Guide to the Papers of Joseph Aloysius Lyons, 1924-1939

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 4851
Creator:
Lyons, J.A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1879-1939
Extent:
1.5 metres and (6 boxes + 2 folios)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of J.A. Lyons, National Library of Australia, MS 4851, [box and file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The papers contain correspondence, notes, commissions, invitations, photograph albums, and scrap books covering the years of Lyons' prime-ministership. Topics referred to in the papers include the Depression, the formation of the United Australia Party, the selection of the first U.A.P. Ministry, trade and customs in the 1930s, the appointment of Lord Gowrie as Governor-General, financial relations with Great Britain, the abdication of Edward VIII and the economy during the 1930s.

The main correspondents are C.L.A. Abbott, Lord Bruce, Eric Campbell, Sir Douglas Copland, Dr J. H.L. Cumpston, A.C. Davidson, Percy Deane, E.C. Dyason, F.M. Forde, Prof. L.F. Giblin, Sir Robert Gibson, Lord Gowrie, Sir Henry Gullett, Sir Laurence Hartnett, E.J. Hogan, W.M. Hughes, Colonel H.E. Jones, Sir John Latham, Sir Henry Lawson, Sir Essington Lewis, J. Ramsay MacDonald, Sir Walter Massy-Greene, G.A. Maxwell, Sir Robert Menzies, Prof. E. Morris Miller, Sir Keith Murdoch, Sir Earle Page, T. Paterson, Sir George Pearce, J.A. Perkins, Staniforth Ricketson, Sir Charles Rosenthal, J.H. Scullin, Sir Sydney Snow, Sir Bertram Stevens, Sir Frederick Stewart, M.M. Threlfall, J.B. Were, and Sir Thomas White.

Biographical Note:
Date Event
1879 Born 15 September at Stanley, Tasmania
1901 Qualified as a teacher and taught at small country schools
1909 Elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly
1914-1916 Minister for Education, Minister for Railways and Treasurer in the Earle Labor Government
1915 Married Enid Muriel Burnell on 28 April
1923-1928 Premier of Tasmania
1929 Resigned to enter the House of Representatives for the seat of Wilmot.
1929-1931 Post Master General and Minister for Works and Railways in the Scullin Government
1930-1931 Acting Treasurer
1931 Resigned from the Government and formed the United Australia Party
1932-1939 Prime Minister of Australia
1939 Died on 7 April in Sydney
Provenance:

The collection was donated to the Library by Dame Enid Lyons in October 1974.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is available for reference.
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 J.A. Lyons, National Library of Australia, MS 4851, [box and file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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