Correspondence, 1888-1900

Component identifier:

Subseries 11_1

Content Summary:

Correspondence with many of the leading federalists from all of the colonies, although few copies of Deakin's own letters were retained. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1897 to 1900. Among the correspondents are Edmund Barton, James Bryce, James Dickson, Sir John Forrest, William Gay, Sir Samuel Griffith, John Winthrop Hackett, George Higinbotham, Walter James, C.C. Kingston, George Leake, Elliott Lewis, Alan McLean, Richard E. O'Connor, Sir Henry Parkes, John Quick, George Reid, C. Carty Salmon, A. Bruce Smith, Josiah Symon, Sir George Turner, B.R. Wise and H.J. Wrixon.

This subseries contains Items 11/1 - 11/171.

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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