Guide to the Papers of Noel Deschamps

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MS Acc05.106

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Collection Summary

Creator
Noel Deschamps
Title
Papers of Noel Deschamps
Date Range
1934-2004
Collection Number
MS Acc05.106
Extent
5.75 metres (25 boxes + 1 carton + 1 archive carton + 2 folio packets)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Part permission required for research; part not available for research. Please consult Library staff regarding access.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Noel Deschamps, National Library of Australia, MS Acc05.106, [box number and series/file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Series. Files relating to Cambodia

Newspaper Cuttings and Some Correspondence relating to Cambodia. [Red Volume], 1964-1966 (File) - Box 1

Newspaper Cuttings and Some Correspondence relating to Cambodia. [Green Volume], 1966-1980 (File) - Box 1

Newspaper Cuttings and Some Correspondence and Publications relating to Cambodia. [Blue Folder], 1968-1994 (File) - Box 1

Newspaper Cuttings and Some Correspondence and Publications relating to Cambodia. [Blue Folder], 1967-1968 (File) - Box 1

Correspondence relating to Cambodia. [Red Folder]. [Open With Exception (Pending clearance under Archives Act 1983)], 1993-1998 (File) - Box 2

Cambodia (mostly newspaper cuttings and some correspondence). [Red Folder], 1985-1987 (File) - Box 2

Cambodia Reminiscences, University of Texas Interview. [White Folder], 1979-1999 (File) - Box 2

Deschamps' Career, and commemorating his 95th Birthday in 2003. [Green Folder], 1937-2004 (File) - Box 2

Noel on Cambodia (contents mostly relate to a Manuscript Deschamps wrote on Cambodia). [White Envelope], 1985-1990 (File) - Box 2

Correspondence and Journal Articles dealing with Cambodia, Hungary and Nazi Germany. [Red Folder]. [Open With Exception (Pending clearance under Archives Act 1983)], 1934-1993 (File) - Box 2

Cambodia; mostly Newspaper Cuttings, 1974-1975 (File) - Box 3

Cambodia, Address by Deschamps to the Rotary Club of Frankston, Victoria, 1982 (File) - Box 3

Cambodia (mostly correspondence). [Blue Folder], 1966-1998 (File) - Box 3

Copies of Interviews and Speeches by Deschamps on Cambodia, 1982-2004 (File) - Box 3

Bundle of Newspaper Cuttings and a Small Amount of Correspondence relating to Cambodia, 1963-1967 (File) - Box 12

Visit by Noel Deschamps to Cambodia (administrative arrangements, speeches, invitations, etc). [Green Folder], 1980-1997 (File) - Box 13

Large Box: Cambodia, mostly invitations to events, 1963-1968 (File) - Box 18

Invitations. [White Envelope], 1954-1998 (File) - Box 18

Photograph Albums, Photographs in Frames, and Loose Photographs, all relating to Cambodia; (File) - Box 19

Series. Departmental Files

Australian Embassy, Phnom Penh, His Excellency Mr Noel St Clair Deschamps., 1967-1969 (File 3/1/1) - Box 3

Australian Embassy, Phnom Penh, His Excellency Mr Noel St Clair Deschamps, Official Correspondence (Pending Visitors, etc), 1962-1970 (File 3/1/1/4 (Part III)) - Box 3

Australian Embassy, Phnom Penh, Mr N Deschamps, Letters from Prince Sihanouk (note that this is a departmental file), 1962-1963 (File 3/1/1/7) - Box 3

Series. Appointment Diaries and Journals

Annual Appointment Diairies and Journals, 1937-1961 (File) - Box 4

Daily Diary, Santiago, Chile. [Blue Folder], 1970-1971 (File) - Box 17

Series. Files relating to Deschamps' career

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs, 1939-1949 (File) - Box 5

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs, 1942-1949 (File) - Box 5

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs, 1946-1952 (File) - Box 5

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs, 1943 (File) - Box 5

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs, 1944-1950 (File) - Box 5

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs (mostly issues involving Canada), 1939-1943 (File) - Box 5

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs, mostly Canada, Germany and the Soviet Union, 1943-1957 (File) - Box 6

Mr Deschamps, 1951-1958 (File) - Box 6

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs, mostly Germany, 1949-1960 (File) - Box 6

Deschamps N. (note that this is a departmental file), 1943-1952 (File P/301/112) - Box 6

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs (mostly Dublin and Paris), 1955-1959 (File) - Box 7

Correspondence involving Deschamps' Early Career with the Department of External Affairs (mostly Dublin and Paris), 1954-1961 (File) - Box 7

Noel Early Diplomatic Events (mostly invitations to official functions). [Brown Envelope], 1943-1969 (File) - Box 12

Series. Loose Papers (Chile, Cambodia, Ireland, Vietnam)

Items dealing with Chile, and some Newspaper Cuttings relating to Cambodia, 1969-1974 (File) - Box 5

Correspondence, Hand-written Notes, Foreign Affairs Cables, and Photographs relating to Deschamps Diplomatic Career in Ireland and Cambodia [Open With Exception (Pending clearance under Archives Act 1983.)], 1947- (File) - Box 13

Speech Notes and Correspondence relating to Cambodia, Vietnam and Chile, 1942-1975 (File) - Box 15

Series. Files relating to France

Australian Embassy, Paris, Chancery File (note that this is a departmental file), 1952-1957 (File 211/1/1) - Box 6

Australian Embassy, Paris, Consulate File, 1957 (File) - Box 7

Series. Files relating to Ireland

Australian Embassy, Dublin (mostly Personal Matters), 1960 (File) - Box 8

Australian Embassy, Dublin, For Mr Deschamps on Return. (mostly Personal Matters), 1958-1960 (File) - Box 8

Australian Embassy, Dublin (mostly personal matters), 1961-1962 (File) - Box 9

Australian Embassy, Dublin (mostly personal matters), 1959-1961 (File) - Box 9

Australian Embassy, Dublin, Council of Europe-Curtis' Proposal, 1959-1960 (File) - Box 9

Australian Embassy, Dublin., 1958-1959 (File) - Box 9

Series. Personal Correspondence

Folder of Correspondence (mostly personal matters), 1959 (File) - Box 8

Australian Embassy, Dublin, Personal Correspondence - Mr Deschamps, 1947-1960 (File) - Box 9

Series. Files relating to South Africa

South Africa, Tour of Duty (mostly personal matters), 1960-1961 (File) - Box 9

Series. Files relating to Chile

Australian Embassy, Santiago, Official Correspondence (note that this is a departmental file). [Open With Exception (Pending clearance under Archives Act 1983)], 1969-1971 (File 1/1/3) - Box 10

Australian Embassy, Santiago, Personal Correspondence (note that this is a departmental file), 1969-1971 (File 1/1/4) - Box 10

Santiago, Administration, Head of Mission, Representational Allowance (note that this is a departmental file), 1969-1973 (File 1/1/1) - Box 10

Santiago, Administration, Head of Mission, Banking and Finance (note that this is a departmental file), 1970-1973 (File 1/1/4) - Box 10

Santiago, Administration, Head of Mission, Orders and Supplies (note that this is a departmental file), 1969-1972 (File 1/1/5) - Box 10

Australian Embassy, Santiago, Head of Mission, Clubs and Societies (including Memberships) (note that this is a departmental file), 1969-1970 (File 1/1/6 (Part I)) - Box 11

Australian Embassy, Santiago, Head of Mission, Clubs and Societies (including Memberships) (note that this is a departmental file), 1971-1973 (File 1/1/6 (Part II)) - Box 11

Santiago, Administration, Head of Mission, Personal Correspondence (note that this is a departmental file), 1972-1973 (File 1/1/7 (Part II)) - Box 11

Santiago, Administration, Head of Mission, Personal Correspondence (note that this is a departmental file), 1973 (File 1/1/7 (Part III)) - Box 11

Australian Embassy, Santiago, Head of Mission, Correspondence, Official (note that this is a departmental file), 1972-1973 (File 1/1/8 (Part II)) - Box 11

Santiago, Administration, Head of Mission, Personal File, Noel Deschamps (note that this is a departmental file), 1968-1973 (File 3/1/1 (Part I)) - Box 11

Reception, 31 October 1973, 1973 (File) - Box 11

Santiago, 1969 (File) - Box 11

Correspondence, Photographs and Newspaper Cuttings relating to Chile. [Green Folder], 1973-1994 (File) - Box 13

Correspondence and Speech Notes relating to Chile. [Blue Folder], 1973-1980 (File) - Box 13

Chile Papers, mostly hand-written speech notes. [Brown Envelope], Early 1970s (File) - Box 17

Visitor's Book to the Embassy in Chile, 1972-1973 (File) - Box 19

Series. Library Files

Library Russia (mostly invitations and photographs). [White Envelope], 1946-1947 (File) - Box 12

Library Germany (mostly entry passes through the military zones of Berlin). [Brown Envelope], 1951-1952 (File) - Box 12

Library Germany (mostly photographs). [White Envelope], 1950-1952 (File) - Box 12

Library Chile. [White Envelope], 1971-1973 (File) - Box 12

Correspondence relating to the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, and the Transfer of Deschamps' Records to the National Library. [Black Folder], 1978-1999 (File) - Box 14

National Library, Menus at the Australian Residence, and Photographs. [White Envelope], 1963-1967 (File) - Box 14

Library, France; Correspondence, Newspaper Cuttings, and Programs relating to French Exhibitions held in Australia during World War II. [Brown Envelope], 1944-1954 (File) - Box 14

National Library, Small Amount of Correspondence, and Diplomatic passes relating to Germany, USA and Canada. [White Envelope], 1942-1952 (File) - Box 14

Folder of Loose Items: Correspondence, Copies of Papers presented at the Australian Society for Latin American Studies First Trans-Pacific Seminar in 1974, and Handwritten Speech Notes, 1961-1974 (File) - Box 14

Newspaper Cuttings relating to Cambodia and Chile. [Green Folder], 1975-1976 (File) - Box 14

Correspondence and Speech Notes relating to the Celebration of Deschamps' 95th Birthday in December 2003. [Blue Folder], 1947-2004 (File) - Box 15

Series. Speech Notes

Speech Notes: Address to Cambodian Advisory Council 'Shenton', Hawthorn, Sunday 18 August; Angkor Splendour and Tragedy; Address on Occasion of Celebration of Khmer New Year, Prahran Town Hall, 9 April 1988; An Introduction to Cambodia, Address to Public Meeting, Richmond, 14 July 1978; Some Reflections on Cambodia; Address at Child Migrant Centre, Extensive Descriptions of Cambodia and the Khmer People; Russia-Notes; The French in Canada and North America, Preparatory Notes; 'The Lighter Side of Diplomatic Life', Talk to Australian-Asian Association of Victoria at the Home of Mrs Alice Meyer von Forell, 8 Lisson Grove Hawthorn, 25 October 1991; North America and Australia: The French Link; Ireland; The Story of Switzerland-Address to the Prahran Historical Society; Cambodia Jottings; Angkor: The Eastern Rome, Annexes; Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, 1978, 1978-1993 (File) - Box 15

Speech Notes: Thoughts and Comments including the Latest, 17 September 1990; Australian Diplomacy-A Personal Memoir, Address to the French-Australian Association Annual Dinner, Early Years and Tours of Duty in Moscow; Australia and the French Navigators, Talk to the French -Australian Association, Chez Michel-Novotel, 18 August 1993; Some Aspects of Australian Diplomacy, Address to the Nebulae Society of Oxford and Cambridge given at Magdalene College, Cambridge on 30 April 1984; Three Talks, Ma Carriere Diplomatique, My Early Diplomatic Postings, Wartime New Calednoia, Talk to the French- Australian Association; The Lighter Side of Australian Diplomacy, Address to the Victoria League, Early Days in Our Foreign Service, Address to the French-Australian Association; Talk to the British Public Schools Association, Kelvin Club, 7 April 1988; An Unusual Chapter in Australian Diplomacy, Probus Club of Port Phliip, 9 May 1988; Chile: Our Nearest Trans-Pacific Neighbour, Address to the Australian-Asian Association of Victoria, 10 August 1989, 1978-1993 (File) - Box 15

Draft Transcript of Deschamps' Oral History Interview with J D B Miller, 1992 (File) - Box 16

Series. Files relating to Deschamps Autobiography

Loose items, most of which is Deschamps' draft autobiography called 'The Cup to its Dregs'; the autobiography does not appear to have been published (File) - Box 16

Photographs taken in Chile; Additional Handwritten Notes as part of Deschamps' Autobiography. [Brown Envelope], 1974 (File) - Box 17

Series. Scrapbooks

Scrapbook, Europe (1944-48); Scrapbook, Ireland (1958-60), 1944-1960 (File) - Box 19

Series. Passports

Deschamps' Passports (1934-85), 1934-1985 (File) - Box 19

Series. Presentations by Foreign Governments

Framed Photographs, Medallions, Pewter Drinking Cups, and Other Objects, most presented to Deschamps by Foreign Governments, notably France and Chile (File) - Box 20

Series. Publications

Publications: Cambodge, Photos-Souvenirs (1989); Poema de Chile, Gabriela Mistral (1967); Cambodge, La Cinematographie de Norodom Sihanouk (1991); Phnom Penh, Then and Now, Michel Igout (1994); Cambodge, Photos-Souvenirs, Sangkum Reastr Niyum (1995); De Gaulle, France Informations Number 138; Revista Chilena de Historia y Geografia (1952); Participacion Para Una Nueva Sociedad (1973); The Turks in Australia: Celebrating Twnety Five Years Down Under, Hatice Hurmuz Basarin and Vecihi Basarin (1993), 1967-1994 (File) - Box 20A

Publications: The Noel Coward Song Book (1953); Angkor, Hommes et Pierres, Bernard-Philippe Groslier (1965); Mi Casita, Laura Soto Corbett (1971); Thailand's Policy towards the Vietnam Kampuchean Conflict (1985); The Subjugation of Cambodia, Simon Ross (1983); Antologia de Andres Bello, Pedro Grases (1954); Le Palais du Roi du Cambodge, Julio A Jedres and Beatrix Dayde-Latham (2002), 1953-2002 (File) - Box 20B

Publications: The Quality of Mercy, Cambodia Holocaust and Modern Conscience, William Shawcross (1984); Killing the Khmer, Colin Pratt (2000); The Royal Palace of Phnom Penh and Cambodian Royal Life, Julio A Jedres and Somkid Chaijitvanit (1999); Grammar, A Photo Essay on the Church of England Grammar School, Kimbal Baker and Gordon Sargood (1987); One Bloody Australian, Colin Pratt (2003); Cambodge, Style de Vie (2002); The Land and People of Cambodia, David Chandler Cambodge (1997), 1984-2003 (File) - Box 20C

Publications: Cambodge, Theatres-Cinema au Temps du Sangkum Reastr Niyum (1997); Photos-Souvenirs de Mon Cambodge, Norodom Sihanouk (1984); Cambodia Watching Down Under, Geoffrey C Gunn and Jefferson Lee (1991); The United States and Cambodia, 1969-2000, A Troubled Relationship, Kenton Clymer (2004); Comentarios Escogidos (1973); Las Grandes Civilizaciones de la America Antigua, H D Disselhoff (1967); A History of Cambodia, David P Chandler (1983); The New World of the Gothic Fox, Culture and Economy and Spanish America, Claudio Veliz (1994); Martin Fierro, Jose Hernandez (1970), 1967-2004 (File) - Box 20D

Publications: Realisations de Norodom Sihanouk, Roi du Cambodge, Cambodge 1993-1995; Photos-Souvenirs du Cambodge, Sangkum Reastr Niyum, Le Prestige au Plan International du Cambodge (1969); Photos-Souvenirs du Cambodge, Sangkum Reastr Niyum, Travaux Publics (1969); Receil de Chants; Asi es Chile (1978); Sangkum Reastr Niyum Le Developpement General du Cambodge, Norodom Sihanou k(1991); Deschamps' Diary for 1962, 1962-1995 (File) - Box 20E

Series. Interviews with Deschamps (Audio Cassettes)

Audio cassettes, Interviews with Deschamps and Foreign Newspapers or Press Conferences, 1985-1986 (File) - Box 22


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