Subject Files and Reference Material

Component identifier:

Series 23

Content Summary:

Sequences of subject files were kept by Bryant's office and where they are distinct these have been kept intact in boxes 263 to 271. The remainder of this series consist of titled files created at various times under different systems. Because of the difficulty of establishing with certainty to which system or period they belong to they have been placed in two alphabetical sequences. Bryant also collected a large amount of loose reference material, especially on countries such as Rhodesia. Much of this material was found in lever arch files with very mixed contents. Where there is no other appropriate location, this material has been grouped in files at the end of each letter of the alphabet. There is some overlap and duplication throughout the sequences comprising Series 23.

Below is a short summary of the broad sequences used in this series. To keep the Subject Files series succinct and aid research, titled files or loose reference material which relate to distinct series such as Aboriginal Matters, Education or Business Papers have been placed in the relevant series. At the end of the whole series is a residue of files with mixed contents which could not be satisfactorily sorted into single subjects.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The Bryant Papers were received in two consignments. The first was transferred from the Victorian Regional Office of the National Archives of Australia in November 1991, in accordance with Mrs Bryant's wishes. These papers had been deposited there in 1975. Just over half of them had been assigned the control number MP1803/1. The remainder had been registered into 31 individual record series and held under Commonwealth Record Series control numbers. Further papers at Mrs Bryant's home (in a garage) had been put into cartons by NAA staff in 1991 and brought to the National Archives of Australia on a temporary basis. At the time of transfer to the National Library, NAA staff retained series or parts of series which related to periods when Gordon Bryant was Minister, as well as diaries from 1973 to 1975 and one notebook. In 1992, papers relating to Bryant's post-parliamentary activities were transferred direct from Mrs Bryant's home to the Library. Amongst these cartons was material which had been packed from his office at La Trobe University's School of Economics and Commerce and returned to Mrs Bryant.

Names:

Bryant, Pat, Mrs.

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