Guide to the Papers of Vincent Gair

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MS 6909

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Collection Summary

Creator
Vincent Gair
Title
Papers of Vincent Gair
Date Range
1859-1974
Collection Number
MS 6909
Extent
14.4 metres (16 ms boxes + 6 map folios + 10 medium phase boxes + 1 folio + 1 oversize volume + 3 sound/av carriers)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and fragments of files, engagement diaries, files on conferences, conventions, trips and tours, speeches, articles and broadcasts, personal documents, election propaganda, subject files, photographs, cartoons, sketches, presscuttings, printed matter, miscellaneous material. There is also material on the Democratic Labor Party, the Queensland Labor Party and the Royal Visit, 1954. Amongst the miscellaneous group are two visitor's books, a tape of "This Day Tonight", 2-3 April 1974, and 2 discs (sound recordings) of the State Election "Round Table Discussion", 1956. There is very little material on the period Gair was Ambassador. There is a volume of 6 special issues of the Courier Mail, 1859-1959.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2246132).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Vincent Gair, National Library of Australia, MS 6909, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Correspondence and fragments of files

Includes Deputation - papers to Premier of Queensland. Many of the loose items in this series appear to have come out of files because they have been folio numbered.

Period as Premier of Queensland, 1952-57 (File 1_9)

Premier period, 1952-47 (File 10_13)

All other dates, 1941-76 (File 14)

Memoranda (File 15)

Deputations (File 16_18)

Series 2. Engagement Diaries

1952, 1953 (File 19)

1954, 1955 (File 20)

1957, 1958 (File 21)

Series 3. Conferences and Conventions

Bundaberg Conference, 1944 (File 22)

Labor-in-Politics, 20 Feb. 1950, Toowoomba, Minutes of Triennial Federal Conference, ALP, 1 March 1951 (File 23)

20th Annual ALP Conference, Adelaide, 19-22 Jan. 1953 (File 24)

United Nations Sugar Conference, 1953; Qld Labor-in-Politics Convention, 23 March 1953 (File 25)

ALP 21st Federal Biennial Conference, 17 Jan. 1955; GA - AWU Conference with Premier, 26 Sept. 1956; Report on Premier's Conference of Wages and Inflation, 16-17 Aug. 1956; FACP Executive Committee Conference, QLP, 14-15 Nov. 1959 (File 26)

Circulars, Reports, Minutes, 1942-7 (File 27)

Series 4. Trips and Tours

Visit to New Zealand, 1950 (File 28)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Atherton (File 29)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Ayr, Bowen (File 30)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Cairns, Charters Towers (File 31)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Gordonvale, Ingham (File 32)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Innisfail (File 33)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Mackay (File 34)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Mackay (File 35)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Mareeba (File 36)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Mosman, Proserpine (File 37)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Townsville (File 38)

North Coast Trip 1952 - Tully (File 39)

State Tour, 8th July-2nd August 1952 (File 40)

Overseas Travel - Coronation 1953, Travel arrangements in Australia (File 41)

London - Brisbane, 21st August - 17th September 1953 (File 42)

London - Brisbane, 21st August - 17th September 1953 (File 43)

Series 5. Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts (File 44)

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts (File 45)

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts (File 46)

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts (File 47)

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts (File 48)

Speeches, Articles, Broadcasts (File 49)

Mt Isa Dispute, 1964 (File 50)

Series 6. Personal

Personal papers 3 folio items, 1 elephant folio (File 51)

Series 7. Elections

See also Series 9

State Election - South Brisbane, printed propaganda, 1932-38 (File 52)

State Election - South Brisbane, printed propaganda, 1932-47 (File 53)

South Brisbane propaganda (File 54)

South Brisbane - State Election propaganda, 1944 (File 55)

State Election - printed propaganda. Other Electorates, 1944, 1947 (File 56)

Anti-Labor propaganda, 1950 (File 57)

State Election, 1950 (File 58)

South Brisbane Election, 1953 (File 59)

Election propaganda, Policy speech, ALP, 13 November 1961 (File 60)

Election propaganda, Mouilyan Electorate (File 61)

Series 8. Subject Files

Blair Athol (File 62)

New International Sugar Agreement (File 63)

Notes on Simplified Draft of a New International Sugar Agreement (File 64)

Pastoral Dispute, 1956 (File 65)

Pastoral Dispute, 1956 (File 66)

Residential School for Mentally Handicapped Children (File 67)

Opening of Fitzroy Bridge New Generating Station, 27 September 1952 (File 68)

State Electricity Commission of Queensland (File 69)

Meat Strike, 1946 (File 70_76)

New Merger Plant at Garbutt, Townsville, 25 July 1956 (File 77)

Series 9. Democratic Labor Party and Queensland Labor Party

See also series 7

Policy Speech, QLP, 1953 (File 78)

QLD, 1955-57 (File 79)

DLP (File 80)

Policy Speech, QLP, 8 July 1957 (File 81)

Policy Speech, QLP, 9 May 1960 (File 82)

Series 10. Royal Visit, 1954

State Reception, Correspondence etc (File 83)

Police Instructions (File 84)

Official Program, see also photograph album in folio run (File 85)

Series 11. Photographs, cartoons, sketches

Photographs (File 86)

Photographs (File 87)

Photographs (File 88)

Cartoons, see also 16 items in large folio cabinet 4 folio items in folio run, 1 large photograph in frame (opposite compactus 18) (File 89)

Series 12. Press Cuttings - Volume piece 2b

Cuttings album, 10 Sept 1942 - 6 June 1946 (Folio) (File 90 _ 94)

Cuttings album, 16 June 1946 - 31 December 1949 (Folio) (File 90 _ 94)

Cuttings album,1 January 1949 - 22 August 1951 (Folio) (File 90 _ 94)

Cuttings album,18 August 1951 - 29 May 1952 (Folio) (File 90 _ 94)

Cuttings album,30 May 1952 - 25 January 1954 (Folio) (File 90 _ 94)

Cuttings album, 18 January 1954 - 14 June 1955 (Folio) (File 90 _ 94)

Cuttings album,14 June 1955 - 16 July 1956 (Folio) (File 90 _ 94)

Cuttings album,22 April 1957 - 11 September 1957 (Folio) (File 90 _ 94)

Cuttings album 1 large Vol - Qld 1859-1959, 6 special Issues 'The Courier Mail' opposite Compactus 18. (Folio) (File 90 _ 94)

Series 13. Printed Matter

Parliamentary Debate, 1957 (File 95)

Printed matter (File 96)

Printed matter (File 97)

Mental Health Facilities and Needs of Australia, 1955 (File 98)

The Opening of the new Chamber of the House of Commons, 1950 (File 99)

Series 14. Miscellaneous

Greeting cards (5) (File 100)

Basic Wages Increases (File 100)

Tape - 'This Day Tonight', 2-3 April, 1974 (File 100)

This Day Tonight 2-4-74 and 3-4-74 (or ?) Senator Chair's Appointment A' Ambassador to Ireland [cassette tape], 1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000158) - Cassette-Box 18
1 item

Senator Gair's Appointment as Ambassador to Ireland (File 100)

Visitor's Book, 1952 - 54 (File 101)

Visitors Book, 1954 - 57 (File 102)

Discs (2) 1956 Qld State Elections - 'Round Table Discussion' (1 Folio) (File 102)

1956 Qld State Elections "Round Table Discussions", Sen. C. Byrne: Mr J McCormack : Mr J Killen, 05/06/1956, 5/06/1956 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010026) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-021
1 item, ABC 78 rpm, 12 inch record, Shellac discs

Part 1 of 4, Part 3 of 4, recorded in Brisbane

1956 Qld State Elections "Round Table Discussions", Sen. C. Byrne: Mr J McCormack : Mr J Killen, 05/06/1956, 5/06/1956 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010027) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-021
1 item, ABC 78 rpm, 12 inch record, Shellac discs

Part 2 of 4, Part 4 of 4, recorded in Brisbane

Sen C Byrne, Mr J McCormack, Mr J Killen, Parts 1 - 4. (1 Folio) (File 102)


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