Guide to the Papers of Richard Blackburn

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MS 7363

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Collection Summary

Creator
Richard Arthur Blackburn
Title
Papers of Richard Blackburn
Date Range
1922-1995
Collection Number
MS 7363
Extent
2.16 metres (16 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2002495).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Richard Blackburn, National Library of Australia, MS 7363, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Class. Original Consignment

Miscellaneous personal correspondence Includes condolences on death of father and letters regarding appointment to the Northern Territory Supreme Court in 1966. (File) - Box 1

Invitations, 1969 - 87 and Christmas cards. (File) - Box 2

School lists, 1922 ; school reports, 1926 - 34 ; papers regarding Rhodes Scholarship and study at Oxford, 1939 - 49 (File) - Box 3

Papers and photographs regarding Army, 1940 - 64 (Includes folio of Army group portraits) (File) - Box 4

Papers, invitations and photographs regarding life in Darwin, 1952 - 71 (File) - Box 4

Various papers regarding Adelaide University Regiment, 1957 – 64 (File) - Box 5

Papers regarding Collegiate School of St Peter’s and Adelaide University, 1935 – 60 (File) - Box 5

Letters and telegrams regarding O.B.E., 1965 (File) - Box 5

Papers regarding Knighthood, 1983 (File) - Box 6

Letters regarding appointment to Canberra, 1971 (File) - Box 7

Letters of congratulation on appointment as Chief Judge of the ACT Supreme Court, 1977 (File) - Box 7

Papers regarding Australian National University and Gowrie Scholarship Fund Trust. (File) - Box 7

Eulogies on death of Sir Richard Blackburn. (File) - Box 7

Newspaper cuttings, including cuttings regarding the Aboriginal Land Rights judgement. (File) - Box 8

Oxford University magazines, 1947 - 87, including Magdelan College Record and Rhodes House Christmas Journal. (File) - Box 9

Collegiate School of St Peter’s, Adelaide - school magazines, 1930 - 57 (File) - Box 10

Canberra and District Historical Society Newsletters, 1974 - 76 (File) - Box 11

Historical Society of the Northern Territory Newsletters, 1970 - 74 (File) - Box 11

Miscellaneous printed material, 1925 - 84 (File) - Box 12

Class. Consignment added 1988-1999

Passports, lectures, invitations Added 9 Mar. 1988 (File) - Box 13

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings 1954 and invitations regarding life in Darwin Added 8 Apr. 1988 (File) - Box 13

Miscellaneous papers and letters of condolence, 1987 – 88 Added 22 May 1989 (File) - Box 13

Correspondence of Richard and Lady Blackburn, 1952 – 90 Mostly letters to Lady Blackburn, 1970s - 80s. Correspondents include Lady Maie Casey and Mary Durack)., Added Dec. 1990 (File) - Box 14

Newscuttings, invitations and photographs (mostly portraits of Justice Blackburn), 1980s Added Dec. 1990 (File) - Box 14

Texts of Blackburn lectures, 1988 – 90. Added Dec. 1990 (File) - Box 14

Two volumes of limited edition poetry by Maie Casey, inscribed to the Blackburn’s by the author., Added Dec. 1990 (File) - Box 14

Richard Blackburn’s pilot log book, 1962 -79 Added Dec. 1990 (File) - Box 14

Book of bird sightings, 1968 – 78 Added Dec. 1990 (File) - Box 14

Correspondence, cuttings, programs, invitations, memorial service for Richard Casey, Blackburn lecture by Sir Zelman Cowan, and other papers, 1951 – 91 Added 27 Apr. 1993 (File) - Box 14

’The profession of arms, by Sir J.W. Hackett., Added 17 May 1993 (File) - Box 14

Correspondence, typescripts of lectures and addresses, booklets, cuttings, photocopies and other papers, 1972 - 74. (3 folders) Added 2 Feb. 1995 (File) - Box 15

Letters from Blackburn to Lady Blackburn from Darwin, 1967, and publications. (3 folders and vol.) Added 10 Mar. 1995 (File) - Box 15

Papers regarding Blackburn’s resignation as Chief Justice of the ACT Supreme Court, 1984 - 85, sermon, catalogue and postcards. (1 folder) Added 23 Mar. 1995 (File) - Box 15

Cutting, program and 1995 Blackburn lecture by Dame Roma Mitchell Added 29 Jun., 1995 (File) - Box 16

Small instalment of correspondence, invitation and newspaper clipping relating to Richard and Lady Blackburn, some bearing annotations by Lady Blackburn (File) - Box 16

Also includes a copy of Elizabeth Fotiadis’ design for the ANU Library Blackburn Medal in Drama Added 28 May 1997 (File) - Box 16

Various papers, 1971-1991 (File) - Box 16

Including photographs recording the Blackburn’s departure from Darwin for Canberra, July 1971 (from the Northern Territory News); papers relating to the presentation of the Sir Richard Blackburn memorial books to the ANU Library, 31 May 1989, including a copy of the speech by Sir Ninian Stephen; and material relating to the official opening of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, November 1991, with a copy of the speech by the Hon. J.H. Muirhead. Added 28 August 1997.

Various papers, ca. 1960s-1980 (File) - Box 16

Including newspaper cuttings, ca. 1960s; programme, 1971, Naturalisation Ceremony, Darwin; The lion, 1966-67, St Marks College, University of Adelaide; Darwin visual terminal chart; programme, 1980, Opening of the High Court, Canberra. Added 26 November 1997

Letter regarding the Blackburn Medal for Research Law (Faculty of Law, Australian National University) Added 12 April 1999 (File) - Box 16


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