Australian-American relations, 1946-1963
- Component identifier:
- Series 68
- Content Summary:
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Most of the papers are concerned with the Australian-American Association, which Latham joined in 1948. There is a small amount of correspondence about the Association, the unveiling of the United States War Memorial in Canberra in 1954, and Fulbright awards. There are also leaflets, circulars, annual reports of the Victorian Section of the Australian-American Association (1950-1961), an address by Latham at a luncheon of the Association (7 September 1962), other speeches, and photographs of the unveiling of the American War Memorial.
The other papers deal with the United States Educational Foundation in Australia, of which Latham was a director. There are a few letters, the agreement between Australia and the United States (June 1946), the 1956 and 1958 Fulbright programs, and State Department publications on the Fulbright Scheme.
Comprises Files 1-7 (Items 1-165).
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The bulk of the collection was presented to the National Library by Sir John Latham in December 1963, a few months before his death. In November 1974 the Library purchased some further papers from a secondhand book dealer. They comprised family letters and photographs, some diaries and papers relating to the High Court. These papers have been amalgamated into the original collection.
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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