Barton Government, 1900-1904

 
Component identifier:
Series 14
Content Summary:

Major correspondents include J. Barrett, Sir Edmund Barton, Thomas Bavin, E.G. Blackmore, Joseph Chamberlain, Sir George S. Clarke, Richard Crouch, Sir James Dickson, J.L. Dow, Sir John Downer, W.H. Fitchett, Sir John Forrest, Sir Philip Fysh, Sir Samuel Griffith, John Gunning, W. Hailes, Lord Hopetoun, William H. Irvine, J.H. Keating, C.C. Kingston, George Leake, Sir Neil Lewis, Sir William Lyne, Sir John Madden, A. Matheson, Philip Mennell, Richard E. O'Connor, Sir John Quick, Richard Seddon, Sir John See, Malcolm Shepherd, Lord Tennyson, Sir George Turner, H.B. Marriott Watson, J.C. Watson, B.R. Wise and Clement Wragge.

This series contains Items 14/1 - 14/1074. The bulk of the items in this series have been digitised, and are available online through this finding aid. Please note that where printed items were duplicated within the series, the duplicates have not been digitised.

Immediate source of acquisition:
On 3 December 1965 Ivy Brookes, the eldest daughter of Alfred Deakin, formally presented the Deakin Papers to the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, for permanent preservation in the National Library. After Deakin's death in 1919 his papers remained in the possession of his widow, Pattie, until her death in 1934. They were used extensively by Herbert Brookes, and by Professor Walter Murdoch while he was working on the first biography of Deakin, published in 1923. In 1945 the Deakin Papers were examined by an officer of the National Library and it was agreed that the papers would ultimately be deposited in the Library. In 1948 Professor R.M. Crawford of the University of Melbourne became custodian of the papers on the understanding that either an extensive selection of documents or a biography would be based on them. Subsequently his colleague, Professor J.A. La Nauze, began Deakin's biography and the papers remained in his custody until the work was completed in 1965. From time to time other papers relating to Deakin were added to the original collection by Herbert and Ivy Brookes, Lady Rivett and Sir Thomas and Lady White. Professors Crawford and La Nauze also added letters or copies of Deakin letters that they had acquired from other sources.
Names:
Brookes, Ivy

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Parent Restrictions:
This collection is available for research.
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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