Guide to the Papers of Warren Bednall
MS 2415
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Bednall, Warren, 1906-1970
- Title
- Papers of Warren Bednall
- Date Range
- 1816-1951
- Collection Number
- MS 2415
- Extent
- 0.56 metres (4 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- NLA
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise correspondence, scrapbooks, newspapers, magazines and material relating to the Scout Movement, together with manuscripts of Bednall's unpublished novels and his book Strange Sea Road. Also included in the collection are diaries and notebooks.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for reference.
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Warren Bednall, National Library of Australia, MS 2415, [series/file number]'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to the National Library in December 1970.
Biographical Note
Warren Blore Bednall was born in Adelaide in 1906 and educated at St. Peter's College. He began his career on the Adelaide Register, serving next on the Adelaide Advertiser before joining The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne.
In 1935 Bednall sailed on a Swedish windjammer from Australia to Europe, recounting the experience in his book Strange Sea Road: the story of a sea venture (1936). He reported the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936 and served with The Herald and Weekly Times in London at the beginning and at the end of World War II. When he returned to Australia he became managing editor and later managing director of Southdown Press. Warren Bednall died in 1970.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Correspondence, 1935-1951
Correspondents include Fred Barrett, Keith F. Bean, Julian Bickersteth, S.G.A. Smith Blatchford, Douglas Brass, Jonathan Cape, P.R. Char, Captain Dahlstrom, Keith Dunstan, Dick Dupont, Allan Fraser, Edward P. Genn, S.G.W. Horniblow, G. Wren Howard, Marie James, Douglas Kenisley, Marie Lynch, D. Mathieson, G.O. Mawby, A.R. McElwain, William McMahon, G.M. Mills, Dame Elizabeth Murdoch, Sir Keith Murdoch, Phyllis Neale, Hepszibah Nicholas, Rohan Rivett, H.F. Rubenstein, Ralph Simmonds, Trevor Smith, Charles Sutton, Butil Wargner, S.McC. Warren and Edith Williams.
Series 2. Diaries and miscellaneous documents
Diaries, 18 June-30 October 1935, and notebook (n.d.) (File 2)
Diaries, 18 June-5 September and 6 September-30 October 1935, written by John O'Donnell, crew of ; notebook containing words of songs or poems, and foreign phrases (n.d.).
Diary, 31 May-1 August 1924 (File 3)
Written by Warren Bednall on board ship to UK and Sweden for Scout Empire Rally and International Rally.
Press passes in wallet and other papers, 1900-1936 (File 4)
Berlin Olympic Games press pass, 1936; passenger list for ; crossing of Equator certificate, 1935; Royalty Report, 1936; Jonathan Cape Author Publishing posters (see author list); 'Retrospect' leaflet, 1916; miscellaneous programs and Church Intercession sheets, 1900.
Series 3. Literary manuscripts and publications
Series 5. Scout movement
See also Series 2 File 3, diary of 1924 trip from Adelaide to Europe for Scout Empire Rally and International Rally. A medal (Scouts in Germany) is held in the Pictures Collection.
Baden-Powell, Robert, Lieutenant-General Scouting for Boys. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1909 (File 1)
Series 10. Miscellaneous materials
Map of Adelaide, c. 1800s; Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, 1887; promotion certificates for John Augustus Chemmel Esquire, 1886; The Lantern, 13 February 1875; shipping receipts, 1838 (File 1)
Container List
| Series | File | Box |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1-4 | 1 |
| 3 | 1-4 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1-2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1-3 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 1-3 | 2 |
| 4-5 | 3 | |
| 9 | 1-5 | 3 |
| 10 | 1-3 | 4 |