Guide to the Papers of Hugh Stretton, 1942-2009

Summary

Collection number:

MS Acc09.193, MS Acc16.053, MS Acc19.001

Creator:

Stretton, Hugh, AC, Professor

Extent:

(20 boxes + 1 medium folio box + 2 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Hugh Stretton, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Part available for research; part permission required for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The MS Acc09.193 consignment comprises typescripts of articles, seminars and conference papers, addresses and other writings; correspondence with colleagues and friends (often with copies of their papers) and with some institutions (mainly trusts); biographical material (mainly in relation to academic positions and publications); copies of references prepared for colleagues and (former) students; some student and early teaching notes; and a small quantity of material relating to Stretton's long association with the South Australian Housing Trust.

The series of Stretton's writings from 1946 is comprehensive, but apart from these and some early student essays and teaching notes the papers mostly relate to the later years of Stretton's career and public life.

Correspondents include Bettina Cass, H.C. Coombs, David Donnison, Sol Encel, James Friguglietti, Israel Getzler, Barry Hill, Ken Inglis, Derry Jeffares, John Langmore, Lionel Orchard, Allan Patience, Mark Peel, Martin Rein, Paul Streeton, Ivan Szelenyi, Don Watson and Michael Young.

The MS Acc16.053 consignment comprises a letter of Peter Munz from 1972, a reprint of Munz's essay 'History and theory: Studies in the Philosophy of History' (1971), along with letters of Richard Kennedy from 1997-1998 and a reprint of Kennedy's book "Australian Welfare History: Critical Essays" (1982).

The MS Acc19.001 consignment comprises correspondence to Pat Stretton concerning her husband Hugh, along with poetry, autobiographical writings and postcards from philosopher Jack Smart and Inga Clendinnen.

Biographical Note:

Born Melbourne 15 July 1924, educated at Beaumaris State School, Mentone Grammar and Scotch College; studied law and classics at the University of Melbourne (interupted by military service) history at Oxford University (M.A. 1948) and political science at Princeton (as a visiting fellow). Appointed a Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, 1948, taught at Oxford 1948-54. Appointed to the University of Adelaide as Professor of History; Visiting Research Fellow in Economics; Deputy Chairman of the South Australian Housing Trust (invited to the Board on the basis of his Ideas for Australian Cities).

MA (Oxford), HonDLitt (ANU, La Trobe). HonLLD (Monash), HonDUniv (Adelaide, Flinders), Fellow of the Academy of the Humanities [Academies of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Australia].

Stretton's book publications include The Political Sciences: general principles of selection in social science and history (1969), Ideas for Australian cities (1970 and later editions), Capitalism, Socialism and the Environment (1976), Urban Planning in rich and poor countries (1978), Political essays (1987), Public goods, public enterprise, public choice (1994), Economics: a new introduction (1999) and Australia Fair (2005) as well as the 1974 Boyer Lectures, Housing and Government, and many articles published in collections and journals over some 60 years. There is a list of Stretton's publications to 1989 in Markets, morals and public policy, ed. Lionel Orchard and Robert Dare, Sydney, Federation Press, 1989.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The collection was donated to the National Library by Hugh Stretton in December 2009.

Arrangement:

Stretton's articles and correspondence were well ordered and have been preserved, in their entirety, in the arrangements in which they were found. Other papers selected have been grouped into additional series.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4925322).

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 Hugh Stretton, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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