Guide to the Papers of Colin Barclay-Smith

MS 8262

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Collection Summary

Creator: Colin Barclay-Smith
Title: Papers of Colin Barclay-Smith
Date Range: 1932-1963
Collection Number: MS 8262
Extent: 0.98 metres (7 boxes, folio items)
Language of Materials: English
Repository: National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn316483).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Colin Barclay-Smith, National Library of Australia, MS 8262, [series/file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Correspondence

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1933(?)-1957; undated (File 1-3) - Box 1

‘Letters from Secretariat', 1936-1937 (letters and cables; also, letter from CBS to Douglas) (File 4) - Box 1

Series 2. Social Credit / Banking Finance

Typescript and notes, including ‘Alberta Lecture' (see also Folder 35) (File 5) - Box 1

Typescript and notes, including ‘Social Credit Study Course' (File 6) - Box 1

Booklets and copy of legislation: Banking Bill 1945; Commonwealth Bank Bill 1945 (File 7) - Box 1

‘New Era Reference' (miscellaneous correspondence, notes and press cuttings) (File 8) - Box 2

‘The Case for the Electoral Campaign'(press cuttings, from The New Era) (File 9) - Box 2

Untitled (miscellaneous notes, typescript, correspondence and press cuttings) (File 10-13) - Box 2

Series 3. Financial matters

Personal, household and business - documents, notes and cuttings (File 14-15) - Box 3

Business - file: ‘Reference' (Company prospectus, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Share Certificates, chequebook stubs and miscellaneous notes) (File 16) - Box 3

Business/personal - Partnership Agreement, 1932 (File 17) - Box 3

Series 4. General philosophy

‘The art of being happy' (manuscript, mainly hand-written) (File 18) - Box 3

‘Do you know' or ‘It's time they knew' (typescript) (File 19) - Box 3

‘Philosophy without tears' (miscellaneous notes and press cuttings) (File 20) - Box 3

‘Verses' (press cuttings, reference notes on monarchy, miscellaneous poetry cuttings) (File 21) - Box 4

‘Humour' (miscellaneous notes) (File 22) - Box 4

‘Cartoons' (File 23) - Box 4

Series 5. Miscellaneous

Typescript and notes, lecture and speech material (File 24) - Box 4

Typescript and notes, including ‘The Jewish Problem' and extract from ‘The Prophet', Kahlil Gibran (see also Folder 28) (File 25) - Box 4

Commonplace books (literary/vocabulary notes) (File 26) - Box 4

Press cuttings, including cuttings on Art of life series (File 27) - Box 4

‘Scrapbook' - (miscellaneous notes, press cuttings and typescript ‘The Prophet', Kahlil Gibran; see also Folder 25) (File 28) - Box 4

‘Irrigation - Scrapbook' (miscellaneous press cuttings and typescript, not on ‘irrigation') (File 29) - Box 5

‘Scrapbook' (miscellaneous typescript, notes and press cuttings) (File 30-31) - Box 5

Untitled alphabetical scrapbook (misc. cuttings) (File 32) - Box 5

Untitled (correspondence and press cuttings) (File 33-34) - Box 5

Press cuttings, notes, correspondence and typescript ‘Alberta Lecture' (see also Folder 5) (File 35) - Box 6

Press cuttings (File 36-37) - Box 6

‘Travel' (cuttings, brochures, notes - includes ‘European Tour' folder) (File 38-39) - Box 6

‘Music' (press cuttings, pamphlets, notes) (File 40-41) - Box 6

Untitled (Art - cuttings and course notes. See also two folio items) (File 42) - Box 7

Untitled (House and Garden - cuttings, notes and plans/specifications) (File 43) - Box 7

‘Specification' (2) and untitled (building specifications certificates) (File 44) - Box 7

Typescript Gestetner stencil of Proceedings of Australian Federation of Women Voters, Thirteenth Triennial Conference, August 1963 (File 45) - Box 7

Photographs loose C.H. Douglas and A.R. Orage in Credit-Power and Democracy (File 46) - Box 7