Guide to the Papers of Sir Frederick Harold Stewart, 1925-1958

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 7732
Creator:
Sir Frederick Harold Stewart
Extent:
0.7 metres and (4 boxes + folio items)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Sir Frederick Harold Stewart, National Library of Australia, MS 7732, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The collection comprises letters, photographs, diaries, reports, financial papers and cuttings relating to Stewart’s career in Federal politics and his involvement in the Metropolitan Omnibus Company, radio station 2CH, Dundas Wollen Mills and the Methodist Church.
Biographical Note:
Date Event
1884 Born Newcastle, New South Wales
1889-1903 Attended South Newcastle Public School
1903-1923 Worked Railways Department, Newcastle
1908 Married Lottie Glover
1923 Left Railways, started road making business in Sydney, bought buses
1925 Formed Metropolitan Omnibus Company
1930 Founded Dundas Woollen Mills
1931 Elected to Federal Parliament as Member for Parramatta, found Radio 2CH
1932 Minister for Commerce in the Lyons Government
1934 Resigned Ministry in favour of a Country Party Member to aid coalition unity, appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary for Employment
1935 Represented Australia International Labor Conference, Geneva
1935 Made Knight Bachelor
1939 Minister for Social Services and Health
1939 Minister for External Affairs
1939 Minister for Supply
1940 Minister for Health and Social Services
1941 Menzies Government falls
1943 Lottie Stewart died
1944 Donated land and money to set up the Lottie Stewart Hospital as a memorial to his wife
1945 Married Marjorie Dixon
1945 Sold woollen mils to John Vicars
1946 Retired from Federal Parliament
1949 Visited England
1956 Helped to organise World Methodist Congress, Lake Junaluska North Carolina
1961 Died 31 July, Royal North Shore Hospital
Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The collection was donated to the Library under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme by Lady Stewart in 1986.

Arrangement:

The collection has been arranged into 8 series.

Indexed terms

Names:
Sir Frederick Harold Stewart

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2877457).
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.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Sir Frederick Harold Stewart, National Library of Australia, MS 7732, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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