Guide to the Papers of Peter Cochrane, 1909-2017

Summary

Collection number:

MS 9334; MS Acc10.042; MS Acc18.138

Creator:

Peter Cochrane and Cochrane, Peter

Extent:

2.55 metres and (14 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Peter Cochrane, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Part available for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection includes correspondence, photographs, notes, research material (primarily photocopies) and manuscript drafts relating to the researching and writing of Cochrane's book Simpson and the donkey: the making of a legend (1992). The research material gathered by Cochrane documents the life and legend of stretcher-bearer John Simpson Kirkpatrick, who died in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. Among the correspondents are Ken Inglis, Bill Gammage, Jim Henderson, Humphrey McQueen, John Hirst, John Herouvim, Peter Stanley, Barry York, Alan McLean, Craig Munro, Catherine Snowden, Ian Duffield, Chris Pugsley, Barry York, Ann Richter, Renata Howe and Michael Sharkey.(4 boxes).

The Acc10.042 instalment comprises correspondence, research notes, edited chapters, copies of news clippings and awards material relating to Cochrane's book Colonial ambition: foundations of Australian democracy (2006); notes and writing for the TV documentary "The making of modern Australia"; notes, speeches and reviews related to the production of the National Library of Australia's centenary volume Remarkable occurrences (2001); correspondence and notes regarding the 2009 New South Wales Premier's History Awards (8 boxes).

MS Acc18.138 comprises additional papers relating to two of Cochrane's books published in 2018 - 'Best we forget: the war for white Australia 1914-1918' and 'The making of Martin Sparrow' and include annotated drafts and correspondence with editors, historians and the media.(3 boxes).

Biographical Note:

Date	Event
1950	Born in Melbourne on 15 April
1974	Graduated BA (Hons), La Trobe University
1978	Graduated PhD, University of Adelaide
1978-79	Research Officer, South Australian Parliamentary Library
1979-80	Tutor in Politics, University of Adelaide
1980	Published <em>Industrialisation and dependence: Australia's road to economic development, 1870-1939</em>
1982-85	Lecturer in History, University of Sydney
1986-96	Senior Lecturer in History, University of Sydney
1992	Published <em>Simpson and the donkey: the making of a legend</em>
1992	Received Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) Award for Non-Fiction
1996	Awarded Harold White Fellowship
1997-	Honorary Associate in History, University of Sydney

Collection Retrieval Advice:

Please note: each class in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Provenance:

The papers were donated to the Library by Dr Peter Cochrane in October 1997. Further papers were added in 2010.

Arrangement:

The original arrangement of the papers has been retained by the Library.

Indexed terms

Names:

Cochrane, Peter

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn949279).

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 Peter Cochrane, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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