Correspondence, arranged by name, 1935-1978

Component identifier:

Series 1

Content Summary:

Following Menzies' own system, the division of general correspondence into two large groups (now Series 1 and Series 2) has been retained. The types of contents of each series are similar, but the arrangement is different.

Series 1 comprises 35 boxes of personal correspondence arranged in one alphabetical sequence. There are two minor exceptions to this arrangement in File 1 and Box 35. File 1 contains various letters, 1932-1934, set aside from the rest of the personal correspondence. Correspondents include Sir Phillip Game, Staniforth Ricketson, Keith Murdoch, Harold Gengoult-Smith, G.H. Knox and Ernest Joske. Box 35 is devoted to Royal Family correspondence.

The major correspondents (generally one file or more) are Dean Acheson, Fred Alexander, L.S. Amery, Anthony Eden, Sir Clive Baillieu, Sir John Bunting, Lord Casey, Jack Cato, Sir Winston and Lady Churchill, Sir Charles Court, Sir Owen Dixon, Sir Alex Downer, Sir Arthur Fadden, James Farley, Jack Fingleton, Felix Frankfurter, Lord and Lady Gowrie, Sir Eric Harrison, Sir Alan Herbert, Dr Rupert Hornabrook, Sir John Jensen, Sir John Latham, Lord's Taverners, Mary Martin (Halliday), Sir John Monash, Sir James MacGregor, Lewis MacGregor, Paul MacGuire, Harold MacMillan, Richard M. Nixon, Sir Hubert Opperman, Sir Frank Richardson, Sir Ralph and Lady Richardson, B.A. Santamaria, Dr Cedric Shaw, Sir William Slim, Sir Percy Spender, Alfred Stirling, Sir Leon Trout and Colonel F.H. Wright.

An alphabetical card index to correspondence is available for this series; please consult Library staff.

Subjects:

Politics and government

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