Guide to the Papers of Denis Warner, 1949-1997

 

Collection context

Summary

Collection number:
MS 9489
Creator:
Denis Warner
Extent:
9.94 metres and (71 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Denis Warner, National Library of Australia, MS 9489, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The papers document Warner's career as a journalist, editor of the Asian Pacific Defence Reporter and author of numerous books (some of them were written in collaboration with his wife, Peggy). They include correspondence, reporter's notebooks, reviews and drafts of seven of his books, research material (notes, cuttings, photocopies and some correspondence) and papers relating to Wilfred Burchett.
Biographical Note:
Date Event
1917 Born 12 December in Hobart, Tasmania
1941-43 Served with the AIF in the Middle East
1943 Endorsed as candidate for the United Australia Party
1944-45 Discharged from the Army and worked as war correspondent for American Forces in Central Pacific
1945 Married Peggy Hick 12 June. Worked in the Philippines and Japan as war correspondent
1947-49 Editorial Manager of Reuter-AAP in Japan
1949-55 Roving Far Eastern Correspondent for the Melbourne <em>Herald</em> and the London <em>Daily Telegraph</em>
1955-83 Writer on Asian affairs for newspapers in Australia and overseas
1956-57 Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and an Associate Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University
1957-68 South East Asian correspondent for <em>Reporter</em> magazine
1868-72 Asian correspondent for <em>Look</em> magazine
1971 Awarded O.B.E.
1979-81 Member of State Advisory Committee of the Australian Broadcasting Commission
1981-95 Editor of the <em>Asia Pacific Defence Reporter</em>
1982 Awarded C.M.G.
Who's who in Australia 2001 (p. 1820)

Denis Warner. Wake me if there's trouble (1995)

Denis Warner. Not always on horseback (1997)

Provenance:

The papers were donated to the National Library by Denis and Peggy Warner under the Cultural Gifts Program in 1999.

Arrangement:

The papers have been organised into 12 series, the main ones are correspondence, notebooks, manuscripts, reviews of Warner's books and research material.

The papers had mostly been kept in filing cabinets and received in the Library in relatively good order. Most of the correspondence was arranged in subject order or under the names of the correspondents. The research material was filed in manila folders, roughly arranged according to the titles of the books. Wherever possible, the Library has retained the arrangement of the papers.

Indexed terms

Names:
Denis Warner

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2316737).
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 Denis Warner, National Library of Australia, MS 9489, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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