Assistant General Manager of the ABC, 1936-1945

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Series 5

Content Summary:

Some of Bearup's duties as Assistant General Manager (1937-1945) were to liaise with the Post Office in connection with technical services and to be in charge of development and these are reflected in some of the documents contained in this series. Most of series 5, however, comprises a file on overseas representation and minutes of the meetings of the Commission from January 1941 to June 1943. The file, kept by Bearup, covers the years 1936 to 1945, although most of the material is dated 1943 or 1945. Included in this file are reports, memoranda, and correspondence concerning Bearup's investigation trip to America and England in 1936 and deliberations on the appointment of an overseas representative. The minutes of the Commission's meetings discuss Church, school, political and children's broadcasting, news services, proposed studios, and internal staffing matters. On two occasions (1940-1943, 1945), Bearup was Acting General Manager and his statement to a hearing of the Commission in March 1945 concerning his use of the title in 1944 when Moses (the General Manager) was on leave in Perth is also included in this series.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The bulk of the Bearup Papers were received between 1979 and 1987 from T.W. Bearup and his daughter Cecilie Bearup. The main body of material was donated by Bearup in 1982. The material contained in Series 14 was donated by Bearup in 1979, and was formerly held at MS 1868. Two small additions were made in 2011 and 2012.

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