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Papers from folders previously titled ‘Journal’ and numbered 1-45, mainly comprising correspondence, news clippings with articles and cartoons by Mason, and original sketches. Also included are draft manuscripts of novels and plays. 
 
BOX 1 
No. 1: News clippings from 'Tribune' and 'Challenge' relating to topics including plant diversity, tobacco, smoking; cartoon sketches; ca. 1956-ca. 1991 
 
No. 2: News clippings from 'Maritime Weekly', 1961-1963 
 
No. 3: 'Labour and the 35-hour week' pamphlet by the N.S.W. Branch of the Australian Labor Party; correspondence including letters received from Jim Henderson, Stephen Murray-Smith, 1965; articles on the Cuban crisis, arbitration, 'OZgraph', 1965; drawing of trailer tent, 1965 
 
No. 4: Correspondence including with William Heinemann re novel 'Country Girls they are the Best', Arthur Calwell, the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), and Phillip Adams; topics include the Vietnam War; 1966 
 
No. 5: Correspondence re novel 'Country Girls they are the Best', letters sent to Bill Peach; letters received from Michael Wilding, and John Malos, physicist; 1967 
 
No. 6: Correspondence with Stephen-Murray Smith; letters sent to the Australian Broadcasting Commission; 'Speech delivered by Mr Petersen, M.L.A. in the Legislative Assembly on the Address in Reply'; 1968 
 
No. 7: Correspondence with Phillip Adams and the Australian Broadcasting Commission; 'Journal of the Fisher Library Association'; 1969 
 
No. 8: 'The Labor Party introduces George Petersen, endorsed A.L.P. candidate for Kembla' pamphlet; correspondence with Phillip Adams; information on hyperventilation; 1970 
 
No. 9: Drawing of a house in Bondi; letter from Bill Collins; notes on 'Monday Conference', (ABC) re computers; correspondence with W. G. Keighley re abortion; 1971 
 
No. 10: Letter from Michael Wilding; letter to A.L.P. re civic reform of bodies such as Annandale Society; letters re dyslexia, parking privileges, talk to students at Sydney University; notes on psychiatry computerisation and ecology; 1972 
 
No. 11: Application to Commonwealth Fund for economic support while finishing novel, 'Who Passed Befoul his Prime'; University of Sydney Librarian’s Information Bulletin; correspondence re displays for the foyer of Fisher Library; 1973 
 
No. 12: Memo and clippings re Mason’s displays including 'Streakerscope' in Fisher Library Foyer; correspondence with ABC; 'Journal of the Fisher Library Officers Association'; 1974 
 
No. 13: Letter from Jim Cairns, letters re Medibank and uranium mining, flyer re high-rise buildings in Annandale; 1975 
 
No. 14: Telegrams from Gough Whitlam; letter from Bill Collins; correspondence with Dave Ballantyne, NZ writer and journalist, and Geoff Burton, film producer; letters to Editor of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH); 1976 
 
No. 15: Letter and article received from Steven Rose, Professor at the Open University; letters from Dave Ballantyne; correspondence with Harrison Bryan, Fisher Library, re sitting for portrait painting; 1977 
 
No. 16: Notes for interviews with ALP politicians; letters from Imre Perlesz re 'The Last Enemy'; 1978 
 
No. 17: Documents relating Australian Film and Television School’s license re 'The Vandiphone', letter to N. Wran re extension of Mascot runway; cartoon sketch of Wran with volumes of Man’s report; article written for Cinema Papers (not published); 1979 
 
No. 18: Letters from ABC and SMH; letter from Harrison Bryan re Mason’s gift of Bryan’s portrait to the University of Sydney; correspondence with Brian White, 2SM, re 'White on the Media' book; 1980 
 
No. 19: Letter from Clyde Cameron, MP, and copy of speech; flyer for Salon de Refuses; letter from S.A. Film Corp re 'Last Enemy'; correspondence with F. J. Walker, Attorney General, re prosecution of William Snow for defacing cigarette billboard; 1981 
 
No. 20: Memo from Plant Diversity Protection Committee; letters from Earl Hackett, Robyn Williams; letters to Australian Society of Authors, SMH; 1982 
 
 No. 21: Letters from Lionel Bowen, Bill Hayden, John Kerin; letters to Laurie Brereton requesting a portrait sitting; 1983 
 
No. 22: Correspondence with Justice Michael Kirby re sitting for his portrait, correspondence with David Lange re New Zealand’s stand against nuclear-powered ships from the US; correspondence with Phillip Adams and ABC; notes on 'Fat Man Running'; 1984 
 
BOX 2 
No. 23: Money collected for Nicaragua – list of donors; letters to Laurie Brereton re monorail; letter to Leichhardt Council re David Lange; cartoon re 'Hawkes "Foreign" Policy'; correspondence with Roger Millis re 'Serpent’s Tooth'; 1985 
 
No. 24: List of members of the Annandale Branch of the ALP; letter from James McClelland; draft submission to Laurie Brereton re waterfront land on Rozelle Bay; letter from Registrar, Macquarie University re Mason’s gift of portrait of Peter Mason; letters to SMH, ALP, and ABC re topics including arms race, monorail; 1986 
 
No. 25: Letters from Gough Whitlam, David Ballantyne, Alan Roberts and Justice Miles; letter to James McClelland; correspondence with Robyn Williams; flyer 'A Retrospective of Hugh Mason’s Paintings' at Leichhardt Library; 1987 
 
No. 26: Agenda for Sydney Federal Electoral Council meeting; 'Inner City Labor Newsletter'; letters from Brian Toohey, Jo Valentine, MP; Greenpeace; submission re Second Airport’s Transport; letter to Gough Whitlam requesting to paint his portrait; letter to Dick Smith re cigarette advertising; letter to SMH re monorail (published); 1988 
 
No. 27: Letter to Gareth Evans; correspondence with David Lange, correspondence with Tony Vinson requesting to paint his portrait; letter from Justice Miles re portrait; letters from Lex Marinos and James McClelland; 1989 
 
No. 28: Letter from Pip Kalajzich re 'The Last Enemy'; submission re 'Sydney Airport Environmental Impact Statement'; Letter from Sydney Church of England Girls School thanking Mason for the use of anti-smoking painting; letters re homeopathic hospital Glebe, the third runway at Sydney airport;  Federal Airports media release; 1990 
 
No. 29: Correspondence with Wendy Bacon, Richard Ackland and Neville Gruzmann re development at Grosvenor Place; letter to ABC re program on euthanasia; letter to Jeanette McHugh re Pol Pot; letter to David Hill, ABC, re Gulf War; letter from Terry Lane re self-publishing; 1991 
 
No. 30: Address to ALP Branch; letter from Random House re 'Fat Man Running', letter from Jeanette McHugh; 'Humanising Economics' by John Langmore; letter to Warwick Smith, MRH re the future of the ABC; 1992 
 
No. 31: Letter from Greenpeace; draft of letter to Paul Keating; letters from Steven Rose and Des Griffin; critique of 'Chaos' by Glerck from Steven Rose, Open University; letter re Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney; material from Fistula Hospital, Addas Ababa; 1993 
 
No. 32: Correspondence, resolutions and flyers re Plant Variety Rights (PVR), and third runway at Sydney Airport; letter from QUT re painting used for book cover; correspondence with Phillip Adams, John Langmore, Dee Margetts; letter to Laura Tingle requesting photograph for painting of Premier’s Conference; letter to Maurice Dobb on 'Socialist Economy Revisited' by Bruce McFarlane; cartoon 'The Cigarette as Phallic Symbol'; 1994 
 
No. 33: Third report on effects of Cartrophen; illustrations of effects of macular degeneration; letters from Myfanwy Horn, Alice Ford, Robyn Williams; letter to Eva Cox requesting to paint portrait; notes on teaching painting; list of portraits to be painted; 1995 
 
No. 34: Draft of 'Topics'; letters to Geraldine Doogue, Paul Keating, Norman Swan, George [Negus], and Shirley Hazzard; letters from Paul Keating, Michael Kirby, Laurie Brereton; 1996 
 
No. 35: Short film script; diagrams for the novel 'Frank’s Flaw'; correspondence with Ian Plimer, letters from Phillip Adams and Jim Cairns; 1997 
 
No. 36: Letters to Kim Beasley, Tanya Plibersek; letters from Kim Beasley, Robyn Williams; 1998 
 
No. 37: Letters from New Zealand publishers re novel 'Homestead'; 1999 
 
No. 38: Correspondence with Phillip Adams; letter to National Archives re ASIO file; letters to Richard Alston re ABC program; letter to manager Envirobooks, letter to Patrick Thompson requesting return of manuscript; 2000 
 
No. 39: Correspondence with Gerard Noonan, Robyn Williams, Phillip Adams; letters from Senator John Faulkner, Jean Tatay, publishers re ‘The Writings on the Wall’, 2001 
 
No. 40: Letters from Jean Tatay, Robyn Williams and Angela Raymond, re 'Homestead', letter from Laurie Brereton; letter from Chris Puplick, 2002 
 
No. 41: Letter to Alan & Unwin re 'The Writings on the Wall'; letter re SMH article by Robert Manne; letter to Sue Spencer re 'Dark Victory'; letter to Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton re film 'Perfect Strangers', reply from Stratton; letter to Prime Minister John Howard re Iraq War; 2003 
 
No. 42: Correspondence with Text Publishing re 'A Foot Wrong / Well There You Go'; Pluto Press re 'Writing’s on the Wall'; 2004 
 
No. 43: Letter to Kep Enderby re euthanasia; letter to Barry Jones re 'The Thinking Reed'; letters to Ross Gittins, Robyn Williams; correspondence with Geoffrey Chia re radio broadcast; statement re David Hicks; 2005 
 
No. 44: Letter to Bob Ellis, letter from Morris Iemma re electricity supply; 2007 
 
No. 45: Letter to Brian Harrisburg re thanks for treatment; to Julia Gillard; to Alan Ramsey; 2010-2015 
 
 
BOX 3 
Papers relating to: 
'Binoculars' an unpublished novel 
Displays in the foyer of Fisher Library, Sydney University 
'Homestead', including publicity 
'The Last Enemy' reviews and publicity 
ALP resolutions 
Plays including 'Once upon a thorn' 
'The Republican' newspaper, including cartoons 
'Brock’s Second Friend' film script, 1977 
Short stories 
Cartoons, drawings, sketches, life drawings 
 
BOX 4 
Papers re unpublished novels: 
Draft of 'Billy', which became 'Country Girls are the Best', 1960s 
'The Seventh Day', 1960s 
'Fat Man Running', which became 'Gaston', 1980s 
'A Minor Flaw' or 'Fatal Flaw', 1980s 
'Binoculars', 1980s 
'The Writing’s on the Wall', 2001 
 
Unpublished novels: 
'Frank’s Flaw'
'Minor Flaw'
'Writing’s on the Wall' or 'Russian Spies Here'
'Binoculars'
'Fat Man Running'

Hugh Mason papers, [ca. 1956]-2015

1798. Returning to Australia, the Wyatt Earp called in at Macquarie Island, where naval LST 3501 had landed a unit of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition for a winter stay
1799. Expedition member overlooking West Bay and Atlas Cove at Heard Island
1800. Weather personnel releasing a Radiosonde balloon and transmitter at Heard Island ANARE Station
1801. [Map of Heard Island]
1802. Black-browed albatrosses. Heard Island
1803. Blue-eyed Cormorants line the foreshore of Atlas Cove, Heard Island
1804. Macaroni Penguins, Heard Island, with 9005ft. Big Ben in background
1805. Weather observer releasing a radiosonde balloon and transmitter at Heard  Island
1806. Pleurophyllum hookeri: Another genus peculiar to the sub-antarctic islands south of New Zealand. Abundant on the Macquarie Island plateau and coastal bogs
1807. A young Great Wandering Albatross. Macquarie Island
1808. Grassy hummocks appear around the ANARE Station at Heard Island at sea level during the short summer
1809. Azorella covering hillside, Heard Island. Light mantled sooty albatross on nest in middle distance
1810. Roger's Head, 600 feet high rock pinnacle, rises above section of island's biggest penguin rookery, Macquarie Island
1811. Group Captain S.A. Campbell (centre) officially opening the first Australian Post Office to be set up in Antarctica. Assistant is L. Macey, Coogee, New South Wales, Chief Radio Operator at Heard Island
1812. Sea elephants basking on the black volcanic sandy beach at Heard Island
1813. Sea elephants and royal penguins, Macquarie Island
1814. Plateau stream, Macquarie Island
1815. Charles Speedy, cosmic ray physicist and Peter King, radio telegraphist,  inspect "Macquarie Island cabbage", a local vegetable
1816. Looking down on the coastal terrace, covered with tussock grass. Penguin  rookeries on the right and near the coast. Macquarie Island
1817. Tussock grass bog on coastal terrace at Macquarie Island. Elephant seals  on beach
1818. Light mantled sooty albatrosses at Macquarie Island
1819. Cosmic Ray Physicist, Jim Bishop
1820. Acaena adscendens: A herbuccous plant common in the coastal areas of Macquarie Island
1821. Tussock grass with a clump of Macquarie Cabbage in the foreground. Macquarie Island
1822. Gentoo penguins building nests at Heard Island. Skua in foreground standing by to steal any eggs left unguarded
1823. Light Mantled Sooty Albatross with chick. Heard Island
1824. Fulmar Prion. Nests in cliffs on Heard Island
1825. "Penguin Road" Heard Island. This narrow 'road' was formed by millions of Macaroni Penguins migrating inshore from the sea
1826. A rookery of Royal Penguins
1827. Macquarie Island. Aurora Australis (1955)
1828. Macquarie Island, 1955. Elephant seal bull
1829. Macquarie Island, 1955. A Gentoo mother with her two chicks in their nest amongst the tussocks
1830. Macquarie Island, 1955. A wandering albatross and its chick. These birds  are very tame and seem to like human company

1798. Returning to Australia, the Wyatt Earp called in at Macquarie Island, where naval LST 3501 had landed a unit of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition for a winter stay

1799. Expedition member overlooking West Bay and Atlas Cove at Heard Island

1800. Weather personnel releasing a Radiosonde balloon and transmitter at Heard Island ANARE Station

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