Guide to the Papers of Norman Abjorensen
MS 8949
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: ©2003.
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Abjorensen, Norman
- Title
- Papers of Norman Abjorensen
- Date Range
- 1981-1992
- Collection Number
- MS 8949
- Extent
- 0.7 metres (5 boxes + 1 folio item)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
- Abstract
- Correspondence, typescript drafts, transcripts of interviews, research files, photographs, press releases, photocopies of newspaper cuttings and other printed material relating to Abjorensen's biography of Liberal Party leader, John Hewson.
Introduction
Scope and Content
This collection contains background information gathered in the preparation of Abjorensen's biography of Liberal Party leader, John Hewson, together with typescripts of the work. Additional papers include transcripts of interviews with Margaret and Carolyn Hewson, material relating to leadership challenges by Andrew Peacock, correspondence and contract with Lothian Books, research files, press releases, speeches by Hewson, photocopies of newspaper cuttings and photographs used in the book.
Access
The collection is available for reference.
Copying and Publishing
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Norman Abjorensen, National Library of Australia, MS 8949, [series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the National Library by Abjorensen in December 1995.
Biographical Note
Abjorensen has been a journalist for almost 30 years. He has been national editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, a special writer for the Age, political editor of the Sunday Herald and a feature writer for the Canberra Times. He also contributed chapters to recent books on Australian nationalism and the electoral process, and has taught journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute Technology. His work John Hewson: a biography was published by Lothian Books in 1993.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. John Hewson: a biography, 1981-1992
Family background (1) (File 8)
One letter by Monica Reynolds about the Hewson family, copy of family tree and photocopies of printed material.
The young Hewson (2) (File 9)
Transcripts of interviews with family members, photocopies of school magazines and journals featuring the young Hewson, also typescripts of chapters one and two of proposed book.
The postgraduate (4) (File 10)
Material relating to 'Australia 2000', including articles by Hewson (printed).
Business (6), 1990-1992 (File 11)
Transcripts of radio interviews with John Hewson, Haydn Sargent and Mathew Abraham and photocopies of newspaper clippings.
Liberal Party - The Mackay Report, 1992 (File 28)
The Keating/Hewson factor and Fight back publications.
Container List
| Series | File/Item | Box |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-9 | 1 |
| 10-18 | 2 | |
| 19-27 | 3 | |
| 28-36 | 4 | |
| 37-43 | 5 | |
| 44 | Folio Run |