Original Consignments

Component identifier:

Class MS 2505

Content Summary:

The collection dates from 1917 until 1969 and contains correspondence, notes, manuscripts, photographs, certificates, printed material, scrap books and press cuttings. They relate to every phase of Sir John Barry's life, documenting his work as a student, barrister, judge, academic, criminologist, penologist and historian. His articles, Addresses, monographs and other writings, both in handwritten and typescript form, with associated notes and cuttings, form a significant part of the papers.

Correspondents include Elmer Barnes, Peter Brett, Zelman Cowen, David Derham, Wilfred Dovey, Sheldon Glueck, Sir Eugene Gorman, Colin Howard, John McClemens, Norval Morris, Vance and Nettie Palmer, Mark Perlman, Sir Arthur Rylah, Geoffrey Sawer, Paul Tappan, E.J. Ward and Baroness Wooton.

(80 boxes, 1 fol. box, 4 elephant fol. items)

Immediate source of acquisition:

MS 2505 was presented to the National Library in 1971 by Lady Barry. An addition comprising a scrapbook of letters and newspaper clippings was received from Joan Hardy (Barry's daughter) in 1997.

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