Australian Broadcasting Commission

Component identifier:

Series 26

Content Summary:

Brookes was the first Vice-Chairman of the A.B.C. from 1932 until 1940. The series is small, but includes correspondence with H.P. Brown, W.J. Cleary, E.M.R. Couchman and others concerning administrative and policy decisions, as well as much discussion of the Commission's taking over financial and managerial responsibility for celebrity concerts in 1935 and 1940 respectively. As well there are many loose notes made by Brookes after meetings of the Commission, scripts for talks and press cuttings.

From 1943 until 1951 he was a member of the Victorian State Advisory Committee of the A.B.C. and there is a small amount of correspondence for this period.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Herbert Brookes were presented to the National Library in April 1967 by his widow Ivy Deakin Brookes. In October 1967 she deposited her own extensive collection, and together they form the Brookes Papers.

Names:

Brookes, Ivy

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