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MS Acc98.088

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Collection Summary

Creator
John Edwards
Title
Papers of John Edwards
Date Range
1983-1996
Collection Number
MS Acc98.088
Extent
9.35 metres (30 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
NLA

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Access restrictions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn757346).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 John Edwards, National Library of Australia, MS Acc98.088, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

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Item Descriptions

Research materials relating to Keating in 1991, 1991 and 1993 including speeches (and drafts of speeches), news clippings, press releases, cartoons, article by John Langmore re the floating of the Australian dollar, copies of government documents and reports, Edwards notebooks re visit to Japan in 1992 (File) - Box 1

Research materials relating to Keating in 1984-89 and 1991-93; drafts of chapters about the end of Keating's period as Treasurer and his time as Prime Minister; Edwards' notes about June 1991 (File) - Box 2

Drafts of chapter re the second Hawke government and the new federalism; press clippings re 1983-91; White House press releases; press releases and clippings revisit by Hawke and Keating to the USA; copies of government documents (File) - Box 3

Drafts of chapters re 1983/84, 1985/86, 1990; copies of key documents 1988-90; summaries of interviews with Keating 4 December 1991 (re events in 1983-84 including the decision to float the Australian dollar), with Hawke 14 November 1990, with David Morgan n.d.; with Ted Evans 9 May 1990; notes of Hawke press conference c June 1984; photocopy of letter ostensibly from Treasurer Keating to Hawke n.d (File) - Box 4

Edwards' copies of briefing notes for the Prime Minister during overseas visits in 1992 and visit by President Bush in 1992; copies of documents re the budget, financial policy and employment, 1992/93 (File) - Box 5

Documents re the Bush visit, 1992; documents re the budget, fiscal policy, retirement incomes policy, 1990/91; Keating speech to the Australian Graduate School of Management, n.d (File) - Box 6

Summaries of interviews with Michael Hatton and Doug McNelly, 1995, re Keating' s early days; summaries of interviews, 1988, re Keating's time in the NSW ALP with John Armitage, Bob Can, Ron Dyer; summary of interview with Keating, 4 December 1991 re events in 1983/84; transcript of TV interview by Philip Adams and Mary Kostakidis with Keating re turning 50; transcript of Keating TV interview by Andrew Olle 1986; draft of Edwards article re Keating for Bulletin; Edwards notes re 1969-72, 1975-893 and 1987- 90 and undated notebook; drafts and notes re 1987-89 monetary policy dispute; drafts of chapters and research materials re Keating's early life (File) - Box 7

Edwards notebooks of interviews with Graham Freudenberg 1989, Hawke nd.; Tony Cole 1990; Bob Gregory 1989 and people at Parliament House, 1990; research materials and notes re 1980s; drafts of chapter re Keating as Treasurer; copies of letters 1990 requesting interviews in connection with the Keating book (File) - Box 8

Drafts of chapters; research materials re 1980s; notes re Keating overseas trip 1993; talk by Paul Munro 1990 (File) - Box 9

Press clippings and research notes, mostly re 1991 and 1994/95; copies of documents re microeconomic reform, fiscal policy, the budget and welfare; Edwards paper to RSSS seminar 1995; Edwards notebooks re Expenditure Review Committee and Cabinet meetings; collection of Edwards articles re Keating 1986-90; drafts of chapters (File) - Box 10

Drafts of chapters; summaries of interviews with Tony Cole 1990 and Paul Keating 1996; newsclippingsl987, l99lcorrespondence with Penguin republication of Keating book (File) - Box 11

News clippings 1989-91; annotated chapter drafts including drafts with comments by Keating; copies of cabinet submissions 1983, 1993; copies of speeches written by Edwards 1992 (File) - Box 12

Research materials re Peter Walsh, David Morgan, John Dawkins, Leo McLeay, Bill Hawden, Bob Hawke, John Button, Ross Garnaut, Bernie Fraser, Graham Freudenberg, Rex Connor, Jan McFarlane, Don Russell, Ralph Willis, John Langmore, Whitlam government; clippings of articles by Max Walsh; copy of 1989 article by Prof W Max Corden re Australian macroeconomic policy; newsclippings; Edwards' notes re 1993 Keating Japan and US trips; notes re the writing of the Keating book (File) - Box 13

Research materials re Peter Barron, Tony Cole, Bernie Fraser, Ted Evans, Barry Hughes, Chris Higgins, Lionel Bowen, Simon Crean; notes for article for Australian Economic History Review 1993; press clippings; notebook n.d. kept by Edwards while at Prime Minister's Department; research notes; copies of government documents 1991-1993 (File) - Box 14

Four 'Redbooks' containing notes of discussions with Keating and his advisers, 1993; notes during 1992/93 campaign and notes during 1993 visits to US and China; research materials re 1992-94; appointment diaries; copies of government documents (File) - Box 15

Copies of Cabinet documents 1983-94; notes, itineraries and speeches relating to 1993 election; documents relating to 1993 Keating Indonesia visit (File) - Box 16

Research materials relating to APEC 1993/94; copies of Cabinet submissions and related documents 1992-93 (File) - Box 17

Edwards notes of meeting with Peter Wilenski 1992; Keating Press Club appearance 1990; documents and research materials relating to industrial relations, Keating trip to Singapore and Tokyo 1992, APEC 199 1-95; Pacific Business Forum 1994 and international trade 1992 (File) - Box 18

Research materials relating to Keating overseas visits 1992 and re trade strategy; summaries of interviews 1995/96 with Ken Henry, Jimmy Warner and Paul Keating; notes of interviews with Keating 1986; news clippings; drafts of chapters and notes re writing of manuscript; copy of Treasury History project document 1989 re Australian Economic Policy in the 1 980s; research materials re dismissal of Whitlam government; transcript of ABC program re Hawke/Keating rivalry 1991-1993 (File) - Box 19

Research materials re APEC 1993; drafts of chapters; 'Redbook', 1993-94; press clippings; Edwards notebooks and notes including notes of 1992/93 interviews with Keating and 1989 interview with Peter Walsh; correspondence with Penguin and with editor 1996; correspondence with Don Russell, Australian ambassador in Washington, 1995; press clippings and publications (File) - Box 20

Three Edwards notebooks 1991-92; Four 'Redbooks' 1992, Edwards notes 1990/91 and 1993, news clippings and research materials re 1991, FE Stewart's file re Woomera n.d. including articles, photographs of Jindivik, tracking equipment and Woomera and area maps; five photographs relating to Maralinga 1956 including two of 'Buffalo' atomic blast and other research materials relating to Maralinga dated 1968 and 1978, copy of declassified 1949 US National Security Council document re position of US with respect to Asia; Keating speech 1991; Edwards notes re Keating book 1996 (File) - Box 21

Two 'Redbooks' 1992, notebook 1991 and notes post-1993 election; news clippings and copies of government documents re economic affairs, APEC, exchange rate and foreign debt (File) - Box 22

News clippings, research materials and copies of government documents 1993-94 re the economy, the 1993 election campaign, industrial relations, the 1993-94 budget, APEC; Edwards notes re 1993 campaign, industrial relations 1993 and notes for 1993 Keating speeches (File) - Box 23

Publications, reprints of articles, copies of government documents and news clippings reincome tax 1992, APEC, trade 1993; briefing for Keating visit to China and Korea 1993; Budget briefing 1993/94; 1993 Premiers Conference and Loan Council agenda papers (File) - Box 24

Edwards notebook November 1995; typescript February 1993 re 'Achievements of the Keating Labor Government'; copies of government publications, articles by academics and copies of Keating speeches, various dates; press clippings re John Hewson 1992; research materials and copies of government documents re the Uruguay Round, APEC, the 1992/93 Budget briefing, the 1993 visit to Korea and China, foreign trade barriers; press releases 1993 (File) - Box 25

Copies of government documents (File) - Box 26

Copies of Cabinet submissions (File) - Box 27-28

Early version of manuscript, n.d.; 'a very old version', n.d., with comments in pencil; galleys 1995; draft of Chapter 16 with related research materials and correspondence with publisher; corrected galleys 1996; second version of manuscript after editing (File) - Box 29

Copy of edited manuscript as sent to typesetter together with computer disc (File) - Box 30


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