Guide to the Papers of General Sir John Monash, 1801-1983

Summary

Collection number:

MS 1884

Creator:

Monash, John, General Sir

Extent:

60 metres and (258 ms boxes + 2 medium folio boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 2 outsized phase boxes + 18 medium phase boxes + 2 slide boxes + 11 glass negative/slide boxes + 4 map folios)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of General Sir John Monash, National Library of Australia, MS 1884, [series/file/item number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

MS 1884 comprises correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drafts of manuscripts, subject files, press cuttings, pamphlets, souvenirs, printed items, photographs, glass slides and other memorabilia relating to all aspects of General Sir John Monash's life and career. The collection includes juvenilia and items dating from Monash's school and university days. The correspondents include Hannah Victoria Moss (whom he married in 1891), J.T.N. Anderson (business partner), Mathilda Monash (sister) and other members of the Monash family, J. Gibson (business), Walter Rosenhain, Clara Stockfeld, Eva Blashki, Rose Blashki, Minnie Blashki, Jeanette Krakowski, Ada Krakowski, Kitty Lunday, Amy and Evie Corrie and Rose Schield.

Provenance:

Although the papers were given a temporary listing as long ago as 1967 it was not until 1980 that the collection was officially presented to the National Library and later physically transferred to the Manuscript Collection through Dr Serle. The donors were Monash's three grandchildren, David and Colin Bennett and Elizabeth Durré.

Related

Separated Material:

The following decorations, medals and badges of General Sir John Monash were transferred to the Australian War Memorial in 1985:

Decorations: The order and Star of GCMG. The Order comprises a collar, chain etc. and there are two stars. The Order is contained in an initialled case. There are in addition two GCMG sashes. / The Order and Star of the KCB. There are two stars in an initialled case. / The Order of the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officer de l'Ordre de la Couronne, Belgium). / The Order of the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour with Rosette (Legion d'Honneur, France). Star and Rosette included on bar of service medals. Order contained in case initialled R.F. / Order of Eccentric Club.

Medals and badges: RSL Badge; Scotch Club Jubilee Badge; Legacy Badge; ordinary Rotary Badge; Past President of Rotary Badge; Luna Park Badge; Wallaby Club Badge; Australian Intelligence Corps Badge; badge entitled 506; Long Service Medal; DSM (miniature US Badge); and signet ring containing the Monash crest.

Monash's sword was transferred to the Australian War Memorial in May 1986, together with the following books: Great Britain. Committee of Imperial Defence. Historical Section Official history of the Russo-Japanese war. London, H.M.S.O., 1909 (2 volumes).

In 1986 Elizabeth Durré presented to the Library a number of books from Monash's personal library. Books taken into the Library's general printed book run because they filled gaps in the national collection were:

An M.P. Mons, Anzac and Kut London: Edward Arnold, 1919. Dedicated to Sir John by the author of this volume.; Baedeker, Karl. Baedeker's Berlin and its environs. 3rd ed. Karl Baedeker, 1908.; Croll, Henderson Robert. The open road in Victoria: being the ways of many walkers. Melbourne: Robertson and Mullen, 1928. This volume is dedicated to Sir John by the author.; Imperial federation League (various publications bound together).; Kannengiesser Pasha, Hans, Gallipoli: Bedeutung und Verlauf der Kampfe 1915. Berlin: Schlieffen Verlag, 1927. This book is in the original German edition, has newspaper clippings of reviews and carries Sir John's signature.; Marx, Adolf Bernhard. Allgemeine Musiklehre: ein Hilfsbuch fur Lehrer and Lernende in jedem Zweige musikalischer Unterweisung. Leipzig: Breitkopf and Hartel, 1857.; Mr Dooley's Philosophy London: William Heinemann, 1903. This volume is signed by Sir John and is dated December, 1924.; Wagner, Richard. Operas: Text and motives Berlin: Globus Verlag.; Wagner, Richard. The Ring: text and motives. Berlin: Globus Verlag.

The remainder of Monash's library was transferred to Monash University at the discretion of Elizabeth Durré.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3008163).

Conditions Governing Use:

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.

With regard to photocopying, under the guidelines given by the donors, the Library may, at its own discretion, supply readers with single copies of limited portions of items in which the Monash family hold copyright, for the purpose of research or private study. The Library may also give permission for the publication of limited portions of manuscripts, for the purpose of quotation, or of photographs where the Library believes this is appropriate (copyright in these items being held, of course, by the Monash family). However, the Library may not give permission for the publication of any substantial portion or selection from the manuscripts, or of any significant number of photographs, or for any copying for these purposes. Any requests of this kind should be directed to the family.All reasonable efforts have been made to identify copyright owners of this material. If you have any further information regarding any of these items, please contact us.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of General Sir John Monash, National Library of Australia, MS 1884, [series/file/item number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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