Guide to the Papers of Sir Arthur George Stephenson

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MS 2072

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: September 1990

Collection Summary

Creator
Sir Arthur George Stephenson
Title
Papers of Sir Arthur George Stephenson
Date Range
c. 1920-1967
Collection Number
MS 2072
Extent
9.54 metres (53 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Please note: A number of volumes of Private Correspondence were treated in groups with a combined date range in the listings that were sent to the Library, for example "Private Correspondence July 1944 to December 1950. Seven volumes, Nos 337, 348, 359, 79, 502, 527 and 559". In the following list the combined date range is repeated for each volume in the group.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1487592) for the access conditions.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Arthur George Stephenson, National Library of Australia, MS 2072, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Series. Correspondence

Job correspondence in various early jobs, 1930 (File A) - Box 1

Further samples of job development letters, 1929-1951 (File B) - Box 1

1929-1938 (File 26, 44) - Box 1

1930 (File 14) - Box 1

1929-1938 (File 65b) - Box 1

1932 trip - reports (File 35) - Box 2

1932-1933 trip (File 36) - Box 2

1932-1933 trip (File 37) - Box 2

General Correspondence A-Z, 1930-1933 (File 38) - Box 3

1929-1938 (File 101, 141) - Box 3

Sydney Office and AGS memoranda, 1935-1938 (File 125, 182) - Box 4

1929-1938 (File 173, 202) - Box 4

Memos to and from AGS and DKT and EEH re jobs and office affairs (File 210) - Box 4

New Zealand exhibition. Authorities - Department of Commerce, 1939-1940 (File 250) - Box 5

New Zealand exhibition, 1940 (File 251) - Box 5

Authorities - Australian National Travel Association, Australian Trade Commissioner in NZ, Edmund Anscombe, Miscellaneous.

Letters to AGS and DKT, January 1939-October 1941 (File 271) - Box 5

Travel file covering, 1939-1940 (File 286) - Box 6

Private correspondence, 1940 (File 287) - Box 6

January 1941-September 1942 (File 295) - Box 7

November 1941-December 1943 (File 328) - Box 7

October 1942-June 1944 (File 329) - Box 8

July 1944-December 1950 (File 337) - Box 8

July 1944-December 1950 (File 348) - Box 9

January 1944-December 1945 (File 356) - Box 9

1946-1947 (File 378) - Box 9

July 1944-December 1950 (File 359) - Box 10

July 1944-December 1950 (File 379) - Box 10

(Part) "The architectural profession in the post-war world. Air conditioning for hospitals", 1944-1946 (File 574) - Box 10

July 1944-December 1950 (File 502) - Box 11

Efforts by AGS and others to obtain from the Australian Labor Government work for private firms of architects, 1941-1942 (File 526) - Box 11

War damage, Work done by AGS, 1942 (File 526) - Box 11

July 1944-December 1950 (File 527) - Box 11

July 1944-December 1950 (File 559) - Box 12

Travel files, 1949-1950 (File 561) - Box 12

Travel files, 1949-1950 (File 562) - Box 12

Travel files, 1945-1950 (File 563) - Box 13

1951 (File 600) - Box 13

1951 (File 602a) - Box 13

1951 (File 602b) - Box 14

1952 (File 625) - Box 14

1952 (File 649) - Box 14

Correspondence re CMG Award, 1953 (File 671) - Box 15

1953 (File 697) - Box 15

1953 (File 698) - Box 15

Correspondence re Royal Gold Medal Award, 1954 (File 815) - Box 16

1954 (File 816) - Box 16

1954 (File 817) - Box 16

1954 (File 884) - Box 17

January-June 1955 (File 900) - Box 17

Correspondence re Knight Bachelor Award, 1954 (File 933) - Box 17

1955 (File 936) - Box 18

1955 (File 939) - Box 18

Overseas travel file, 1954-1955 (File 959) - Box 18

Overseas travel file, 1954-1955 (File 962) - Box 19

Overseas travel file, 1954-1955 (File 963) - Box 19

Overseas travel file, 1954-1955 (File 964) - Box 20

1956 (File 996) - Box 20

1956 (File 997) - Box 20

1956 (File 1026) - Box 21

Correspondence AGS/DKT 1953-1956; AGS/J.H. Melville, 1955-1957 (File 1089) - Box 21

November 1957 to June 1958 (File 1111) - Box 21

January to October 1957, A-J (File 1051) - Box 22

January to October 1957, K-Z (File 1052) - Box 22

November 1957-June 1958 (File 1112) - Box 23

Overseas journey file, 1958 (File 1142) - Box 23

AGS correspondence with staff other than partners and associates, 1953-1958 (File 1144) - Box 23

Correspondence re dividends, also sale and purchase of shares, January 1939- December 1945 (File 1174) - Box 24

Purchase of investments, July 1946-October 1959 (File 1175) - Box 24

Correspondence; dividends from investments, July 1948 to October 1959 (File 1176) - Box 24

Overseas journey file, 1958 (File 1143) - Box 25

July 1958 to June 1959 (File 1165) - Box 25

July 1958 to June 1959 (File 1166) - Box 25

July 1958 to June 1959 (File 1164) - Box 26

July to December 1959 (File 1410) - Box 26

July to December 1959 (File 1411) - Box 26

Reports made on overseas visit, 1949-1950 (File 1465) - Box 27

Jasta I Lord Howe Island air strip, 1959-1965 (File 1466) - Box 27

Includes London visit with Dr J.H. Lindell, 1960 (File 1490) - Box 27

Includes London visit with Dr J.H. Lindell, 1960 (File 1489) - Box 28

Hospital Advisory Council papers, 1952-1959 (File 1635) - Box 28

National Museum of Victoria - Trustee, 1956-1961 (File 1636) - Box 29

National Museum of Victoria - Trustee, 1956-1961 (File 1637) - Box 29

Includes London visit with Dr J.H. Lindell, 1960 (File 1689) - Box 30

Includes London visit with Dr J.H. Lindell, 1960 (File 1960) - Box 30

1961 (File 1861) - Box 31

1961 (File 1862) - Box 31

Trustee-National Museum of Victoria, 1960-1961 (File 1957) - Box 31

1961 (File 1958) - Box 32

1961 (File 1959) - Box 32

International Union of Architects, 1951-1954 (File 2035) - Box 32

International Hospitals Federation, 1951-1961 (File 2035) - Box 32

1962 (File 2152) - Box 33

1962 (File 2153) - Box 33

1962 (File 2154) - Box 33

Overseas Journey, 1962 (File 2158) - Box 34

Overseas Journey, 1962 (File 2159) - Box 34

1963 (File 2209) - Box 34

1963 (File 2210) - Box 35

National Heart Foundation, 1959-1964 (File 2190) - Box 35

1963, A-L (File 2315) - Box 36

1963, M-Z (File 2316) - Box 36

July-December, 1964 (File 2600) - Box 36

Excluding Travel Files, which are separate, and Purchase of Walsh St/Mona Place, which, being incomplete, are filed on top of AGS Correspondence file for 1965.

January-June 1964, A-Z (File 2368) - Box 37

File No. 1, Overseas Travel 1964 - Correspondence prior to departure; originals of recounting (File 2601) - Box 37

File No.2, Overseas Travel, 1964 (File 2602) - Box 37

Addresses and A-D

National Museum, 1963 (File 2597) - Box 38

National Museum, 1964 (File 2598) - Box 38

File No.3, Overseas Travel, 1964 (File 2603) - Box 39

E-Mc

File No.4, Overseas Travel, 1964 (File 2604) - Box 39

N-Z

Jasta II, 1959-1965 (File 2627) - Box 40

January-June 1965, A-H (File 2650) - Box 40

January-June 1965, I-Z (File 2651) - Box 40

Correspondence re dividends, 1961-1964 (File 2796) - Box 41

Purchase/sale of investments, November 1959-31 December 1965 (File 2797) - Box 41

Banking arrangements, January 1946-31 December 1964 (File 2798) - Box 41

Australian Hospitals Association, 1 June 1964-31 December 1965 (File 2799) - Box 41

Hospital Advisory Council meeting notes, 1964-1965 (File 2799) - Box 41

National Museum - Trustees, 1965 (File 2799) - Box 41

1 July - 30 December 1965 (File 2804) - Box 42

January-June 1966, A-Mc (File 3270) - Box 42

January-June 1966, N-Z (File 3271) - Box 42

June-December 1966, A-Z (File 3272) - Box 43

National Museum, 1966 (File 3395) - Box 43

1 January 1967-30 June 1967 (File 3531) - Box 44

National Museum, 1967 (File 3733) - Box 44

Travel file, 1967 (File 3740) - Box 45

July 1967-31 December 1967 and 1968 (File 3741) - Box 45

Receipts; Jasta II, May 1965-November 1967 (File 3742) - Box 46

Family gifts; Miss O.M. Stephenson, 1950-1967 (File 3743) - Box 46

Purchase/sale of investments, dividends, bank letters, 1 January 1965-30 November 1967 (File 3744) - Box 46

Taxation papers (excluding returns), 1936-1951 (File 3745) - Box 46

File 1: General; lists re letters of sympathy; letter of sympathy (File 3788) - Box 47

File 2: Letters of sympathy - Mr A.P. Stephenson, 1967 (File 3789) - Box 47

File 3: Letters of sympathy - Mr A.P. Stephenson, 1967 (File 3790) - Box 47

File 4: Lists re letters of sympathy, 1967 (File 3791) - Box 47

Series. Other papers

Various letters, 1936-1959 (File) - Box 48

Family correspondence (File) - Box 48

Recountings to staff while overseas - 1958, 1962, 1964, also voyage on Jasta II, 1961 (File) - Box 48

Stephenson and Meldrum papers, 1927-1928 (File) - Box 48

Correspondence while AGS in America, 1924-1926 (File) - Box 48

Papers dealing with retirement of P.H. Meldrum from the firm of Stephenson, Meldrum Turner (File) - Box 48

Letter in folder marked by NLA staff "Simple letter"; contains letter to "Donald", 4 October 1932 (File) - Box 48

General correspondence re medical schools, 1948-1952 (File) - Box 49

General correspondence re medical centres, 1943-1947 (File) - Box 49

Diaries and notebooks, 1920s-1960s (File) - Box 49

Photographs. Included are family snapshots, early studio portraits of Sir Arthur, a photograph of Miss E.E. Harvie, his first articled pupil, and images of buildings (File) - Box 50

"Rising skylines" typescript draft history of the firm, by Alan Nicholls (File) - Box 51

Report on overseas visit to USA, Canada, England, 1958 (File) - Box 51

(volume 2)

Addresses, broadcasts (File) - Box 51

Writings by others, including "New College, Box Hill Grammar School, Kingswood College - a brief history 1890-1961" (File) - Box 51

by Frank N. Bamford, 1966

Various reports (File) - Box 51

Miscellaneous notes, drawings (File) - Box 51

Personal documents and souvenirs : certificates, licence, items relating to early life and military career, passports (File) - Box 51

Press cuttings (File) - Box 52

Four issues of Marguck (File) - Box 52

Issues of Journal of Royal Institute of British Architects, 1954 (File) - Box 52

Spanish guidebooks and general mementoes (File) - Box 52

Printed items, pamphlets (File) - Box 52

Menus, programs, invitations, souvenirs, greeting cards (File) - Box 52

Obituaries, memorial for AGS (File) - Box 52


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