Foreign Correspondent, The Times, in Australia, 1955-73

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Series 8

Content Summary:

In 1955 Harris rejoined The Times as an assistant to its Australian staff correspondent in Melbourne, Roy Curthoys, succeeding the latter when he retired in the following year. During this period Harris maintained an ongoing correspondence with his editors in London, including frequent depatches, cables, and contributions to the paper's Obituary Department, for which he continued to write pieces after his retirement. In June 1956 Harris was part of the press contingent that observed a British nuclear test at Maralinga.

Correspondence in this series is principally with representatives of The Times, and includes long sequences exhanged with Foreign News Editor John Buist, his successor Jerome Caminada, and Obituary Department Editor Colin Watson. Amongst the smaller body of unofficial correspondence is a 1966 letter from Arthur Calwell in which he briefly reflects upon his political convictions.

Correspondence and cables relating to articles submitted to The Times whilst Harris worked for the Herald group in Australia in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and notes produced when employed for The Times as sub-editor in the Special Supplements Department for a short period in November 1950 are filed in Series 6 and 7. Despatches, photographs and notes pertaining to his assignments as The Times special foreign correspondent in Vietnam, Egypt and Southeast Asia are filed in Series 9.

Immediate source of acquisition:

In December 1994 the National Library of Australia purchased the papers of Stewart Harris, for more than twenty years Foreign Correspondent in Australia for The Times newspaper.

Names:

Stewart Harris

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