Guide to the Papers of Adrian Jose, 1917-1988

Summary

Collection number:

MS 7702

Creator:

Adrian Jose

Extent:

5.75 metres and (34 boxes and 3 cartons)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Adrian Jose, National Library of Australia, MS 7702, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Series 7 and other folders as marked closed to 1 January 2022 (please refer to list). Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

Presenter and administrator, Adrian Jose began his long career in Australian broadcasting as a radio announcer-in-training with the Australian Broadcasting Company in 1930. He held a number of management positions in Queensland and New South Wales branches of the Australian Broadcasting Commission before his 1949 appointment as Director of Programme Services at the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, a post from which he retired in 1971.

The major portion of the collection, however, documents Jose's responsibilities at the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, and activities under his compass such as educational and religious broadcasting, children's television and Australian content in programming. Also of interest is a large sequence of minutes and papers of the Television Society of Australia and Educational Television Association of Australia, of which Jose was a member and executive member for many years.

Biographical Note:

Date	Event
1908	Born Denis Adrian Arthur Jose, 3 May, son of historian Arthur Jose
1921-25	Educated Sydney Church of England Grammar School
1926	Editorial assistant for <em>The Australian Encyclopaedia</em>
1926-30	Clerk in Intelligence and Publicity Branch, Australian High Commission, London
1930	Joined Australian Broadcasting Company in September as record library assistant and announcer-in-training, 2BL and 2FC, Newcastle
1930	Appointed regional officer at 2NC Newcastle in December
1930-34	Senior announcer, 4QG Brisbane
1934-41	Queensland Programming Director, Australian Broadcasting Commission
1934	Married Constance Archdall, 7 December
1938-49	Held various offices in the Australian Broadcasting Commission Staff Association, including President (1943) and Staff Advocate at 1948 hearing on classifications and salaries
1941	Acting Programme Controller, New South Wales
1942	Acting Federal Programme Executive, Sydney
1944-46	Acting Queensland Manager, Australian Broadcasting Commission
1946-49	Federal Programming Coordinator, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Melbourne
1948	Secretary, ABC Senior Officers Association
1949-71	Director, Programme Services Division, Australian Broadcasting Control Board, Sydney
1955	Joined the Television Society of Australia, and later the Society's offshoot the Educational Television Association of Australia
1956-72	Advisory Committee on Children's Television Programmes
1959-69	Attended meetings of Advisory Committee on Religious Television Programmes
1959-70	Member Australian UNESCO Committee for Mass Communication
1960-65	Council Member of Television Society of Australia
1962	Official overseas visit for Australian Broadcasting Control Board of United Kingdom, France, USA and Canada
1963-64	Member Interdepartmental Committee on Television Film Production; Senate Select Committee on the Encouragement of Australian Productions for Television
1964	Although not a Committee member, attended meetings of the Advisory Committee on Educational Television Services and prepared its official report
c. 1965	Member of the Radio Survey Standards Committee appointed by the Council for Advertising Research in Australia
1967	Official overseas visit for Australian Broadcasting Control Board of United States, Britain and Japan
1974-78	Council Member of Television Society of Australia
1978	Made Honorary Member, Television Society of Australia
1991	Died in Melbourne

Provenance:

The collection of his papers, which comprises correspondence, reports, minutes, cuttings and associated files, was donated to the National Library in two consignments: a small carton of radio talks and written reports from Jose in 1989, followed by a larger instalment of 18 boxes from his daughter in 1991. The University of New England historian Ross Lamont undertook a preliminary sort of the latter consignment before its transfer to the Library. Together the instalments extend back to 1917 and provide some coverage of most phases of Jose's career.

Indexed terms

Names:

Adrian Jose

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2880149).

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 Adrian Jose, National Library of Australia, MS 7702, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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