Guide to the Papers of Allan Griffith
MS Acc01.114 and MS Acc08.077
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Allan Griffith
- Title
- Papers of Allan Griffith
- Date Range
- 1955-1998
- Collection Number
- MS Acc01.114 and MS Acc08.077
- Extent
- 3.75 metres 1 box + 12 cartons
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions may apply; please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3645460).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Allan Griffith, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
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Collection Retrieval Advice
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Item Descriptions
Class MS Acc01-114. Original Consignment
Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, diaries, cuttings, printed material relating to Griffith's work for the Commonwealth Government, his writings on foreign affairs, and his activities in retirement. There are also extensive research materials gathered when writing a thesis on Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Comprises 12 cartons.
Series. Committee on Australia's Relations with the Third World
Series. Rhodesia Research Files
Constitutional conference: papers and opening address by Lord Carrington, "Patriotic Front Essential requirements for transition", "Rhodesia: The pre-independence arrangements", Ceasefire proposals, " Free and Fair? The 1979 Rhodesian Election. A report by observers on behalf of the British Parliamentary Human Rights Group", 1979 (File) - Box 1A
Namibia - Turnhalle - research papers including draft timeline and background articles (File) - Box 1A
Untitled - [Report of the Australian National Observer Group on the 1980 Rhodesian Elections] (File) - Box 3B
Untitled - [Contemporary Australian Politicis, foreign affairs, diplomancy - research materials?], 1984 (File) - Box 3B
File marked 'Griffith - Friends' containing typescript paper co-written with the Hon. MJR MacKellar MP entitled 'Australia advances - a commentary' (File) - Box 3B
Loose papers - [Research papers for Thesis? Includes articles on Rhodesia, "Before I forget - Rhodesia - Zimbabwe, 1975-1980", Copy of Statement by M Thatcher to the Summit of Commonwealth Heads of Government in Lusaka/Zambia, 1979 - from national Archives of Zimbabwe, other report from National Archives Zimbabwe, press cuttings and leaflet "The Zimbabwe we want" (Moral Re-armament). (File) - Box 4A
Report - "Supplemenary material to the Report of the Lancaster House. Constitutional Conference on Sothern Rhodesia". Commonwealth Secretariat, 1980 (File) - Box 4A
Carter Centre - Part 2 - 1977+: papers copied from the Carter Library re Southern Africa (File) - Box 4A
Carter Centre - Part 1 - 1978+: papers copied from the Carter Library re Southern Africa (File) - Box 4A
Untitled file - possibly Souther Africa? - [copies of articles, corrsepondence re South African Government, Namibia, Rhodesia, hand written notes (File) - Box 4A
Untitled file (Green) - [articles, handwritten research notes, on Zimbabwe, copies press cuttings, Copies form the Carter Library, Namibia] (File) - Box 4A
Untitled file (orange) - [research papers - articles, historical notes re South Africa, Rhodesia, press cuttings,] (File) - Box 4A
Yellow Folder (indecipherable title} - [Research papers - Rhodesia, christianity, copies of articles, Namibia] (File) - Box 4A
Legweila [Interview - Namibian independence]: also includes Schaufele Interview - public diplomacy ] (File) - Box 4B
Southern Rhodesia Elections, February 1980. The Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group on Elections leading to independent Zimbabwe. Commonwealth Secretariat., 1980 (File) - Box 4B
Preparing for a Free Namibia: Elections, Transition and Independence. The Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group on Namibia. Commonwealth Secretariat. (File) - Box 4B
Commonwealth Observer Group on Namibia - September - October 1989. Record of Meetings in Namibia. Commonwealth Secretariat, 1989 (File) - Box 4B
Untitled file: [press cuttings - Rhodesia, copies of DFAT cablegrams, papers Rhodesia: Invitation to Constitutional Conference, "the Rhodesian Constitution", Byron Hove - "A note on so-called "constitution for Zimbabwe Rhodesia" etc], 1979 (File) - Box 5A
Untitled file (Brown) - [seminars Somalia, Sothern Rhodesia, UNTAG Namibia, Sudan, press cuttings, articles, moral re-armament etc), 1993-1998 (File) - Box 6A
Series. Loose papers
Including Commonwealth Senior Officials Meeting - Southern Africa 1978, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting - Southern Africa - Small states (record of conversation), 1978, ? (File) - Box 1A
Commonwealth Heads of Government - Regional Meeting - October 1982: speech and list of delegates, 1982 (File) - Box 1A
Series. General Files
Series. Public Service Files
Summary of Dr Emy's Paper [for the Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration] Chapter 5 (File) - Box 5A
Unidentified plastic bag: [loose papers including Australian Broadcast Commission, public service arrangements (2nd division seminars) (File) - Box 5A
Untitled plastic folder - [National Strategy Information Centre - Tokyo seminar, 1981 (File) - Box 5A
Unidentified plastic folder - [loose papers - Northern Ireland, North-South Summitt, Mexico, 1981 (File) - Box 5A
Class MS Acc08-077. Consignment Added 2008
Includes certificates and invitations, papers relating to Griffith's book Conflict and resolution: peace-building through the ballot box in Zimbabwe, Namibia and Cambodia, including reviews and correspondence, other articles about Griffith, and obituaries and the funeral service program.
Comprises 1 box.