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Papers of Dame Rachel Cleland, 1885-2002

(63 boxes)
Abstract Or Scope
The MS 9601 collection comprises correspondence, drafts, speeches, photographs and papers relating to the Aboriginal land rights and environmental causes Rachel Cleland supported in Australia.

Papers of Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey, 1769-2013 (bulk 1880-1960)

7.66 metres (25 ms boxes + 3 archives boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 3 medium folio boxes + 4 card index boxes)
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The collection comprises notes and alphabetical index cards relating to Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey's books on the Kerr Brothers, an Anglo-French distributor of goods including copra and cocoa; original papers and diaries of her father Graham Lennox Stirling Kerr; Cawsey's notebooks and diaries; correspondence; business records relating to the Kerr Brothers Ltd and the East Santo Plantations Ltd in the New Hebrides (now the nation of Vanuatu); photographs; and scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings.

Papers of James (Jim) Thomas Griffin, 1936-2013

52 ms boxes, 1 large folio box, 2 map folios
Abstract Or Scope
This collection comprises papers accumulated by Griffin over the course of his life and work. Much of the material relates to Papua New Guinea and reflects Griffin's interest in the history and political affairs of that country, particularly relating to Bougainville, and includes research files, writings by Griffin about a variety of issues, and files relating to prominent Papuans, created whilst undertaking research for a proposed Dictionary of Biography. There are research files relating to books Griffin wrote on John Wren and Daniel Mannix, and a large group of drafts of writings by Griffin that include articles, speeches, seminar and conference papers, book and theatre reviews, and letters to the editor. Other papers relate to Griffin's work at the Townsville College of Advanced Education and his involvement in the publication of The Catholic Worker, including a large run of copies of the journal from 1964-1972.
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Papers of Albert Speer, 1932-2012

(50 ms boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 digital carrier box + 3 map folios)
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This collection comprises instalments that contain medical patrol reports from Papua New Guinea and research papers and correspondence on the Mount Lamington eruption, Australian prisoners of war who died on board the Montevideo Maru and other topics connected with the war in the Pacific and Papua New Guinea in general. There are also research notes for Gordon Thomas's publication 'Prisoners in Rabaul: civilians in captivity', personal correspondence, and papers relating to Speer's wartime service and overseas travel.

Papers of Albert Speer, 1943-1994

1.01 metres (6 ms boxes + 1 audio cassette box)
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This collection and consists of diaries, patrol reports, official reports, official and unofficial correspondence, personal documents, newspaper articles and photographs on Sir Albert Maori Kiki's funeral, an interview, an audio tape, photographs, maps and a few publications, mainly newspapers. There is also a bound photocopy of 'The search for the truth of the Montevideo Maru', Part 1, by Speers.
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Papers of Neville Exon relating to Frank and Margaret Exon, 1900-1998

(4 ms boxes + 1 folio packet + 1 medium folio box)
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The collection comprises papers relating to Frank Exon (OBE) and his wife Margaret (nee Henderson), compiled by their son Neville and includes: personal letters and diaries written by Frank and Margaret documenting their time living in Fiji and Pakistan in the 1950's; drafts of Frank's short stories; published articles written by Frank; documents and correspondence relating to Frank's work in Fiji as a radio engineer for Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) and in Pakistan, installing Australian-built shortwave transmitters and receivers under the auspices of the Colombo Plan; Henderson family documents, including a Boer War letter; documents relating to Frank Exon's service as a radio engineer with the Royal Australian Naval Radio Service during World War I; and a restored Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) leather suitcase used to house papers of Frank Exon.

Papers of Klaus Neumann, 1892-2017

1.68 metres (6 archives box + 1 folio)
Abstract Or Scope
The collection comprises material related to the research of social historian Klaus Neumann including correspondence; field notebooks and diaries from Papua New Guinea in the 1980s and 1990s; articles relating to and written by Neumann; drafts of books; Papers including 'A Precautionary Measure: Internment in Australia during World War II', 'Reffos, Balts and Border Crossers:Australian Responses to Refugees 1938-1973'; list of publications and 2015 research outcomes.