1931 - 1985

Newspaper cuttings, 1951 - 1983 (File 96) - Box 16

File includes Newsweek, 5 November 1973; newspaper The Herald, 9 January 1967; Toorak Times, 19 December 1983.

Newspaper cuttings, 1948 - 1985 (File 97) - Box 16

File includes magazine Broadside, 6 March 1969.

Time, 20 November 1972 (Item 98) - Box 16
Nation, 25 June 1966 (Item 99) - Box 16

No. 197.

Jerusalem: Living City, September 1950 (Item 100) - Box 16
The Commonwealth, 23 April 1935 (Item 101) - Box 16

Vol. 11, No. 17. Part two.

Catholic Worker, 1971 - 1976 (Items 102) - Box 16

No. 414-415, 432, 440, 446, 448, 459-460, 465, 470-472.

Murhun, September 1958 (Item 103) - Box 17

Publication of the Chinese Students' Club of Victoria.

Asia and the Americas, 1944 - 1945 (Items 104) - Box 17

Content advisory notice: Please be aware that you may see certain words, descriptions or images within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.

The China Monthly: The Truth About China, April 1946 (Item 105) - Box 17

Vol 7, No. 4.

Newspaper cuttings and magazines, 1945 - 1970 (File 106)
New Guinea and Australia, the Pacific and South-East Asia, September-October 1966 (Item 106.1) - Box 17
Newspaper cuttings, 1945 - 1970 (Items 106.2) - Box 17

File includes Far Eastern Survey, Vol. 21, No. 6.

Pamphlets and posters, 1964 - 1971 (File 107) - Box 17

File includes poster Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Flags of the Commonwealth; pamphlets include The changing map of Africa and Story of SEATO: South-East Asia Treaty Organisation; newspaper article The Age chart of World Organisations.

Pamphlets and papers relating to typewriting, 1953 - 1983 (File 108) - Box 17

File includes Lloyd's Byelaws (Made under Lloyd's Act 1982), Remington Rand Touch Method Typing: Instruction book and tippa+tippas: Instruction handbook.

The Reporter, 20 February 1958 (File 109) - Box 17

20 February 1958 edition. Also includes articles The Golden Twig and The Peter Principle.

Japanese Puppet Plays, Eiaaku Waseda and One Thousand and One Nights in the Geisha World, by Miyako Shimnum, 1931 (Item 110) - Box 17

Bound in a red book.

Booklets, newspaper articles and BBC scripts, 1957 - 1982 (File 111)
Talks for the Sixth Forms, 1962 (Items 111.1) - Box 18

BBC Home Service scripts. Topics include "China Today", "Current Affairs", "China: a historical perspective" and "Mao's China: Re-shaping China's society.

Booklets and newspaper articles, 1957 - 1982 (Items 111.2) - Box 18

Content advisory notice: Please be advised that this file contains content of a sensitive nature which may cause distress. Including images of deceased peoples.

File includes Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation cheque book; booklets The Arus: Style Book, Visit Spain: Guias Ancema, Chinese Porcelain Marks and Symbols and Map of Macau; newspaper cuttings.

Newspaper cuttings, 1940 - 1985 (File 112) - Box 18

Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this file contains images of deceased people that may be culturally sensitive.

Maps, newspaper cuttings and articles, 1952 - 1982 (File 113) - Box 18

File includes maps of Iran, Africa, Rome and the West Indies; articles and magazines include Pacific friend and China News Analysis, 1964.

Statist, May-September 1966 (File 114) - Box 18
Statist, September 1966-January 1967 (File 115) - Box 18
Statist, January-August 1967 (File 116) - Box 18
Statist, 1963 - 1967 (File 117) - Folio-Box 20

File includes indexes to Statist magazine for the years 1963-1967.

Class 2. Consignment recieved 2005, 1889 - 1988

Comprises correspondence, personal documents of Russo, c.1940-1971, and personal documents of Vera Korff-Bergman, c.1934-c.1940. Correspondents include Brian Fitzpatrick, Frank Clune and Norman Lindsay. Also, issues of Brian Fitzpatrick's Labor newsletter, 1958-1965.

Arrangement

This consignment was orignally numbered MS Acc05.109.

Series 10. Assorted documents, 1889 - 1988

Personal documents of Vera Bergman, 1889 - 1937 (File 118) - Box 21

File includes funeral service for retired State Secretary Carl Bergmann, in German; newspaper cuttings in German; birth certificate of Henry Ahrens, in German; passport for Vera Bergmann.

Miscellaneous photographs, n.d. (File 119) - Box 21
Correspondence, 1971 - 1980 (File 120) - Box 21

File also includes small black note book.

Letters of accreditation and introduction for Peter Russo, 1931 - 1965 (File 121) - Box 21

Letters are in English and Japanese.

Miscellaneous photographs, n.d. (File 122) - Box 21
Miscellaneous photographs, n.d. (File 123) - Box 22
Newspaper articles and correspondence, 1949 - 1972 (File 124) - Folio-Box 23

File includes Bcon, 1948 Souvenir Issue; newspaper Sunday Observer, 1 March 1970.

Miscellaneous photographs, n.d. (File 125) - Folio-Box 23, Binder MS Cold Store 332

This file contains 2 black and white negatives. These negatives have been re-housed and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.

Correspondence, 1947 - 1977 (File 126) - Box 22

File includes photocopy of The Educational Implications of Industrial Democracy.

Newspaper clippings and magazines, 1948 - 1985 (File 127) - Box 22

File includes magazine Education in Northern Ireland and The Kwangchow Acrobatic Troupe of the People's Republic of China; newspaper cuttings, including photocopies.

Photographs and correspondence, 1964 - 1988 (File 128) - Box 22
Vera Bergmann photographs, n.d. (File 129a) - Box 22
Vera Bergmann photographs, n.d. (File 129b) - Box 27
Photographs and correspondence, 1951 - 1959 (File 130) - Box 22
Identity papers of Vera Bergmann, 1939 - 1948 (File 131) - Box 24, Binder MS Cold Store 332

File includes passports and identity papers, written in German. This file contains 8 black and white negatives. These negatives have been re-housed and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.

Expanding file of correspondence, news clippings and cheque books, 1936 - 1975 (File 132) - Folio-Box 23

File includes cheque books from The National Bank of Australia Limited, Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation and Soldier's Pay Book; correspondence from Frank Clune; newspaper The Hongkong Telegraph, Vol. 2, No. 180 and New Statesman: The Week-end Review, Vol. 57, No. 1455; application for Filipino passport for Peter Russo.

Brown photograph album, n.d. (File 133) - Folio-Box 25

Black and white photographs.

Framed photograph of Peter Russo, Vera Bergmann and Japanese woman, n.d. (Item 134) - Folio-Box 25

Framed in brown frame.

Framed photograph of a Japanese couple and newspaper article, n.d. (Item 135) - Folio-Box 25

Framed in small brown frame.

Framed photograph of Vera Bergmann and Peter Russo, n.d. (Item 136) - Folio-Box 25

Framed in small green frame.

Framed photograph of Vera Bergmann and Peter Russo, n.d. (Item 137) - Folio-Box 25

Framed in small gold frame.

Photographs and correspondence, 1941 - 1978 (File 138) - Box 24

Content advisory notice: Please be advised that this file contains an image with male nudity.

Greeting cards, 1970 - 1974 (File 139) - Box 24
Correspondence, 1971 - 1979 (File 140) - Box 24

File includes letters of sympathy for Vera Burgmann's death.

Notebook and Japan Air Lines wallet, n.d. (File 141) - Box 24

Black notebook contains recipes.

Travel documents, 1950 - 1965 (File 142) - Box 24

File includes 2 British passports, 'Temporary Travel Document in Lieu of Passport for German Nationals' and 'International Certificates of Vaccination' for Vera Bergmann.

Photographs, correspondence and articles, 1947 - 1985 (File 143) - Box 26

File includes Council of Adult Education Class Roll 1981-1983; articles include Series of Public Talks Organised by the Institute of Social Order: "A Pattern for Improvement".

Tickets, receipts and invitations, 1957 - 1980 (File 144) - Folio-Box 25

File includes Behind the News: Class Roll, 1979-1980.

Photographs, newspaper cuttings and documents, 1940 - 1985 (File 145) - Folio-Box 25

File includes a photocopy of Peter Russo's last will and testament; licence and identification card of Peter Russo, newspaper clippings, including photocopies.

Photographs and newspaper cuttings, 1949 - 1961 (File 146) - Box 26
Newsletters and correspondence, 1949 - 1965 (File 147)

File includes articles by Brian Fitzpatrick.

The Rationalist: An International Journal of Rationalist, Scientific and Humanist Opinion, November-December 1965 (Item 147.1) - Box 26
The Australian: News-Review, April 1953 (Item 147.2) - Box 26

Vol. 3, No. 19.

Civil Liberty, July 1957 (Item 147.3) - Box 26

Periodical Bulletin of The Australian Council for Civil Liberties. Vol. 13, No. 1-2.

Copies of Labor News Letter and correspondence, 1949 - 1961 (Items 147.4) - Box 26
Labor News Letter, 1962 - 1965 (File 148) - Box 26

Vol. 4, No. 37/1-46; Vol. 5, No. 56-59, 60-62; Vol. 6, No. 63-70; Vol. 72, No. 75; Vol. 7, No. 73, 75.

Labor News Letter, 1960 - 1963 (File 149) - Box 26

Vol. 2, No. 17, 19, 21-26; Vol. 3, No. 28-36; Vol. 4, No. 47-55.

Labor News Letter, 1958 - 1960 (File 150) - Box 27

No. 1-8, Vol. 2, No. 9-16.

Photographs of Vera Burgmann, n.d. (File 151) - Box 27
Photographs and correspondence, 1941 - 1982 (File 152) - Box 27

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