Guide to the Papers of William Morris Hughes
MS 1538
National Library of Australia
| Date completed: | October 2007 |
| Last updated: | October 2007 |
This finding aid was created by the Manuscripts Branch of the National Library of Australia with the assistance of the Australian Prime Ministers Centre.
Table of Contents
Collection Summary
Introduction
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Access
Copying and Publishing
Preferred Citation
Provenance
Digitised Material
Related Material
Biographical Note
Series List and Descriptions
Series 1 General correspondence, 1903-1952
Series 2 Financial papers, 1904-1952
Series 3 Birthday and congratulatory correspondence, 1916-1952
Series 4 Diaries and notebooks, 1900-c.1952
Series 5 Writings, 1907-1952
Series 6 Newspapers and newscuttings, 1891-1952
Series 7 Speeches and broadcasts, 1910-1952
Series 8 Christmas cards, 1921-1952
Series 9 Programs, invitations and cards, 1906-1953
Series 10 Photographs, c.1865-1950s
Series 11 Printed and roneoed material, c.1900-1952
Series 12 Family papers, 1875-1958
Series 13 Dame Mary Hughes, 1913-1953
Series 14 Legal notebooks, 1894-1902
Series 15 Politics and unions, 1890-1929
Series 16 Prime Minister, 1915-c.1925
Series 17 Primary industry, overseas trade, and shipping, 1906-1946
Series 18 Industrial relations, 1914-1922
Series 19 Defence, 1915-1922
Series 20 Recruiting and the second conscription referendum, 1915-1918
Series 21 Internal security, 1915-1922
Series 22 1916 overseas visits, 1909-1916
Series 23 1918 Imperial War Conference, 1900-1919
Series 24 1919 Paris Peace Conference, 1918-1919
Series 25 1921 Imperial Conference, 1920-1921
Series 26 1924 Tour of the USA, 1923-1924
Series 27 National Party, 1918-1931
Series 28 Elections, 1913-1951
Series 29 Backbencher, 1923-1933
Series 30 Constituency correspondence, 1922-1952
Series 31 Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd, 1920-1952
Series 32 Subject files, 1919-1941
Series 33 The 1929 election, 1917-1929
Series 34 The Australian Party, 1929-1933
Series 35 League of Nations, 1919-1946
Series 36 United Australia Party, 1931-1944
Series 37 Minister for Health, 1923-1942
Series 38 Minister for Repatriation, 1934-1937
Series 39 Minister for the Navy, 1940-1942
Series 40 Minister for Territories, 1935-1941
Series 41 Minister for Industry, 1938-1940
Series 42 Minister for External Affairs, 1937-1940
Series 43 Attorney-General, c.1934-1942
Series 44 Australian Democratic Front, 1939-1943
Series 45 Parliamentarian and Cabinet member, 1934-1943
Series 46 Advisory War Council, 1940-1945
Series 47 Backbencher, 1913-1952
Series 48 Subject files, 1890-1952
Series 49 Liberal Party of Australia, 1945-1952
Series 50 Objects, ephemera and miscellaneous papers, 1885-1952
Container List
Collection Summary
| Creator: | Hughes, W. M. (1862-1952) |
| Title: | Papers of William Morris Hughes |
| Date Range: | c.1865-1958 (bulk 1930s-1940s) |
| Collection Number: | MS 1538 |
| Extent: | 53.62 m (236 boxes) + 23 folio boxes and 9 elephant folio items |
| Repository: | National Library of Australia |
| Abstract: | Correspondence (1903-1952), diaries and notebooks (c.1911-c.1952), financial papers, newspaper cuttings, photographs, family papers and political papers as well as much of Hughes’ published output of books, press articles and speeches. Also contains corrected typescripts of L. F. Fitzhardinge's biography of W. M. Hughes. The date coverage of the collection is uneven with only a small portion of papers relating to Hughes’ activities, 1894-1917. Much of the material is concentrated on the period of the 1930s and 1940s. The political papers include Hughes’ time as Prime Minister (1915-1923), as a backbencher (1923-1934 and 1941-1952), as well as his various ministerial positions (1934-1941). |
Introduction
Scope and Content
The collection includes correspondence, diaries and notebooks, financial papers, newscuttings, photographs, family papers and political papers as well as much of Hughes' published output of books, press articles and speeches. Also included are corrected typescripts of L. F. Fitzhardinge's biography of Hughes.
The date coverage of the collection is uneven, with only a small portion of papers relating to Hughes' activities, 1894-1917. Much of the material is concentrated on the period of the 1930s and 1940s. Although the earliest items date from c.1865, the collection contains almost no 19th century material. The events of a particular year, such as 1921 or 1929 are well documented, while for other key periods like 1915-1917 (encompassing events with which Hughes was intimately associated) the collection is virtually silent.
The political papers include Hughes' time as Prime Minister (1915-1923), as a backbencher (1923-1934 and 1941-1952), as well as his various ministerial positions (1934-1941). There is nothing in the collection relating to his responsibility as Vice-President of the Executive Council and the series covering Industry and Repatriation are quite meagre. Hughes' published output of books, press articles and speeches and forewords to others' works are reasonably well covered.
Arrangement
Prior to their transfer to the Library the papers were held at the Australian National University where they were used by Hughes' biographer, L. F. Fitzhardinge, and his staff. During this time some sorting was undertaken. The original packing lists show the collection was in complete disorder and did not contain evidence of any previous working order. The Library has arranged the papers into 50 series based on physical form, subject, activity or event. The first 11 are groupings of material distinct because of their physical form (e.g. correspondence, diaries) although they should not be regarded as exclusive categories. Series 14 and 15 are devoted to Hughes' earliest years, and, with the exception of Series 26 and possibly 31, Series 16-49 all relate in some way to Hughes' political career. Series 50 contains objects, maps and other items of ephemera and miscellaneous papers which do not naturally fit into the other series.
An alphabetical index has been compiled for all correspondence up to Series 30, Folder 65. Individual folio items have been numbered up to Series 30, Folder 65 (with the exception of some papers in Series 6 and 7).
The original finding aid which was prepared in 1978 was revised in 2007.
Provenance
The W. M. Hughes Papers were presented to the National Library of Australia by Dame Mary Hughes in 1953. The collection was received in two consignments. One consisted of papers taken from the Perpetual Trustee Company comprising material from Hughes' Lindfield home and from his office rooms at the Commonwealth Offices, Sydney; the other came directly from Lindfield. Lists of the contents of both consignments are held in the Library's Manuscript Branch. With the agreement of the executors and the Library, much of the collection, was for a time, held at the Australian National University by Fitzhardinge. He was permitted sole access to the collection while writing the biography Hughes commissioned in 1951. Fitzhardinge's own papers documenting the writing of the biography are also held by the Library (MS 5400).
The papers transferred to the Library in 1953 are by no means the total collection of Hughes' personal papers, although it is impossible to say what proportion has survived. (see Fitzhardinge, p.936).
Copying and Publishing
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.
Digitised Material
A small number of items from the Hughes Papers including photographs and newscuttings have been digitised. They can be accessed through the Library catalogue.
Related Material
In addition to the Hughes Papers the Library holds other manuscript collections (including microfilm copies) which contain letters or other materials relating to Hughes. These materials are described separately in a guide Special collections relating to William Morris Hughes in the National Library of Australia (http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/1538rm.html).
Pictorial works, photographs, some illuminated addresses and a brief case belonging to Hughes are located in the Pictures Collection. They can be accessed through the Library catalogue.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of William Morris Hughes, National Library of Australia, MS 1538, [series and/or folder number]'.
Biographical Note
The life of W. M. Hughes is the subject of numerous books, and Hughes himself published two works of reminiscence. It is therefore not intended to provide here any more than the briefest outline of the major events of his life.
Hughes was born the only child of Welsh parents in London on 25 September 1862 and died in Sydney on 28 October 1952. He was educated in Wales and later at St Stephen's School, Westminster, where he also worked as a pupil teacher. In 1884 he migrated to Queensland, and spent two years mostly in rural occupations before settling in Sydney. Between 1886 and his election in 1894 as the Labor Member for Lang in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly he worked again in a variety of miscellaneous occupations, ran a small bookshop, and worked for the Australian Workers’ Union, the Sydney Wharf Labourers’ Union, and the Labor Electoral Leagues. In the latter part of the 1890s he worked for the passage of the Early Closing Act and the Old Age Pension Act, and attended the 1900 Interstate Labor Conference as a NSW delegate.
Hughes was elected as the Member for West Sydney in 1901. In 1903 he was admitted to the New South Wales Bar, and in the following year was the Minister for External Affairs in J. C. Watson's Labor Government. In the governments of Watson's replacement, Andrew Fisher, Hughes was Attorney-General, and when Fisher resigned in October 1915 to become High Commissioner in London, Hughes was elected Leader of the Party and Prime Minister. During the next nine years he was at the very centre of national and international affairs. Hughes twice sought through referenda the approval of the electorate for compulsory military service, was expelled from the Labor Party and founded a new one, the National Party, and represented Australia at the Economic Conference of the Allies in 1916, the Imperial Conferences of 1918 and 1921 and the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Early in 1923 Hughes was forced to resign his leadership of the Nationalists as a condition for Country Party support following the December 1922 election, and spent the next 11 years in Parliament as a backbencher.
In the 1920s Hughes was a constant critic of the Bruce-Page Government, and his eventual open opposition over one particular issue, arbitration, resulted in its destruction in 1929 and three years of Labor rule under J. H. Scullin. Expelled from the National Party, Hughes attempted to create his own party, the Australian Party, but, faced with little success, in 1931 joined a new non-Labor coalition formed around J. A. Lyons called the United Australia Party. During the 1930s and early war years Hughes held various portfolios in the Lyons and Menzies Governments including Health, External Affairs, Navy, and Attorney-General, and was a Member of the Advisory War Council between 1940 and 1945.
Following the defeat of Fadden's budget in September 1941 and Curtin's installation as Prime Minister, Hughes was elected Leader of the United Australia Party over Menzies, and fought the 1943 General Election as Deputy Leader of the Opposition. After this election Hughes stepped down as Leader, and was expelled in April 1944 for refusing a UAP direction to leave the Advisory War Council. The following year he joined the Liberal Party of Australia, and was its representative for North Sydney and later Bradfield until his death in 1952.
During his political career Hughes published several polemical works and many of his writings appeared in the press. For example, in 1910 his series of press articles titled The case for labor was published in book form. Two other works, argued with similar force, were The splendid adventure (1929) and Australia and war today (1935). In the 1940s when his search for a congenial biographer appeared fruitless, he brought out two works of reminiscence, Crusts and crusades (1947) and Policies and potentates (1950).
Hughes married twice. In 1886 or thereabouts he married Elizabeth Cutts and had seven children, six of whom survived him. His second marriage was to Mary Campbell, five years after Elizabeth's death in 1906. They had one child, Helen, who died in London in 1937.
Series List and Descriptions
Series 1 General correspondence, 1903-1952
The first series is made up of letters and telegrams to Hughes and copies or drafts of some of his replies which do not naturally relate to the subjects, activities or events of the remaining series. They are arranged in date order, with undated letters placed last. Many of the letters are from personal friends of Hughes. There are replies to sympathy letters, welcomes to Hughes upon his return from overseas trips, letters of introduction, invitations, letters of regret following his resignation in 1923, requests for photographs and autographs, copies of invitation acceptances, and applications for positions as secretary. Other letters deal with arrangements for golf, the supply of hearing aid batteries, people's reactions to speeches and broadcasts, requests for money, the forwarding of reports and publications and Hughes' opinion on the abdication in 1936.
The main correspondents are Sir Ronald Anderson, Joynton Smith, Claude McKay, George Payne, Lord Novar, L. S. Amery, Sir John Quick, Sir Atlee Hunt, Sir George Rich, Dame Mary Gilmore, Sir Keith Murdoch, Lindley Walker, C. R. Hall, Sir Philip Game, W. S. Robinson, Pauline Grieve, H. V. Howe, M. Hillary, Sir Charles Jones, Randolf Bedford, Sir Percy Hunter, R. M. Pontey, Percy Deane, and Field-Marshal Birdwood.
Series 2 Financial papers, 1904-1952
Hughes' financial papers consist of quite a large body of correspondence, receipts, cheque butts, bank books, income tax forms, company circulars and prospectuses, and lists of donations. The series has been arranged in date order, although in some instances, where accounts and receipts have been clipped together, these have been filed by the date of the initial account. The series ends with a bundle of loose cuttings titled 'Private finance'.
Where appropriate, financial papers have been filed in other series. All accounts addressed to Dame Mary Hughes (regardless of who settled them) are in Series 13. Cheque books used by Hughes during his trips overseas are in the series devoted to them. Some miscellaneous cheque butts and books can also be found in Series 50. Financial correspondence with Amalgamated Wireless of Australia Pty Ltd is in Series 31.
Hughes' financial correspondents include car hire firms, companies of which he was a shareholder, the Taxation Commissioner, business houses, tradesmen, the Public Service Board, municipal councils, publishers, newspapers, assurance companies, the Commonwealth Bank, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Department of the Prime Minister, share-brokers such as Arthur Long, E. L. & C. Baillieu, W. F. Dawson, and Arthur Tilley, and solicitors such as D. R. Hall & Co. and Blake & Riggall.
Folder 50 Newscuttings, June 1941
Includes cuttings on the financial market, companies and company profits from the major Australian newspapers. Originally classified as 'Private finance'.
Comprises items 5853-5892.
Folder 51 Newscuttings, July 1941
Includes cuttings on the financial market, companies and company profits from the major Australian newspapers. Originally classified as 'Private finance'.
Comprises items 5893-5929.
Folder 52 Newscuttings, August-September 1941
Includes cuttings on the financial market, companies and company profits from the major Australian newspapers. Originally classified as 'Private finance'.
Comprises items 5930-6006.
Folder 53 Newscuttings, October 1941
Includes cuttings on the financial market, companies and company profits from the major Australian newspapers. Originally classified as 'Private finance'.
Comprises items 6007-6042.
Series 3 Birthday and congratulatory correspondence, 1916-1952
The series consists of letters and telegrams to Hughes congratulating him on his various achievements, copies of some of his replies and of some of his own congratulatory letters and telegrams. There are also lists of people to whom these replies were to be sent. The correspondence covers 1916-1952, and is arranged in date order with undated letters placed last.
Most of the letters and telegrams were received in the 1940s and are birthday greetings and congratulations. The remainder congratulate Hughes on successes at elections, appointments to ministerial office, parliamentary and Empire continuous service records and election to the leadership of the United Australia Party in November 1941. The correspondents are friends, politicians, former staff members, soldiers, organisations, and many others with whom Hughes was associated during his public life.
Series 4 Diaries and notebooks, 1900-c.1952
Hughes' diaries cover the years 1916, 1917, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1927-1929 and 1934-1951. They are mainly pocket size and only a few contain any strict diary entries. The rest have reminders, addresses, phone numbers, notes, statistics, cuttings and lists of words. Three of the diaries (1942-1944) are engagement diaries kept by Hughes' secretary, and include such facts as the dates and times of Cabinet and party meetings. Other diaries are in Series 23 (1918), Series 13 (1918, 1921), Series 39 (1941) and Series 40 (1938).
The main group of notebooks although undated, clearly relate to the 1930s and 1940s. They contain handwritten and typed notes, statistics, quotations from books, newspapers and Hansards and appear to have been used in the preparation of articles or speeches. The subjects covered vary greatly but certainly cover the recurring Hughes topics like immigration, the British Empire, Japan, the Curtin and Chifley Governments and communism. Two other notebooks can be roughly dated. One (c.1911-1913) contains an incomplete unidentifiable narrative and the second (1925) contains notes on the seamen's strike, communism in Great Britain, the Australian Labor Party and Australia's population.
Two distinct groups of notebooks and two exercise books containing shorthand exercises which were compiled in the early 1950s complete the series. The former begins with a set of six leather notebooks containing material on such topics as war, defence, conscription, foreign policy, industrial arbitration, welfare and communism. They are followed by a set of notebooks compiled during 1924-1925 relating largely to the British Empire and international affairs, and may have formed the basis of newspaper articles Hughes had published at the time as well as to his book The splendid adventure (Angus and Robertson, 1929). A note accompanying these notebooks indicates that notebooks 1 and 3 (in a sequence of 23) are missing from the series and 3 notebooks are not numbered. Other notebooks are located in Series 14 and Series 48.
Folder 1 Notebooks, 1924-1925
Contains notebooks 2 and 4-10 and three notebooks not numbered.
One of the 3 unnumbered notebooks is dated September 1925 which indicates that Hughes continued his sequence of notebooks. It was written after notebook 25 which is in Folder 2.
Comprises items 1-11a.
Folder 2 Notebooks, 1925
Contains notebooks 11-23 and 25. Notebook 25 is dated 8 August 1925.
Comprises items 12-23. However at the time of updating this finding aid (2007) item 17 was missing. It is possible that this could be notebook 24 or a mistake was made when the collection was originally allocated item numbers.
Folder 3 Notebooks, c.1911-1951
Includes notes on the economy; trade; government expenditure and communism.
Comprises items 24-108.
Bag 6 Diaries and notebooks, 1916-1917
Includes notes on health insurance; unemployment insurance; money and monetary policy; the Second World War and war statistics.
Also includes two pocket diaries for 1916 and 1917.
Comprises items 126-133.
Folder 7 Diaries and notebooks, 1920-1929
Date range 1920, 1924, 1927-1929.
Comprises items 134-141.
Bag 10 Diaries, 1942-1944
Items 161 and 163 are engagement diaries kept by Hughes' secretary.
Comprises items 161-169.
Bag 11 Diaries, 1944-1949
Item 170 is an engagement diary kept by Hughes' secretary.
Comprises items 170-176.
Bag 14 Notebook, 1950
Notebook 2: includes notes on the rule of law and arbitration.
Comprises item 190.
Bag 15 Notebook, 1900-1950
Notebook 3: includes notes and speeches on Australian industry; wool; sugar; Anzac Day speeches and an election speech (1940).
Comprises items 191-195.
Bag 16 Notebook, 1946-1950
Notebook 4: includes notes and speeches on communism; government and socialism.
Comprises item 196.
Bag 17 Notebook, 1950
Notebook 5: includes notes and speeches on defence; foreign policy and the rule of law.
Comprises item 197.
Series 5 Writings, 1907-1952
This series contains all of the papers in the collection relating to Hughes' published writing, with the exception of papers on financial matters which are in Series 2. It is divided into two subseries.
Subseries 5.1 Writings by Hughes, 1907-1952
The first subseries chiefly pertains to four of Hughes' five books: The case for Labor (1910), The splendid adventure (1929), Crusts and crusades (1947), and Policies and potentates (1950). Papers relating to Australia and war today (1935) are in Series 35. There are drafts of each of the four books, correspondence with Hughes' publishers, readers of the books, people seeking autographs for their copies, and cuttings of reviews. The main correspondents are F. W. Waid, Sir Ernest Benn, Gordon Robbins, Sir Keith Murdoch, Brian Penton and Beatrice Davis.
The remainder of the subseries consists of correspondence with newspaper editors about articles by Hughes and with authors requesting Hughes to write forewords to their books, and cuttings of articles by Hughes published in newspapers and magazines. These include The Daily Telegraph, Life, The Sun, and The Sunday Sun, The Pacific, The Sydney Mail, and The Daily Chronicle.
Folder 1 The case for Labor, 1908-1950
Includes correspondence, notes and typescript drafts.
Comprises items 1-146.
Folder 2 The case for Labor, 1907-1908
Newscuttings of articles (book chapters) by Hughes from The Daily Telegraph.
Comprises items 147-211.
Folder 3 The case for Labor, 1908-1910
Newscuttings of articles (book chapters) by Hughes from The Daily Telegraph (1908) and a letter from the newspaper (1910) giving reasons for non-inclusion of a recent contribution.
Comprises items 212-270.
Folder 4 The case for Labor, 1909
Newscuttings of articles (book chapters) by Hughes from The Daily Telegraph.
Comprises items 271-370.
Folder 5 The case for Labor, 1911
Newscuttings of articles (book chapters) by Hughes from The Daily Telegraph.
Comprises items 371-444.
Folder 6 The case for Labor, 1911-1912
Newscuttings of articles (book chapters) by Hughes from The Daily Telegraph.
Comprises items 445-467.
Folder 7 The splendid adventure, 1928-1951
Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of Hughes book; a paper 'Australia and its immigrants' and notes on migration.
Comprises items 468-551.
Folder 8 The splendid adventure, c.1929
Corrigenda and notes.
Also includes a notebook (1?) dated 24 July 1928.
Comprises items 552-639.
Folder 9 The splendid adventure, 1928
Typescript draft.
Comprises items 640-764.
Folder 10 The splendid adventure, 1928
Typescript draft labelled Volume 1.
Comprises items 765-897.
Folder 11 The splendid adventure, 1929
Volume 1: retyped from corrected copy 1 February 1929.
Comprises items 898-1156.
Folder 12 The splendid adventure, 1929
Volume 2: retyped from corrected copy 1 February 1929.
Comprises items 1157-1408.
Folder 13 The splendid adventure, 1928
Volume 3: typescript draft.
Comprises items 1409-1639.
Folder 14 The splendid adventure, 1929
Volume 3: retyped from corrected copy 1 February 1929.
Comprises items 1640-1872.
Folder 15 The splendid adventure, 1928
Volume 3: typescript draft.
Comprises items 1873-2103.
Folder 16 The splendid adventure, 1926
Typescript draft of 'British Empire'.
Comprises items 2104-2216.
Folder 17 The splendid adventure, 1926
'British Empire' 1st revision (Chapter II).
Comprises items 2217-2333.
Folder 18 The splendid adventure, 1926
'The Empire' : typescript drafts for opening chapter and sundry.
Also includes notes for chapter.
Comprises items 2334-2527.
Folder 19 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts of 'Future of the Empire'.
Comprises items 2528-2767.
Folder 20 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts of 'Future of the Empire'.
Comprises items 2768-2940.
Folder 21 The splendid adventure, 1928
Typescript drafts of 'Heart of the Empire'.
Comprises items 2941-3089.
Folder 22 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript draft of 'Inter-empire relations'.
Comprises items 3090-3165.
Folder 23 The splendid adventure, 1912-1928
Typescript drafts of 'Heart of the Empire' (clear copy and rough copy) and two articles from Round Table (1912).
Comprises items 3166-3365.
Folder 24 The splendid adventure, 1917-1928
First folder includes typescript draft of 'Dominions and Empire' and notes on the Canadian system of government.
Second folder includes rough drafts of 'Future of the Empire' and notes on the Indian system of government.
Comprises items 3366-3533.
Folder 25 The splendid adventure, c.1928
Typescript drafts of 'Democracy and war' and 'British Empire and the monarchy' and accompanying notes.
Comprises items 3534-3623.
Folder 26 The splendid adventure, 1913-1926
Includes notes on relations amongst British Empire countries and extracts from Round Table articles.
Comprises items 3624-3697.
Folder 27 The splendid adventure, 1926
Various rough typescripts drafts on inter-empire relations and foreign policy.
Comprises items 3698-3846.
Folder 28 The splendid adventure, 1926
Typescript draft of 'Democracy and war' and drafts for section on inter-empire relations.
Comprises items 3847-3934.
Folder 29 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Various typescript drafts on empire relations, foreign policy and defence.
Comprises items 3935-4024.
Folder 30 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts and manuscript notes on inter-empire relations and foreign policy.
Comprises items 4025-4091.
Folder 31 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts on inter-empire relations, foreign policy and the dominions.
Comprises items 4092-4198.
Folder 32 The splendid adventure, 1926-1928
Typescript drafts on trade with varying headings.
Comprises items 4199-4293.
Folder 33 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts on trade.
Comprises items 4294-4373.
Folder 34 The splendid adventure, 1928
Typescript drafts of 'Empire trade'.
Comprises items 4374-4523.
Folder 35 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts and notes for the 'League of Nations'.
Comprises items 4524-4608.
Folder 36 The splendid adventure, 1928
Typescript drafts and notes on 'Foreign policy' and a draft of Chapter XIV, 'Defence, foreign policy and empire relations'.
Comprises items 4609-4708.
Folder 37 The splendid adventure, 1926
Typescript drafts on 'Foreign policy'.
Comprises items 4709-4858.
Folder 38 The splendid adventure, 1926-1928
Typescript drafts on 'Foreign policy'.
Comprises items 4859-5021.
Folder 39 The splendid adventure, 1928
Typescript drafts on 'Foreign policy'.
Comprises items 5022-5171.
Folder 40 The splendid adventure, 1926-1928
Typescript drafts on 'Foreign policy'.
Comprises items 5172-5308.
Folder 41 The splendid adventure, 1928
Typescript drafts on 'Foreign policy'.
Comprises items 5309-5551.
Folders 42-44 The splendid adventure, 1928
Typescript drafts on 'Migration'.
Comprises items 5552-6141.
Folders 45-46 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts on the 'Imperial Conference' and 'Imperial Cabinet'.
Comprises items 6142-6407.
Folder 47 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts on the 'Imperial Conference' and 'The future'.
Comprises items 6408-6490.
Folder 48 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts on 'Heart of the Empire'.
Comprises items 6491-6582.
Folder 49 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts on the 'Imperial Conference' and 'Imperial Cabinet'.
Comprises items 6583-6767.
Folders 50-51 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts on the 'Imperial Conference'.
Comprises items 6768-7001.
Folder 52 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts and notes on the 'Imperial Conference' and the 'Imperial Court of Appeal.
Comprises items 7002-7091.
Folder 53 The splendid adventure, n.d.
Typescript drafts on the 'Peace Conference'.
Comprises items 7092-7205.
Folder 54 Crusts and crusades, 1935-1951
Includes correspondence with publishers and congratulatory letters.
Comprises items 7206-7330.
Folders 55-59 Crusts and crusades, n.d.
Typescript drafts.
Comprises items 7331-8066.
Folder 60 Crusts and crusades, February-March 1947
Typescript drafts (n.d.) and newscuttings containing book reviews.
Comprises items 8067-8131.
Folder 61 Crusts and crusades, n.d.
Typescripts drafts.
Also includes newscuttings containing reviews of The splendid adventure (1929).
Comprises items 8132-8252.
Folders 62-63 Crusts and crusades, n.d.
Typescripts drafts.
Comprises items 8253-8510.
Folder 64 Policies and potentates, 1949-1950
Includes correspondence with publishers; congratulatory letters and book reviews.
Comprises items 8511-8526.
Folders 65-69 Policies and potentates, n.d.
Typescript drafts.
Comprises items 8527-9095.
Folder 70 Policies and potentates, 1948-1950
Includes notes and book reviews.
Comprises items 9096-9126.
Folio bag 70a Newscuttings album, 1923-1927
Includes articles by Hughes.
Volume contains an index.
Comprises item 9127.
Folio bag 70b Newscuttings album, 1924-1927
Articles by Hughes.
Volume contains an index.
Comprises item 9128.
Folder 71 Correspondence, 1923-1952
Correspondence with newspapers and others relating to articles written by Hughes.
Comprises items 9129-9302.
Folder 72 Other writings by Hughes, 1923-1950
Typescript drafts of articles mainly for newspapers and notes.
Comprises items 9303-9450.
Folder 73 Other writings by Hughes, 1930
Typescript and manuscript drafts. Includes an article for Reveille (1930) on Australian troops participation in the war effort in 1918 and a response by Monash to Hughes' article.
Comprises items 9451-9528.
Folder 74 Other writings by Hughes, 1934-1939
Includes typescript and manuscript drafts; proofs for a series of five articles and a copy of an article from The Sunday Sun, 10 September, 1939, titled 'This is why we fight!'.
Comprises items 9529-9589.
Folder 75 Other writings by Hughes, 1911-1932
Miscellaneous articles by Hughes published in newspapers and magazines.
Comprises items 9590-9645.
Folder 76 Other writings by Hughes, n.d.
Typescript drafts of articles.
Comprises items 9646-9829.
Subseries 5.2 Writings by others, 1915-c.1947
Typed drafts of articles by people other than Hughes make up the second subseries. It includes Warren Denning's 'John Curtin', W. A. Holman's 'Six years of Labor government', R. F. Scholl's 'The hand behind the mask', Colin Roderick's 'The immortal bondage', and part of an untitled work by Sir Bertram Stevens.
Folder 77 Writings by Sir Bertram Stevens, 1935-1936
Typescript drafts of sections of untitled work.
Comprises items 9830-9992.
Folder 78 Writings by Colin Roderick, c.1947
Typescript draft of 'Immortal bondage: the story of Mrs Campbell Praed' later published as In mortal bondage : the strange life of Rosa Praed.
Comprises items 9993-10202.
Folder 79 Writings by J. F. Millington, n.d.
Typescript draft of 'The procession of egos'.
Comprises items 10203-10354.
Folder 80 Writings by Reg. F. Scholl, n.d.
Typescript drafts of 'The hand behind the mask'.
Comprises items 10355-10715.
Folder 81 Writings by H. V. Evatt, 1915
Typescript drafts of an essay 'Liberalism in Australia ; an historical sketch of Australian politics down to the year 1915'.
Comprises items 10716-10791.
Folder 82 Writings by W. A. Holman, n.d.
Photographs, graphs and diagrams to be included in 'Six years of Labor government'.
Photographs include the Holman Cabinet (1913); Neil Neilsen, Member for Yass; members of Andrew Fisher's first wartime conference (1914) and Premiers Holman (NSW) and W. A. Watt (Vic).
Comprises items 10792-10826.
Folder 83 Writings by W. A. Holman, n.d.
Typescript draft of 'Six years of Labor government' up to chapter 12.
Comprises items 10827-10968.
Folder 84 Writings by W. A. Holman, n.d.
Typescript draft of 'Six years of Labor government': chapters 13-21.
Comprises items 10969-11051.
Folder 85 Writings by W. A. Holman, n.d.
Typescript draft of 'Six years of Labor government': chapters 36-42.
Comprises items 11052-11130.
Folder 86 Writings by W. A. Holman, n.d.
Typescript draft of 'Six years of Labor government': chapters 22-29.
Comprises items 11131-11219.
Folder 87 Writings by W. A. Holman, n.d.
Typescript draft of 'Six years of Labor government': chapters 22-29.
Comprises items 11220-11283.
Folder 88 Miscellaneous writings, n.d.
Includes an article by Hughes on the 1921 Peace Conference; 'John Curtin' by Warren Denning; a play 'Perfumes and politics : a not unmusical fantasy' by W. H. Meyers and 'A Monroe doctrine for the Pacific : my American tour' by Mrs Preston Stanley Vaughan.
Comprises items 11284-11498.
Series 6 Newspapers and newscuttings, 1891-1952
All of the newscuttings in the collection that do not relate to subject activities or events that form the basis of other series are in Series 6. The majority of the cuttings form subject files, which have been arranged alphabetically. A number of the files were formed by Hughes or his secretaries, and these have been added to and new files created where the presence of loose cuttings warranted.
As well as the subject files there are loose cuttings and single issues of newspapers and magazines, an indexed book of cuttings for the period 1909-1927, cuttings files from 1933 on economic, financial and political matters, albums of cuttings titled 'Economic conditions', 'Monetary system', 'Second Front: 6/6/1944' and some containing a small number of cuttings from the 1934-1935 period. Another series of albums contains extensive coverage of recruitment in early 1939. Also included in one of these are 1945 cuttings on the atomic bomb and the Japanese surrender.
Material not itemised includes cuttings files titled 'Personal', newspaper criticism of Hughes, his 50 year jubilee and comment and speeches by W. M. Hughes (cuttings from Publicity Branch, Prime Minister's Department, 1922-1923).
Folder 11 Beveridge Plan - British domestic policy, 1943-1949
Includes cuttings on the Beveridge Plan; the Blain Inquiry; General Blamey and British domestic policy.
Comprises items 443-488.
Folder 12 Censorship - Coles secret war cables, 1940-1943
Includes cuttings on censorship and freedom of speech; centenary celebrations on the Darling Downs, Qld and the Coles secret war cables.
Comprises items 489-520.
Folder 22 Economy - election of leader, 1935-1943
Includes cuttings on the economy; Anthony Eden and election of UAP Party leader.
Comprises items 999-1056.
Folder 30 Funeral - W. M. Hughes, 1939-1952
Cuttings mainly relating to Hughes' funeral. Some cuttings from earlier years.
Comprises items 1387-1462.
Folder 40 Miscellaneous, 1910s-1952
Includes cuttings on the war; Evatt and Curtin.
Comprises items 1681-1765.
Folder 41 Miscellaneous, 1920-1950
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics.
Comprises items 1766-1840.
Folder 42 Miscellaneous, 1942-1949
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics and unionism.
Comprises items 1841-1914.
Folder 43 Miscellaneous, 1950
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics.
Comprises items 1915-1992.
Folder 44 Miscellaneous, 1950
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade and economic issues.
Comprises items 1993-2059.
Folder 45 Miscellaneous, 1949-1950
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade and economic issues.
Comprises items 2060-2134.
Folder 46 Miscellaneous, 1943-1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade and economic issues and defence.
Comprises items 2135-2198.
Folder 47 Miscellaneous, 1919-1926
Includes cuttings on trade; economic development and inter empire relations.
Comprises items 2199-2234.
Folder 48 Miscellaneous, May-June 1930
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; economics and comments by General Monash in Reveille on Hughes and troop withdrawal in WWI at the Hindenburg Line.
Cuttings have been indexecd.
Comprises items 2235-2283.
Folder 49 Miscellaneous, 1923
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade and economic issues and the Australian Labor Party Victorian Branch Conference.
Also includes articles by Hughes. Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 2284-2361.
Folder 50 Miscellaneous, 1943-1944
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics and industry.
Comprises items 2362-2399.
Folder 51 Miscellaneous, March-May 1930
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade and economic issues.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 2400-2466.
Folder 52 Miscellaneous, 1944-1945
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics and economic issues.
Comprises items 2467-2543.
Folder 53 Miscellaneous, 1945-1946
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics and economic issues.
Comprises items 2544-2607.
Folder 54 Miscellaneous, 1929-1947
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 2608-2672.
Folder 55 Miscellaneous, 1929-1946
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 2673-2732.
Folder 56 Miscellaneous, March-July 1952
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 2733-2803.
Folder 57 Miscellaneous, March 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 2804-2863.
Folder 58 Miscellaneous, May-December 1938
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 2864-2929.
Folder 59 Miscellaneous, 1935-1948
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 2930-3023.
Folder 60 Miscellaneous, 1923-1924
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade and economic issues and the Australian Labor Party conference.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 3024-3067.
Folder 61 Miscellaneous, 1924-1925
Includes cuttings on government and politics; Geneva Convention and dominion protocol and manufacturing industry.
Comprises items 3068-3094.
Folder 62 Miscellaneous, 1950-1951
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 3095-3153.
Folder 63 Miscellaneous, May-June 1949
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 3154-3186.
Folder 64 Miscellaneous, 1943
Includes cuttings on the Power Bill; Darlan affair; government and politics and economic issues.
Comprises items 3187-3233.
Folder 65 Miscellaneous, 1950-1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; national service; atomic energy; trade and economic issues.
Comprises items 3234-3270.
Folder 66 Miscellaneous, January-May 1941
Mainly cuttings on the war including government policy; operational reports; the war effort and war loans.
Comprises items 3271-3332.
Folder 67 Miscellaneous, 1943-1952
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 3333-3386.
Folder 68 Miscellaneous, September-December 1948
Includes cuttings on foreign policy; United Nations; Indonesia; government and politics and industrial issues.
Comprises items 3387-3413.
Folder 69 Miscellaneous, January-June 1950
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; situation in Malaya; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 3414-3476.
Folder 70 Miscellaneous, April-May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; trade; finance and economic issues.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 3477-3518.
Folder 71 Miscellaneous, April-May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; trade; finance;economic issues and Anzac Day.
Comprises items 3519-3581.
Folder 72 Miscellaneous, April-May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; finance and economic issues.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 3582-3659.
Folder 73 Miscellaneous, April-May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; trade; finance and economic issues.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 3660-3706.
Folder 74 Miscellaneous, 8-13 May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; trade; finance and economic issues.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 3707-3770.
Folder 75 Miscellaneous, 13-19 May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; trade; finance and economic issues.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 3771-3826.
Folder 76 Miscellaneous, 1943-1950
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; trade; finance and economic issues.
Comprises items 3827-3850.
Folder 77 Miscellaneous, 1945-1952
Includes cuttings on the war; government and politics; trade; finance; economic issues; royalty and the death of King George VI.
Comprises items 3851-3886.
Folder 78 Miscellaneous, 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; Eva Peron and numerous miscellaenous topics.
Comprises items 3887-3931.
Folder 79 Miscellaneous, February 1950
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; economic issues and overseas news items.
Comprises items 3932-3984.
Folder 80 Miscellaneous, 1938-1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; the war; trade; finance; economic issues and the UK economic crisis (1947).
Comprises items 3985-4032.
Folder 81 Miscellaneous, 1917-1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics and the war.
Comprises items 4033-4083.
Folder 82 Miscellaneous, 1943-1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; the war; economic issues; foreign policy and the situation in Indonesia and Malaya.
Comprises items 4084-4154.
Folder 83 Miscellaneous, 1948
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; financial and economic issues.
Comprises items 4155-4199.
Folder 84 Miscellaneous, 1929-1948
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; economic issues and the war.
Comprises items 4200-4232.
Folder 85 Miscellaneous, 1945-1949
Includes cuttings on government and politics; financial and economic issues.
Comprises items 4233-4309.
Folder 86 Miscellaneous, February-March 1949
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; economic issues and the war.
Comprises items 4310-4360.
Folder 87 Miscellaneous, 1926-1948
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; economic issues and the war.
Comprises items 4361-4407.
Folder 88 Miscellaneous, 2-6 June 1948
Includes cuttings on government and politics; cold war; foreign policy; industrial and economic issues.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 4408-4449.
Folder 89 Miscellaneous, May-June 1948
Includes cuttings on government and politics; strikes; financial and economic issues; cold war; foreign policy; communism and Korea.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 4450-4512.
Folder 90 Miscellaneous, 1933-1950
Mainly on events leading up to the war; the war and post-war items.
Comprises items 4513-4554.
Folder 91 Miscellaneous, 24-28 May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; strikes; financial and economic issues; foreign policy and the cold war.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 4555-4595.
Folder 92 Miscellaneous, 27-29 May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; strikes; financial and economic issues; cold war; foreign policy and Korea.
Comprises items 4596-4647.
Folder 93 Miscellaneous, May-June 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; industrial and economic issues and the cold war.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 4648-4668.
Folder 94 Miscellaneous, August 1951-June 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; financial and economic issues.
Comprises items 4669-4698.
Folder 95 Miscellaneous, May-June 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; industrial relations; arbitration and the waterside workers' strike.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 4699-4735.
Folder 96 Miscellaneous, May-June 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; economic issues; cold war and the waterside workers' strike.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 4736-4781.
Folder 97 Miscellaneous, 1941-March 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; economic issues; Royal Family and other overseas items.
Comprises items 4782-4857.
Folder 98 Miscellaneous, 1945
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; economic issues; the war; peace process; foreign policy and UNRRA.
Comprises items 4858-4971.
Folder 99 Miscellaneous, 19-21 May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; economic issues and the cold war.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 4972-5003.
Folder 100 Miscellaneous, 21-22 May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; economic issues and uranium.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5004-5036.
Folder 101 Miscellaneous, 17-23 May 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; economic and defence issues.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5037-5063.
Folder 102 Miscellaneous, 19-22 June 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5064-5120.
Folder 103 Miscellaneous, 23 June-10 July 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5121-5182.
Folder 104 Miscellaneous, 22 June-11 July 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; financial policy and the Budget.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5183-5227.
Folder 105 Miscellaneous, 25-26 June 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5228-5278.
Folder 106 Miscellaneous, 25-28 June 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; finance and economic issues.
Cuttings have been indexed. Also includes copies of indexes for previous two months.
Comprises items 5279-5341.
Folder 107 Miscellaneous, 30 June-5 July 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed. Also includes copies of indexes for previous two months.
Comprises items 5342-5449.
Folder 108 Miscellaneous, 6-14 July 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; foreign policy; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5450-5520.
Folder 109 Miscellaneous, 11-23 July 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; taxation; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5521-5583.
Folder 110 Miscellaneous, 24 July-4 August 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cutitngs have been indexed.
Comprises items 5584-5626.
Folder 111 Miscellaneous, 3-7 August 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; financial policy; the Budget and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5627-5694.
Folder 112 Miscellaneous, 7-12 August 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; financial policy; the Budget and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5695-5748.
Folder 113 Miscellaneous, 12-21 August 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; taxation; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5749-5801.
Folder 114 Miscellaneous, 22 August-5 September 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; taxation; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5802-5867.
Folder 115 Miscellaneous, 8-29 September 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; trade; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5868-5917.
Folder 116 Miscellaneous, 12-26 September 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; finance; economic issues; overseas items and Hughes 88th birthday.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5918-5970.
Folder 117 Miscellaneous, 3-9 October 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; finance and economic issues.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 5971-6028.
Folder 118 Miscellaneous, 1947-1948
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; trade; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Comprises items 6029-6087.
Folder 119 Miscellaneous, 1891-1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Also includes an issue of The Daily Telegraph (2 March, 1891) listing delegates to the Australian Convention.
Comprises items 6088-6120.
Folder 120 Miscellaneous, August-October 1952
Includes cuttings on government and politics; finance; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 6121-6174.
Folder 121 Miscellaneous, 1942-July 1943
Includes cuttings on government and politics; strikes, unions and industrial relations.
Some cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 6175-6235.
Folder 122 Miscellaneous, 1921-1951
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy; trade; finance; economic issues; overseas items and Korean war.
Comprises items 6236-6334.
Folder 123 Miscellaneous, 1949
Copy of the Christian Science Monitor, 2 April 1949 and Smith's Weekly, 2 July 1949.
Comprises items 6335-6336.
Folder 124 Miscellaneous, 1926-1934
Copy of The Sun (Sydney), 8 May 1926; The Australasian, 15 September 1928 and a loose newscutting dated 22 November 1934.
Comprises items 6337-6338a.
Folder 125 Miscellaneous, 1926-1950
Copy of the Times Literary Supplement, 17 June 1926 and loose cuttings (1943 and 1950).
Comprises items 6339-6340.
Folder 126 Miscellaneous, 1926-1950
Copy of the Times Literary Supplement, 3 June 1926; The Times (Sydney), 18 May 1944; The Express (Sydney), 18 March 1950 and 28 October 1950 and a loose cutting, n.d.
Comprises items 6341-6345.
Folder 127 Miscellaneous, February-March 1950
Cuttings from The Daily Telegraph containing extracts of Churchill's memoirs published in The Grand Alliance.
Comprises item 6346.
Folder 128 Miscellaneous, June 1952
Copy of The Daily Telegraph, 14 June 1952; the Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June 1952 and pages from Muster, 5 June 1952.
Comprises items 6347-6349.
Folder 129 Miscellaneous, 1945-1946
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; industry; economic issues and Winston Churchill.
Comprises items 6350-6363.
Folder 130 Miscellaneous, 1922-1951
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; immigration and economic issues.
Comprises items 6364-6384.
Folder 131 Miscellaneous, 1922-1948
Miscellaneous cuttings and sections of newspapers.
Comprises items 6385-6396.
Folder 132 Miscellaneous, 1937-1950
Issues of The Voice, August 1937, Vol 2: No 1 and 5, Vol 3: No 2, 4, 5-9 and single copies of The Daily Telegraph, 9 February 1938; The Express, 4 March 1950 and The Century, 25 June 1948.
Comprises items 6397-6409.
Folder 133 Miscellaneous, 1907-1950
Includes cuttings on government and politics; economic issues; the war and overseas items.
Also includes a drawing book belonging to Hughes daughter, Lily, containing drawings dated 1907, which has been used as a cuttings book.
Comprises items 6410-6444.
Folder 134 Miscellaneous, 1918-1937
Various pages from newspapers: The Daily Telegraph (1923-1924); Smith's Weekly (1922); Weekly Illustrated (1937) and the Journal of Commerce (1918).
Comprises items 6445-6452.
Folder 135 Miscellaneous, 1923-1934
Various pages from newspapers: The Sun, 9 April 1934; the Los Angeles Times, 1 January 1923 and the Brisbane Courier, 18 October 1924.
Comprises items 6453-6455.
Folder 136 Miscellaneous, 1922-1923
Various pages from newspapers: Daily Mail, 19 December, 1922; Smith's Weekly, 26 August 1922; Evening News, 2 April 1923 and The Daily Telegraph, 28 June 1923.
Comprises items 6456-6459.
Folder 137 Miscellaneous, 1942-1944
Various pages from newspapers; The Daily Telegraph, 28-29 April 1942 and 7 October 1944 and the Sydney Morning Herald, 28-29 April 1942 and 24 September 1943.
Comprises items 6460-6466.
Folder 138 Miscellaneous, 1942-1950
Various pages from newspapers: The Sun, 28 April 1942 and 4 April 1944; Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 1941, 28 July 1943 and 20 October 1950 and The Daily Telegraph, 2 October 1944.
Comprises items 6467-6472.
Folder 139 Miscellaneous, 1923-1944
Various pages from newspapers: The Sun, 16 August 1923 and 11 March 1942; Sydney Morning Herald, 2 October 1942 and 27 July 1943 and 25 September 1943; The Daily Telegraph, 11 July 1944 and Daily Mirror, 18 March 1942.
Comprises items 6473-6480.
Folder 148 Post war problems, December 1942-July 1943
Some cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 6677-6713.
Folder 160 Royal wedding, November 1947
Copies of The Sun and Daily Mirror for 21 November and the Courier Mail and Telegraph (Brisbane) for the 22 November.
Comprises items 7134-7137.
Folder 161 Royal wedding, November 1947
Copies of the Argus, 21 and 22 November; the Herald, 21 November and The Sun, 21 November 1947.
Comprises items 7138-7141.
Folder 162 Royal wedding, November 1947
Copies of The Daily Telegraph, 22 November; The Age, 22 November and the Sydney Morning Herald, 22 November.
Comprises items 7142-7144.
Folder 180 War effort, January-July 1943
Some cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 7878-7926.
Folder 185 Ward, E., December 1942-September 1943
Mainly 1943 cuttings. Includes notes and draft paper on Ward and the 'Brisbane Line'.
Comprises items 8102-8151.
Folder 186 Waterside disputes, March-June 1943
Cuttings have been indexed.
Comprises items 8152-8231.
Folder 188 Miscellaneous, 1923-1951
Miscellaneous cuttings and pages from newspapers.
Comprises items 8237-8283.
Folder 189 Miscellaneous, 1918-1944
Miscellaneous cuttings and newspapers.
Comprises items 8284-8289.
Folder 190 Miscellaneous, 1919
Copy of The Times (London) with American supplement.
Comprises items 8290.
Folder 191 Miscellaneous, 1902-1952
Includes copies of The Daily Telegraph, 28 July 1937; City Press (London), 25 April 1952 and a coronation supplement from the New York Herald, 22 June 1902.
Comprises items 8291-8294.
Folder 192 Miscellaneous, 1927-1948
Miscellaneous cuttings and newspapers.
Comprises items 8295-8303.
Folder 192a Newscuttings album, 1901-1927
Includes cuttings on government and politics; foreign policy and empire relations.
Comprises item 8304.
Folder 193 Miscellaneous, 1931-1933
Includes cuttings on public works; trade; monetary and financial issues.
Mainly 1933 cuttings.
Comprises cutting 8305 and the remainder of the file is not itemised.
Folder 194 Miscellaneous, 1933
Includes cuttings on trade and industry; monetary and financial issues.
Cuttings not itemised.
Folder 195 Miscellaneous, 1931-1933
Miscellaneous cuttings and pages from newspapers.
Cuttings not itemised.
Folder 201 Miscellaneous, September 1949
Includes cuttings on government and politics; trade; industry; economic issues and overseas items.
Cuttings not itemised.
Folder 202 Miscellaneous, 1923-1949
Includes cuttings on Hughes prepared by the Publicity Branch, Prime Minister's Department, 1922-1923.
Cuttings not itemised.
Folder 203 W. M. Hughes, 1922-1923
Cuttings prepared by the Publicity Branch, Prime Minister's Department, 1922-1923.
Cuttings not itemised.
Folder 204 W. M. Hughes, personal cuttings, 1913-1949
Includes a folder of cuttings relating to Hughes' 50 years in Parliament.
Cuttings not itemised.
Folder 208 W. M. Hughes, October-November 1922
Cuttings prepared by the Publicity Branch, Prime Minister's Department, 1922.
Cuttings not itemised.
Folder 209 W. M. Hughes, comments and speeches, October-November 1922
Cuttings prepared by the Publicity Branch, Prime Minister's Department, 1922.
Cuttings not itemised.
Bag 210 Newscuttings album, titled 'Economic conditions', November 1934-March 1935
Includes cuttings on economic conditions; trade and industry.
Comprises item 8306.
Bag 211 Newscuttings album, titled ' The monetary system', January-March 1935
Includes cuttings on the monetary system and gold prices.
Comprises item 8307.
Bag 212 Newscuttings album, titled 'The Second Front', June 1944
Cuttings on the war in Europe in 1944 and the allied invasion.
Comprises item 8308.
Bag 213 Newscuttings album titled 'Invalid and old-age pensions', January-March 1935
Contains only a small number of cuttings.
Comprises item 8309.
Bag 214 Newscuttings album titled 'Primary products', January-March 1935
Contains only a small number of cuttings.
Comprises item 8310.
Bag 215 Newscuttings album titled 'Miscellaneous', October 1934-March 1935
Contains only a small number of cuttings.
Comprises items 8311.
Bag 216 Newscuttings album titled 'Recruitment campaign', January 1939
Cuttings on 1939 recruitment campaign to increase Commonwealth militia forces and defence policy.
Comprises item 8312.
Bag 217 Newscuttings album titled 'Recruitment campaign', 1939-1945
Cuttings on 1939 recruitment campaign to increase Commonwealth militia forces and defence policy.
Also includes cuttings on the atomic bomb and the Japanese surrender.
Comprises item 8313.
Bag 218 Newscuttings album titled 'Recruitment campaign', January-February 1939
Cuttings on 1939 recruitment campaign to increase Commonwealth militia forces and defence policy.
Comprises item 8314.
Bag 219 Newscuttings album, January-February 1939
Cuttings on 1939 recruitment campaign to increase Commonwealth militia forces and defence policy.
Comprises item 8315.
Bag 220 Newscuttings album, January-February 1939
Cuttings on 1939 recruitment campaign to increase Commonwealth militia forces and defence policy.
Comprises item 8316.
Bag 221 Newscuttings album, February 1939
Cuttings on 1939 recruitment campaign to increase Commonwealth militia forces and defence policy.
Comprises items 8317.
Bag 222 Newscuttings album titled 'Recruitment campaign', January-February 1939
Cuttings on 1939 recruitment campaign to increase Commonwealth militia forces and defence policy.
Comprises item 8318.
Bag 223 Newscuttings album titled 'Japanese surrender', February 1939-September 1945
Includes cuttings on the Japanese surrender as well as the recruitment campaign of 1939.
Also includes two copies of the Sydney Morning Herald, 16 August 1945.
Comprises item 8319.
Bag 224 Newscuttings album, February 1939
Cuttings on 1939 recruitment campaign to increase Commonwealth militia forces and defence policy.
Comprises item 8320.
Series 7 Speeches and broadcasts, 1910-1952
Hughes was well known as an entertaining and at times inspiring speaker and, in addition to many addresses to Parliament and to election rallies, he spoke on a wide variety of subjects to innumerable conventions, dinners, gatherings of various sorts, and ceremonies. A description of the way in which Hughes prepared his talks is given by three of his secretaries, Olga Northam, H. V. Howe, and Morris West, in John Thompson's radio feature A political triptych - panel 3: they worked for Billy Hughes (1962, pp.18-20). The evidence of their preparation (at times equally puzzling) constitutes this series. It consists of a mixture of research notes, statistics, extracts from books, articles and newspapers and drafts and texts. Wherever appropriate, letters discussing speeches, research material and texts of speeches and broadcasts have been placed in other series. Letters inviting Hughes to speak are in Series 1.
Many speeches and broadcasts are on world affairs, especially World War II, but topics like post war development, the Constitution, democracy, the Red Cross, the development of Northern Australia, Welsh culture, and human nature are also covered. Included in a group of Hughes' published talks are Keith Murdoch's 'The day' and after: war speeches of the Rt Hon. W. M. Hughes (Cassell and Co., 1916), broadcasts such as ABC jubilee celebrations (December 1950), and Winston Churchill: warrior-statesman (1941?), and speeches such as Britain has not failed (February 1942) and a Policy for Australia (January 1925).
The final part of the series is made up of speeches - published, typescript, or roneoed - by others. There are many parliamentary deliveries by Curtin and Menzies in particular, and speeches by L. S. Amery, J. Dooley and the Duke of Windsor. Where possible, the material has been arranged in chronological order. There is, however, a large body of material which is undated, or difficult to date precisely. Only a few folios in this series were numbered with the bulk of the papers unnumbered. Some re-arrangement of these folios has occurred and many items are now out of sequence.
Folder 1 Speeches, 1910-1918
Subjects include limitations of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act and an Empire Day speech (c.1917).
Folder 2 Speeches, 1920s
Subjects include Australian inventiveness; efficiency; unemployment; the church; world affairs and the League of Nations.
Folder 3 Speeches and notes, 1921-c.1927
Subjects include labour and capital; Anzac Day and the opening of the new parliament in Canberra, 1927.
Folder 5 Speeches, 1928-1929
Includes text of speeches from Hansard and opening address at Conference of Commonwealth and State Governments, 1929.
Folder 8 Speeches and notes on the Maritime Industries Bill, 1929
Includes second reading speech from Hansard.
Folder 9 Speeches and notes, 1932-1935
Subjects include the depression and the international political situation.
Folder 10 Speeches and notes, 1936
Subjects include the growth of Australian industries; the Dried Fruits Case and Australia in 50 years time.
Folder 11 Broadcasts, speeches and notes, 1937
Subjects include Cessnock Show; Armistice Day; Anzac Day; world affairs and the possibility of war.
Folder 12 Broadcasts, speeches and notes, c.1937-1938
Subjects include Anzac Day; Armistice Day and the effect of war on Australia and Britain.
Folder 13 Broadcasts and speeches, 1938
Subjects include freedom of speech; foreign policy and the effect of war on Australia and Britain.
Folder 14 Broadcasts and speeches, 1938
Subjects include Anzac Day; inter-war period and the impending war in Europe.
Folder 15 Broadcasts and speeches, 1938
Subjects include defence; situation in Europe; effect of war on Australia and Britain and foreign policy.
Folder 17 Broadcasts, January 1939
Subjects include foreign policy; democracy and war and the international situation in early 1939.
Folder 18 Broadcasts, February-March 1939
Subjects include foreign policy; democracy and war and the international situation in early 1939.
Folder 19 Broadcasts and speeches, 1939
Subjects include the international situation in early 1939; the Australian economy and the outbreak of war.
Folder 20 Broadcasts, speeches and notes, 1939
Subjects include the outbreak of war and the death of Joseph Lyons.
Folder 21 Broadcasts and speeches, 1939-c.1942
Subjects include conscription; the defence of Australia and the war.
Folder 23 Speeches, 1930s
Subjects include international political situation, peace and the impending war.
Folder 24 Speeches, 1930s
Subjects include the British Empire; the international political situation and the impending war.