MS 2072
National Library of Australia
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Created: September 1990
Collection Summary
- Creator
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Sir Arthur George Stephenson
- Title
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Papers of Sir Arthur George Stephenson
- Date Range
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c. 1920-1967
- Collection Number
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MS 2072
- Extent
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9.54 metres (53 boxes)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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
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 602a) - Box 13
1951 (File 602b) - Box 14
Correspondence re CMG Award, 1953 (File 671) - Box 15
Correspondence re Royal Gold Medal Award, 1954 (File 815) - Box 16
January-June 1955 (File 900) - Box 17
Correspondence re Knight Bachelor Award, 1954 (File 933) - Box 17
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 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