General correspondence, 1915-1971

Component identifier:

Series 1

Content Summary:

The first series is the largest in the collection and as source material, the most valuable. It is arranged in date order and each letter has been name indexed by author and recipient. The series covers 1915-1971 but clusters on the period 1928-1933.

The series covers a large variety of subjects. They include many that form the basis of future series, as letters referring to several topics have been filed into Series 1. Although concentrated on specific economic and public issues, it contains good runs of correspondence on the internal politics of the University of Melbourne, the tariff, the Depression, economic development, overseas aid, and many Third World problems.

Some of the principal correspondents are F.A. Bland, J.A. Lyons, S.M. Bruce, Herbert Brookes, H. Heinmann, W.S. Robinson, Don Merry, Sid Crawford, R.A. Hohnen, George Anderson, F.W. Eggleston, E.C. Dyason, C.H. Wickens, E.F. Penrose, H.P. Brown, L.C. Webb, Walter Crocker, Michael Lindsay, T. Buesst, C.V. Janes, A.C. Davidson, R.G. Menzies and F.H. Corke. The economists represented include L.G. Melville, E.O.G. Shann, J.B. Condliffe, L.F. Giblin, A.W. Tacker, William Beveridge, J.M. Keynes, H. Heaton, F.R.E. Mauldon, J.B. Bridgen, G.A. Weller, G.L. Wood, J. Polglaze, F.W. Taussig, R.C. Mills, Roland Wilson and T. Hytten.

At the end of the series is a set of typist's letter copies labelled 'Greens Jan-June 59' and 'Greens July-Dec 59'. The cards clipped to the original correspondence file listing names of correspondents are also here.

General correspondence is also contained in the 1977-1981 additions.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Lady Copland presented the personal papers of Sir Douglas Copland to the National Library in September 1973. Additions to the collection were received from the Copland Family between 1977 and 1981.

Names:

Copland, D.B. (Douglas Berry), 1894-1971

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