Guide to the Papers of Peter Ryan

MS 9897, MS Acc12.099, MS Acc22.166, MS Acc23.006

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: September 2024

Collection Summary

Creator: Ryan, Peter, 1923-
Title: Papers of Peter Ryan
Date Range: 1927 - 2015
Collection Number: MS 9897, MS Acc12.099, MS Acc22.166, MS Acc23.006
Extent: 4.8 metres (20 boxes, 4 folio boxes)
Physical Facet: MS 9897 (13 MS Boxes)MS Acc12.099 (1 MS Box, 1 Folio Box)MS Acc22.166 (6 MS Boxes)MS Acc23.006 (3 Medium Folio Boxes)
Language of Materials: English
Repository: Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Content

The papers comprise correspondence, newspaper cuttings, talks, photographs, articles, research notes, reviews, handwritten notes, legal documentation, patrol reports and conference papers. The largest series in the collection relates to Manning Clark and consists of extensive newspaper cuttings, correspondence, drafts of articles and notes covering the controversy caused by Ryan's criticism in Quadrant (1993) of A History of Australia and Manning Clark as a historian generally, and claims by the Brisbane Courier Mail (1996) that Clark received an Order of Lenin medal during the Cold War.

Correspondents include Manning Clark, Sir Zelman Cowen, Geoffrey Blainey, Sir John Barry, Robin Boyd, Michael Cannon, L. F. (Fin) Crisp, Beatrice Davis, Geoffrey Dutton, Tom Fitzgerald, Ian Fitchett, Bill Gammage, Alec Hope, Sir Paul Hasluck, Sir Keith Hancock, Harry Jackman, Ken Inglis, John La Nauze, Alan Marshall, Sir Walter Murdoch, Susan Ryan, Alec Bolton, Ross Campbell, Blanche D'Alpuget, B. A. Santamaria, Geoffrey Serle, Kenneth Slessor, Gavin Souter, Jim Taylor, Patrick White, William Macmahon Ball, Hilary McPhee, Sir John Minogue, Stuart Macintyre, Stephen Murray-Smith, Hugh Stretton, Clem Semmler and Maslyn Williams.

The MS Acc12.099 consignment comprises personal and official correspondence relating to Ryan's published works (books, essays, articles) and official correspondence associated with Melbourne University Press. Also included are a small number of articles relating Ryan's criticisms of Manning Clark, print media relating to World War 1 and to Diggers in New Guinea during World War 2. Other papers include academic papers, copies of draft manuscripts and a full print run of "Tomorrow" magazine, Vol 1., 1946, Edited by Jack Bellow.The MS Acc22.166 instalment comprises correspondence, newspaper cuttings, certificates, obituaties, speeches, personal military records and honours, photographs, media, articles, research notes, reviews, employment documents, records from the Australian Commonwealth Repatriation Department, manuscripts, permits, requirements and permissions and book launch publicity. Some files are quite early personal papers from the 1920's through to the early 1940's. Additional correspondence with dates ranging from the 1940's to a time close to Peter Ryan's death in 2015. The instalment includes the complete files relating to Peter Ryan's best-known book 'Fear Drive My Feet.' In particular, the original copies of letters written during WWII to his mother became reference points in the writing of his book. The instalment has the complete files detailed about allowing Sgt Major Kari to be admitted to Australia from New Guinea in 1959. It also includes the files relating to a series of articles on The Pacific War commissioned by the National Times. Peter Ryan's Quadrant Columns form a complete collection of his newspaper works.The MS Acc23.006 instalment comprises five bound Guard books containing newspaper articles written by or about Peter Ryan, covering the years 1944 - 2006. The large scrapbooks include published articles pasted in and a rough index guide. The large scrapbooks also includes a few of loose newspapers and photocopies of articles.

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-vn3084331).

Copying and Publishing

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Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Peter Ryan, National Library of Australia [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The original consignment was purchased by the Library from Peter Ryan in December 2003. Further papers were received in 2012, 2022 and 2023.

Correspondence of Peter Ryan is held in a number of manuscript collections including the Papers of Manning Clark (MS 7550), Gavin Souter (MS 8604), L.F. Crisp (MS 5243), William Macmahon Ball (MS 7851) and Robert Brissenden (MS 8162). The Papers of Dymphna Clark (MS 9873), Stuart Macintyre (MS 9389) and Humphrey McQueen (MS 4809) contain similar material relating to the Manning Clark controversies of 1993 and 1996. The Papers of John Black (MS 8346) and Jim Taylor (MS 9218) both include material relating to the Hagen-Sepik patrol in Papua New Guinea, 1938-1939.

An oral history interview with Peter Ryan by John Farquharson (2000) is held in the Oral History Section at ORAL TRC 4631.

The Library also holds Ryan's published works, including: Fear drive my feet (1959); Redmond Barry (1972); William Macmahon Ball: a memoir (1990); Black bonanza : a landslide of gold (1991); Chance encounters: A.D. Hope with a memoir of A.D. Hope by Peter Ryan(1992); Lines of fire : Manning Clark and other writings (1997); Brief Lives(2004).

The University of Melbourne Archives holds records of the Melbourne University Press.

Arrangement

Most of the papers had been arranged by Peter Ryan into labelled and dated files that formed six logical series. The personal and semi-official correspondence was received in two expanding files (1962-1982 and 1983-1988) and a lever arch file in alphabetical order by name of correspondent. The remainder of the collection was filed in manila files.

The Library has retained the order of each of the files and, for the most part, the original file titles. The general arrangement into six series and the order of the files within series has been imposed by the Library, as has the series relating to Manning Clark (Series 6). As many of the manila files were large, it was often necessary to divide the contents into two or more envelope files. (Thus the file 'Articles and speeches prior to 1977', 1 of 2, indicates that the original file has been divided into two).

Biographical Note

Peter Allen Ryan was born on 4 September in 1923, one of three sons to Emmett Ryan and his wife Doreen (née Allen). After being educated at Malvern Grammar School, he joined the Victorian Crown Law Department. He left in 1941 at the age of eighteen to enlist in the Army. For eighteen months he worked on special intelligence work in New Guinea behind the Japanese lines, he won the Military Medal in 1943, and was mentioned in dispatches. When he returned to Australia he was posted to Victoria Barracks in Melbourne. In 1944-1945 he was an officer in the Army's Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs under Colonel Alf Conlon, serving both in Melbourne and at the LHQ School of Civil Affairs at Duntroon, Canberra.

In 1946 Ryan began studying at the University of Melbourne for an Arts degree, graduating with an honours degree in History in 1948. While studying Australian history he was taught by Manning Clark. Ryan eventually became Clark's publisher of the six volumes of a History of Australia. In 1993 Ryan caused a controversy by publishing a long essay in Quadrant criticising Clark's character and his writings.

Between 1958 and 1962, Ryan was Public Relations Manager of Imperial Chemical Industries, Australia and New Zealand (ICIANZ). In 1962 he became Director of Melbourne University Press (MUP), where he was to remain until his retirement in 1988. Works published during his directorship of MUP included the first twelve volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (to which Ryan was also a contributor), Insects of Australia and Norman Lindsay's Micomicana and books by such well-known authors as Manning Clark, Macfarlane Burnet, Paul Hasluck and A. D. Hope. Ryan was also pivotal in establishing the MUP's high quality publishing subsidiary, the Miegunyah Press.

Since the mid-1980s Ryan has held a number of executive positions, including member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (1985-1988); Executive Officer for the Council of Legal Education (1988-2003); Administrative Officer, the Council of Law Reporting in Victoria; and Secretary of the Victorian Board of Examiners for Barristers and Solicitors. He retired from the latter two appointments in 2003.

In addition to numerous articles in the press, including The Australianand The Age, and book reviews and articles for Quadrant, Ryan has written several books including Fear Drive My Feet (1959), Redmond Barry(1972), William Macmahon Ball: A Memoir (1990), Black Bonanza: A Landslide of Gold(1991), Chance Encounters: A.D. Hope with a memoir of A.D. Hope by Peter Ryan (1992), Lines of Fire : Manning Clark and Other Writings (1997) and Brief Lives (2004).

Ryan married Gladys Davidson on 23 May 1947 and they have one son and one daughter.

Who's Who in Australia 2005, p. 1645

Samuel Griffith Society website: http://www.samuelgriffith.org.au/index.html

Ryan, Peter. Lines of Fire: Manning Clark and Other Writings, 1997.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 9897. Original consignment, 1927-1939, 1962-2003 - Box 1-13 (MS 9897)

Comprises correspondence during Ryan's time as Director of Melbourne University Press (1962-1988), newspaper cuttings, talks, photographs, articles, research notes, reviews, handwritten notes, legal documentation, patrol reports and conference papers. There are papers on Alfred Conlon, head of the Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs during World War II, and Ryan's article on Conlon for the Australian Dictionary of Biography, as well as copies of early Papua New Guinea patrol reports. The largest series relates to Manning Clark and consists of extensive newspaper cuttings, correspondence, drafts of articles and notes covering the controversy generated by Ryan's criticisms of Clark and his History in 1993; and claims by the Brisbane Courier Mail in 1996 that Clark received an Order of Lenin medal during the Cold War.

Contained in 13 boxes.

Retrieval Advice

For Class MS 9897, refer to the 'Container List' table for a concordance of which series/subseries/files are contained in which boxes.

Series 1. Melbourne University Press, 1962-1988

This series contains Ryan's personal correspondence during his time as Director of Melbourne University Press (1962-1988). The correspondence was filed in a lever-arch file (1962-1972) and two expanding files (1962-1982 and 1983-1988 respectively). For each file, the correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

The correspondence includes both outgoing and incoming letters with authors and others regarding publishing projects, comments on manuscripts, jobs, references, invitations and congratulations on articles. The series also includes newspaper cuttings, photographs and several examples of file notes of telephone calls, meetings and conversations.

The last file, miscellaneous correspondence, contains a mixture of correspondence of both a personal and semi-official nature, including responses to articles written by Ryan, advice on manuscripts and replies to invitations. Ryan maintained this correspondence in a separate manila file.

Correspondents include Manning Clark, Sir Zelman Cowen, Sir John Bunting, Geoffrey Blainey, Sir John Barry, Robin Boyd, Michael Cannon, L.F. (Fin) Crisp, Beatrice Davis, Geoffrey Dutton, Tom Fitzgerald, Ian Fitchett, Bill Gammage, Alec Hope, Sir Paul Hasluck, Sir Keith Hancock, Harry Jackman, Ken Inglis, John La Nauze, Alan Marshall, Sir Walter Murdoch, Susan Ryan, Alec Bolton, Ross Campbell, Blanche D'Alpuget, B. A. Santamaria, Geoffrey Serle, Kenneth Slessor, Gavin Souter, Jim Taylor, Patrick White, William Macmahon Ball, Hilary McPhee, Sir John Minogue, Stuart Macintyre, Stephen Murray-Smith, Hugh Stretton, Clem Semmler and Maslyn Williams.

Subseries 1. Correspondence, 1962-1972

A-J (File 1)

K-Z (File 2)

Subseries 2. Correspondence, 1962-1982

A-C (File 3)

D-F (File 4)

G-J (File 5)

K-M (File 6)

N-R (File 7)

S (File 8)

T-W (File 9)

Subseries 3. Correspondence, 1983-1988

A (File 10)

B (File 11)

C (File 12)

D-F (File 13)

G-J (File 14)

K-L (File 15)

M (File 16)

N-R (File 17)

S-T (File 18)

W-Z (File 19)

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1976-1980 (File 20)

Series 2. Articles, speeches and reviews, 1967-1998

This series mainly consists of articles and reviews for the Age, National Times, Sydney Morning Herald, Financial Reviewand the Australian Broadcasting Commission. It also includes correspondence with editors and publishers, as well as responses from readers, original typed reviews together with the published version, and invoices and payments received for articles and reviews written by Ryan.

The series is well organised into manila envelope files with titles named and written by Ryan. From 1981, Ryan maintained a list of the articles, the newspapers they were written for and the fees received inside the cover of each file.

The file titled 'Nation Years' consists of correspondence with Penguin relating to 'Nation Years', a book contracted for but never prepared or published. The book was to be a study of the Sydney-based journal, the Nation, from the late 1950s until the 1970s. Ken Inglis later edited a book on the journal, Nation: The Life of an Independent Journal of Opinion, 1958-1972 (1989).

The last file, miscellaneous correspondence, mainly contains responses from readers in relation to articles written by Ryan.

Correspondents in this series include Leonie Kramer, Russell Drysdale, Ken Inglis, Paul Hasluck, Ian Fitchett, Harry Jackman, Manning Clark, Alec Hope, E. G. Whitlam, Betty Riddell, Allan Martin, Lady Casey, Geoffrey Blainey, Tom Fitzgerald, Maslyn Williams, Sir Walter Crocker, Don Baker, Geoffrey Dutton and Judith Wright.

Articles and speeches prior to 1977, c.1967-1977 (File 1_2)

Articles and speeches, 1978 (File 3)

Articles and speeches, 1979 (File 4)

Articles and speeches, 1980 (File 5)

Newspaper articles, 1981 (File 6_7)

'Nation Years', 1982-1984 (File 8)

Newspaper articles, 1983 (File 9)

Articles, 1984 (File 10)

Articles, 1985 (File 11)

Articles, 1986 (File 12_13)

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1987-1988 (File 14)

Series 3. Alfred Conlon (1908-1961), 1962-2001

During World War II Ryan worked under Colonel Alfred Conlon, head of the Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs, an Army research unit established at Land Headquarters. The main aim of the Directorate was to provide policy advice on the military government of Papua and New Guinea, and more general direct advice to the Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Thomas Blamey.

Ryan's 'A. A. Conlon' file contains correspondence, photographs, draft articles, reviews, articles, research papers, research notes and newspaper cuttings. Much of the correspondence refers to the search for Conlon's papers.

The last file in this series, 'Australian Dictionary of Biography article on Alf Conlon, 1990-1991', relates to Ryan's article on Conlon for Volume 13 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB). The file contains a draft article, correspondence with the ADB, research material and photocopies of the completed article.

Correspondents include Tom Fitzgerald, George Munster, Bob Reece, Sir Harold White, Stephen Murray-Smith and Harry Jackman.

A. A. Conlon, papers and research notes, 1962-2001 (File 1_4)

Australian Dictionary of Biography article on Alf Conlon, 1990-1991 (File 5)

Series 4. Libel action: Ryan v IPEC Australia Ltd, Richard Walsh and Owen Webster, 1971-1973

On 10 January 1971, Owen Webster wrote an article, which was published in The Sunday Review, as a response to an article written by Ryan in the Australian which criticised the Commonwealth Literary Fund Fellowships. Ryan made a claim for defamation in relation to Webster's article.

This series relates to Ryan's libel action against IPEC Australia Ltd, Richard Walsh and Owen Webster. It mainly comprises correspondence, particularly with Ryan's legal representatives, newspaper cuttings (including the original Ryan and Webster articles), affidavits and handwritten notes taken by Ryan following meetings, conversations and telephone discussions. Correspondents include Geoffrey Blainey, Michael Cannon, Stephen Murray-Smith and Olaf Ruhen.

The title and order of the original file has been retained.

Ryan v IPEC Australia, Richard Walsh and Owen Webster, 1971-1973 (File 1_2)

Series 5. Papua New Guinea Patrol Reports, 1927-1939

This series contains copies of patrol reports made by pre-World War The typescript patrol reports of J. K. McCarthy cover various districts of Two Papua New Guinea district officers, J. K. McCarthy, J.L. Taylor and John Black.

The typescript patrol reports of J. K. McCarthy cover various districts of Papua New Guinea and provide a survey of plantations and investigation of land disputes. There are also diary entries with descriptions of the country and people.

The 1938-1939 Hagen-Sepik patrol report by J. L. Taylor and John Black is more comprehensive and includes anthropological observations and a number of vocabularies made at an early point of contact. Bill Gammage wrote about the Hagen-Sepik patrol in his book, The Sky Travellers: Journeys in New Guinea, 1938-1939, which was published in 1998.

These copies were given to Ryan by the patrol officers themselves.

J. K. McCarthy Patrol Reports, 1927-1929 (File 1)

J. K. McCarthy Patrol Reports, 1932-1933 (File 2)

J. K. McCarthy Patrol Reports, 1934-1936 (File 3)

Hagen-Sepik Patrol Report by J. L. Taylor and John Black, 1938-1939 (File 4)

Series 6. Manning Clark, 1988-2003

Ryan was a former student of Manning Clark and publisher of Clark's six volume A History of Australia. In September 1993, two years after Clark's death, Quadrant published an article by Ryan, which criticised A History of Australia, Manning's work as an historian and his character in general. The article sparked a debate in the media amongst historians, academics, journalists and the wider Australian public.

This series consists of material relating to Manning Clark, from reviews of his work prior to his death in 1991 to contemporary references. The series comprises extensive newspaper cuttings, correspondence, reviews, conference papers, handwritten notes by Ryan, drafts of articles, articles, as well as notes of phone calls received by Ryan, notes for file, and obituaries of both Manning and Dymphna Clark. On many of the letters Ryan received he noted the date he replied to the letter, as well as his response.

Some of the papers in this series were already in files and were given titles. Papers not filed in files were arranged in sequential order by year date. Files 2-5 include papers relating to the 1993 controversy and similar material can also be found in Files 6 ('Manning Clark cuttings, letters and notes, 1993-1994') and 18 ('Peter Ryan v Manning Clark, 1993-1998). Files 9-13 contain material relating to the Manning Clark and Order of Lenin allegations.

Files 19 and 20 also contain stapled cuttings, correspondence and articles. Each of these has been compiled into files and the titles of each file have been retained. Both files include correspondence with Bruce Ruxton, head of the Returned Services League (RSL) in Victoria, whose card is attached to one of the files.

Correspondents include Colin Roderick, Heinz Arndt, Michael Cannon, Bruce Ruxton, Geoffrey Serle, Austin Gough, Elizabeth Durack and Peter Kelly.

Manning Clark, 1988-1992 (File 1)

Manning Clark, 1993 (File 2_4)

Manning Clark, 1994 (File 5)

Manning Clark cuttings, letters and notes, 1993-1994 (File 6)

Manning Clark, Quadrant, October (drafts), 1994 (File 7)

Manning Clark, 1995 (File 8)

Manning Clark, 1996 (File 9)

Manning Clark, Order of Lenin, 1996 (File 10_11)

Manning Clark, 1997 (File 12_13)

Manning Clark, 1998 (File 14)

Manning Clark, 1999 (File 15)

Manning Clark, 2000 (File 16)

Manning Clark, 2001-2003 (File 17)

'Peter Ryan v Manning Clark', 1993-1998 (File 18)

'Professor Manning Clark', 1997-2002 (File 19)

Manning Clark, 'The Unquiet Grave' (File 20)

Miscellaneous papers relating to Manning Clark (includes an undated postcard and a 1973 letter from Clark; cuttings of reviews on Clark's work by Colin Roderick, 1978; and undated articles by Peter Craven and Don Watson) (File 21)

Class MS Acc12.099. Consignment received 2012, c.1946-2010

Comprises personal and official correspondence relating to Ryan's published works (books, essays, articles) and official correspondence associated with Melbourne University Press. Also included are a small number of articles relating Ryan's criticisms of Manning Clark, print media relating to World War 1 and to Diggers in New Guinea during World War 2. Other papers include academic papers, copies of draft manuscripts and a full print run of "Tomorrow" magazine, Vol 1., 1946, Edited by Jack Bellow.

Contained in 1 box, 1 folio box.

Miscellaneous papers - correspondence, 2003 - 2007 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc12.099)

Contains letter correspondence, both handwritten and typed script.

Miscellaneous papers - correspondence, 2006 - 2007 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS Acc12.099)

Contains letter correspondence and Yayasan Tahija annual report.

Miscellaneous papers - correspondence, 2007 - 2008 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS Acc12.099)

Contains letter correspondence, both handwritten and typed script.

Miscellaneous papers - correspondence, 2004 - 2010 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS Acc12.099)

Contains letter correspondence, both handwritten and typed script. Including correspondence regarding Menzies Letters and masters thesis titled "The Print Media and the Yellow Peril in America: The San Francisco Chronicle and the Origins of the Japanese-American Immigration Dispute, 1905-1907" by Trader.

Miscellaneous papers - correspondence, 2010 - 2011 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS Acc12.099)

Contains correspondence regarding various articles and copies of articles.

Miscellaneous papers - correspondence, 2010 - 2011 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS Acc12.099)

Contains correspondence, both emails and letters, and copies of newspaper articles.

Miscellaneous papers - correspondence, 1961 - 2009 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS Acc12.099)

Contains correspondence regarding the Manning Clark obsequies, Melbourne University memorandum, Melbourne University publication list from 1958-1960, old newspaper clippings, and essay feedback.

Miscellaneous papers - correspondence, 1999 - 2006 (File 8) - Box 1 (MS Acc12.099)

Contains correspondence, including from Tony Abbott (former Australian prime minister), document titled "Display of Pictures and Memorabilia of the Great War, 1914-1918", invitations, and other documents related to Quadrant.

Miscellaneous papers - correspondence and newspaper clippings, 1988 - 2009 (File 9) - Box 1 (MS Acc12.099)

Includes invitations, correspondence, handwritten notes and newspaper clippings.

Tomorrow magazine, March 1946 - December 1946 (Item 10) - Folio-Box 2 (MS Acc12.099)

Contains copies of the magazine.

Class MS Acc22.166. Consignment received 2022, 1923 - 2015

Certificates and obituaries, 1923-2015 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc22.166)

Birth, marriage, death and educational certificates. Printouts of obituaries

Military service records and honours, 1941-1945 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS Acc22.166)

Original records and certificates including copies of patrol documents and correspondence, record of service booklet, citation and award military medal.

Certificate of Peter Ryan's appointment, 1945 (Item 2.1) - Folio-Box Shared

War letters, 1941-1943 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS Acc22.166)

Large selection of handwritten letters, over 300 pages from P. A. Ryan to his mother and brothers. A brief handwritten index prepared by P. A. RYAN. These letters were used as a reference point in the writing of his book of " Fear Drive My Feet " published in 1959. A hand-drawn Map of The Markham Valley showing 'Ryan's Lookout ". Original Breakfast Menu from " The M V Macddui ".

Employment, 1940-2003 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS Acc22.166)

Includes employment applications, references, resignations, related correspondence and atlas publications.

Records of Australian Commonwealth Repatriation Department, 1946-1965 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS Acc22.166)

Documents and records relating to war service.

Manuscripts, 1946 (File 6) - Box 2 (MS Acc22.166)

Handwritten notes, typescript stories and drafts, letters of submission and rejection and map used in frontispiece of book, published as "Fear Drive My Feet".

Permits, requirements and permission, 1959 (File 7) - Box 2 (MS Acc22.166)

Correspondence of approval for Sergeant Major Kari to leave New Guinea to enter Australia and return to New Guinea. Letters from Paul Hasluck who was the Minister for Territories and A. A. Roberts. Extensive records and correspondence encompassing the very detailed procedures that had to be followed to allow a local person to leave New Guinea to enter Australia in 1959. Sergeant Major Kari was permitted to enter Australia for the book launch of " Fear Drive My Feet ".

Book launch and publicity, 1959-2011 (File 8) - Box 2 (MS Acc22.166)

Large selections of newspaper cuttings, letters of congratulation following the launch of "Fear Drive My Feet" includes an original signed review by Keith McCarthy. Senate Question Paper relates to allegations of German Missionaries assisting the Japanese in WWII.

Labour Club and Civil Liberties, 1945-1964 (File 9) - Box 2 (MS Acc22.166)

Newsletters, pamphlets and typewritten articles.

Newspaper feature Australia's Pacific War (1), 1982-1983 (File 10) - Box 3 (MS Acc22.166)

Series of feature articles in The National Times in 1983. Documents, drafts, manuscripts and correspondence relating to a series of feature articles, includes manuscripts from Ruth Park and others.

Newspaper feature Australia's Pacific War (2), 1982-1983 (File 11) - Box 3 (MS Acc22.166)

Includes New Guinea maps.

Manuscript, cuttings and correspondence on Leigh Vial, 1932-1994 (File 12) - Box 3 (MS Acc22.166)

Manuscript, cuttings and correspondence relating to Leigh Vial's time, as a Kiap in New Guinea in the early mid 1930's. Edition of "Stand To" magazine with detailed article about Vial, "Golden Voice Vial" by H. J. Manning. One portrait of Leigh Vial.

Colour photographs and negative of photograph, 1994 (Item 12.1) - Folder MS Cold Store 4

5 photographs of Leigh Vial and monumental writing, a negative of Leigh Vial's photo.

Correspondence (1), 1953-2015 (File 13) - Box 4 (MS Acc22.166)

Correspondence including incoming and some outgoing letters relating to manuscripts, information, congratulations etc. Includes pamphlets.

Correspondence (2), 1953-2015 (File 14) - Box 4 (MS Acc22.166)

Correspondence including incoming and some outgoing letters relating to manuscripts, information, congratulations etc.

Speeches, 1954-1995 (File 15) - Box 4 (MS Acc22.166)

Speeches given by Peter Ryan including broadcast on ABC , addresses to Commando Association and Latham Lecture. Also includes copy of speech given by Manning Clark at launch of his Vol 5 and address by Sir Zelman Cowan: The Redmond Barry Centenary Oration.

Defamation action, 1995 (File 16) - Box 4 (MS Acc22.166)

Newspaper clippings from The Age. Correspondence. 1947 photo of Peter Ryan was used in the article which could have been misleading.

ASIO, 1999 (File 17) - Box 5 (MS Acc22.166)

Newspaper cuttings. Claim that Peter Ryan was an ASIO informant.

Photos and media, 1940-2001 (File 18) - Box 5 (MS Acc22.166)

Photos of Sergeant Major Kari, labelled photos of local people who supported PAR in his New Guinea parrols, publicity photos etc.

9 colour photographs, 1940-2001 (Item 18.1) - Folder MS Cold Store 4

Four photos of 2005 Melbourne Anzac Day;Pidgins English message on propaganda leaflet 1940's in New Guinea;Tex Trazier, Grand Marshal 4 July 2001;P A Ryan at MUP, Swanston Street, Circa 1970;P. A. Ryan with "Dusty" at MUP, Swanston Street, Circa 1980;Singin Pasom who was born at Wampangan Village (near Boana), Morobe District, Between 1900 and 1911, dead on 23 June 1998 at Boana.

Melbourne University Press members, 4 July 2010 (Item 18.2) - Digital-Carriers-Box DMA 4

1 item, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

CD of photos and drawings.

A discussion with Peter Ryan, 2009 (Item 18.3) - Digital-Carriers-Box DMA 4

1 item, Maxell 4.7GB, Data DVD (any content of recordable DVD-R)

CD of video for interview done with PAR by Reg Yates, approx. 1 hour.

Panoramic view of Shaggy Ridge (Item 18.4) - Folio-Box (Shared)

Connected 4 photos

Encyclopaedia of Papua New Guinea, 1972-1975 (File 19) - Box 5 (MS Acc22.166)

Scrapbook with letters, clippings and 12 black and white photographs on outside meeting.

An outside meeting, 1972-1975 (Item 19.1) - Folder MS Cold Store 4

A colour photograph.

Labor leaders, 1966 (Item 20) - Folio-Box Shared

Scrapbook with clippings of newspaper series.

Miscellaneous, n.d. (File 21) - Box 5 (MS Acc22.166)

Signed frontispiece of Caucus Minutes by Gough Whitlam. Copy of Melbourne Punch 1899. Copy of Gift Cheque Book and newspaper article with subject of a widespread Scam in Melbourne 1961