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MS 6730

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Collection Summary

Creator
Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1915-2006
Title
Papers of Sir Robert Cotton
Date Range
1937 - 2005
Collection Number
MS 6730
Extent
8.70 metres (23 MS Boxes + 7 medium Folio Boxes + 1 Large Folio Box + 3 Map Folios)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

MS 6730 consists of correspondence, Cotton's writings including personal essays, speeches, and travel journals, photographic prints (including exhibition prints), negatives and slides, political memorabilia, financial statements and other records relating to sheep breeding at Oberon, newsclippings from early in political career, official documentation of overseas visits as Senator and Minister, official entertainment records from time as diplomat in New York and Washington, RAAF flying logbook, transcripts of oral history and television documentary interviews, annotated published materials.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn539960).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Sir Robert Cotton, National Library of Australia, MS 6730, [series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The first papers were donated to the Library by Sir Robert Cotton on 25 March 1982. An additional donation was received on 27 July 1994, and added to MS 6730 on 25 August 1996. Further material was donated 3 and 8 July 2007 by Bob Cotton (Cotton's son) and merged with MS 6730 in February 2008.

Biographical Note

Sir Robert Carrington Cotton was born in 1915 in Broken Hill, NSW, and educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide. He trained as pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 and 1943 but did not see war service as he was seconded to the Department of Supply.

Cotton worked to establish the timber industry in Oberon, New South Wales as a wartime priority. After the war Cotton remained in Oberon as a businessman, sheep breeder and grazier.

Cotton was a member of the Australian Liberal Party from its foundation in 1944. He was State President of the Liberal Party of New South Wales from 1957 to 1960. He ran unsuccessfully for the seat of Macquarie in the 1963 federal election.

In 1965, Cotton was appointed to the Senate to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Sir William Spooner. He was Minister for Civil Aviation from 1969 to 1972 in the Gorton and McMahon governments, and Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1975 to 1977 in the Fraser government. He retired from Parliament in 1978.

Cotton was the Australian Consul-General in New York from 1978 to 1981, and Australian Ambassador to the United States of America in Washington DC from 1982 to 1985. He was a director of the Reserve Bank of Australia in 1981 and 1982 and chairman of the Australian National Gallery Foundation from 1991 to 1994.

Cotton held a lifelong passion for photography, a hobby he was inspired to take up by his cousin Olive Cotton in the 1930s. He exhibited landscape prints in both the United States and Australia. His photographs complement the extensive journals he kept on his travels within Australia and overseas.

Cotton was knighted (KCMG) in 1978 and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1993. He received an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Sydney in 1995. Cotton died on Christmas Day, 2006, in Sydney.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Correspondence, 1938-2000

This series consists chiefly of letters to and some letters from Cotton, concentrated particularly on his years in Broken Hill and the Second World War. Later correspondence includes replies to congratulations on Cotton's knighthood and appointment as Consul-General to New York, his period on the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia, and his honorary doctorate. This series also contains a diary Cotton began to keep in 1938, and a hand-drawn card by Morris West.

Further correspondence of Cotton can be found in various other series in this collection. It has been retained to preserve the integrity of the letters with the other materials in those series.

Folder titles were devised by staff based on original file titles.

Personal correspondence - Broken Hill - military and air force, 1939-1940 (File 1)

Munitions (news article); 1938 diary; Aboriginal art at Mootwingie (article); letters from parents travelling abroad, 1938-1955 (File 2)

Broken Hill Chamber of Commerce - confidential report, 1941 (File 3)

Personal letters from HLC Cotton (father) to RC Cotton, 1941-1942 (File 4)

Air Board and release, 1943 (File 5)

Timber Industries Pty Ltd - early letters and rainfall data, 1943 (File 6)

Letters received and replies sent regarding knighthood and New York posting - 'A', 1977-1978 (File 7)

Letters received and replies sent regarding knighthood and New York posting - 'A', 1978 (File 8)

Letters received and replies sent regarding knighthood and New York posting - 'B', 1977-1978 (File 9)

Letters received and replies sent regarding knighthood and New York posting - 'C', 1977-1978 (File 10)

Reserve Bank of Australia correspondence, 1981-1982 (File 11)

Cotton was a member of the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1981 to 1982.

Correspondence with Sir John Carrick on Constitution, 1996-2000 (File 12)

Honorary Doctorate of Science - University of Sydney, 1994-1995 (File 13)

Personal card to Cotton from Morris West after triple bypass heart operation, 1996 (File 14)

Series 2. Personal, travel and political writings, 1939-2000

Cotton was an avid writer on many topics throughout his life. As a young man he documented his travels in remote parts of Australia in journals and photographs, and continued to keep travelogues for most of his life.

This series includes Cotton's travel writings, political essays, diaries, speeches and memoirs from throughout his life. Most of these writings are unpublished. Cotton made a list of his essays and travel journals in about 2000, which can be found in Folder 48 in this series.

Some correspondence (eg. Cotton's letters to his family during his term as Ambassador in Washington) has been retained in this series because it was collocated with Cotton's other writings when it arrived at the Library.

Some of these writings are related to photographic material contained in Series 11.

Into Two Corners and Pubook Plain - journey - notes on trip to Coopers Creek and upper North Eastern Australia, 1939 (File 1)

Into Two Corners - notes and photographs relating to journey to Coopers Creek and upper north-east Australia, 1939 (File 2)

Journal, 1943-1944 (File 3)

Overseas trip - USA/UK, 1973-1974 (File 4)

The Middle Way, 1949 (Item 5)

Articles

Record of discussion with well-known economist Colin Clark on 11 September 1951, 1951 (File 6)

IPU visit, 1966-1967 (File 7)

Diary of trip to South East Asia, June/July 1969 (Item 8)

Mixed economy: Australian style - an address to the Textile Institute (New South Wales Section) - Sydney Opera House, 26 October 1981 (File 9)

The central story - work writing plan, 1980s (File 10)

Section 3 - autobiography (File 11)

Covers years 1941 to 1950 or 1951

Section 4 - autobiography (File 12)

Covers years 1952-1965

The Fortunate Isles, 1946-1947 (File 13)

Photocopy of typescript

There isn't a train I wouldn't take, 1978-1981 (File 14)

Letters to family from USA, 1984-1985 (File 15)

That Long Summer, 1965 (File 16)

The Fortunate Isles, 1946-1947 (File 17)

Bound typescript

Inter-parliamentary visit (journal) (i), 1967 (File 18)

Inter-parliamentary visit (journal) (ii), 1967 (File 19)

Big River, 1980 (File 20)

Typescript

Past Years, or, The Years - Time gone by for two people - sections 1 and 2 (File 21)

Cotton's autobiography

Visit to Europe - Part II, 1968 (File 22)

Norfolk Island, 1950 (Item 23)

Soviet Russia and many other places in the winter months of 1967, 1967 (Item 24)

Bound photocopy

My Grandfather (File 25)

Short articles (various), 1980s (File 26)

Autobiographical writings (File 27)

Includes chapter 'The Senate Years - Section 3, part 2'

Horse Racing, 1980s (File 28)

Address to American Australian Association luncheon, 7 September 1978 (File 29)

An Australian in America : a memory - autumn luncheon address at The Australian Club, 23 March 1994 (File 30)

Articles for 'Australian Outlook', 1969 (File 31)

Includes Gold in Australia; Seven Weeks in South-East Asia

Articles - various, some published, 1975-1989 (File 32)

Includes some correspondence with publishers

Darwin, Northern Territory - White Russians in Katherine, 1984-1985 (File 33)

Letters from New York (drafts), 1979 (File 34)

Personal notebook from USA on ships, rivers, 1970s (File 35)

Connecticut Summer: an essay, 1983 (File 36)

Caribbean Twins, 1983 (File 37)

Washington DC

Letters to family from Washington (i), 1982-1984 (File 38)

Letters to family from Washington (ii), 1982-1984 (File 39)

Letters to family from Washington (iii), 1982-1984 (File 40)

Writings - draft typescripts - including Battle of the River Plata; Horse Racing; Later Years - the final story, 2002 (File 41)

Burgundy Days, 1981-1982 (File 42)

Sydney

Personal essays - series three, 1975-1976 (File 43)

About time' or 'Past writings' - an essay series, 1983 (File 44)

Washington DC and other places, June 1983

Titles - potential series of articles or essays, 1980s (File 45)

Titles only, no actual content

Untitled travel journal or memoir, 2000s (File 46)

Pages 416-547 only

Big River, 1980 (File 47)

Manuscript in spiral bound notebook

Past and future writing programme by Robert Cotton, 2000 (File 48)

Lists Cotton's own writings from 1940-2000, many of which appear to be held in this collection

Why the Senate, 2000 (File 49)

Also titled The Senate Years. Annotated typescript, also includes related news clippings and correspondence

Series 3. Royal Australian Air Force Flying Log Book, 1942-1943

Cotton trained as pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 and 1943 but did not see war service as he was seconded to the Department of Supply.

Royal Australian Air Force Flying Log Book, 1942-1943 (Item 1)

Details of Cotton's flying training at Parafield and Mallala flying training schools during the Second World War.

Series 4. Farming and grazing records, 1947-1974

This series comprises financial records, correspondence, and other papers relating to Carrington Park, Oberon Estates Pty Ltd and other business interests, photographs, notes and other papers realting to family activities in Oberon.

This series was part of a consignment received from Cotton in March 1982, formerly contained in boxes 1 and 1A in MS 6730.

The financial records (Items 5-7) in this series are not available for research until 2016.

Letter by John B. Snell, a stud farmer who was related to a stud-pioneering family, transfer certificates, breeders certificates and other papers relating to Hampshire sheep, 1947-1956 (Item 1)

Jottings titled 'Notes for this year' (no date); other brief notes about family activities at Oberon (File 2)

Telephone and address book (File 3)

Photographs of Hampshire Down sheep belonging to the Cotton family, 1957 (Item 4)

Financial statements for Carrington Park and Oberon Estates Pty Ltd including details of farming and grazing interests, 1963-1972 (Item 5)

Not available for research until 2016

Balance sheets and financial records of Oberon Estates Pty Ltd, Elworthy and Cotton, Timber Industries Ltd, Cotton's Pty Ltd, 1971-1974 (Item 6)

Not available for research until 2016

Sundry financial records and correspondence, 1971-1974 (Item 7)

Not available for research until 2016

Series 5. Early political career - news clippings, 1962-1970

This series contains news clippings from Cotton's early political career and entry to the Senate.

News clippings relating to political career, 1962-1970 (File 1)

Series 6. Senator and Minister - overseas visit briefings, 1966-1981

This series contains records pertaining to the overseas travel Cotton undertook in an official capacity variously as a Senator, Minister for Civil Aviation, and Minister for Industry and Commerce in the 1960s and 1970s.

Most of records in this series were added in 1994 and were contained in boxes 2 and 3 prior to 2008. Further records of a similar nature were added to this series from the July 2007 addition.

The records in this series are closed under the Archives Act and are not available for research.

Brief for Australian Delegation to the South Pacific Forum Meeting, Nauru, 26-28 July 1976 (Item 1)

Formerly located box 2 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Report of the Australian Delegation to the 7th South Pacific Forum, Nauru, 26-28 July 1976 (Item 2)

Formerly located box 2 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Brief for visit to Japan by the Minister for Industry and Commerce, Senator Robert Cotton, October 1976 (Item 3)

Formerly located box 2 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Brief for the Australian Delegation to the Sixteenth South Pacific Conference, Noumea, 20-29 October 1976 (Item 4)

Formerly located box 2 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Brief for the Prime Minister of Australia. Visit to Australia by His Royal Highness Prince Tu'ipelehake, Prime Minister of Tonga, 30 March-3 April 1977 (Item 5)

Formerly located box 2 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Brief for the visit of Senator Robert Cotton, Australian Government representative to the 15th anniversary of independence celebrations of Western Samoa, June 1977 (Item 6)

Formerly located box 2 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Brief for the Prime Minister of Australia. Talks with Prime Minister Somare of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, 28 August 1977 (Item 7)

Formerly located box 2 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Official's brief - Prime Minister's talks with Prime Minister Somare of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, 28 August 1977 (Item 8)

Formerly located box 2 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Brief for the Prime Minister of Australia. Eighth South Pacific Forum Meeting, Port Moresby, 29-31 August 1977 (Item 9)

Formerly located box 3 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Officials' brief - eighth South Pacific Forum Meeting, Port Moresby, 29-31 August 1977 (Item 10)

Formerly located box 3 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Brief for the visit by the Minister for Industry and Commerce Sir Phillip Lynch to International Business Opportunity Programme, Davos, 1981 (Item 11)

Formerly located box 3 (added 1994). Added to this series during processing of additional material in February 2007.

Visit of Australian Parliamentary Delegation to South-East Asia, 1966 (File 12)

Visit to Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore - report of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation, 1966 (Item 13)

Daily diary for overseas trip to Europe and United States of America as Minister for Civil Aviation, 1971 (File 14)

Government Management Plans, 14 December 1975 (File 15)

Record of visit to Tokyo as Minister for Industry and Commerce, 1976 (File 16)

Papua New Guinea visit, 1977 (File 17)

Loose photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and Cotton (Minister for Civil Aviation) - opening of international airport terminal, Sydney, 1970 (File 18)

Letter to Sir Henry Bland dated 12 January 1976 regarding government management; memo to Prime Minister regarding Industry and Commerce Department construction, 1975-1976 (File 19)

Series 7. Political memorabilia and honours, 1957-1993

A number of objects, mementoes and official honours presented to Cotton during the course of his political and diplomatic career.

Framed portrait in pencil of Bob Cotton, 1957 (Item 1)

'The Bulletin - with the editor's compliments' on verso

Framed certificate of appointment as Minister for Civil Aviation, 1969 (Item 2)

Framed certificate of appointment as Minister for Industry and Commerce, 1975 (Item 3)

Framed photograph of Cotton signed by David Rockefeller, 1979 (Item 4)

Engraved silver plate, 1959 (Item 5)

Engraved with the words 'Presented to Robert Carrington Cotton in appreciation of his services as New South Wales State President of The Liberal Party of Australia 1956-1959'

Wooden door sign 'Senator Sir Bob Cotton' (Item 6)

Appointment of Cotton as Knight Commander of Order of St Michael and St George, 1977 (Item 7)

Order of Australia, 1993 (Item 8)

Series 8. Ministerial photograph albums, 1968-1977

Commemorative photograph albums relating to events and functions from Cotton's ministerial service, especially as Minister for Civil Aviation.

Parliamentary and miscellaneous, 1968-1977 (Item 1)

Visits as Minister for Civil Aviation, 1969-1972 (Item 2)

Opening of various airports - Minister for Civil Aviation, 1970-1971 (Item 3)

Overseas trip - ICAO Conference, June-July 1971 (Item 4)

Series 9. Consul-General and Ambassador to the United States of America, 1978-1985

This series contains records and memorabilia from Cotton's period serving as Consul-General in New York and Ambassador in Washington, including letters of introduction, papers relating to official functions and visits, and registers of official entertainment.

Further material relating to this period in Cotton's career can also be found in Series 1 and 2.

Letters of introduction to American industry leaders from Malcolm Fraser, 1978 (File 1)

Notes for discussion with the Prime Minister at Kirribilli House regarding appointment to Washington as Australian Ambassador, 1 May 1982 (File 2)

Correspondence relating to visit to the floor of the United States Senate, 1983 (File 3)

Cotton, as the Australian Ambassador, was received on the floor of the US Senate with Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating in June 1983

Press coverage of President Reagan's comments at Ambassador's presentation of credentials, 1982 (File 4)

Colour photographs - Ambassador - F/A-18 Hornet acquisition, 1982-1985 (File 5)

Ambassador to the United States of America - photograph album, 1982-1985 (File 6)

Visitor book - Australian Embassy, Washington DC, 1982-1985 (File 7)

Official entertainment register for One Beekman Place, New York, 1978-1981 (File 8)

Includes menus, guest lists, placements

Official entertainment register for Australian Embassy, Washington DC, 1982-1984 (File 9)

Includes menus, guest lists, placements

Interim Committee of the Political Exchange Program - scrap album containing membership profiles, programs, news articles, photographs, 1983 (File 10)

Includes menus, guest lists, placements

Series 10. Photographs of Cotton, 1950s-1994

This series includes photographs of Cotton in official capacities as Senator, Minister, and Ambassador to the United States, and a small number of family photographs.

New York, 1979-1981 (File 1)

Senate and political, 1969-1979 (File 2)

F/A 18A - first Hornet handover, St Louis, Missouri, 1984 (File 3)

Footsteps photographic exhibition opening, Meridian House, Washington, 1984 (File 4)

Queen and Princess Anne at Mascot International opening, 1970 (File 5)

Commissioning HMAS Darwin and Sydney, Seattle, 1983-1984 (File 6)

Ambassador in Washington, 1982-1985 (File 7)

Minister for Civil Aviation, 1969-1972 (File 8)

Washington DC, 1982-1985 (File 9)

Family, 1950s-1990s (File 10)

Portraits of Cotton as Senator, 1970s (File 11)

Family, 1993-1994 (File 12)

Robert Cotton - Master of Economics - Boulder, Colorado (File 13)

Ministerial career, 1970s (File 14)

Also includes small amount of miscellaneous correspondence.

Coral Sea 50 year commemoration - US presidential visit, 1992 (File 15)

Also includes small amount of miscellaneous correspondence.

Series 11. Photographic pursuits, ca. 1936-2005

This series contains many prints and negatives of photographs taken by Cotton over his seventy years as an amateur photographer.

Some photographs are related to the travel journals found in Series 2.

There is also correspondence and ephemera relating to this pursuit, especially relating to several exhibitions and publications.

Trees of the Australian dry inland around Broken Hill; dry creek series and Menindee Lake mid 1930s; Victorian Alps, 1936 (File 1)

Black and white prints and negatives

Early days - Victorian high country; Coopers Creek - north; West Darling - west; Broken Hill - corner, 1936 (File 2)

Black and white prints and negatives

Rambling Holiday by Robert Cotton - mainly concerning a walking tour from Healesville to Erica via the Cumberland and the Baw Baw Plateau (File 3)

Typescript illustrated with black and white prints

Golf club in Queensland (Item 4)

Black and white prints

Autobiography - section 3 (years 1958-1978) including section on 'The Senate Years' (File 5)

Draft typescript

Journey to Coopers Creek (Into Two Corners) and photographs 1939 - HLC Cotton, RC Cotton, Bob Jolley, George Clark, Roger McFarlane, Cecil W Salier (File 6)

Draft typescript with proposed list of photographs for illustration

Correspondence regarding joint exhibition at Wagner Art Gallery with daughter Judy in Sydney (last exhibition), March 2005 (File 7)

'Beaches and surfers' or 'Surfing scenes' by Robert Cotton at Coolangatta, Queensland, 1997 (Item 8)

Contains typescript, news clippings, ephemera and black and white prints

More pre-war combined trip to Coopers Creek - Bob, Dad, Clark, Salier, McFarlane - volume 1 of 2, 1938 (File 9)

Black and white prints, captioned on verso

Coopers Creek - volume 2 of 2, 1938 (File 10)

Black and white prints, captioned on verso

Garigal National Park and Deep Creek to Narrabeen Lakes with dogs (Deep Creek dog dry) by Robert Cotton, 1980s (File 11)

Black and white prints with map and introduction by Cotton

Coolangatta, 1997 (File 12)

Black and white prints with map

Victoria Falls exhibition and handbook, 1989-1995 (File 13)

Black and white prints with catalogue records from National Gallery of Australia

Footsteps II exhibition catalogue (annotated), 1986 (File 14)

Photocopy

Colour groups: American seasons - a colour series, 1980s (Item 15)

Colour slides

List of Cotton's colour photographs; photographic landscapes, 1992 (File 16)

Contains colour prints

List of historically important Broken Hill mining industry photographs circa 1888 - conserved by Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1980s (File 17)

Also contains news clipping 'Class of '69' from Sunday Age, 10 September 1989

Canberra and district photos, 2005 (File 18)

Black and white prints, contact sheets, and negatives

Palm Beach, Kirribilli, 1980s (File 19)

Colour negatives

Dunk Island? (File 20)

Black and white negatives

Unidentified black and white negatives (File 21)

Trees of the West Darling plains, mid 1930s (File 22)

Black and white prints

Views - Judy and [?] in winter (File 23)

Black and white prints

Correspondence and ephemera relating to Footsteps II: photographs in some countries - exhibition, 1986 (File 24)

Correspondence with Jane Weinberger, Windswept House Publishers, regarding book on Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1986-2002 (File 25)

Includes Footsteps II exhibition catalogue and uncaptioned black and white prints

New Zealand and Wellington (File 26)

Black and white prints

List of potential books; exhibition ephemera, 2002 (File 27)

Notes and lists of photographs - Coopers Creek 1939 and North West corner series, 1990s? (File 28)

Includes some black and white negatives and contact prints

Black and white prints: HMAS Sydney (identification number 03); unidentified beach scene, 1980s? (Item 29)

Black and white prints of waterfalls (Item 30)

Exhibitions documentation, 1984-1992 (File 31)

Ephemera on Footsteps and 200 Years on the Potomac exhibitions; curriculum vitae on amateur photographic career; list of photographs in institutional collections.

Footsteps series by Robert Cotton - loan details, 1984-1996 (File 32)

2005 father/daughter exhibition at Wagner Art Gallery - press clippings; black and white negatives, 2005 (File 33)

Negatives may relate to 2005 exhibition

Correspondence - Footsteps II exhibiton in Honolulu, 1985 (File 34)

Correspondence with galleries on potential exhibitions, 1991-1993 (File 35)

Correspondence - Washington and Potomac exhibition, 1991-1992 (File 36)

Press clippings about Chesapeake and Ohio photographs, 1986 (File 37)

Pictures of Lyme - snow/stone walls, 1980s? (File 38)

Narrabeen Lakes, Deep Creek - notes and black and white prints, 1990s? (File 39)

Correspondence relating to exhibitions given in USA during term as Ambassador, 1984-1985 (File 40)

Also includes colour prints and negatives of pictures on display in exhibition

Correspondence with National Library of Australia - photography and writing, 1995-1997 (File 41)

Article in 'Australian Photography' magazine, January 1986, 1985-1986 (File 42)

Correspondence with Jane Weinberger, 1985-1996 (File 43)

Negatives, 1983-1989 (File 44)

Early family - Broken Hill - Oberon, 1930s-1950s (File 45)

Negatives and prints

Victoria Falls - correspondence, 1989-1990 (File 46)

Correspondence regarding photography, 1984-1988 (File 47)

Footsteps (I and II) exhibition catalogues; Canal Calendar layout sheets, 1984-1986 (File 48)

Series 12. Images from Footsteps exhibitions, 1980s

Includes prints used for Cotton's Footsteps and Footsteps II exhibitions.

The prints in this series were mounted in aluminium frames when they were donated at the Library. For preservation reasons, Library staff have dismounted the prints and discarded the frames.

Material in this series is contained in 5 folio boxes.

Series 13. Images from joint exhibition with Judy Cotton, 2005

This series comprises contact sheets of Cotton's photographs exhibited in a joint exhibition with his daughter Judy Cotton in 2005 at the Wagner Art Gallery, Paddington, NSW. They feature scenes from Broken Hill and Oberon taken in the 1930s.

Consists of 1 elephant folio.

Series 14. Interview transcripts, 1987-1994

Transcripts of biographical interviews of Cotton

Interview undertaken as part of Parliamentary Oral History Project, 1987-1992 (File 1)

Includes transcript, news clippings, correspondence

'The Liberals' - ABC documentary, 1994 (File 2)

Includes transcript of interview, correspondence, news clippings

Series 15. Annotated published materials, 1971-1993

Published materials containing annotations by Cotton

Broken Hill 1915-1939 by RHB Kearns, 1975 (Item 1)

Townsville at war : a soldier remembers by Herbert C Jaffa, 1992-1993 (Item 2)

Also contains copy of letter from Cotton to the author dated 8 December 1993

Report from the Senate Select Committee on offshore petroleum resources, 1971 (Item 3)

Front endpapers autographed by members of the committee

Container List

Series File/Item Box
1 1-9 1
1 10-14 2
2 1-5 2
2 6-12 3
2 13-17 4
2 18-24 5
2 25-31 6
2 32-38 7
2 39-45 8
2 46-49 9
3 1 9
4 1-4 10
4 5-7 11
5 1 12
6 1-8 13
6 9-11 14
6 12-19 15
7 1-7 Folio Box 1
7 8 Folio Box 2
8 1-2 Folio Box 2
8 3-4 Folio Box 3
9 1-6 12
9 7-9 16
9 10 Folio box 4
10 1-6 16
10 7-13 17
10 14-15 18
11 1-7 18
11 8-15 19
11 16-23 20
11 24-32 21
11 33-40 22
11 41-48 23
12 Folio Box 4
12 Folio Box 5
12 Folio Box 6
12 Folio Box 7
12 Folio Box 8
13 Elephant folio drawer
14 1-2 24
15 1-3 24

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