Guide to the Papers of Warren Osmond
MS 9612, MS Acc04.014
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Class MS 9612. Original consignment
Comprises correspondence, notebooks, research files and articles produced by Osmond, as well as cuttings, reviews, index cards, photocopies, and large amounts of printed material which he used to support his writing and research. Osmond's early involvement in the radical student movement of the late 1960s at Monash University and his political activism as a member of the New Left are reflected in several series. Of special interest are the papers which document Osmond's wide network of professional contacts, his expertise in international affairs, particularly in the Middle East, and fascination with Jewish matters, and the voice he gave through his work to marginal groups such as international students. There are notes and research materials for Ormond's biography of the Victorian politician and diplomat, Sir Frederic Eggleston (1875-1954). Correspondents include Henry Mayer, Humphrey McQueen, Dennis Altman, W. Macmahon Ball, Don Watson, Robert Haupt, Sir Walter Crocker, Sir Keith Hancock and Manning Clark. Also, original correspondence with members of Eggleston's family, particularly with his son Egan, and with Eggleston's associate, Sir John Condliffe (1891-1981)...
Series 12. Sir Frederic Eggleston, 1884-1986
Frederic William Eggleston, lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer was born in Brunswick, Melbourne on 17 October 1875. He served on Caulfield Council in 1912-1920 and was elected mayor in 1914-1915. After returning from the First World War he won the seat of St Kilda which he held until 1927. In the 1930s he was the first chairman of the Commonwealth Grants Commission, and in 1941 became Australia's first minister to China. Eggleston's career was also distinctive by virtue of his presence at both the post-war peace conferences at Versailles in 1919 and San Francisco in 1945. Like Osmond, Eggleston maintained a strong interest in sociological theory, the principles of which he sought to apply to aspects of public administration...
Subseries 12_2. Research files
Sound recordings (tape reels) thought to contain material relating to Osmond's research on Eggleston (File 75a)
[audio reel with unknown contents] (Item NLA.MS-SAV005141) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-024
MS folder says: 'Tapes thought to contain material relating to Osmond's research on Sir Frederic Eggleston'. Tape box says recorded music: 'Nashville Skyline' by bob Dylan; 'David's Album' and 'Farewell Angeline' by Joan Baez.
[audio reel with unknown contents] (Item NLA.MS-SAV005142) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-024
MS folder says: 'Tapes thought to contain material relating to Osmond's research on Sir Frederic Eggleston'. Tape box says: ' Track 1: Dan O'Neill; Track 2: Alan Roberts; Track 4: Brian Laver'.
[audio reel with unknown contents] (Item NLA.MS-SAV005143) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-024
MS folder says: 'Tapes thought to contain material relating to Osmond's research on Sir Frederic Eggleston'. No markings on tape or box