MS 6455
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Ernest K. White
- Title
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Papers of Sir Ernest White
- Date Range
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1914 - 1983
- Collection Number
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MS 6455
- Extent
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3.14 metres (11 Archive Boxes + 1 Folio + 1 Volume + 2 Map Folios)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Interview and notes covering Sir Ernest's early years, World War I experiences; formation of the Australian-American Association; formation of the Liberal Party of Australia, and relations with Sir Robert Menzies; correspondence, newsclippings, notes on early years of Gosford Borough Council, and a 1945 report on the Liberal Party of Australia; thesis by David S. Kent entitled: A history of the Australian-American Association, (History IV honours thesis, University of Sydney, 1980); political material; specially the Liberal Democtratic Party, founding of the Liberal Party, Australian/American relations.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn644967).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Papers of Sir Ernest White, National Library of Australia, MS 6455, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.
Item Descriptions
Class 1. Original Consignment received 1981
Series 1. Liberal Democratic Party
Correspondence, 1942-1980 (File 1_4) - Box 1
Report and recommendations for the consideration of the Federal Executive (File 5) - Box 1
Minutes of meetings (File 6) - Box 1
Printed matter, newspaper clipping (File 7) - Box 1
Miscellaneous papers (File 8) - Box 1
Series 2. Australian-American Association
History of the A.A.A. (File 1) - Box 2
Correspondence, documents, invitations, printed matter, 1938-1964 (File 2_11) - Box 2
Correspondence, documents, invitations, printed matter, 1965-1969 (File 12_22) - Box 3
Correspondence, documents, invitations, printed matter, 1970-1979 (File 23_29) - Box 4
Miscellaneous (File 30_32) - Box 4
Printed matter, newspaper clippings (File 33) - Box 4
Speeches (File 34_37) - Box 5
Miscellaneous (File 38) - Box 5
Thesis. D.S. Kent "A history of the A.A.A." (File 39) - Box 5
Letterbook (Item 1) - Box 5
Series 3. Miscellaneous papers
Wartime letters, 1914-1918 (File 1_3) - Box 6
Military letters, including letters written by White during World War I.
Family matters (File 5) - Box 6
Scrapbook, General Election 1954 (File 1) - Box 6
Series 6. General correspondence
Correspondence, 1938-1980 (File 1_5) - Box 7
Congratulations letters, 1969 (File 6_8) - Box 7
Series 7. General press cuttings
Miscellaneous cuttings (File 1_3) - Box 8
Series 8. Miscellaneous papers - Box 8
Series 9. Oral history interview and correspondence with National Library, 1980 - Box 8
Series 10. Photographs - Box 8
Class 2. Consignment received 1983
Correspondence, 1941-1983 (File 1_4) - Box 9
Formation of Liberal Party, 1944 (File 5) - Box 9
Military Cross (File 6) - Box 9
Baden White's papers (File 7) - Box 9
Volunteer Defence Corps (File 8) - Box 9
Legal affairs, passport and 1918 diary (File 9) - Box 9
Class 3. Consignment received 1984
Australian - American Association (File 1) - Box 10
Printed material (File 3) - Box 10
Including Complete essays of Schopenhauer New York, Willey Bk Co. 1942 inscribed to E.K. White by signatories at the founding of the Liberal Party of Australia, 21 December 1944.
Class 4. Consignment received 1984
Personal papers, 1915-1928 (File 1) - Box 11
Passport, AIF soldiers pay book, Roll of Officers book
Operational papers, 1917-1918 (File 2) - Box 11
Administrative arrangements, maps, intelligence reports, aerial photographs
Operational papers, 1918 (File 3) - Box 11
Administrative arrangements, maps, intelligence reports, aerial photographs
Operational papers, 1917-1918 (File 4) - Box 11
Administrative arrangements, maps, intelligence reports, photographs, letter relating to Neutral Bay c 1942
Operational papers, 1917-1918 (File 5) - Box 11
Administrative arrangements, maps, intelligence reports, aerial photographs
Class 5. Consignment received 1995
Correspondence mostly relating to the Australian-American Association, 1940-1967 (File 6) - Box 11
Correspondents include Admiral Felix Stump, Basil Capella, Richard M. Nixon, Garfield Barwick, Prime Minister Robert Menzies, Arthur Calwell, Sir John Latham, Sir John Northcott, Floyd Blair, Cardinal Gilroy, General Emmett O'Donnell, Vice Admiral Fitzhugh Lee, R G Casey, General Larry Kuter, General Robert L. Eischelberger, Percy Spencer, Hudson Fysh, Harry S. Truman, JH Doolittle, Frank Packer, Neil O'Sullivan, Admiral Halsey, Amos Peasley, General Bruce C. Clark, John Foster Dulles, Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Sir Iven Mackay, Alfred Dennis
Operational papers, 1917-1918 (File 7) - Box 11
Administrative arrangements, intelligence reports
2 audio cassette tapes (File 8)
Ivan Chapman Interviewing EK White for a book on Iven Mackay
Ivan Chapman interviewing Sir Ernest White for Chapman's book on Iven Mackay A and B, 1970s (Item NLA.MS-SAV010975) - Cassette-Box 643
1 item, BASF LN C-60, Compact cassette tape
Interview no. 17 Ivan Chapman and Sir Ernest White
Ivan Chapman interviewing Sir Ernest White for Chapman's book on Iven Mackay C and D, 1970s (Item NLA.MS-SAV010976) - Cassette-Box 643
1 item, BASF LN C-61, Compact cassette tape
Interview no. 17 Ivan Chapman and Sir Ernest White
Poster Keystones of Liberal Democracy No. 4, 1940s (File) - Folio-Box (Shared), Folio 12 (MS 6455)
Keystones of Liberal Democracy No. 4
Ledger book, 1946 (File) - Folio-Box (Shared), Volume 13 (MS 6455)
Service Party Campaign ledger
Large photograph 'La Bertha De Chuignes', 1918 (File) - Map-Folio 14 (MS 6455)
The Chuignes Gun, destroyed by the Germans on 8 August 1918, pending its imminent capture by the Allies
Certificate of Appreciation (File) - Map-Folio 15 (MS 6455)
Australian American Cooperation Movement (photocopy)
