Guide to the Papers of Chester Wilmot

Correspondence, photographs, certificates and research notes re Wilmot Family history, 1894-1988 (File 1) - Box 1

Correspondence, clippings and research notes on J.G.W. Wilmot (Chester's grandfather), 1952-83 (File 1a) - Box 1

Correspondence, photographs, clippings re Hannah Louisa Wilmot, 1902-66 (File 1b) - Box 1

Clippings, research notes, correspondence, pictures and other documents re R.W.E. Wilmot (Chester's father), 1877-1976 (File 1c) - Box 1

Photographs, correspondence, clippings and other papers re J.M. Wilmot (Chester's mother) (File 2) - Box 1

School reports, clippings, correspondence and other papers re Chester Wilmot's schooling and youth, 1911-73 (File 3) - Box 1

[Folder not received] - according to despatch list it relates to Chester's time at Melbourne University (File 4) - Box 1

[Folder not received] - re ABC radio 3AR broadcasts, 1937 (File 5) - Box 1

Scripts of ABC radio 3AR broadcasts, 1937 (File 6) - Box 1

Typescript diary of world debating tour, July 1937 - January 1938 (Philippines, Japan, USA, Canada) (File 7) - Box 1

Typescript diary of world debating tour, January - August 1938 (Britain and Europe) (File 8) - Box 1

Typescript diary of European travels, September - December 1938 (File 9) - Box 2

Press cuttings on world debating tour, 1937-38 (File 10) - Box 2

Typescripts of articles and broadcasts on the world debating tour (File 11) - Box 2

Correspondence, notes and memorabilia re world debating tour, 1937-38 (File 12) - Box 2

Typescripts of talks and articles written during European travels, 1938 - mostly relate to the European diplomatic crisis and German expansionism (File 13) - Box 2

Scripts of first BBC broadcasts, including scripts of interviews with Dr Hugh Dalton and Wing Commander Pope (interview vetoed by the Air Ministry) (File 14) - Box 2

Letters written to family during the debating tour, 1937 (File 15) - Box 2

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1938-40, 1944 (File 15a) - Box 2

Letters from family, 1937-38 (File 16) - Box 2

Speeches and notes, 1937-38 (File 17) - Box 2

Speeches and notes, 1939-January 1940 (File 18) - Box 2

Clippings and photographs re Philippines/Australia University debate, 1962 (File 19) - Box 3

Correspondence and other papers re Wilmot's involvement with the University of Melbourne, 1935-38 (includes letters to Vice-Chancellor, Dr R.E. Priestley) (File 20) - Box 3

Correspondence and papers re the National Union of Australian University Students, 1937-50 (includes Conference Report, 1939, edited by Wilmot) (File 21) - Box 3

3AR broadcasts, 1939 (File 22) - Box 3

Texts of Australian Dept of Information broadcasts, 1940 (File 23) - Box 3

Typescript diary, Middle East, August - December 1940 (File 24) - Box 3

Letters to family, July - December 1940 (File 25) - Box 3

Letters to family, January - July 1941 (File 26) - Box 3

Letters to family, July 1941 - February 1942 (File 27) - Box 3

Roneoed copies of "Daily news", September - October 1940 - compiled by the ABC's Field Unit with the AIF troopship (File 28) - Box 3

T/s descriptions of work with the ABC Field Unit with the AIF in the Middle East, 1940-42 (File 29) - Box 3

Scripts/Despatches from the ABC Field Unit with the AIF, August 1940 - February 1942 (File 30_43) - Box 4, Piece Files 30-40, Box 5, Piece Files 41-43

Working notes, Middle East, 1941-42 (File 44) - Box 5

Italian newspapers, Western Desert, 1940 (File 45) - Box 5

Newscuttings re Middle East broadcasts, 1940-41 (File 45a) - Box 5

Correspondence, 1940-41 (includes William Macmahon Ball) (File 46) - Box 5

Correspondence and clippings re broadcast swearing controversy, 1941 (File 47) - Box 5

Correspondence with ABC General Manager, T.W. Bearup, February 1941 - January 1942 War correspondents' instructions, 1940 (File 48) - Box 5

Correspondence with Lawrence Cecil, 1941 (File 49) - Box 5

Clippings and t/s of articles for ABC weekly, 1940-42 (File 50) - Box 5

List of BBC broadcasts, May - July 1941 (File 51) - Box 5

ABC Radio "Talking History" broadcast (Tim Bowden), Anzac Day 1988 - re Chester Wilmot and Damien Parer on the Kokoda Trail, 1942 (File 52) - Box 5

Letters to family, March - October 1942 (File 1) - Box 6

Letters to family, November 1942 - January 1943 (File 2) - Box 6

Letters to family, March - June 1943 (File 3) - Box 6

Personal letters, May 1942 - December 1943 (File 3a) - Box 6

Scripts of ABC broadcasts, March - July 1942 (File 4) - Box 6

ABC Field Unit despatches, New Guinea, July - October 1942 (File 5) - Box 6

Reports on New Guinea campaign, August - November 1942 (File 6) - Box 6

ABC notes and memoranda re Blamey row, 1942-43 (File 7) - Box 6

Papers re the withdrawal of Wilmot's accreditation at the behest of General Blamey, 1942 (File 7a) - Box 6

Alan Wood's notes re the Blamey row (File 8) - Box 6

Censored scripts and other papers re the Blamey row, 1942-45 (File 9) - Box 6

Clippings re Blamey row, including John Hetherington's serialisation of "The Blamey Papers" in the Sunday Telegraph, 1953 (File 10) - Box 6

T/s copies of Chester Wilmot's letters re Blamey row, 1942-43 - mostly letters to family (File 11) - Box 6

Correspondence, clippings and memoirs of Louise Cobham (Chester's sister) re Blamey row, 1955-58 (File 12) - Box 6

Press cuttings re New Guinea campaign, 1942 (File 13) - Box 7

Working notes for despatches, New Guinea, 1942 (File 14) - Box 7

T/s of ABC radio broadcasts, November 1942 - April 1944 (File 15_18) - Box 7

Clippings of articles by Wilmot from ABC weekly, 1942-43 (File 19) - Box 7

T/s of articles for ABC weekly, 1942 (File 20) - Box 7

T/s of ABC radio broadcasts, 1943 (File 21) - Box 7

T/s of ABC "Guest of Honour" broadcasts, 1943-44 (File 22) - Box 7

Correspondence with T.W. Bearup, General Manager of the ABC, February - October 1942 (File 23) - Box 8

T/s of BBC news despatches by Wilmot re Pacific War, 1942 (File 24) - Box 8

BBC news cables, 1941-43 (File 25) - Box 8

Clippings of reviews of Tobruk, 1941, 1944-45 (File 26) - Box 8

Clippings of reviews of film "Sons of the Anzacs", 1943 (File 27) - Box 8

T/s and ms notes for speeches in Australia, 1940-43 (File 28) - Box 8

[not received] - Wilmot's war poems (File 29) - Box 8

Biographical newscuttings, 1941-43 (File 29b) - Box 8

Letters to family, 1938-52 (File 29c) - Box 8

[not received] - Papers re Louise Cobham, work on biography (File 30) - Box 8

Correspondence with Louise Cobham, 1942-43 (File 31) - Box 8

Correspondence with Louise Cobham, 1950-59 (File 32) - Box 8

[not received] - Letters from family to Chester Wilmot, 1940-54 (File 33_42)

Letters to family, April 1944 - June 1945 (File 1) - Box 9

Letters to Edith and ms diary pages re journey to England via USA, April 1944 (File 1a) - Box 9

Letters to family, June 1945 - November 1946 (File 2_2a) - Box 9

Instructions to war correspondents, 1944. Letters of appreciation from Bill Downs, Richard Dimbleby, etc, 1944-45 (File 3) - Box 9

Correspondence with BBC and BBC Service Messages, 1944-45 (File 3a) - Box 9

Instructions re use of Migit Portable Disc Recorder, 1944 (File 4) - Box 9

Corrected t/s of BBC scripts and despatches, June 1944 - November 1945 (File 5_24) - Box 9, Piece Files 5-7, Box 10, Piece Files 8-13, Box 11, Piece Files 14-20, Box 12, Piece Files 21-24

Broadcast scripts and other papers re the Netherlands, 1945-46 - includes "The Dutch view on Java", November 1945 (File 25) - Box 12

T/s and clippings of article for War report: a record of dispatches broadcast by the BBC's war correspondents, 1944-45 (London, OUP) (File 26) - Box 12

Claims for expenses, 1945 (File 27) - Box 12

Clippings from The Listener re Wilmot's despatches, 1944-45 (File 28) - Box 12

Corrected scripts of broadcasts from Germany, 1945-46 (File 29) - Box 12

Script of broadcast "The German Surrender at Luneberg", 1945. Script of broadcast of biographical interview with Wilmot, n.d. T/s of article "What really happened at Arnhem?" for Sunday Express, 1950 (File 30) - Box 12

Newscuttings re BBC broadcasts, 1942-45 (File 31) - Box 12

Scripts of BBC broadcasts to Australia of the third and fourth test matches of the Victory Test cricket series, July - August 1945 (File 32) - Box 12

BBC "Information for Correspondents" at the Nuremberg trials and other papers re Nuremberg, 1945 (File 33) - Box 12

Broadcast scripts and background information re Nuremberg trials, 1945 (File 34) - Box 12

Broadcast scripts from Nuremberg, November - December 1945 (File 35) - Box 12

Broadcast scripts from Nuremberg, September - October 1946 (File 36) - Box 12

Instructions for Nuremberg correspondents (File 37) - Box 12

Correspondence with Admiralty, London, 1947-53 (File 1) - Box 13

Ms and t/s of miscellaneous addresses and talks, 1951-53 (File 2) - Box 13

Correspondence re aircraft industry, 1953 (File 3) - Box 13

Correspondence with Air Ministry, London, 1953 (File 4) - Box 13

Research notes and correspondence re Alamein, 1952 (File 4a) - Box 13

Correspondence re U.S. Army and Navy, 1949-52 (File 5) - Box 13

Correspondence with Angus and Robertson, 1944-48 and 1967-69 (File 6) - Box 13

Roneoed papers and correspondence re Army League, 1952-53 (File 7) - Box 13

Correspondence with Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1946-53 (File 8) - Box 13

Correspondence with A.W. Bayley re Australian War Memorial Board, 1943-50 (File 8a) - Box 13

Correspondence with Australian newspapers, 1951-52 (File 9) - Box 13

Correspondence with Alec Chisholm re Who's who in Australia and Australian encyclopedia, 1946-49 (File 10) - Box 13

Correspondence with C.E.W. Bean, 1944-55 (File 10a) - Box 13

T/s of questions for General Omar Bradley re Western Front, 1944-45 (File 10b) - Box 13

Correspondence with Dinah Brook (research assistant), 1951-52 (File 11) - Box 13

Correspondence re Canadian Army, 1952-53 (File 12) - Box 13

Correspondence with Central Office of Information, 1947-50 (File 13) - Box 13

Correspondence with, and t/s talks for, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1952-53 (File 14) - Box 14

Publications and roneoed notices and minutes of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1953-54 (File 15) - Box 14

Correspondence re Chichele Professorship of the History of War, Oxford, 1953 (File 15a) - Box 14

Letters from Winston and Randolph Churchill and related material, 1952 (File 16) - Box 14

Notes and clipping re Wilmot's review of Churchill's Second World War Vol V, 1952 (File 17) - Box 14

T/s index of documents from Churchill's Second World War Vol III (File 17a) - Box 14

Correspondence with W.A.R. Collins, publisher, 1946-56 (File 18) - Box 14

Correspondence with Collins Publishers, 1952-54 (File 19) - Box 14

Correspondence with R. Politzer and F.T. Smith of Collins, 1946-54 (File 20) - Box 14

Correspondence with A. and F. Denny, booksellers, 1946-52 (File 21) - Box 14

Correspondence with Deutsch-Englische Gesellschaft, 1952 (File 22) - Box 14

Correspondence with Defence Dining Club, 1952-53 (File 23) - Box 14

Notes for and roneoed text of address at the Dorchester on The Struggle for Europe, 1951 (File 24) - Box 15

Correspondence with Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, 1948-49 (File 25) - Box 15

Correspondence with T. Dreimanis, Osnabruck Displaced Persons Camp, 1948-50 (File 26) - Box 15

Correspondence with The Economist, 1950-53 (File 27) - Box 15

Correspondence with Elsevier and t/s of articles for Elzeviers wekblad: "Post-War lessons of wartime diplomacy: meeting Russia with strength", 1952 and "Britain and European unity", 1953 (File 28) - Box 15

Correspondence with Evans Brothers Ltd re article "The Battle that beat Japan", 1950 (File 29) - Box 15

Papers re film proposal, 1952-53 (File 29a) - Box 15

Ms and t/s of talk to the Fifty-One Society: "Who won the war?", 1952 (File 29b) - Box 15

Correspondence with Hamilton Fish Armstrong of Foreign affairs, 1950-53 (includes corrected t/s of article "Strategy in the Cold War") (File 30) - Box 15

Correspondence with Foyles Lecture Agency, 1952-53 (File 31) - Box 15

Correspondence with Otto Giles, 1946-53 (File 32) - Box 15

Correspondence with, and research material re, General Gruenther, 1953 (includes letter from Field Marshal Montgomery) (File 33) - Box 15

Correspondence, research material and article re General Sir John Harding, 1952 (File 34) - Box 15

Correspondence with German-English Association and ms and t/s of speeches on The Struggle for Europe and European integration, 1952-53 (File 35) - Box 15

Research material on Anthony Head, Secretary of State for War, 1953 (File 36) - Box 15

Correspondence re home forces in 1940, 1948 (File 37) - Box 15

Correspondence with Graham Irwin, 1949-53 (File 38) - Box 15

Correspondence with L.A. Jackets, 1947-52 (File 39) - Box 15

Correspondence with Keesings Publications, 1949-52 (File 40) - Box 15

Correspondence with General J. Lawton Collins (USA), 1947-52 (File 41) - Box 15

Correspondence with Joe Landre, 1946-53 (File 42) - Box 16

Correspondencere lectures, dinners, etc, 1952-53 (arranged alphabetically) (File 43_46) - Box 16

T/s and clippings of articles by Basil Liddell Hart, 1945-50 (File 47) - Box 16

Correspondence with Basil Liddell Hart, 1946-50 (File 48) - Box 16

Correspondence with Basil Liddell Hart, 1951-53 (File 49) - Box 17

Correspondence with Kathleen Liddell Hart, 1973 (File 49a) - Box 17

Correspondence with R.G. Menzies, 1948-52 (File 49b) - Box 17

Clippings, t/s of articles and broadcasts, and correspondence re the Matteotti murder, 1941-47 (File 49c) - Box 17

World War II maps (File 49d) - Box 17

Correspondence and minutes re the Migration Council, 1952-53 (File 50) - Box 17

Correspondence with Brian Melland, Cabinet Office Historical Section, 1952-53 (File 51) - Box 17

Correspondence re miscellaneous articles, 1952-53 (File 52) - Box 17

Correspondence, clippings, research material and typescripts re Field Marshal Montgomery, including correspondence with Montgomery, 1942-55 (File 52a) - Box 17

Correspondence and papers re National Union of Journalists, 1949-52 (File 53) - Box 17

Clippings of reviews of The Struggle for Europe from New Statesman and Nation and t/s letters to the Editor by Wilmot in response, 1952 (File 54) - Box 17

Clippings from, and correspondence with, The New York Times re the Yalta debate, 1953 (File 55) - Box 17

[not on despatch list] (File 56_57)

Correspondence and itinerary re visit to USA and Canada, April-May 1952 (File 58_59) - Box 18

Papers re membership of P.E.N, 1952-53 (File 60) - Box 18

[not on despatch list] (File 61_62) - Box 18

Correspondence and other papers re The Observer, 1952-53 (File 63) - Box 18

[not on despatch list] (File 64) - Box 18

Correspondence re Australian Official war history of the North African campaigns, 1946-53 (File 65) - Box 18

Correspondence with Jim Brill, etc re official war history, 1948-53 (File 66) - Box 18

Correspondence with Gavin Long re official war history, 1946-53 (File 67_68a) - Box 18

Papers re Tobruk, 1941-53 (File 69_69a) - Box 18

Correspondence with General Sir Richard O'Connor, 1941-53 (File 70) - Box 19

T/s and cuttings of Sir Charles O'Brien's recollections of Field Marshal Montgomery, n.d (File 70a) - Box 19

Correspondence with Ons Vriji Nederland, 1946-47 and corrected t/s articles on the Arnhem battle (File 71) - Box 19

Correspondence with A.D. Peters, Literary Agent, 1952-54 (File 72) - Box 19

Contracts negotiated by A.D. Peters, 1952 (File 73) - Box 19

Correspondence with A.D. Peters, 1945-53 (File 74_75) - Box 19

Ms and t/s of "Tomorrow's struggle for Europe", article for Picture post, 1952 (File 76) - Box 19

Correspondence with Hal Gutteridge and menus of the Pilgrims Luncheon Club, 1952 (File 77) - Box 19

Correspondence with press clippings agencies, 1952 (File 78) - Box 19

Correspondence with various publishers, 1953 (File 79) - Box 19

Correspondence with the Reprint Society, 1950-53 (File 80) - Box 19

Correspondence re the British Army on the Rhine, 1947-53 (File 81) - Box 19

Roneoed documents re Rhine Army manoeuvres, September 1952 (File 82) - Box 19

Papers re BBC program on road safety, 1953 (File 83) - Box 19

Papers re Field Marshal Rommel (File 84) - Box 19

Correspondence with Air Marshal Sir James Robb, 1947-48 (File 85) - Box 19

Correspondence with Manfred Rommel, 1950-51 (File 86) - Box 19

Correspondence with General S.F. Rowell, 1947-53 (File 87) - Box 19

Corrected t/s of lecture to Royal Empire Society: "The Cold War and the colonial world", 1952 (File 87a) - Box 19

Correspondence with H.M. Scales, 1946-53 (File 88) - Box 20

Correspondence with Schweizermanatshefte, 1953 (File 89) - Box 20

Correspondence with Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Paris, 1953 (File 90) - Box 20

Correspondence with, and notices of, the Society of Australian Writers, 1952-53 (File 91) - Box 20

Papers re Society of British Aircraft Constructors, 1952-53 (File 92) - Box 20

Clippings and t/s of reviews by Chester Wilmot, 1952 (File 93) - Box 20

Correspondence with the Spectator, 1952-53 (File 94) - Box 20

Correspondence with C.P. Stacey, Canadian Official War Historian, 1948-53 (File 95) - Box 20

Correspondence with Staff College, Camberley, 1949-53 (File 96) - Box 20

Subscriptions to periodicals, etc, 1949-53 (File 97) - Box 20

Times Book Club, 1947-53 (File 98) - Box 20

Correspondence re Scandinavian trip, November 1952 (File 99) - Box 20

Correspondence with Twentieth century, 1952 (File 100) - Box 20

Correspondence with Senior Officers Tactical School, 1949-52 (File 101) - Box 20

Ms and t/s drafts and clippings of articles by Wilmot for Time and tide with correspondence, 1952-53 (File 102) - Box 20

Correspondence with U.S. Information Service, London, 1947-52 (File 103) - Box 20

Correspondence with War Cabinet Historical Section, 1946-52 (File 104) - Box 20

Correspondence with War Office, 1952-53 (File 105) - Box 20

Roneoed and printed material from the War Office, 1953 (File 106) - Box 20

Correspondence with Air Marshal Sir Philip Wigglesworth, 1945-52 (File 107) - Box 20

Correspondence with Richard Wigglesworth, USA, 1949-54 (File 107a) - Box 20

Correspondence with E.T. Williams, Oxford, 1946-53 (File 108) - Box 21

Correspondence with David Woodward, 1948-53 (File 108a) - Box 21

Correspondence with World digest, 1952 (File 109) - Box 21

Correspondence with Brigadier Desmond Young, 1949-52 (File 110) - Box 21

Ms and t/s notes on the Yalta Conference (File 111) - Box 21

Clippings and notes on Yugoslavia, 1949 (File 112) - Box 21

Correspondence re travel arrangements, 1953 (File 113) - Box 21

General correspondence re The Struggle for Europe, 1951-53 8 (Arranged alphabetically) (File 114_11) - Box 21

Correspondence re Dutch edition of Struggle for Europe, 1952-53 (File 119) - Box 21

Correspondence re American edition of Struggle for Europe, 1952 (File 120) - Box 21

Correspondence re German edition of Struggle for Europe, 1952-54 (File 121) - Box 21

Correspondence re Italian edition of Struggle for Europe, 1952-53 (File 122) - Box 21

Correspondence re Norwegian edition of Struggle for Europe, 1952-53 (File 123) - Box 21

Correspondence re Swedish edition of Struggle for Europe, 1952-53 (File 124) - Box 21

Letters to family, April 1946-1947 (File 1) - Box 22

Letters to family, 1948-51 (File 2) - Box 22

[not received] - Letters to family, 1951-52 (File 3) - Box 22

Letters to family, 1953-54 (File 4) - Box 22

Scripts of BBC Pacific Special Radio News Reel broadcasts, May 1946 - January 1947 (File 5) - Box 22

Various BBC scripts, 1946-47 (File 5a) - Box 22

Scripts of BBC broadcasts, 1947 (File 6) - Box 22

Scripts of BBC Christmas broadcasts, 1947-48 (File 7) - Box 22

Scripts of two BBC broadcasts, February and June 1948 (File 8) - Box 22

Scripts of Forces Educational broadcasts, 1949 (File 9) - Box 22

Scripts of "Calling Australia" broadcasts on Journey in Europe, 1949 (File 10) - Box 22

Corrected script of "A Country Christmas" broadcast for BBC North American Service, December 1949 (File 11) - Box 22

Corrected scripts of BBC broadcasts, 1949 (File 12) - Box 23

Scripts of "News Commentary for Schools" broadcasts, 1949-50 (File 13) - Box 23

Scripts of "Topic for Tonight" broadcasts, 1949-50 (File 14) - Box 23

Scripts of Forces Educational broadcasts, 1950 (File 14a) - Box 23

Notes on broadcasting, 1949 (File 15) - Box 23

BBC listener research reports, 1947-50 (File 16) - Box 23

Two broadcast scripts, January and April 1950 (File 17) - Box 23

Scripts of "Current Review" broadcasts for BBC Pacific Service, 1950 (File 18) - Box 23

Correspondence, clippings and index cards re English Channel swims, 1950 (File 19) - Box 23

"Pacific Commentary" broadcast scripts, 1950-51 (File 20) - Box 23

Corrected script of ABC broadcast: "The Wartime meetings of the big three", December 1951 (File 21) - Box 23

Scripts of miscellaneous broadcasts for the CBC, 1952 (File 22) - Box 23

"The NATO meeting in Lisbon" - BBC broadcast script, 1952 (File 23) - Box 23

Scripts of "The Conduct of war", broadcast and article in The Listener, 1952 (File 24) - Box 23

Ms notes for BBC broadcast of "The Struggle for Europe", 1952 (File 25) - Box 24

Script of D-Day eighth anniversary broadcast, 1952 (File 26) - Box 24

Miscellaneous broadcast scripts, 1953 (File 27) - Box 24

Drafts and clippings of articles for The Observer, 1952-53 (File 27a_c) - Box 24

Clippings of book reviews and articles by Wilmot, 1952-53 (File 27d) - Box 24

[not received] - Letters and papers, 1953 (File 28) - Box 24

Australian correspondence, 1953 (File 29) - Box 24

T/s of speeches at Sir Bertram Stevens' dinner of appreciation for Wilmot, Sydney, December 1953 (File 29a) - Box 24

Script of "The Queen's Journey" broadcast, 1953 (File 30) - Box 24

Wilmot's last script, ABC Guest of Honour, December 1953 (File 31) - Box 24

Clippings re the ABC, 1957-82 (File 32) - Box 25

Ms notes and t/s drafts of "A Sunburnt Country", Chapter 1 of "Australia's expanding horizon", 1953 (File 33) - Box 25

Notes for and scripts of various speeches, 1950-53 (File 34) - Box 25

Correspondence with BBC, 1947-52 (File 35) - Box 25

List of BBC broadcasts, 1938-53 (File 35a) - Box 25

Miscellaneous correspondence with the BBC, 1948-53 (File 36) - Box 25

Script of D-Day commemorative broadcast, 1947 (File 37) - Box 25

Correspondence with BBC Talks Department, 1946-53 (File 38) - Box 25

Correspondence with BBC News Department, 1946-47 (File 39) - Box 25

Correspondence with BBC Publications Department, 1947-53 (File 40) - Box 25

Correspondence with BBC Regionals, 1947-53 (File 41) - Box 25

Correspondence with BBC Television Administration, 1949-53 (File 42) - Box 25

Miscellaneous correspondence re BBC Television, 1950-53 (File 43) - Box 25

Correspondence with BBC Schools Department, 1946-50 (File 44) - Box 25

BBC Television contracts, 1949-53 (File 45) - Box 25

Contracts for BBC features, 1947-52 (File 46) - Box 26

Contracts for BBC broadcasts (talks), 1950-53 (File 47) - Box 26

Miscellaneous BBC contracts, 1944-47 (File 48) - Box 26

Correspondence with Stephen Bonarjee, BBC, 1949-53 (File 49) - Box 26

Correspondence with Ronald Boswell, BBC, 1947-53 (File 50) - Box 26

Correspondence with Frank Gillard, BBC, 1951-53 (File 51) - Box 26

Correspondence with BBC re copyright, 1947-53 (File 52) - Box 26

Listeners' letters, 1948-52 (File 53) - Box 26

Correspondence with BBC Transcription Service, 1947-50 (File 54) - Box 26

General correspondence re BBC features, 1948-53 (File 55) - Box 26

Correspondence with BBC Features Administration, 1947-53 (File 56) - Box 26

Correspondence with BBC Overseas Department, 1950-53 (File 57) - Box 26

Script of "The Story of D-Day" broadcast, 1947 (File 1) - Box 26

Script of "The Last days of Hitler", 1947 (File 1a) - Box 26

Script of "They fought at Alamein", 1947 (File 2) - Box 26

Research material re Alamein (File 3) - Box 26

Scripts and research material for "The Battle for Britain", 1947-49 (File 4_6) - Box 27

Script and research material for "The Battle that beat Japan", 1949 (File 7_8) - Box 27

Script and research material for "The Year alone" [1940/41], 1949 (File 9_10) - Box 27, Piece File 9, Box 28, Piece File 10

Script and research material for "The Rise and fall of Rommel", 1950 (File 11_12) - Box 28

Script and research material for "The Battle of the Atlantic", 1949 (File 13_14a) - Box 28

Script and research material for "The Half century", 1950 (File 15_16) - Box 28

Scripts and research material for "The Struggle for Europe", 1951-52 (File 17_21) - Box 28, Piece Files 17-18, Box 29, Piece Files 19-21

Script of "The Queen's journey", 1953 (File 22) - Box 29

Script of "Benelux" for BBC Television "Foreign Correspondent", 1949 (File 23) - Box 29

Script of "Portrait of Chester Wilmot", BBC broadcast, February 1954 (File 23a) - Box 29

Script and research material for "Germany" (BBC TV), 1949 (File 24) - Box 29

Script and research material for "Yugoslavia" (BBC TV), 1949 (File 25) - Box 29

Scripts and background material for BBC Television broadcast of the General Election, 1950 (File 26) - Box 29

Newscuttings re broadcast of the General Election, 1950 (File 27) - Box 29

Correspondence with Grace Goldie, BBC Television, 1950-53 (File 28) - Box 29

Script and research material for "Switzerland" (BBC TV), 1949 (File 29) - Box 29

Scripts of two radio interviews with Grace Goldie, n.d. and 1977 (File 29a) - Box 30

Script of "The Cold War", BBC Television, 1950 (File 30) - Box 30

Funeral of King George VI - BBC Television broadcast, 1952 (File 31) - Box 30

BBC Television feature on The Struggle for Europe, 1952 (File 32) - Box 30

Script, etc for BBC Television feature on Monte Bello and the Atomic Bomb, 1953 (File 33) - Box 30

"Formosa and the Far East", BBC Television, 1953 (File 34) - Box 30

"We Make 'em proud", BBC Television feature on the Worcestershire Regiment, 1953 (File 35) - Box 30

Scripts and background material for the BBC Television coverage of the Coronation, 1953 (File 36) - Box 30

Notebook re Coronation, 1953 and "Coronation Who's Who" (File 37) - Box 30

Selwyn Lloyd press conference re the United Nations and Korea, BBC Television, 1953 (File 38) - Box 30

Script of "The World since Stalin", BBC Television, 1953 (File 39) - Box 30

Obituaries of Chester Wilmot, 1954 (File 40_41) - Box 30

Papers re memorial service on Elba for Comet crash victims, 1954 (File 42) - Box 30

[not received] (File 43) - Box 30

Newscuttings re Comet crash, 1954 (File 44_45) - Box 30

Cuttings of reviews of books on World War II, 1960s-80s (File 46) - Box 30

Pocket diaries (9), 1938, 1944-47, 1949-52. Address book, 1944+ (File 1) - Box 31

Notebooks (7) re AIF in the Middle East, 1941 (File 2) - Box 31

Notebooks (8) re early Western Desert campaign, SidiBarrani, Bardia, etc, December 1940 - January 1941 (File 3) - Box 31

Notebooks (4) re capture of Tobruk and first Libyan campaign, January - March 1941 (File 4) - Box 31

Notebooks (16) re siege of Tobruk, April - November 1941 (File 5_6) - Box 31

Notebooks (4) re second Libyan campaign, November - December 1941 (File 7) - Box 31

Notebooks (6) re Greece and Crete campaigns, April - May 1941 (File 8) - Box 31

Notebooks (4) re Syrian campaign, June - July 1941 (File 9) - Box 32

Notebooks (3) and a diary re Middle East campaigns, 1941 (File 10) - Box 32

Notebooks (13) re Pacific War and New Guinea campaign, 1942 (File 11_12) - Box 32

Notebooks (4) re Western Front, 1944-45 (File 13) - Box 32

Notebooks (2) re Nuremberg trials, 1945-46 (File 14) - Box 32

Desk diaries (4), 1948-50 (File 15) - Box 32

Desk diaries (3), 1951-53 (File 16) - Box 33

Notebooks (2) on Germany and Switzerland, 1949. Notebook on Matteotti case, n.d. Notebooks (3) on North American trip, 1952 (File 17) - Box 33

Notebook containing miscellaneous notes, n.d.

Notebooks (8), circa, 1952-53 (File 18_19) - Box 33

Rough notes (File 1) - Box 33

Duplicates of notes and broadcast scripts Personal mail, 1943-44 (File 2) - Box 33

Correspondence, 1943 (File 3) - Box 33

Ms and t/s drafts of chapters (File 4_11) - Box 33, Piece File 4, Box 34, Piece File 5-11

Appendices and maps (File 12) - Box 34

Retypes (File 13) - Box 35

Final corrected t/s draft (File 14) - Box 35

Notes re the planning of Overlord (File 1) - Box 35

Notes re D-Day and the second front (File 2) - Box 35

Notes re Arnhem/Operation Market Garden (File 3) - Box 35

Notes re Allied strategy, Ardennes to Luneberg (File 4) - Box 35

Notes re Allied strategy, ANVIL/Italy (File 5) - Box 35

Notes re grand strategy, 1942-43 (File 6) - Box 35

Notes and source material re General D. Eisenhower (File 7) - Box 35

Notes and source material re the battle of the Atlantic (File 8_10) - Box 36

Script of broadcast "The Battle of the Atlantic" documentary feature (File 11) - Box 36

Notes re Potsdam Conference, 1945. Notes re the Hopkins papers, published, 1949 (File 12) - Box 36

"The Great Crusade" - early drafts and documents (File 13_20) - Box 36, Piece Files 13-14, Box 37, Piece Files 15-20

Notes on Adolf Hitler (File 21) - Box 37

Notes re transcripts of the "Fuehrer Conferences", 1942-45 (File 22_25) - Box 37, Piece File 22, Box 38, Piece Files 23-25

Bound roneoed volumes of the Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939-45 (6 volumes) (File 26_31) - Box 38

Notes on German reactions, June 1944 (File 32) - Box 38

Notes on interrogations of German Generals (File 33_34) - Box 38, Piece File 33, Box 39, Piece File 34

Notes on German war production and air strategy (File 35) - Box 39

First U.S. Army. Report of operations, October 1943 - August 1944 (File 36) - Box 39

British Army of the Rhine. Battlefield tour, Caen, August 1944 (File 37) - Box 39

21 Army Group. Operation "Market Garden", September 1944 (File 38) - Box 39

21 Army Group. Operation "Veritable", February - March 1945 (File 39) - Box 39

British Army of the Rhine. Battlefield tour, Operation Veritable, 1945 (File 40) - Box 39

British Army of the Rhine. Battlefield tour, Operation Varsity, 1945 (File 41) - Box 40

79th Armoured Division. Final report, July 1945 (File 42) - Box 40

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. Weekly intelligence summary, 11 March 1945 (File 43) - Box 40

21 Army Group. "Intelligence reviews" (roneoed), June 1944-May 1945 (File 44_45) - Box 40

Booklet of notes and corrections. Index cards on the Ardennes (File 46) - Box 40

Broadcast scripts: "The Harbour called Mulberry' (re D-Day), 1945 and "The Secret Correspondence of Hitler and Mussolini", 1947 (File 47) - Box 40

Broadcast scripts: "The Raid on St Nazaire", 1948 and "The Sinking of the Bismarck", 1948 (File 48) - Box 41

Scripts of broadcasts of "The Struggle for Europe", 1952 (File 49_52) - Box 41

Early rough drafts of "The Great Crusade" (File 53_56) - Box 41, Piece Files 53-55, Box 42, Piece File 56

Early draft of "The Struggle for Europe" (incomplete) (File 57_63) - Box 42, Piece Files 57-62, Box 43, Piece File 63

"The Struggle for Europe" (green copy), chapters 1-28 (File 64_68) - Box 43

Draft submitted to the Australian Jubilee Committee by "Wanganella" (File 69_78) - Box 44, Piece Files 69-75, Box 45, Piece Files 76-78

Final corrected draft (incomplete) (File 79_85) - Box 45, Piece Files 79-81, Box 46, Piece Files 82-85

Correspondence with Collins Publishers: Graham Irwin, Patsy Cohen and Therese Denny, 1951 (includes draft of index) (File 86) - Box 46

Reviews in English press, 1952 (File 1_2) - Box 46

American reviews, 1952 (File 3) - Box 47

Australian and Canadian reviews, 1952 (File 4) - Box 47

European press comment on translations, 1952-54 (File 5) - Box 47

Clippings of reviews from other countries Duplicates of reviews (File 6) - Box 47

Comments and corrections - correspondence and typescripts, 1952-53 (File 7) - Box 47

Corrections to be made for second edition - correspondence and typescripts, 1952-53 (File 8) - Box 47

Publicity material, 1952 (File 9) - Box 47

T/s of "Retreat form Kokoda" by Raymond Paul, n.d (File 1) - Box 48

Publicity material for film "Sons of the Anzacs", 1943. Notes on the Owen Gun by V.A. Wardell, 1943 (File 2) - Box 48

Broadcast script of "Radar: the story of a secret weapon" by Cecil McGivern, 1945. Broadcast script of "Britain under fire" by Michael Barsley, 1950 (File 3) - Box 48

Wilmot's British passport, 1946-52. Wilmot's Japanese press card, 1953. Family correspondence, 1938-57, 1980-86 (File 4) - Box 48

Cables, 1938-50 (File 5) - Box 48

Roneoed report: "Economic survey of Asia and the Far East" by the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, 1953 (File 6) - Box 48

Tributes/obituaries for Chester Wilmot (clippings, t/s and correspondence), 1954-55 (File 7) - Box 48

Newscuttings re Comet crash and investigations, 1954 (File 8_9) - Box 49

T/s and interview transcripts re Hugh Greene and the history of the BBC (File 10) - Box 49

Duplicate scripts of Wilmot broadcasts, December 1936 (1 script) and 1941 (with the AIF in the Middle East) (File 11) - Box 49

Duplicate scripts, 1941 (with the AIF) (File 12_15) - Box 49, Piece Files 12-13, Box 50, Piece Files 14-15

Duplicate scripts, 1942 (File 16_17) - Box 50

Duplicate scripts, 1945-46 (File 18) - Box 50

Duplicate scripts, 1946 (File 19) - Box 50

Duplicate scripts, 1947-49 (File 20) - Box 50

Duplicate scripts, 1952 (File 21) - Box 50

Wilmot family letters, 1890-98 (File 1) - Box 51

Wilmot family letters and cuttings, 1882-1957 (File 2) - Box 51

Research notes on Wilmot family history (File 3) - Box 51

Research notes on Forster family history (File 4_6) - Box 51

Miscellaneous notes and correspondence re family history, 1973-78 (File 7_8) - Box 51

Research notes on the French family history (File 9) - Box 52

Family letters of, and correspondence re, the Tracey family, 1872-1981 (File 10) - Box 52

Photographs and research material re the Tracey family (File 11) - Box 52

Photocopy of "Tracey Family History", t/s by F.W. Tracey, 1922 (File 12) - Box 52

Correspondence re Tracey family history, 1983-86

Research material on Captain Edward Tyrrell Smith (File 13) - Box 52

Notes and correspondence re Irwin family history, 1957-86 (File 14) - Box 52

Miscellaneous correspondence re family history, 1983-90 (File 15) - Box 52

Notes of interviews with Army officers (Warhurst, C. Molony, Nerney, G. Jackson, B Horrocks, Montgomery); war correspondents (Moorehead D. Woodward, E. Ward, R. Dimbleby, N. Monks, J. Hodson, W. Forrest, E. Wilson); and historians (Liddell Hart, A. Bullock and K. Hancock), 1955-56 (File 1) - Box 53

Notes of interviews with Wilmot's contacts at Collins Publishers, 1956 (File 2) - Box 53

Notes of interviews with Wilmot's colleagues and contacts at the BBC. Notes of interviews with Sir Thomas White, Graham Irwin, Lesley Guymer, Helen Waldsax and Professor and Mrs A.W. Ewing, 1956 (File 3) - Box 53

Correspondence, 1954-56 (arranged alphabetically) (File 4_6) - Box 53

Alan Wood's early working notes (File 7) - Box 53

Mary Wood's early drafts and extracts from family letters (File 8) - Box 53

Mary Wood's drafts of biography: (File 9_22) - Box 54, Piece Files 9-15, Box 55, Piece Files 16-22

Family and childhood (File 9) - Box 54

University days (File 10) - Box 54

World tour, 1937-38 (File 11_12) - Box 54

Middle east, 1940-41 (File 13_14) - Box 54

Blamey row, 1942 (File 14) - Box 54

Western Front, 1944-45 (File 15_19) - Box 54, Piece Files 15, Box 55, Piece -

Early years of peace, 1945-47 (File 20_21) - Box 55

Drafts and notes covering the years, 1949-51 (File 22) - Box 55

24 black-and-white postcards of buildings, cities and monuments, undated (File) - Box (Shared)

The postcards feature images that may have been photographed by Chester Wilmot during his time in America, France, Germany, Sweden, and Italy. The postcards feature annotations on the back.