Guide to the Papers of Professor Arthur Berriedale Keith (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1678-M1681
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
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Series Gen. 140. Colonial Office correspondence, 1901 - 1914
Correspondents include A.V.Dicey, Sir Charles Lucas, E. im Thurm. (1907), A. Deakin (1907), Sir Thomas Carmichael (1908-9), Sir Gerald Strickland (1908-9), W.P. Reeves (1908), Sir William MacGregor (1909), Lord Chelmsford (1909), A. Atlee Hunt (1909) and Sir Joseph Ward (1909)...
Series Gen. 141. Colonial Office correspondence, 1901 - 1914
Correspondents include A.V. Dicey, Sir Gerald Strickland (1909-12), Sir Thomas Carmichael (1909-12), Lord Dudley (1909), Sir George Reid (1910), Sir Joseph Ward (1910-11), Lord Chelmsford (1911-12), Sir John Fuller (1911), Sir Samuel Way (1911), Sir William MacGregor (1910-11), D. Bosanquet (1910-11), and Lord Liverpool (1912)...
Series Gen. 142. Colonial Office correspondence, 1901 - 1914
Correspondents include Sir Charles Lucas, A.V. Dicey, Sir Gerald Strickland (1912-14), Sir William MacGregor (1912-13), Lord Liverpool (1912-14), Lord Chelmsford (1913), Sir Henry Galway (1913-14), Lord Carmichael. (1913-14), T.A. Coghlan (1913-14), Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson (1914), Sir Arthur Stanley (1914), A. Fisher (1914) and G.F. Pearce (1914)...
Series Gen. 143. Correspondence about constitutional issues, 1908 - 1939
Private letters AKB, 1916 to 1917, 1916 - 1917 (File Gen. 143/4)
Correspondents include Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson (1916), Sir Arthur Stanley (1916-17), Sir Gerald Strickland (1916-17), G.C. Wade (1917), Sir James Burns (1917) and A.V. Dicey (1917). They deal with Commonwealth-State relations, relations between the Colonial Office and governors, Imperial federation, republicanism in Australia, the future of the German colonies, Australia's relations with the United States, Australian electoral systems, Australian politics, conscription referendum, W.M. Hughes, tariffs, 1916 coal strike, 1917 general strike, recall of Sir Gerald Strickland in 1917, proposed abolition of Queensland Legislative Council, possible abolition of State Governors, Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, and the travels of governors...
Queensland, Australia (File 143/5)
Correspondence and cuttings concerning appointments to the Queensland Legislative Council, the petition urging the disallowance of the 1920 Brisbane Tramway Purchase Act, the mission to Britain led by Sir Robert Philp seeking the annulment of the 1920 Queensland Land Act (Amendment) Bill, and the letters to the Times by Keith and E.G. Theodore on constitutional questions. The correspondents include Sir Arthur Stanley and H. Beeton, Chairman of the Brisbane Electric Tramway Investment Company...
Commonwealth topics 1: Australia, Bahamas, Canada, 1925 - 1933 (File 143/6)
Correspondence concerning the knighthood conferred on D.G. Gordon of South Australia (1925), the proposed abolition of the N.S.W. Legislative Council (1926), Trethowan's Case (1931), the appointment of Sir Isaac Isaacs as Governor-General (1931), the Western Australian secession movement (1931-35), the dismissal of J.T. Lang (1932), and relations between the United Australia Party and the Country Party (1933). The correspondents include G. Gilmour, F. Watson, F.W. Tonkin, D. Maughan, J.R. Brinkley, T. Darbyshire, J.G. Latham and S.M. Bruce...
Private letters ABK, 1910-1918/1908-1938, 1908 - 1928 (File 143/7)
Correspondents include Sir Thomas Carmichael, Sir Gerald Strickland, W.S.B. Hamilton, Sir Day Bosanquet and Sir Arthur Stanley. They deal with the role of State governors, Commonwealth-State relations, Victorian politics and the 1909 dissolution, honours, British politics, constitutional disputes, Lord Dudley, Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, Sir John Madden, W.A. Watt and Sir Gerald Strickland, 1908-19...
Commonwealth topics: List inside. Literary 3, 1912 - 1932 (File 143/9)
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G. Scholefield (Wellington) to Keith, 14 January 1929 (Item 33)
References to New Zealand in Responsible government in the Dominions.
F.W.S. Cumbrae-Stewart to Keith, 17 May 1929 (Item 43)
References to Queensland in Responsible government in the Dominions.
Lord Chelmsford (Sydney) to Keith, 6 August 1912 (Item 45)
Treatment of Queensland crisis in Responsible government in the Dominions.
Correspondence with Sir Thomas Inskip referring to assent given to money bill in 1925 by Lieutenent-Governor of Tasmania, 1932 (Item 79-84)
F. Edwards to Keith, 18 October 1928 (Item 87)
References to Tasmania money disputes in 1924-25 and 1926 Constitution Act in Responsible government in the Dominions.
Dicey Correspondence, 1911-1915, 1911 - 1918 (File 144/2)
Letters from Keith to A.V. Dicey, 1911-18. They deal with treaties affecting self-governing Dominions, Imperial Federation, reserve powers, the power of Dominion Parliaments to repeal Imperial Acts, relations between Britain and the Dominions, appeals to the Privy Council, fiscal powers of the Dominions, Imperial Conferences, the role of the monarch in the Empire, the Dominions military and naval forces, interpretation of the Australian Constitution, protective tariff in New Zealand, New Zealand flag, and Dicey's Conflict of laws...
Series Gen. 145. Literary and general correspondence, 1911 - 1940
Literary General, 1916 - 1934 (File 145/1)
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Lord Bledisloe (Wellington) to Keith, 20 June 1934 (Item 11)
Sends pamphlet containing speeches; value of Constitutional law of British Dominions.
A.B. Keith. Report on thesis entitled 'A survey of the legal and constitutional history of New Zealand' (2 pp.) (Item 74)
Sir James Allen (Wellington) to Keith, 30 August 1928 (Item 75)
Keith's book on Dominions; debates in New Zealand Parliament on nationality and naturalization.
Literary Work, 1914-1924, 1915 - 1923 (File 145/2)
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J.G. Tucker (Sydney) to Keith, 30 August 1923 (Item 26)
Report on thesis on A. Deakin by Prof. W. Murdoch.
R. Crouch (Melbourne) to Keith, 7 July 1921 (Item 113)
Errors in Government of the British Dominions.
Keith to Sir James Allen, 8 November 1920 (Item 138)
Thanks for lecture on mandates question and Western Samoa.
J. Starling (Melbourne) to Keith, 27 July 1920 (Item 146-47)
Correction in Commonwealth Hansard re 1914 double dissolution.
Lord Stanley to Keith, 26 March 1920 (Item 152)
Australian vice-regal appointments; A. Robinson; W.A. Holman.
Lord Stanley to Keith, 19 March 1920 (Item 153)
Colonial Office; selection of Governor-General of Australia.
Literary Work, 1936-1938, 1936 - 1938 (File 145/3)
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H. Miller. Report on thesis by N.A. Foden 'The genesis of New Zealand's legal history' (2 pp.), 16 March 1936 (Item 19)
T.L. Buick (Wellington) to Keith, 18 May 1937 (Item 59)
Book on New Zealand sovereignty; question of New Zealand's relations with N.S.W. in 1839.
Correspondence between Keith and T.L. Buick, 17 November 1937 - December 1937 (Item 107 - 108)
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Public Affairs, 1939 -1941, 1939 - 1940 (File 145/4)
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A. Stirling (London) to Keith, 17 September 1940 (Item 116)
Relations between Australian naval forces and British Admiralty.
B. Helmore (Newcastle, N.S.W.) to Keith, 12 August 1939 (Item 173)
Controversy re role of Lord Wakehurst in political crisis; B. Stevens; H. Spooner.