Guide to the Papers of Cecil R. Hall, 1909-1972

 

Collection context

Summary

Collection number:
MS 8686
Creator:
Cecil R. Hall and Hall, J, Miss
Extent:
3.2 metres and (23 boxes + 1 folio)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Cecil R. Hall, National Library of Australia, MS 8686, [series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection comprises correspondence, printed materials, notebooks, notes, business papers, photographs, menus, programs, and invitations relating to Hall's career and his book The Manufacturers.

Photographic subjects include: Adamson, John; Beale, Octavius C.; Buckley, F. S.; Burnett, John M.; Denniss, Jeffrey; Dixson, Sir Hugh; Farleigh, J. G.; Ferrier, Sir Grant; Forsyth, Archibald; Gordon-Bennett, H; Hardman, R. R.; Hendry, James; Hendy, H. J.; Hoskins, C .H.; Hurley, Sir John; Hutcheson, George I., Captain; Jones, J. Gordon; Kerr, F. G.; Kneeshaw, F. P.; Love, Sir Clifford; Ludowici, Charles E.; MacTaggart, M. I.; Marks, R. A.; Nerford, H. N.; Newlands, S. F.; Orr, Basil R.; Parry-Okeden, R. G.; Pettingell, W. W.; Potts, Charles V.; Pratten, Herbert E.; Sevier, Harry B.; Tivey, Sir John; Vicars, Sir William; Walker, Arthur D.; Walker, J. N.; Webster, Sir Robert; Willington, W. T.; Wright, J. P.; Wunderlich, Alfred.

Biographical Note:

Cecil Riley Hall was born in 1891 at Glebe, Sydney, the son of G.H. Hall, San Francisco, U.S.A. He began his working life as a telegraph messenger with the Postmaster General's Department. He undertook a theology course with a view to becoming a Church of Christ minister, but did not take up the ministry, partly because of the beginning of World War 1.

During World War 1 Hall served in Mesopotamia, Persia and Kurdistan in the 1st Australian Wireless Squadron. On returning to Australia he married Amy Balmer on 22 May 1920.

Hall did some broadcasting work with radio stations 2FC and 2BL in the late 1920s, writing his own scripts. In 1926 he was appointed Industrial Officer to the New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures, becoming Director in 1936 where he remained until his retirement in 1960. He was also acting Secretary for the Associated Chamber of Manufactures of Australia in 1939.

In 1939 Hall was sent to the New York World Fair as the Commonwealth Government Representative and in 1955 to Geneva as adviser to the Australian Employers' Delegate to the International Labour Conference.

Cecil Hall died in 1974.

Reference: Who's Who of Australia 1959 pp. 346.

Indexed terms

Names:
Hall, J, Miss

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn347155).
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 Cecil R. Hall, National Library of Australia, MS 8686, [series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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