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Report card on Aboriginal education in British Columbia / Peter Cowley and Stephen Easton.

Japanese science, technology and economic growth down-under / edited by Morris Low and Helen Marriott.

George Munster - papers, 1917-1984

BOX 24
Papers relating to Connell’s secondary and tertiary studies, 193- - 1949 undergraduate and postgraduate studies, including notes for and draft of his PhD, The Educational Thought and Influence of Matthew Arnold, at the University of London Institute of Education

BOX 25
‘England’, 193-, including University of Melbourne Bachelor of Education course notes and outlines relating to history of education in 20th century England, 1939

‘Notebooks Early 1940s’, 193- - 1949, being five notebooks and loose notes

‘WFC Notes BEd 1938 … Primary Schools & Misc School Organization’

‘WFC Notes from BEd lectures ?’

‘WFC Undergrad notes 1936 – history’, 1936-1937, mainly relating to British history

BOX 26
Files (3) of Connell’s undergraduate notes 

Papers relating to Connell’s PhD studies at the University of London Institute of Education, 1947-1948including notes on Matthew Arnold 
Edited typescript of the book The Educational Thought and Influence of Matthew Arnold (1950)

BOX 27
‘Royalty statements re published books’, 1978-1979

‘London University D Litt’, 1983-1985, being correspondence relating to Connell’s D Lit (Ed) degree at the University of London Institute of Education

‘Correspondence with colleagues in USA, esp. University of Illinois’, 1956-1981

‘WFC Autobiographical Material’

‘WCF’s C.V. file’, including correspondence, curriculum vitae and caricature of Connell by Stephen Kemmis, presented to him on the occasion of his appointment of honorary membership of the Australian Association for Research in Education at Annual Conference Dinner, 10 Nov. 1979, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell

‘Selected WFC CVs / tributes / obits etc’, ca. 1976-2002, including correspondence, curriculum vitae, obituaries of Connell, and contact sheet of photographs of Connell, ca. 1976

‘CV (Assorted)’, 1937-1985, including correspondence and awards

‘Completely Misc.’, 1979-1996, including correspondence, notes and printed material

‘Correspondence – Miscell. and Personal’, being mainly professional correspondence, 1973-1992, with newscutting on school reform in Victoria, 1950

‘Correspondence – Personal’, 1976-1992, including personal and professional correspondence, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, 7 Jan. 2010

‘1980s – Correspondence esp. re history – ACER, NSWIER, V.I.E.R.’, 1981-1987, being correspondence with Australian Council for Educational Research, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, New South Wales Institute for Educational Research , Linda Frow and John M. Ward

‘Correspondence 1980s, 1970s’, 1977-1989, being professional correspondence

‘Correspondence with Australian Council for Educational Research’, 1952-1958

‘Travel’, 1930-1985, mainly relating to Connell’s overseas travel, including correspondence, itineraries and photographs, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell

‘Visit to Russia 1971’, 1970-1973, being mainly correspondence

Pocket notebook of expenses during travel in New York, 1959

BOX 28
‘Letters’, 1963-2000, being professional correspondence, including Connell’s requests for data for his book A History of Education in the Twentieth Century World

‘Letters re OBE, Mackie Medal & Retirement’, 1972-1978, being mainly congratulatory letters received

‘Correspondence, Misc’, 1976-1994

‘Corr re Books 1980s’, 1980-1986, including correspondence with publishers

‘Public Lending Right’, 1981-1997

‘Post-Retirement Activities’, 1989-2000, including correspondence

‘Personal papers & correspondence, including sale of 84 Bay St 7 Phillip St flat’, 1956-1979

‘House Plans, 34 Tanti Avenue [Mornington, Vic.]’, 195- - 1983

‘Misc’, 1891-2001, including correspondence and printed material

‘Completely Misc’, 1979-1996, being correspondence, notes and printed material

‘Pictures’, including pen & ink portrait of Connell by Allan Gamble, undated

‘MA Thesis Map’, being hand-drawn map, ‘Sphere of Mithraic Influence Throughout the Roman Empire’ for Master of Arts thesis, 1941

‘WFC tax returns’, 1972-1983

‘WFC superannuation & insurances’, 1951-1995

BOX 29
Files (6) relating to ‘publications proposed & completed’, 1948-1994, including correspondence with publishers, as noted on front cover by Patricia Selkirk, 13 Dec. 2009

‘Science Technology & the Secondary School’, relating to Connell’s article published in Conceptions of Curriculum Knowledge: Focus on Historical Movements (1985), edited by P. Pereira and T. W. Roby

‘Politicization of Education 1982’, relating to Connell’s paper presented at ANZHES [Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society]

Untitled file relating to rural education, with note on front cover by Patricia Selkirk, 6 Jan. 2010

‘Book: Sources in the History of Australian Education 1788-1970’, 1969-1975, relating to Connell’s contribution to book edited by Cliff Turney

‘Foundations of Secondary Education’, 1969, 1975, relating to proposed revision of book, including correspondence with Ian Jackson (lecturer in Education, James Cook University and issue of Russian journal, 1969

‘Book Reviews of ACER History’, 1977-1981

‘Pioneers’, 1979-1982, being correspondence relating to the book Pioneers of Australian Education Volume 3 (1983)

‘Articles’, 1968-1976, being some of Connell’s manuscript and typescript articles for publication, with annotations by Patricia Selkirk, 19 Sept. 2010

‘Review of Discipline Reviews for FAUSSA [Federated Australian University Staff Association]’, 1990-1991, relating to Connell’s article for Australian Universities’ Review

‘Education in Australia (Encyclopaedia article)’

‘WFC publications’, being offprints of article ‘Progressive Education Across the Continents: A Handbook (1995) and German versions, 1994

G. S. Browne & M. S. Brown’, 1990-1991, relating to Connell’s entry for the Australian Dictionary of Biography 

‘Book Review 1987’, relating to, and including draft of, review of The International Encyclopedia of Education, 10 vols (Oxford, 1985) for Australian Journal of Education

‘Article for ‘The Etruscan’’, 1960, being drafts of ‘Efficiency in Learning: The Underlying Principles and Conditions’

‘Curriculum Development in China & the USSR’, 1988-1991, relating to articles to International Encyclopedia of Education, including correspondence and drafts of articles

BOX 30
‘1988 Core Curriculum’, relating to, and including drafts of, the article The Search for a Core Curriculum in Secondary Education for the journal Curriculum Perspectives

‘Novak – Educational Studies & Issues Series’, 1975-1977, relating to, and including correspondence with, Ian Novak Publishing Co (Hunters Hill, NSW)

‘‘Schools in Action’ Book Series Project 1972’, 1972-1975, relating to booklet on Sweden, including correspondence with Stephen Kemmis

‘Academy of Social Sciences in Australia’, 1978-1981, including copy of paper, ‘Tasks and Challenges for the Social Sciences in the 1980s’ by Professor W. R. Geddes, featuring contribution by Connell on Educational Studies, presented Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils Fourth Conference, Bangkok, 19-24 Oct. 1981

Australian Education: A Review of Recent Research’ relating to, and including, Connell’s enclosed proof article, Research and Writing in the History of Education, 3 Nov. 1985, for book edited by John Philip Keeves

‘Reviews’, 1952-1981, being selected reviews by Connell

‘Historical Approaches to Teaching Methods 1981’, relating to, and including drafts of, Connell’s article for the International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies

‘Thinking Aloud: Conversations with Australian Educators’, 1982, being correspondence with Richard J. Bates (School of Education, Deakin University) relating to Connell’s transcript of interview for publication

‘Tradition & Change in Aust. Teacher Education’, 1978, relating to, and including article published in South Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, 17 Sept. 2009

‘Conservatism in Education’, 1984, relating to drafts of manuscript 

‘Late (Book) Projects’, being notes

‘’Curriculum Trends’ Paper’, being drafts of article, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, 1 Mar. 2009

‘Progressive Education’, including notes and drafts of chapter for History of Education in the Twentieth Century, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, 1 Mar. 2009

‘Educ Essays’, 1941, ca. 1970-1994, including 1985 plan for book, History of Education in the Twentieth Century on ‘ Buddhist Culture in Lanka: Some Ancient Seats of Learning’ by C. E. Godakumbura in Ceylon Daily News Vesak Number May 1941

‘Book reviews’, 1963, being reviews by Connell

‘Primary & Secondary Education in Australia’ being drafts of Connell’s chapter published in Education for Australians (1964) edited by R. W. T. Cowan

‘Bicentennial History’, 1979-1984, relating to Connell’s chapter on education and associated oral history project for 1938 Bicentennial history volume, including correspondence and drafts of chapter, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, 7 Jan. 2010

‘Publications, Papers’, 1953-ca. 1970, being various draft articles and chapters

BOX 31 
Papers relating to Tasmanian Education in the Next Decade (TEND) Committee, 1976-1980, including correspondence, transcripts of interviews, drafts and research material

BOX 32
‘Talks’, 1950-ca. 1979, including talks at school special days

‘The State and Education – Radio Dialogue’, 195-, including script with dramatis personae: Aristotle, Matthew Arnold, Bertrand Russell, Saint Augustine and Rousseau

‘Speeches’, 1941-ca. 1984, including ‘Inaugural Lecture. Sydney. Educational Theory in the Twentieth Century, 13-11-1957’

‘Assorted Talks, Papers’, including ‘D. J. Ross & Frank Tate Lectures, 1988’

‘Public Lecture – University of Otago – USSR Education’, being corrected typescript of Open Lecture, ‘The Communist Contribution to Education’, 15 July 1970

‘Lectures on Education in the USSR’

‘WFC public lectures & talks’, 1950-ca. 1969

BOX 33 
‘’Selected’ WFC Articles and Addresses’, 1950-1983

‘Assorted Speeches 1950s-1980’

‘ANZHES’, 1979-1993, including correspondence and drafts of Connell’s paper, ‘The Politicization of Education in the Twentieth Century’

‘Occasional Lectures & Talks’, 1977-1980

‘Presidential address to AARE’, being carbon typescript of address, no date, 30pp (pp1-5 missing)

‘School Speech Day Speeches’, 1954-1973, being notes and drafts

‘Curriculum’, 1980-1992, being notes and drafts of articles, lectures and talks

BOX 34
‘T C [Teachers College] Columbia 1959 WFC’s course Education & Personality’

‘1959 TC [Teachers College] Columbia course notes Education & Society’

‘Champaign-Urbana 1949 Freeport Survey’, 1948-1949, relating to survey of building program for Freeport High School, Freeport, Illinois

‘Champaign-Urbana 1949 Ottawa Survey Committee’, 1949

‘Dip Ed 1968-9 Uni Syd Course Materials, Dept correspondence’, 1964-1969

‘Teaching at Monash [University] 1977- ‘, 1976-1981

‘WFC as thesis supervisor’

‘History & Principles of Education’, 1946-1951, relating to Connell’s teaching in course at the University of Melbourne

BOX 35
‘Methods of Teaching’,1938, 1950, relating to Bachelor of Education courses at the University of Melbourne, with series of pamphlets, General Methods of Teaching (Technical Education Branch, Dept. of Education, NSW), 1945, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, Sept. 2009

‘History of Education Courses 1950s-1960s’ relating to Connell’s teaching at the Universities of Illinois, Melbourne and Sydney, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, Dec. 2009

‘History of American Education’, 1948, relating to University of Illinois course, including course materials, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, Dec. 2009

BOX 36
‘Development of Teacher Training from 1838 to 1910’, a term paper
 by Harry H. Higgins, in Education 30: History of American Education, University of Illinois, Semester II, 1949, being one of Connell’s students’ papers

‘Misc 1951-1974’

‘The School & Society 1948-1950’, mainly relating to course at the University of Illinois, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, 6 Sept. 2009

‘History of Education’, 1949-1969, including course material relating to Connell’s University of Sydney Master of Education seminar on ‘The Development of Educational Thought in the Twentieth Century, 1957-1969, and selected papers by his students in Sydney and the United States

‘Exams set by WFC’, 1960-1974, mainly relating to Connell’s courses at the University of Sydney, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, 6 Sept. 2009

‘KTC [Sydney Kindergarten Training College and Kindergarten Teachers’ College]’, 1955-1969, relating to Connell’s lecturing at the College

‘Matthew Arnold’, being notes and teaching material

‘Teaching’, being mainly Connell’s lectures on ‘The Activity School’ in the first half of 20th century USA

‘Greek & Roman Education’, being Connell’s lectures

‘Comparative Education’, 1946-1959, relating to courses at various tertiary institutions

‘Monash Teaching 1970s-80s’, being mainly correspondence with Monash University staff and draft ‘Suggestion for Ed.D. program’, 10 Sept. 1990
‘Research in Education (Lectures & Technique)’, 1959, being Connell’s notes, lectures and newscutting
‘James Cook Univ., Townsville 1977’, relating to Connell’s lecturing in July 1977
‘Teaching, 1950s – Philosophy of Education’, 1947-1959, including course materials from the Universities of Illinois, Melbourne and Sydney
‘Teaching USyd 1951-53’, including student evaluations, exams and seminar materials
‘Examination Papers set by WFC’, 1949-1981

BOX 37
‘The Trend of Later Latin Historiography’ by W. F. Connell, MA thesis, University of Melbourne, Feb. 1941, being drafts of thesis and related papers and his BA essays 

‘Course notes – Modern Political Institutions (MPI) – Uni of Melbourne 1937’

‘Secondary Education U. of Melbourne’, 1942

‘Notes for Med thesis  ?’

‘Educational Thought and Influence of Matthew Arnold’ by W. F. Connell, PhD thesis, Institute of Education, University of London, 1948, being bound carbon typescript

BOX 38
Connell’s BA (Hons) essays, University of Melbourne, 1935

Lesson Notebooks (2 vols), 1938

BOX 39 (RESTRICTED)
Testimonials – A-D

BOX 40 (RESTRICTED)
Testimonials – E-H

BOX 41 (RESTRICTED)
Testimonials – I-J, Mc-Mac, M
‘WFC as Examiner & Referee’ for J, K, L and Mc, 1951-1994, with note of contents on front cover by Raewyn Connell, 22 Nov. 2009

BOX 42 (RESTRICTED)
Testimonials – N-R

BOX 43 (RESTRICTED)
Testimonials – S-Z

BOX 44
‘Part of autobiography : WFC’, being incomplete drafts

‘WFC vs M’ton & Mosman Shire Councils 1970s-1980s’, being mainly correspondence with the Shire of Mornington, 1978-1986

‘WFC 80th Birthday’, 1996, being letters and greeting cards received on the occasion of Connell’s 80th birthday

‘WFC’s approach, methods, networking’, 1975-1986

‘Unclassifiable but interesting’, including papers relating to Connell’s term as Visiting professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, 1959; and poems to and Mollie Walker at Sydney Kindergarten Training College, 195-?

Boxes 24-44: William Fraser Connell professional and personal papers

CORRESPONDENCE, alphabetical by correspondent, approximately 1962-2014. 

BOX 1
Folder 1: Armstrong, David - letter to David Armstrong, 1979, and letters (2) from David Armstrong, 1986, 1995.
Folder 2: Arndt, Heinz - letter to Heinz Arnd, 1999, and letters (3) from Heinz Arndt, 1993, 1994, and 1999.
Folder 3: Aron, Raymond – letters (5) to Professor Aron, and letters (2) from Raymond Aron (in French), 1983.
Folder 4: Askin, Robert – letter from Sir Robert Askin to Greg Bartels, General Secretary, Liberal Party of Australia (N.S.W. Division), 1981, regarding reference for Peter Coleman in his nomination for pre-selection for seat of Wentworth.
Folder 5: Bell, Daniel, - letters from Daniel Bell (3), 1992, 1999, and 2004.
Folder 6: Beresford, Bruce – letter and postcards (3) from Bruce Beresford, 1988-2014.
Folder 7: Binns, Kenneth – Letter from Kenneth Binns, Literature Censorship Board re “Obscenity, Blasphemy, Sedition”, 1962.
Folder 8: Campion, Ed – letters (3) from Ed Campion, 1979, 1993.
Folder 9: Carrick, John – letter from Hon. Sir John Carrick, 1997.
Folder 10: Clark, Manning – letter to Manning Clark, 1979, and letter, postcard, and telegram received from Manning Clark, 1979-1980, n.d..
Folder 11: Costello, Peter – letter to Peter Costello from Peter Coleman, 1981, and letter from Peter Costello to Peter and Verna Coleman, 1980.
Folder 12: Dalrymple, Rawdon – letter from Rawdon Dalrymple, Australian Embassy, Tokyo, regarding Karl Popper, 1993.
Folder 13: Decter, Midge – letter from Midge Decter, 1997.
Folder 14: Dos Passos, John – letter from John Dos Passos, 1965 .
Folder 15: Dunstan, Keith – letter from Keith Dunstan, 1967.
Folder 16: Dutton, Geoffrey – letters (2) from Geoffrey Dutton, 1993, 1995.
Folder 17: Elegant, Robert – letters (3) from Robert Elegant, 1988, n.d..
Folder 18: Fairbairn, Geoffrey – letter from Geoffrey Fairbairn, 1979 (on card printed with Sydney Opera House plan and drawing by Alan Blackwell).
Folder 19: Franklin, James – letters (2) from James Franklin, 1994 and 1995. 
Folder 20: Freeman, James Cardinal – letter from Desmond Scanlon, Catholic Priest, 1979, and letter from James Card. Freeman, Archbishop of Sydney, 1980.
Folder 21: Gray, Robert – letter from Robert Gray, 2008.
Folder 22: Greiner, Nick – letter from Nick Greiner regarding new electoral boundaries and seat selection, 1980.
Folder 23: Harries, Owen – letter from Owen Harries, 3 October.
Folder 24: Henty, Denham, Minister for Customs and Excise – letter from Denham Henty, 1962 ; letter from Goodwin Ewence, The Examiner, Launceston, 1962 regarding ‘Obscenity blasphemy sedition”.  
Folder 25: Herbert, Xavier – letter from Xavier Herbert, 1966.
Folder 26: Higham, Charles– letters (2) from Charles Higham, 1979, 1982 ; letters (2) to Charles Higham, 1979, 1982 regarding James McAuley.
Folder 27: Hook, Sydney – letters (6) from Sydney Hook, 1983-1987.
Folder 28: Hope, Alec - letters (5) received from Alec Hope, 1979, 1980, 1982 (with copies of 2 letters from Alan Crawford to Alec Hope regarding James McAuley, 1981) ; letter to Alec Hope, 1980.
Folder 29: Horne, Donald and Myfanwy – letters (3) from Donald Horne, 1979 and 1982 ; letter from Myfanwy Horne to Verna Coleman, 1980 ; letter from Myfanwy Horne to Verna and Peter Coleman, 1994  ; letter from Myfanwy Horne to Peter Coleman, 1996 ; and letters (2) to Donald Horne, 1979.
Folder 30: Howard, John, 2011 – letter from John Howard regarding death of Verna Coleman.
Folder 31: Hughes, Robert – fax (1) from Robert Hughes, with cover fax (1) from Peter Coleman, 1994.
Folder 32: Humphries, Barry – letter from Barry Humphries, Oct 5 ; letter from Barry Humphries to Verna Coleman, 1997 ; letters (2) to Barry Humphries, 1980, 1988 ; letter from Michael Humphries, 1988 ; letter from Ian Rutherford[?], Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, 1990 ; and invitation to The Life and Death of Sandy Stone.
Folder 33: Jones, Alan (Office of the Prime Minister) – letters (4) to Peter and Verna Coleman from Alan Jones, 1980, including copies of material on Advisory Committee of National Morale from the Australian Archives and James McAuley ; letters (2, with duplicates) to Alan Jones, 1980 ; and letter to The Rt. Hon. J. M. Fraser, 1980 regarding book launch. 
Folder 34: Josselson, Diana and Michael – letters (21) to Peter and Verna Coleman from Diana Josselson, 1983-2000 ; letter to Diana Josselson from Peter Coleman, 1989.
Folder 35: Kershaw, Alistair – letters received from Alistair Kershaw, and letters to Alistair Kershaw from Peter Coleman, 1986-1994.
Folder 36: Kirby, Michael – 3 cards and 1 letter from Michael Kirby, 1995-2008. Includes 4 colour photographs of Peter Coleman, Michael Kirby, and Dame Marie Bashir. 
Folder 37: Klepac, Lou – letter from Lou Klepac, 1986.
Folder 38: Kocan, Peter – letters (2) from Peter Kocan, 1988.
Folder 39: Kristol, Irving – letters (2) and faxes (2) from Irving Kristol, 1988-1989, 1995.
Folder 40: Krygier, Richard – letters (3) to Peter and Verna Coleman, 1980?, January 3, and December 12.

BOX 2
Folder 1: Lasky, Mel – letters and postcards from Melvin Lasky, 1983-2004, including letter from Diana Josselson to Melvin Lasky, 1992 ; telegrams from Melvin Lasky, Norman Podhoratz, and R. Emmett Tyrrell to David Armstrong, Quadrant, 1987 ; and letter from Robert Rhodes James, 1986. 
Folder 2: Lawrence, Peter – letters (2) from Peter Lawrence, 1980 and 1981.
Folder 3: Lindsay, Norman – letter from Norman Lindsay, no date.
Folder 4: Mortimer, Rex - letter from Rex Mortimer, 1969.
Folder 5: Muggeridge, John (son of Malcolm) - letter from John Muggeridge and letter to John Muggeridge, 1991.
Folder 6: Murray, Les – letter (1) and postcards (3) from Les Murray, 1993 and 1995.
Folder 7: Murray-Smith, Stephen – letter frpm Stephen Murray-Smith, 1980.
Folder 8: Oakeshott, Michael – letters (2) from Michael Oakeshott, 1984 and 1985, and letters (2) to Michael Oakeshott, 1984.
Folder 9: O’Shaughnessy, Peter – letter from Peter O’Shaughnessy , 17 March 2000.
Folder 10: Packer, Clyde – letters (3) to Peter and Verna Coleman, 1979-1982, and telegrams (2), 1980.
Folder 11: Podhoretz, Norman - letters (2) from Norman Podhoretz, 1980 and 1989.
Folder 12: Porter, Hal - letters (3) from Hal Porter, and letters (3) to Hal Porter, 1980 and 1982.
Folder 13: Porter, Peter – letter, 1992, and postcard, 1993, from Peter Porter.
Folder 14: Pringle, John – letters (2) from John Pringle, Jan. 15 and September 9.
Folder 15: Rolfe, Patricia – letters and telegrams to and from Patricia Rolfe, Wildcat Press, re publication and launch of ‘The Heart of James McAuley’, 1979-1981, together with letters and telgrams to and from Richard Connolly, Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1979-1980, and letters from Vivian Smith, April 1980 and National Library of Australia, March 1980.
Folder 16: Ryckmans, Pierre –postcards (2) from Hanfang and Pierrre Ryckmans, 1998 and 2011.
Folder 17: Santamaria, Bob – letter to Peter Coleman, 18 Aug. 1979 ; letter from Peter Coleman, 8 Aug. 1995 ; and letter to Peter and Verna Coleman, 9 Aug. 1995.
Folder 18: Sharp, Martin – invitation to Martin Sharp Paintings and Prints at Barry Stern Gallery, 1999, with note from artist. 
Folder 19: Shead, Garry – letters (2) from Garry Shead, undated and 1994.
Folder 20: Shils, Edward – letters to and from Edward Shils, 1980-1991.
Folder 21: Smith, Vivian – letters (6) from Vivian Smith, 1979-1980, with letter from Peter Coleman to Vivian Smith, 1 Oct. 1979.
Folder 22: Spann, Dick – letters (2) from Dick Spann [Richard Spann], 1978 and 1980.
Folder 23: Spender, Stephen, 1983-1984
Folder 24: Stove, David – letters (2) and postcard from David Stove, 1990-1991.
Folder 25: Tanner, Les – letters (2) to Peter and Verna Coleman from Les Tanner, Sun. 11.
Folder 26: 
Tranter, John – letter from John Tranter, 2002 ; 
Turnbull, Malcolm  - letter from Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull, 2011, regarding the death of Verna Coleman ; 
Walton, Storry –  letter from Storry Walton, Australian Film and Television School, 1980 ; Whitlam, Gough and H. C. Coombs – letters (2) from Gough Whitlam, 1973, regarding review of Commonwealth support for the arts ; letter from H. C. Coombs, Chairman, Australian Council for the Arts, 1973.  
Folder 27: Witting, Amy (Joan Levick) – letters (2) and poem from Joan Levik, 1980 ; letter from Chris Koch ; and Christmas card from Chris and Robin Koch, 1999.  


CORRESPONDENCE, 1948-2009, including letters from Ruth Park, speeches, funeral speeches & other material 

BOX 3 
Correspondence
Folder 1
Letters from Peter Coleman to Verna Coleman, 1964, from the United States and Hamburg.   

Folder 2
Letters and telegrams to Peter and Verna Coleman following the 1978 electoral loss, including from Sir Robert Askin, Myfanwy [Horne], N. F. Greiner, Frank Moorhouse, Gavin Souter, Barry Jones, C. T. Oliver, President, The Australian Workers’Union, Mrs R. Longstaff, Peter Kennedy, Bishop John R. Reid, Sir Charles Court, Massey Stanley, Dr Emery Barcs, Anne Fairbairn, Henry and Elaine Mayer, and Peter Shrubb ;
Note from F. J Hanson, Commissioner of Police to Peter Coleman wishing him success, 28 April, 1976.

Folder 3
Correspondence being mainly letters received regarding books and articles by Peter Coleman, 1962-2009. Correspondents include Francis X. Sutton, David Voss QC (with letter to Peter Costello, 2009), Christopher Dickey, J. L. Laing, Pacita Alexander, Peter Shrubb, Barry Maley, Madge Eddy, James Murray, J. Normington Rawling, and H. M. Morgan. 

Folder 4
Letters (5) from Ruth Park to Stanley and Eileen Coleman, ca. 1950 ;
Letters (6) from Ruth Niland (Ruth Park) to Peter and Verna Coleman, 1979-1981 ; and letters (2) from Peter Coleman to Ruth Niland, 1979, regarding application to be a resident of Norfolk Island.
Photocopies of book inscriptions from Ruth Park to Stanely Coleman, 1948-1949.

Folder 5
General speeches & speech notes, 1978-2009, no date

Peter Coleman
Occasional Address at conferring of Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Great Hall, University of Sydney, 6 June 2007 ;
The Costello Memoirs, Quadrant dinner, 20 October 2008 ;
Speech night, Trinity Grammar School, 9 Nov. 1986 ;
Speech to The Business and Professional Women’s Club of North Sydney, ‘The Australian Bill of Rights Bill’, 28 Jan. 1986 ;
Disarmament. Does Australia have a role?, speech by Peter Coleman M. P. to Australian Institute of Political Science, Melbourne, 13 March 1986 ;
Speech at Quadrant’s 50th Anniversary dinner, 3 Oct. 2006 ;
Speech launching Patricia Anderson’s ‘Robert Hughes: The Australian Years’ in Sydney in Dec. 2009 ;
‘James McAuley and the new Dunciad’. Speech at the launching of the new edition of ‘The Heart of James McAuley’, no date ;  
Speech notes Palisade Club at Union Club, 26 July 2007 ; 
50th anniversary of the National Civic Council, no date ; 
Notes on Sir Zelman Cowen, [no date] ; 
Poets’ Picnic, 20 Feb. 2007, with poems by Ern Malley and James McAuley, with Souvenir Programme ; 
‘D.H. Lawrence: Joke or Genius?’, no date ; 
Speech to Quadrant Lunch, Sheraton-Wentworth, Sydney, 11 Dec. 1986 ; 
Peter Coleman, M. P., Leader of the Opposition, Campaign Address to Fuller Businessmen’s Luncheon at Gladesville Bowling & Sports Club, 25 Sept. 1978 ; 
The Power of Ideas, lunch address to Australian Institute of Public Policy, Perth, 2 April 1986 ;
News from the Leader of the Opposition…Liberal Policy for Arts and Cultural Activity, September 4, 1978.

Malcolm Fraser
Launching of book, ‘The Heart of James McAuley’, National Press Club, Canberra, Nov. 27, 1980.

Folder 6
Funeral speeches by & for Peter Coleman, 1986-2019
Funeral Speeches by Peter Coleman, 1986-2011 - Paddy McGuiness, 1 Feb. 2008 ; Norman Coleman, 30 December 1986 ; Richard Krygier, [1986] ; Clyde Packer memorial service, St James, 15 May 2001 ; and Enid Jenkins, with Order of Service, 5 Oct. 2011.

Funeral Speeches for Peter Coleman, April 2019
Father Paul Stenhouse (Panegyric) ; Tanya Costello ; William Coleman ; Ursula Dubosarsky ; Sebastian Costello ; Maisie Dubosarsky (Maisie Fieschi) ; Jim Davidson ; Doug Buckley ; Lee Shrubb ; Martin Krygier ; James Franklin ; and Simon and Leo Coleman.

Folder 7
F. W. Cheshire Publishing Department to Dr Fabinyi, 21st March, 1966. Subject Australian political trials, edited by Peter Coleman - Report by D. R. Kendall ;  
Peter Coleman. Obscenity Blasphemy Sedition: Censorship in Australia. The Jacaranda Press, 29/6 [Review] ;  
Report on Leslie Haylen by Peter Coleman, January 1966 ; 
Transcript of Monday Conference, recorded on September 26th, 1971 in the ABC’s Gore Hill Studios, Sydney…with Mr Jack Mundey, Secretary, Builders’Laborers Federation, NSW Branch, Robert Moore, ABC, Executive Producer and Programme Anchorman, Peter Coleman, M.L.A, Columnist for The Bulletin, and a Liberal Member of the NSW House of Assembly, and Neal Swancott, NSW Industrial correspondent of The Australian ; 
Council of Adult Education. Book discussion groups notes. Obscenity, Blasphemy, Sedition: Censorship in Australia by Peter Coleman. Notes by Gordon Hawkins, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Sydney, August 1963 ;  
‘Memorandum for Sir Frank Packer. The Bulletin’, no date.

BOX 4 - PARTLY RESTRICTED
"When the dew was gone" by Peter Coleman (typed manuscript of unpublished novel).

Folder 1
The political philosophy of Georges Sorel by William Peter Coleman, 1952-1953 [thesis, in English and French] ; The political theory of Georges Sorel by Peter Coleman, no date.

Folder 2
Notes and notebooks (in English and French), 1947-195-? ;  Sudan notebook ; Letter to Darling [Verna Coleman], Wed. 4th Aug. [195-?], from Blue Nile Province, Sudan.

Folder 3
N.S.W. State and Federal election pamphlets and other material, 1960s-1980s, including ‘State Election 7th October, 1978. Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. Report of the State Campaign Director, 2nd November, 1978’ / Dr Peter J. Solomon.

Folder 4 RESTRICTED
Diary notes 'The Last Days of the Askin Government 1974'.

Folder 5
Includes 'Last flight from Griffith' by Verna Coleman.  


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Japanese science, technology and economic growth down-under / edited by Morris Low and Helen Marriott.

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George Munster - papers, 1917-1984

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