MS 4856
Papers of Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (1895-1970)
Scope and content note
Papers
1914-86
12.31 m. (82 boxes and 5 folio boxes)
Available for reference
The collection was donated to the National Library, in several
instalments between 1973 and 1991, by Lady Kent Hughes and her daughters, Mrs
Janet Derham, Mrs Margaret Sasse and Dr Mary Lou Sheil.
The papers comprise correspondence (including letters written by Kent
Hughes from the Middle East during World War I and POW camps during World War
II), diaries, photographs, speeches, cuttings and cutting books and the
manuscripts of his book Slaves of the Samurai and other writings. There
are relatively few papers on Kent Hughes' career in Victorian politics, but
extensive papers dating from his 21 years as a Federal Parliamentarian,
including his work as Minister of the Interior and Works and Chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Committee. There are extensive papers on the 1956 Melbourne
Olympic Games.
The correspondents include General Gordon Bennett, Sir Robert Menzies,
Lord Casey, Sir Garfield Barwick, Sir Arthur Fadden, Louis Loder, Les Norman,
Tom Lingford, Norman Martin, Major-General Hans de Fremery, Senator James W.
Fulbright, Avery Brundage, Sir James Pitman, Derek Schreiber, J.H. Tyer and
John Wedderburn-Maxwell.
The collection also includes papers of Lady Kent Hughes (including Kent
Hughes' letters to her from POW camps), an account of Dr Wilfred Kent Hughes'
journey to Russia in 1917, and papers relating to Kent Hughes: a
biography by Frederick Howard.
Arrangement of papers
Some of the papers had been kept in files. Wherever possible, the
Library has preserved the file titles and the arrangement of the papers within
them.
Biographical note
| 1895 |
Born in East Melbourne on 12 June, son of
Dr Wilfred Kent Hughes |
| 1900-8 |
Trinity Grammar School, Kew |
| 1909-14 |
Melbourne Grammar School |
| 1914 |
Enlisted as private in B Company 7
Infantry Batallion, promoted to Captain and on 18 October embarked for the
Middle East |
| 1915-18 |
Second Lieutenant 8th Light Horse
Regiment and seconded as Orderly Officer 3rd Light Horse Brigade on 1 April
1915. During this time he took in various campaigns in the Middle East,
including Gallipoli and Sinai. |
| 1919 |
Entered Oxford University as a Rhodes
Scholar |
| 1920 |
Resigned commission in UK on
demobilization, captain of Oxford ski team and represented Australia in
athletics at Olympic Games in Antwerp |
| 1923 |
Married Edith Kerr in Montclair, New
Jersey on 3 February. They returned to Melbourne in April |
| 1927-49 |
Member of Legislative Assembly for
Kew |
| 1940 |
Enlisted in A.I.F. |
| 1941 |
Left for Singapore |
| 1942-45 |
Prisoner of war in Malaya, Taiwan, Japan
and Manchuria |
| 1945 |
Returned to Australia |
| 1947 |
Victorian Minister for Transport and
Education |
| 1948-49 |
Minister for Transport and Electrical
Undertakings and Deputy Premier |
| 1949-70 |
Member of the House of Representatives
for Chisholm |
| 1951-58 |
Chairman of the Olympic Games Organising
Committee |
| 1951-56 |
Federal Minister for the Interior and
Minister for Works |
| 1956-61 |
Chairman of Foreign Affairs
Committee |
| 1957 |
Awarded KBE |
| 1970 |
Died in Melbourne on 31 July |
Reference
- Kent Hughes: a biography by Frederick Howard. Melbourne:
Macmillan, 1972
- Whos who 1968, pp. 494-95
Series list
| Series |
Title |
| 1 |
Family correspondence, 1914-70 |
| 2 |
General correspondence, 1914-70 |
| 3 |
Diaries, 1940-70 |
| 4 |
Photographs and photograph albums, early
1900s-70 |
| 5 |
Oxford, 1920-22 |
| 6 |
World War I, 1914-19 |
| 7 |
World War II, 1942-55 |
| 8 |
Slaves of the samurai,
1946-69 |
| 9 |
Member for Kew (Victorian Parliament),
1927-49 |
| 10 |
Minister for Transport, 1948-53 |
| 11 |
Member for Chisholm (Commonwealth
Parliament), 1954-70 |
| 12 |
Minister for Interior and Works,
1952-57 |
| 13 |
Speeches, 1930s-70 |
| 14 |
Overseas visits, 1946-70 |
| 15 |
Cuttings and cutting books, 1902-70 |
| 16 |
Invitations and menus, 1931-70 |
| 17 |
Foreign Affairs Committee, 1947-61 |
| 18 |
Subject files, 1946-69 |
| 19 |
1956 Melbourne Olympic Games,
1952-68 |
| 20 |
Sporting events and association,
1920-72 |
| 21 |
Writings by Kent Hughes, 1920s-70 |
| 22 |
Miscellaneous items, 1922-70 |
| 23 |
Printed material, 1913-70 |
| 24 |
Papers of Lady Kent Hughes, 1922-86 |
| 25 |
Papers of Dr Wifred Kent Hughes,
1917 |
| 26 |
Kent Hughes: a biography,
1970-72 |
Series description
Series 1 Family correspondence, 1914-70
Kent Hughes enlisted in the AIF and left Australia with the Australian
Light Horse for the Middle East (Sinai, Palestine, Syria and Gallipoli) on 18
October 1914. At the end of the War, he went to Oxford to take up the Rhodes
scholarship that had been awarded to him in 1915. In 1940 he enlisted in the
AIF and served in Singapore and Malaya. In February 1942 Kent Hughes was taken
prisoner and was sent to POW camps in Singapore, Formosa and Manchuria.
The series comprises Kent Hughes' correspondence, including some
transcripts, with his father and other members of his family, written from the
Middle East and Oxford. There are also letters from Lady Kent Hughes and their
children (written while Kent Hughes was in the POW camps), letters from his
parents-in-law (Mr and Mrs R. C. Kerr) and other members of the family.
Kent Hughes' letters to his wife can be found in Series 24.
Folder
| 1 |
Postcards, mostly from Egypt,
1914-17 |
| 2 |
Letters from Mena Camp, Egypt, 1915 |
| 3 |
Letters from Middle East, 1915-19 |
| 4 |
Transcripts of Kent Hughes' letters,
1915-17 |
| 5-6 |
Correspondence with father, Dr Wilfred
Kent Hughes, 1917-22 |
| 7 |
Letters from Oxford, 1920 |
| 8 |
Letters from Mr and Mrs R. C. Kerr,
1933-53 |
| 9 |
Letters from Lady Kent Hughes and
children, 1942-43 |
| 10 |
Letters from other members of family,
1953-70 |
Series 2 General correspondence, 1914-70
Through out his life, Kent Hughes corresponded with a large number of
Australian and overseas friends, including those from his years in Oxford, as
well as American and Asian friends and politicians. Usually Kent Hughes kept
copies of his letters. The Australian correspondents include ex-World War I
soldiers and other POWs. Other correspondents include Major General Hans de
Fremery, E.J. Holt, W.R. Milligan, Vernon Morgan, William J. Sebald, H.A.
Stokes Hughes, Felix Stump and John Wedderburn-Maxwell.
Most of the papers had been arranged in alphabetical order, either by
subjects or names of the correspondents. The remainder were grouped in
chronological order. The Library has preserved this arrangement and the file
titles.
Correspondence arranged by subjects and names of
correspondents:
Folder
| 1 |
Correspondence with friends from Oxford
days, 1914-50 |
| 2 |
Telegrams from friends on wedding day,
February 1923 |
| 3-4 |
Welcome home letters and telegrams,
1945 |
| 5-6 |
Correspondence with American friends,
1946-47 |
| 7 |
Correspondence with friends from Oxford
days, 1962-69 |
| 8 |
Derek Heathcoat Amory, 1954-68 |
| 9 |
ANZAC Day and RSL matters, 1963-68 |
| 10 |
Gordon Bennett, 1942-68 |
| 11 |
Chiang Kai-Shek, 1955-69 |
| 12 |
Church of St. Martin, South Yarra,
1960-67 |
| 13 |
Correct spelling of 'Wilfrid', 1957 |
| 14 |
Committee for the Third Australian
Freedom Rally, 1959-61 |
| 15-19 |
Congratulatory letters and telegrams on
receiving KBE, 1957 |
| 20 |
Desert Mounted Corps Memorial in
Canberra, 1963-68 (See also Series 4/51) |
| 21 |
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1961-63 |
| 22 |
Sir John Elliott, 1949-67 |
| 23 |
Ex-Eighth Division Diggers, 1955-70 |
| 24 |
Famous signatures, 1935-64 The
signatories are Duke of Gloucester, Willi Brandt, 'Weary' Dunlop, Cardinal
Gilroy (Archbishop of Sydney), Sir Robert Menzies, Lord Casey, Sir Percy
Spender and Sir William Slim |
| 25 |
Sir Keith Feiling, 1938-67 |
| 26 |
Henry J. Fischer of the Australian
International News Review, 1965-68 |
| 27 |
Major-General Hans de Fremery,
1950-70 |
| 28 |
Get well letters and telegrams, following
hospitalisation, 1952 |
| 29 |
Get well letters and telegrams, following
an operation, 1953 |
| 30 |
James Hodgkinson, 1964-69 |
| 31 |
E.J. Holt, 1957-70 |
| 32 |
Stan Howard, 1958-68 |
| 33 |
Japanese friends (G. Kitagawa, Yuichi
Hayashi and Juro Oki), 1953-63 |
| 34 |
Sir Howard Kerr, 1934-36 |
| 35 |
Kinabalu Park War Memorial,
correspondence and cuttings, Sabah, 1959-65 |
| 36 |
Korea and South East Asia Forces
Association, 1963-70 |
| 37 |
Donald W. Lamm, 1962-68 |
| 38 |
Ernest K. Lindley, 1965-68 |
| 39 |
Princess Josephine Charlotte of
Luxembourg, 1956 |
| 40 |
W.R. Milligan, 1938-70 |
| 41 |
Robert O'Neill, 1962-66 |
| 42 |
Overseas friends, 1932-38 |
| 43-44 |
Overseas friends (mostly with A.G.
Vromans and Senator James W. Fulbright), 1948-69 |
| 45 |
K. Perkins, 1967-68 |
| 46 |
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd (UK),
1962-63 |
| 47 |
Anthony Quayle, 1949-53 |
| 48 |
Vernon Morgan, 1957-70 |
| 49 |
Tom Morris, 1963-67 |
| 50 |
J.J. Pitman, 1949-67 |
| 51-52 |
RSL, 1946-70 Correspondence with other
ex- World War I soldiers, ex-POWs, Queensland Ex-POW Association and
Ex-Servicemen's POW Subsistence Claims Committee concerning Prisoners of War
Trust Fund and subsistence claim for ex-servicemen. |
| 53 |
Walter S. Robertson, 1956-69 |
| 54 |
Rotary International (W.N. Oats and H.A.
Bayoomi), 1960-63 |
| 55 |
Peter Roth, 1953 and 1959 |
| 56 |
Bishop G.T. Sambell, 1967 |
| 57 |
Derek Schreiber, 1934-56 |
| 58 |
William J. Sebald, 1959-70 |
| 59 |
H.A. Stokes Hughes, 1950-70 |
| 60 |
Felix B. Stump, 1956-70 |
| 61 |
Tadakatsu Suzuki, 1959-67 |
| 62 |
Thai correspondents (Konthi Suphamongkhon
and Thanat Khoman), 1959-68 |
| 63 |
J.H. Thyer, 1949-50 |
| 64 |
War historian, 1953 |
| 65 |
Bill Weale, 1956-57 |
| 66 |
John Wedderburn-Maxwell, 1954-70 |
| 67 |
Wheat Board, 1962 |
| 68 |
Harry Wheeler, 1947 |
| 69 |
Don Whitington, 1961 and 1969 |
Correspondence arranged in chronological order:
Folder
| 70 |
1923-52 |
| 71 |
1942-43 |
| 72 |
1953-56 |
| 73 |
1957-60 |
| 74 |
1945-62 |
| 75 |
1961-64 |
| 76 |
1965-66 |
| 77 |
1967-70 |
Series 3 Diaries and notebooks, 1940-70
Kent Hughes kept diaries most of his life and many of them have been
transcribed. The series comprises the original diaries, typescripts of some of
the diaries and miscellaneous notebooks.
Kent Hughes had kept the typescript of 'A diary of the American trip of
the Oxford-Cambridge Track Team 6.7.21 to 12.8.21' with his Oxford papers
(Series 5/ Folder 23). The diaries of Kent Hughes' visit to the Far East in
1958 are in Series 14/ Folders 18-19 and 22.
Folder
| 1 |
Diary, c.1915 |
| 2 |
Diaries kept while serving in Malaya as a
member of the Eighth Division of AIF, c.1940-42 |
| 3 |
Typescript of 'War diary of intelligence
summary', 1 Nov. - 31 Dec. 1941 |
| 4 |
Diary, 1 Jan. - 17 Feb. 1942 |
| 5 |
Diary, 8 Feb. - 16 Aug. 1942 |
| 6 |
Diary, 21 Aug. 1942 - 17 Aug. 1943 |
| 7 |
Diary, 1942-44 |
| 8 |
Duplicate typescripts, 1 Jan. 1942 - 14
Aug. 1945 |
| 9 |
Duplicate typescripts, 8 Feb. 1942 - 18
Dec. 1943 |
| 10 |
Duplicate typescripts, 1942-45
(incomplete) |
| 11 |
Diary, 18 Aug. 1943 - 31 Oct. 1944 |
| 12 |
Diary, 1 Nov. - 16 Oct. 1945 |
| 13 |
Part of a diary kept on USS
Relief, Sep. 1945. A plaque from the ship is in Series 22 |
| 14 |
Ten pocket diaries, 1946-59 |
| 15 |
Diary of a visit to England (1948) and
interview with Ben Chifley (1949) |
| 16 |
Diary: 'Far East trip while Minister with
Edith and Lou, 1953' |
| 17 |
Diary, Apr. - Aug. 1947 |
| 18 |
Diary of a trip to Papua as a Minister,
[c.1955] |
| 19 |
Typescript of diary on Asian tour, Jan. -
Mar. 1955 |
| 20 |
Typescript of diary on Asian tour (4th
copy), Jan. - Mar. 1955 |
| 21 |
Typescript of diary on Asian tour (5th
copy), Jan. - Mar. 1955 |
| 22 |
Diary of a trip to equestrian events in
Stockholm (1956) and Papua New Guinea (1957) |
| 23 |
Diary of the Asian Games tour, May- July
1958 |
| 24 |
Diary of a visit to Antarctica, 1958 |
| 25 |
Diary of a visit to ECAFE (Economic
Co-operation in Asia and the Far East), 1959 |
| 26 |
Diary of a visit to the Kimberleys,
1960 |
| 27-32 |
Diaries 3-8, 1958-63 (1-2 were not
received) |
| 33-38 |
Diaries 9-14 (including a visit to the
Tokyo Olympic Games), 1963-64 |
| 39-44 |
Diaries 15-20, 1965-67 |
| 45-49 |
Diaries 21-49, 1967-68 |
| 50-54 |
Diaries 50-54, 1968-70 |
| 55 |
Miscellaneous typescripts and extracts
from diaries, n.d. |
| 56-65 |
Notebooks, n.d. |
Series 4 Photographs and photograph albums, early 1900s-70
In the First World War, Kent Hughes served in the Middle East, as a
member of the Light Horse Brigade in the Australian Imperial Force, from June
1917 to March 1918. The earlier photographs document this period of his
career.
Other photographs include those taken during Kent Hughes' frequent
visits overseas, particularly to Asia, in his capacity as a Minister for the
Interior and Works (1951-56) and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
(1956-61). Papers relating to these visits can be found in Series 14. There are
also pictures of both the Victorian and Federal Liberal Ministries and
photographs taken during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
Related papers are in Series 1, 6 and 19.
Folder
| 1 |
Photographs of Kent Hughes as a boy and
at school, early 1900s |
| 2 |
Album of photographs, taken in Melbourne,
Yemen, Suez Canal, Syria and Egypt, of the First Australian Imperial
Expeditionary Force (B. Company Seventh Battalion), Sep. 1914 - Apr. 1915 |
| 3 |
Album of Headquarter of the Third Light
Horse Brigade AIF, including Anzac Cove and Egypt, Apr. 1915 - Jan. 1916 |
| 4 |
Album of Headquarter of the Third Light
Horse Brigade AIF, including Egypt and India, Jan. 1916 - June 1917 |
| 5 |
Album of the Third Light Horse Brigade
AIF, include Egypt and Colombo, 1917-18 |
| 6 |
Black and white negatives of Egypt and
Palestine, c.1915-18 |
| 7 |
Photograph, c.1915-18 |
| 8 |
Photographs, c.1918 |
| 9 |
Photographs of Palestine and Syria,
c.1918 |
| 10 |
Oxford photographs, including the Oxford
Ski Team, 1921 |
| 11 |
Portrait of Edith Kent Hughes (nee
Kerr) on her wedding day 3 February 1923 |
| 12 |
Photographs of Premiers' Conference,
Canberra, 1923 |
| 13 |
Photograph of Victorian Cabinet,
1947-48 |
| 14 |
Photographs of the Royal tour, 1954 |
| 15 |
Photograph of Kew Football Club,
1929 |
| 16 |
Photographs, 1930s |
| 17 |
Photograph of Premiers' Conference,
Sydney, 1930s |
| 18 |
Photograph of Members of the Victorian
Executive Council, 1934 |
| 19 |
Photographs, 1940-49 |
| 20 |
Group photograph of the Victorian
Cabinet Picture of Kent Hughes with Tom Hollway taken after the announcement
of the withdrawal of the Victorian Country Party Leader, J.G. McDonald, from
the Coalition Government in 1948 |
| 21 |
Photographs of Avery Brundage, 195? |
| 22 |
Photographs of Menzies Government after
the swearing-in ceremony at Government House, Canberra, 1951 |
| 23 |
Photographs of visit to Malaya, 195? |
| 24 |
Photographs of Menzies Government,
1952 |
| 25 |
Photographs of Sports Foundation, Los
Angeles, 1953 |
| 26 |
Photographs, 1950-59 |
| 27 |
Photographs of Thai Olympic Committee,
1953 |
| 28 |
Photographs of Kent Hughes skiing at
Charlotte's Pass, 1955 |
| 29 |
Photographs of a visit to Thailand,
1955 |
| 30 |
Photographs of a visit to Asia, 1955 |
| 31 |
Album of visit to Taiwan, 1955 |
| 32 |
Photographs of official tour of War
Cemeteries by the Minister of the Interior and Works, 1955 (See also
Series 4/ Folder 61 and Series 14/ Folder 7) |
| 33 |
Photographs of a visit to Japan,
1955-58 |
| 34 |
Photographs of Australian 4 x 100m.
Women's Relay Team Gold Medal winners, Melbourne Olympic Games, 1956 |
| 35 |
Photographs of Melbourne Olympic Games,
1956 |
| 36 |
Photographs of a visit to Kuala Lumpur,
1958 |
| 37 |
Photographs of a visit to Taiwan,
1958 |
| 38 |
Photographs of a visit to Vietnam,
1958 |
| 39 |
Photographs of a visit to Antarctica,
1958 |
| 40 |
Photographs of a visit to Taiwan,
1964 |
| 41 |
Photographs of a visit to Korea,
1964 |
| 42 |
Korean Embassy, Canberra, 1962-68 |
| 43 |
Photographs taken between 1962 and
1968 |
| 44 |
Photographs of a visit to Baguio City,
Philippines, 1965 |
| 45 |
Photograph taken at a meeting of the
Asian People's Anti-Communist League Executive Committee, Taiwan, 1967 |
| 46 |
Photographs of Anzac Day parade,
c.1967-70 |
| 47-48 |
Photographs of a visit to Vietnam,
1966 |
| 49 |
Photographs of Anzac Day parade,
1967 |
| 50 |
Photographs of Somers Camp, Anglesea,
1967 |
| 51 |
Photographs of Opening ceremony of the
Light Horse Memorial in Canberra, 19 April 1968 (See also Series
2/20) |
| 52 |
Photographs of Kent Hughes receiving an
honorary degree from the China Academy, Taiwan, 1968 |
| 53 |
Photographs of a visit to Holland,
1956 |
| 54 |
Family photographs, n.d. |
| 55 |
Photographs of a visit to Africa,
n.d. |
| 56 |
Visit to POW Camp in Taiwan, n.d. |
| 57 |
Miscellaneous, n.d. |
| 58 |
Album of visit to Taiwan, n.d. |
| 59 |
Memorial to Matron Olive D. Paschke
unveiled by Kent Hughes |
| 60 |
Visit to Egypt, n.d. |
| 61 |
War cemetery in Jakarta, n.d. (See
also Series 4/ Folder 32 and Series 14/ Folder 7) |
| 62 |
Glass negative, n.d. |
| 63-82 |
Slides |
Series 5 Oxford, 1920-22
Kent Hughes went to Christ Church, Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship in
1920 and graduated as a BA with honours in Modern History in 1922. While in
Oxford, he took an active part in various sporting activities, including track
and field and skiing.
The series comprises lecture notes, some of which are in notebooks. Kent
Hughes' correspondence with his family is in Series 1/ Folders 5-7 and his
correspondence with his friends from Oxford is in Series 2/ Folders 1 and 7.
Other related papers are in Series 4/ Folder 10.
Folder
| 1 |
'Master of Balliol: Aristotle's
politics', 1920 |
| 2 |
'Summary of history of the Papacy',
1920 |
| 3 |
'Administration 1714-1815', 1920 |
| 4 |
'Constitutions of Australia, Canada and
South Africa', 1921 |
| 5 |
'Constitutional documents 1660-1911',
1921 |
| 6 |
'The development of nationality and
nationalism in the British Isles', 1921 |
| 7 |
'Analysis on cooperation of home and
abroad', 1921 |
| 8 |
'Armstrong on the Netherlands 16th
century', 1921 |
| 9 |
'Whitley Council', c.1921 |
| 10 |
'Summary of English history', c.1921 |
| 11 |
'Barker constitutional history',
c.1921 |
| 12 |
'Barker on social economic questions of
18th and 19th centuries', 1921 |
| 13 |
'Leys on the Tudors', c.1921 |
| 14 |
'Chrystallography', 1921 |
| 15-19 |
Lecture notes, 1921 |
| 20-22 |
Jottings and memoirs, 1920-21 |
| 23 |
Typescript of 'A diary of the American
trip of the Oxford-Cambridge Track Team 6.7.21 to 12.8.21' |
| 24 |
Accounts, 1921 |
| 25 |
Programs and leaflets, 1920-22 |
| 25 |
Printed material, 1921 |
Series 6 World War I, 1914-19
Kent Hughes enlisted in the AIF and left Australia with the Australian
Light Horse for the Middle East (Sinai, Palestine, Syria and Gallipoli) on 18
October 1914.
The series includes certificates of appreciation for gallant and
distinguished service in the field, notes and correspondence relating to Kent
Hughes' discharge from the AIF and non-military employment. His letters to his
family can be found in Series 1 and the WW I photographs are in Series 4.
Folder
| 1 |
Notes kept on leaving Melbourne,
1914 |
| 2 |
Typescripts entitled 'Evacuation of
Gallipoli', 3 December 1915 and 'Second Light Horse Brigade', 10 December
1917 |
| 3-4 |
Correspondence with the Department of
Repatriation and Demobilisation concerning Kent Hughes' discharge from the AIF,
non-military employment and the settlement of accounts, 1919-22 |
| 5 |
Certificates of appreciation for gallant
and distinguished service in the field, 1916-18 |
| 6 |
Miscellaneous note and cuttings |
| 7-8 |
Maps of Gallipoli, Syria, Israel and
Sinai Peninsula |
Series 7 World War II, 1942-55
Kent Hughes served in the 8th Division, AIF in 1940. He went to Malaya
in 1941, where he became a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1941 and Colonel in 1942. He
was taken Prisoner of War on 16 February 1942 and was in camps in Changi (18
months), Formosa (2 years), Japan (2 weeks) and Manchuria (1 year) until 1945.
The series includes correspondence, notes and drafts of various writings about
the camps.
For related papers see Series 1-3, 8, 15/ Folder 12 and 24.
Folder
| 1 |
Typescript of a speech given to POWs at
Karenko, Formosa, August 1942 |
| 2 |
Notes on 'Japanese instructions given to
Prisoners of War in Changi' by Kent Hughes, 1942 |
| 3 |
A photograph of a pencil portrait of Kent
Hughes by Murray Griffin, the Official War Artist, May 1942 |
| 4 |
Transcript of an interview with Mr
Hagiwara from Domei News Agency, Karenko, 1 June 1943 |
| 5-7 |
Notes, notebook and other writings
(including a poem on Mukden) kept by Kent Hughes while he was in POW camps,
1942-45 |
| 8 |
Carbon copy typescript of 'An account of
liberation by Col. W.S. Kent Hughes, Mukden Main POW Camp, 15-18 Aug.
1945' |
| 9 |
Interim report of POW camps in Singapore,
n.d. |
| 10 |
Printed material, 1940-46 |
| 11 |
Letters from Military Board of the
Australian Military Forces, on matters such as entitlements and honours,
1943-49 |
| 12 |
Correspondence with the Australian
Military Forces and other papers on POW matters, 1943-51 |
| 13 |
Correspondence with the Department of
Repatriation, 1946-53 |
| 14 |
Handwritten draft and pencil drawings of
'The hell-hole of the Oryoku Maru' |
| 15 |
Handwritten draft and typescripts of
'Misery farm: a Taiwan tragedy' |
| 16 |
Typescript of 'Changi: the early
phase' |
| 17 |
Typescript of 'The Malaya social
scene' |
| 18 |
Handwritten draft and typescripts of
'Singapore: before and after' |
| 19 |
Typescript of 'Administrative HQ AIF
Malaya' |
| 20 |
Typescript of 'Recollections during WW
II', 1955 |
| 21 |
Handwritten draft and typescripts of
'Recollections of the last days of Singapore' by Capt. A.H.L. Wheeler, Cowra,
1942. |
| 22 |
Recollections by Brig. J. Tayer and Lt.
Col. L. Stahle, 1971 |
| 23 |
Citations of Honours and awards and other
papers relating to Kent Hughes' World War II service, n.d. |
| 24 |
Maps |
Series 8 Slaves of the samurai (1946), 1946-69
The manuscript was written while Kent Hughes was in POW camps and was
hidden between layers of cardboard in his suitcase. The book was published in
Melbourne by Oxford University Press in 1946. The Series contains the
manuscript and typescripts, letters from friends and the general public about
the book and book reviews.
Folder
| 1 |
Original manuscripts |
| 2-5 |
Typescripts |
| 6 |
Letters from friends and the general
public, giving their views on the book, 1947-69 |
| 7 |
Cover designs for the book |
| 8 |
Book reviews, 1946-47 |
Series 9 Member for Kew (Victorian Parliament), 1927-49
In 1927 Kent Hughes stood for the Victorian Parliament as a Nationalist
candidate and was elected as the Member for Kew. He was Minister for Transport
and Education in 1947 and Minister for Transport and Electrical Undertaking
between 1947 and 1949 in the Ministry led by Tom Hollway.
The series include a small quantity of correspondence and other papers
on various subjects, including the Victorian elections and houses for migrants.
Folder
| 1 |
Victorian election, including letters of
congratulations, 1927 |
| 2 |
Correspondence, 1927-49 |
| 3 |
Victorian elections, 1937-40 |
| 4 |
Miscellaneous papers |
| 5 |
Correspondence on Kent Hughes
retirement from Parliament, 1949 |
Series 10 Minister for Transport, 1948-53
Kent Hughes became the Victorian Minister for Transport and Education in
1947 and Minister for Transport and Election Undertakings in 1947-49. This
small series comprises correspondence and other papers relating to these
portfolios, in some cases extending into the early 1950s. The correspondents
include Les Norman, Norman Martin and Tom Lingford
Folder
| 1 |
Correspondence relating to the
transportation of Callide coal (from Queensland) to Victoria, 1948-53 |
| 2 |
Correspondence, 1948-52 |
| 3 |
Papers relating to the Bombala -
Bairnsdale Railway, 1950-53 |
| 4 |
Correspondence concerning the visit of
John Elliott, 1948-49. The Victorian Government engaged the services of
Elliott, Chief Executive of British Railways, to investigate the Victorian
transport system. |
| 5 |
Correspondence relating to the 'Operation
snail': importation of pre-fabricated houses from England to accommodate
English migrants, 1948-53 |
Series 11 Member for Chisholm (Commonwealth Parliament),
1954-70
Following his resignation from Victorian politics, Kent Hughes stood as
a Liberal candidate and won the Federal seat of Chisholm in December 1949. He
held the seat until his death in 1970. He was the Federal Minister for the
Interior and Works between 1951 and 1956.
The series mostly comprises papers on a wide range of subjects that Kent
Hughes received as a Federal Parliamentarian. They include both incoming and
outgoing correspondence with other politicians, Cabinet Ministers and his
constituents and with a wide range of acquaintances in Australia, Asia and
other overseas countries. There are also files on Australian defence and
foreign policy and relation with Asian countries and communism. Papers relating
to Kent Hughes work as a Minister can be found in Series 12 and papers on
the Joint Foreign Affairs Committee are in Series 17.
The papers had been kept in files and, wherever possible, the Library
has preserved the arrangement of the papers within them and also the file
titles.
Folder
| 1 |
Sir Michael Adeane, the Queen's Private
Secretary, concerning the Royal visit to Australia, 1954 |
| 2 |
Amendment of the Broadcasting and
Television Act (correspondence with F.M. Osborne and Vernon Wilcox),
1953-58 |
| 3 |
Asian politics, 1951-69 |
| 4-5 |
Australian Broadcasting Commission
(correspondence with C.W. Davidson, Sir Richard Boyer, Sir James Darling and
T.S. Duckmanton), 1958-68 |
| 6 |
Australian Children's Theatre,
1954-55 |
| 7 |
Australian Dairy Produce Board,
1965-66 |
| 8 |
Australian Embassy in Bangkok, 1966 |
| 9 |
Australian Seamen's Union, 1962-63 |
| 10 |
Banking, 1957-59 |
| 11 |
Buffaloes for South East Asia, 1960 |
| 12 |
Burmese and Japanese politics,
1950-61 |
| 13 |
Caulfield Rifle Club, Williamstown Rifle
Range, 1953-54 (See also Folder 39 and 44) |
| 14 |
China, 1956 |
| 15 |
Committee Against Communism
(correspondents include T.K. Critchley and W.C. Wentworth), 1962-65 |
| 16 |
Communism, South Africa and other issues,
1960-68 |
| 17-18 |
Defence (correspondents include A.J.
Forbes, Athol Townley and Shane Paltridge), 1952-65 |
| 19 |
Defend Australia Committee
(correspondence with Rex Becke and C.R.R. Huxtable), 1962-68 |
| 20 |
Editors of major Australian newspapers
The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and the Herald),
1958-68 |
| 21 |
Fan mail: letters from English people
following the publication of Kent Hughes' letter, on his stand against
Communism, to the editor of the Daily Telegraph, 1967 |
| 22 |
Federal elections, 1949-69. Papers
include 'How to vote' leaflets and draft of speeches |
| 23 |
Fitzroy municipal election, 1964-65 |
| 24-26 |
Foreign affairs correspondence within
Australia, 1950-68. Correspondents include Rohan Rivett, J.G. Porteus, Harold
Holt, M.H. Hungerford, Sir Norman Kater, Eric Butler, Geoffrey Fairbairn, Jim
Thyer and Robert E. Hoey |
| 27 |
Goverment Members Committee, 1963-70 |
| 28 |
Indonesia, 1965 |
| 29 |
Indonesia - Malaysia issues, 1956-65 |
| 30 |
Inigo Jones, 1953-68. Investigations of
Jones, who was a long-range weather forecaster for Cromhurst Obsevatory,
Queensland |
| 31-32 |
Ministers of External Affairs
(correspondents include R.G. Casey, Sir Garfield Barwick and Sir Paul Hasluck),
1950-67 |
| 33 |
Move to Federal politics, 1949-50 |
| 34 |
Rupert Murdoch and other issues,
1958-64 |
| 35 |
New England New State Movement,
1950-59 |
| 36 |
Primary Industries (correspondents
include Sir John Teasdale of Australian Wheat Board, Associated Chambers of
Australia and T.C. Stott of Australian Wheat Growers' Federation), 1956-63 |
| 37 |
Regional security, 1970 |
| 38 |
Regular Defence Force Welfare Association
and Defence Forces Retirement Benefits, 1959-62 |
| 39 |
Rifle Clubs, 1957-65 (See also
Folders 13 and 44) |
| 40 |
Rip tragedy, 1960. Two men were drowned
during an Army training exercise outside the Port Phillip Bay Heads near
Queenscliff. |
| 41 |
Roads, 1959-64 |
| 42 |
Speaker's Chair for the new Parliament in
Malaysia, 1955 |
| 43 |
Taiwan, 1969 |
| 44 |
Victorian Rifle Association
(See also Folders 13 and 39), 1960 |
| 45 |
Vietnamese Embassy, 1957-67 |
| 46 |
Western Australia, 1960 |
| 47 |
War Widows Guild and Homes for the Aged
(correspondents include Lucy Dutton Green, Mrs M.D. Sparks, Mrs E. McKenzie-Rye
and Mrs G.A. Vasey), 1960-63 |
| 48 |
A - K, 1951-70 |
| 49 |
L - M, 1951-70 |
| 50 |
N - W, 1951-70 |
| 51 |
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1950,
1957-59 |
| 52 |
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1960-62 |
| 53 |
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1963-64 |
| 54 |
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1965-66 |
| 56 |
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1967-69 |
Series 12 Minister for Interior and Works, 1952-57
Kent Hughes became the Federal Minister for the Interior and Minister
for Works and Housing on 11 May 1951. In June 1952 the latter portfolio was
changed to Minister for Works. As Minister for the Interior, he was responsible
for the developmental planning and administration of Canberra. Other
responsibilities included elections and franchise, astronomy, mapping and
surveys, meteorology, forestry and timber, war graves, War Service Land
Settlement, the Australian War Memorial, the acquisition and leasing of land
for Commonwealth purposes, and publicity. The department of Works was
responsible for the design, supervision, execution and inspection of all
architectural and engineering works for the Commonwealth Government and the
formulation of town planning proposals in areas controlled by the Commonwealth.
In January 1956, as a result of a Cabinet reshuffle, Kent Hughes was dropped
from the Menzies Ministry and he did not hold office again.
The series consists of semi-official and personal correspondence,
cuttings, minutes, speeches, reports and papers relating to many of Kent
Hughes Ministerial responsibilities, including papers on his removal from
the Ministry in 1956. The correspondents are mostly Ministerial colleagues or
public servants, including R.G. Menzies, Sir Arthur Fadden, R.G. Casey, George
McLeay, Paul Hasluck, W.H. Spooner, Louis Loder, Lionel Price and J.R.
Fraser.
Folder
| 1 |
Accommodation for the Department of
Defence upon its transfer to Canberra (correspondents include R.G. Menzies and
W.E. Dunk), 1954-55 |
| 2 |
Cabinet minutes, 1952-55 |
| 3 |
Canberra housing: correspondence and
cutting concerning rent increases and shortage of housing (correspondents
include Jim Fraser), 1953-55 |
| 4 |
Canberra University College, 1953 |
| 5 |
Civil Defence Council Bill, 1955 |
| 6 |
Contracts, 1954 |
| 7 |
Department of Territories, concerning
Papua New Guinea, 1954 |
| 8-10 |
Development of Canberra, 1949-55. The
papers include correspondence, report, minutes and press releases on the
development of Canberra, such as the creation of Lake Burley Griffin,
Australian War Memorial, Australian National University, Mount Stromlo and the
Olympic pool. The main correspondents are C.E.W. Bean, A.H. Corbett, J.A.
McCallum and Sir William Slim. |
| 11 |
Conference of the State and Commonwealth
Ministers on War Service Land Settlement, Canberra, 1954 |
| 12 |
Financial policy, 1952 |
| 13 |
Japanese Ambassador attending ANZAC
ceremony, 1953 |
| 14 |
Liquor trading hours in the ACT,
1954-55 |
| 15 |
Minister for Transport and Shipping
(correspondence with George McLeay), 1952-53 |
| 16 |
Markham bridge, Papua New Guinea
(correspondence with Michael Leahy), 1952 |
| 17 |
Medical School, ANU, 1953 |
| 18-19 |
R.G. Menzies, 1953-54 |
| 20-21 |
Miscellaneous correspondence (includes
A.W. Fadden, L.F. Loder and R.G. Menzies), 1950-55 |
| 22 |
River Murray agreement and the
enlargement of the Hume reservoir, 1951-54 |
| 23 |
Reports, minutes and correspondence on
the 'Science of building', 1952-53 |
| 24 |
'Operation administration': a proposal to
centralised the administration of some Government Departments in Canberra,
1954 |
| 25 |
Sir Earle Page (Minister for Health) and
Stuart Acason (Liberal Party, Queensland) concerning the opening of the
Tuberculosis Annexe at Cairns General Hospital, 1954 |
| 26 |
J.M. Douglas Pringle, 1953 |
| 27 |
Public Accounts Committee, 1953 |
| 28 |
Snowy River Scheme, 1951 |
| 29 |
Snowy River and transport, 1953 |
| 30 |
Transfer of Tallangatta township,
1951-53 |
| 31 |
Transport, 1954-56 |
| 32 |
War Service Land Settlement, New South
Wales, 1953-55 |
| 33 |
Papers (including typescript of Kent
Hughes' recollections of his interview with Menzies and his conversation with
other Ministers, such as John McEwen and draft of speech on Foreign Affairs
given by Kent Hughes at the House of Representatives on 28 April 1955) relating
to Kent Hughes' dismissal from the Menzies Ministry, 1955-57 |
| 34-35 |
Letters from friends and colleagues after
the dismissal, 1956. Correspondents include Sir John Latham, John Oldham, J.
Gordon Bennett, W.R. Lawrence, L.W. Hamilton, T.T. Colquhoun, Sir Malcolm
McIntosh and Gavin Long. |
| 36 |
Copies of letters written by Kent Hughes
to thank various Departments for their support during his term as Minister for
the Interior and Works, 1956 |
Series 13 Speeches, 1930s-70
The series comprises handwritten drafts, typescript and roneoed copies,
as well as cuttings, of Kent Hughes' speeches. Some of the speeches were kept
in files and have been either arranged in chronological order or according to
subjects. These arrangements have been preserved by the Library.
Drafts of radio broadcasts, which were filed with the speeches, can be
found in Folder 22.
Speeches arranged in chronological order:
Folder
| 1 |
1930s-39 |
| 2 |
1940s-49 |
| 3-4 |
1949-67 |
| 5-6 |
1950-59 |
| 7 |
1960-62 |
| 8-11 |
1960-69 |
| 12 |
1970 |
Speeches arranged by subjects:
Folder
| 13-14 |
Anzac day speeches, including copies of
order of service, 1927-70 |
| 15 |
Armistice Day, 1938 |
| 16 |
Australian defence, 1950-58 |
| 17 |
Empire Day, 1938 |
| 18 |
Entry into World War II |
| 19 |
Parliamentary dinner, 1935 |
| 20-21 |
Parliamentary speeches and published in
the Parliamentary debates, 1955-70 |
| 22 |
Broadcasts, 1947-64 |
Series 14 Overseas visits, 1946-70
During his terms as the Minister of Interior and Works and as the
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Kent Hughes undertook numerous
overseas visits. The series includes correspondence, notes, invitations to
official functions, cuttings, travel leaflets and other papers relating to
these visits. Photographs of these visits can be found in Series 4.
Folder
| 1 |
UK, 1946 |
| 2 |
America, 1946-47 |
| 3 |
New Guinea, March - April 1952 |
| 4 |
South East Asia, 1954-55 |
| 5-6 |
Asia, February 1955 |
| 7-8 |
Asia, including a visit to Australian War
cemeteries in Asia and the Pacific, February - March 1955 (See also
Series 4/ Folders 32 and 61) |
| 9-10 |
Taiwan, including an invitation from
Chiang Kai-Shek, 1955 |
| 11 |
Taiwan, 1955-64 |
| 12 |
Royal dinner party, Stockholm Town Hall,
1956 |
| 13 |
Antarctica Sub-Committee (Operation
'Penguin'). As a member, Kent Hughes visited Antarctica in October 1958 |
| 14-15 |
Asia, 1958 |
| 16 |
Japan, 1958 |
| 17 |
Taiwan, 1958 |
| 18-19 |
Diaries of visit to the Far East, 1958
(For other diaries see Series 3) |
| 20-22 |
United States, UK and Europe (including
correspondence, notes, drafts of reports and diaries kept during the trip),
Apr. - Sep. 1961 |
| 23 |
Vietnam, 1961-65 |
| 24 |
South East Asia, Mar. 1962 |
| 25 |
United States and UK, Aug. 1962 |
| 26 |
South East Asia, Mr. 1963 |
| 27 |
Asia, Jan. - Feb., 1964 |
| 28-30 |
Korea and Taiwan, 1964 |
| 31 |
Asia, Oct. - Nov. 1964 |
| 32 |
United States and UK, June 1964 |
| 33 |
South East Asia, June-Aug. 1965 |
| 34-35 |
Rhodesia, includes correspondence and
cuttings, 1965-68 |
| 36-39 |
Asia, 1966. Kent Hughes visited Taiwan as
Australia's representative for the inauguration of Chiang Kai-Shek's 4th term
in office, 1966 |
| 40-41 |
Africa, Aug. - Oct. 1967 |
| 42-44 |
UK and United States, May - July
1967 |
| 45-47 |
Asia, 1968 |
| 48 |
Taiwan, June - Aug. 1968. Kent Hughes was
awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the China Academy in
Taipei. |
| 49 |
Trinidad, to attend the 15th Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference, Apr. 1969 |
| 50-52 |
Africa, including South Africa, Malawi
and Mozambique, Aug. - Sep. 1969 |
| 53 |
Travel expenses for Asia tours,
1968-70 |
| 54 |
Miscellaneous travel material |
Series 15 Cuttings and cutting books, 1902-70
The cuttings and cutting books have been arranged both in chronological
order and by subjects. Wherever possible the arrangement of cuttings within the
files and the file titles have been preserved by the Library.
Folder
| 1 |
1902-53 |
| 2 |
1920-29 |
| 3 |
1926-27 |
| 4-6 |
1927-33 |
| 7 |
1920s-37 |
| 8 |
Lord Somers' camp, Anglesea, Vic.,
1929-31 |
| 9 |
Victorian politics, 1929-34 |
| 10 |
1931-34 |
| 11 |
Visit of the Duke of Gloucester to
Australia, 1934 |
| 12 |
POW (See also Series 1/ Folder 9,
3 and 7) |
| 13 |
1941-49 |
| 14 |
1948-50 |
| 15 |
1951-59 |
| 16 |
Article on Kent Hughes published in
People, 26 Aug. 1953 |
| 17 |
1955-58 |
| 18 |
1955-69 |
| 19 |
Defence, 1957-64 |
| 20 |
Foreign Affairs and defence, 1961-64 |
| 21 |
Foreign Affairs, trade and communism,
1955-62 |
| 22 |
Knighthood, 1957 |
| 23 |
1960-69 |
| 24 |
1967-70 |
| 25 |
Anzac Day, 1968 |
| 26 |
1970 |
| 27 |
Undated |
Series 16 Invitations and menus, 1931-70
The series comprises invitations to official functions and Liberal Party
meetings and menus. Many of them were annotated to show whether or not they
were accepted.
Folder
| 1 |
1931-34 |
| 2 |
1955-65 |
| 3 |
1966 |
| 4 |
1967-68 |
| 5 |
Liberal Party meetings, 1969 |
| 6-9 |
1969 |
| 10 |
Liberal Party meetings, 1970 |
| 11 |
1970 |
Series 17 Foreign Affairs Committee, 1956-61
In 1956 R.G. Casey proposed that a Joint Committee be appointed to
consider foreign affairs generally and to inquire into matters referred to it
by the Minister of External Affairs. It was boycotted by the Opposition and as
a result the Committee consisted almost entirely of Government backbenchers
from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Kent Hughes was elected
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and held the position until 1961. The
series includes correspondence (mostly with R.G Menzies and R.G. Casey), notes,
drafts of reports or papers and minutes.
Folder
| 1 |
Correspondence on subjects including the
recognition of China, ungary, Antarctica, trade and Taiwan, 1956-60 |
| 2-3 |
Drafts of papers and reports written by
Kent Hughes, 1950-57 |
| 4 |
Extracts of minutes, 1952-58 |
| 5 |
Future of the Colombo Plan, 1956-61 |
| 6 |
Correspondence, reports and agenda
papers, 1957-61 |
| 7 |
Notes and reports, 1956-60 |
| 8 |
Correspondence (including deserted
Japanese wives of Australian servicemen), 1957-59 |
| 9 |
Minutes, 1956-57 |
| 10 |
Minutes, 1958-59 |
| 11 |
Minutes, 1960-61 |
| 12 |
Correspondence (mostly with R.G. Casey on
West New Guinea) and other papers, 1957-60 |
| 13 |
Notes, 1956 |
| 14 |
Includes papers on regional economic
development, 1956-60 |
| 15 |
Staffing diplomatic posts, 1959-60 |
| 16 |
Includes correspondence with Massey
Stanley, R.G. Casey and Sir Garfield Barwick on citizenship in Papua New Guinea
and the Fourth South Pacific Conference in Rabaul, 1956-59 |
| 17 |
Correspondence mostly with Fred Chaney
and Sir Garfield Barwick on Papua New Guinea, South Pacific, China and Russia,
1960-61 |
| 18 |
Undated notes |
Series 18 Subject files, 1947-69
For most of his life Kent Hughes maintained files on various subject
matters. They include some correspondence, cuttings, notes and other papers.
The file titles and the arrangement of the papers within them have been
preserved by the Library.
Folder
| 1 |
Attitude towards Japan, 1947-53 |
| 2 |
Australia's relations with China,
1951-65 |
| 3 |
Correspondence relating to Churchill's
book on the fall of Singapore entitled Secret session speeches (1946),
1948-49 |
| 4 |
Federal-State financial relationships,
c.1951 |
| 5 |
Foreign Affairs Private Study Group,
1950-51 |
| 6 |
Health scheme: correspondence with R.G.
Menzies and A.W. Fadden, 1950-51 |
| 7 |
Hungary, 1957 |
| 8 |
Indonesia and West New Guinea,
1958-62 |
| 9 |
Indonesia and West New Guinea,
1963-65 |
| 10 |
Japanese Mission's visit to war graves in
Papua New Guinea to collect the remains of their families, 1954 |
| 11 |
Libel case against the Australian,
1969 |
| 12 |
Official history of Australia in the
War of 1939-1945: includes correspondence with Gavin Long, 1953-58 |
| 13 |
Juro Oki, 1953. Papers relating to Kent
Hughes' visit to Dr Oki, who helped him while he was in POW camp in
Manchuria. |
| 14 |
Ratification of the Japanese Peace Treaty
by the House of Representatives, 1952 |
| 15 |
Rhodes Scholars: correspondence and
cuttings, 1914, 1953-69 |
| 16 |
Trade with China, 1957-65 |
| 17 |
Yarra Bend Park, Melbourne, 1955-68 |
Series 19 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, 1952-68
The Provisional Organising Committee of the 1956 Olympic Games was set
up by the Australian Olympic Federation in 1949. Its main responsibility was
the selection of venues and liaison with Governments and the Melbourne City
Council in relation to the construction of venues and the Olympic Village. An
office was opened in 1951 and in that year Kent Hughes became Chairman of the
Organising Committee, holding the position until the Committee was wound up in
1958. He was also chairman of the Executive Committee and the Finance and
general Purposes Committee, which was formed in 1953 and which met every two
weeks or so.
The series comprises correspondence, cuttings, reports and press
releases. After the Games, Kent Hughes received many letters from friends,
colleagues and the general public the success of the Games. The correspondents
include Avery Brundage, Lord Burghley, John T. McGovern, Hugh Weir, H.E. Bolte,
Sir Arthur Fadden, Sir Harold Alderson, Lewis Luxton and T. Forristal.
The series also includes a letter from John Ian Wing, a schoolboy from
Melbourne. Wing suggested that at the closing ceremony all athletes should walk
together rather than as teams and the idea was adopted.
Folder
| 1 |
Correspondence, 1952-53 |
| 2 |
Correspondence, 1954-55 |
| 3 |
Correspondence, 1956 |
| 4 |
Correspondence, 1957-58 |
| 5 |
Correspondence with Sir Alexander
Cadogan, Chairman of the BBC, relating to broadcasting the Games in the UK,
1957 |
| 6-7 |
China and Taiwan, 1955-68 |
| 8 |
Cuttings, 1956 |
| 9-10 |
Disputes over film and TV coverage,
1954-60 |
| 11 |
Lord Burghley, Vice-President of the
Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee, 1953-61 |
| 12 |
Correspondence on financial matters,
1957-66 |
| 13 |
Hungarian athletes seeking political
asylum in Australia and America, 1956-57 |
| 14 |
Melbourne University as Olympic village,
1952-54 |
| 15 |
Opening speech, press release and other
papers, 1952-56 |
| 16 |
Reports and statements, 1950-53 |
| 17 |
Trouble over Olympic site, 1950-68 |
| 18 |
Visit to United States, Holland and
Sweden, May - June 1956 |
| 19 |
H.R. Weir and Peter Whitchurch,
1952-63 |
| 20 |
Copies of letter of John Ian Wing, 1956
(original in the Strong Room) |
| 21 |
Winding up of the Committee, 1957-63 |
| 22 |
Letters of congratulations, 1956-57 |
| 23 |
Correspondence concerning proposal of
Olympic honours and awards, 1956-59 |
| 24 |
Kent Hughes' report to the Australian
Olympic Federation, 1958 |
Series 20 Sporting events and associations, 1920-72
The series includes cuttings and cutting books, correspondence and some
photographs relating to various sporting events and associations. The cutting
books date back from Kent Hughes' Oxford days and they include cuttings of his
own participation in various sporting events (For other sporting photographs
see Series 4).
Folder
| 1-2 |
Asian Games in Japan, including
photograph and a diary kept during the visit, 1958 |
| 3 |
Asian Games in Jakarta, 1962 |
| 4 |
British Empire and Commonwealth Games in
Perth, 1962 |
| 5 |
Bronze plaques for former Olympic gold
medallists In 1972 the Victorian Government commissioned a memorial Bronze
plaques to commemorate Kent Hughes' services to amateur sport. Replicas of the
plaques were awarded to former Olympic gold medallists: Herb Elliott, Ralph
Doubell, the late Russell Mockridge (received by his wife, Irene), Tony
Marchant and Ian Browne. The papers include note and cuttings. |
| 6 |
Cutting book, 1920-22 |
| 7 |
Cuttings, 1920-22 |
| 8 |
Olympic Committee, Hong Kong, 1955 |
| 9 |
Olympic Games in Helsinki, 1952 |
| 10-12 |
Olympic Games in Tokyo, 1964 |
| 13 |
Victorian Amateur Athletic Association,
1950-63 |
| 14 |
Victorian Olympic Council (Kent Hughes
was President of the Council) correspondence, 1968 |
| 15-17 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1957-64 |
Series 21 Writings by Kent Hughes, 1920s-70
Through out his life, Kent Hughes wrote a great number of stories,
essays, articles and poems, but most of them were not published. The series
comprises handwritten manuscripts and typescripts of his writings. For papers
relating to his published book, Slaves of the samurai, see Series
8.
Folder
| 1-3 |
Drafts of 'East: far or near' |
| 4 |
History essay |
| 5 |
Drafts of 'Peter Rutland' |
| 6 |
Drafts of 'Summer in the Jordan
Valley' |
| 7 |
Corrected typescripts of 'Through the
slip-rails' |
| 8-9 |
Drafts of poems, 1920s-66 |
| 10-11 |
Drafts of essays and articles,
1936-38 |
| 12 |
Drafts of essays and articles,
1948-49 |
| 13 |
Drafts of essays and articles,
1950s-59 |
| 14-16 |
Drafts of essays and articles,
1960-70 |
| 18-20 |
Miscellaneous drafts, n.d. |
Series 22 Miscellaneous items, 1922-70
The series includes personal items (such as passports, health books),
news letters, poems sent to Kent Hughes by friends and an emu feather.
Folder
| 1 |
Miscellaneous photocopies |
| 2 |
Notes, mostly on financial matters,
c.1922-31 |
| 3 |
Passports and health books, 1919-68 |
| 4-6 |
Miscellaneous papers and personal items,
1963-70 |
| 7 |
A.I.F. Malayan Nursing Fund, 1945-60 |
| 8 |
Papers and copies of Ex-POWs' newsletter
'Chit Chat, 1949-69 |
| 9 |
Printed Liberal Party material |
| 10 |
Minutes of meetings of the Liquor club,
1924-25 |
| 11 |
Papers of the Melbourne Beefsteak club,
1953-70 |
| 12 |
Poems by friends |
| 13 |
An emu feather |
| 14-17 |
Miscellaneous items |
Series 23 Printed material, 1913-70
The series includes papers relating to the Intelligence digest
(1953-70), index and copies of Intelligence bulletin (1958-69), copies
of The (old) Melburnians (1913-23) and other printed material.
(5 bundles and 1 box)
Series 24 Papers of Lady Kent Hughes, 1922-86
Kent Hughes wrote many letters to his wife while he was in the POW camps
and on his overseas visits. Some of the letters have been transcribed and, in
some cases, the Library only holds the transcripts.
The series also includes letters of condolence, cuttings of obituaries
and tributes to Kent Hughes.
Folder
| 1 |
Transcripts of Kent Hughes' letters,
1922-28 |
| 2 |
Transcripts of Kent Hughes' letters,
1934 |
| 3 |
Letters and messages sent by Kent Hughes
through a Tokyo radio station while he was in POW camps, 1942-44 |
| 4 |
Letters from POW camps, c.1943 |
| 5 |
Letters from the Record Office of the
Australian Military Forces containing news of Kent Hughes and letters and
telegrams sent by Kent Hughes after Liberation, 1942-45 |
| 6 |
Original and transcripts of Kent Hughes'
letters written from Mukden and Morotai, Aug. - Oct. 1945 |
| 7 |
Letters from Kent Hughes and Lady Kent
Hughes, written from United States and UK, to Mr and Mrs Kerr, 1946 |
| 8 |
Kent Hughes' letters from South East
Asia, 1968 |
| 9-11 |
Letters of condolence from family and
friends, 1970-71 |
| 12 |
Letters of condolence from the armed
services, 1970 |
| 13 |
Letters of condolence from political
friends and colleagues, 1970 |
| 14 |
Letters of condolence from sporting
organisations, 1970 |
| 15 |
Order of service and other papers,
1970 |
| 16-19 |
Cuttings of obituaries and tributes,
1970-71 |
| 20 |
Correspondence of Lady Kent Hughes,
1970-86 |
| 21 |
Financial papers, 1970-74 |
Series 25 Papers of Dr Wilfred Kent Hughes, 1917
Dr Wilfred Kent Hughes was the father of Sir Wilfrid. During World War
I, he was appointed as Chief Surgeon to the Anglo-Russian Hospital in
Petrograd. This small series comprises the account of his journey to Russia,
via Norway and Sweden, in 1917 and his passport.
His correspondence with Sir Wilfrid is in Series 1/ Folders 5-6.
One folder
Series 26 Kent Hughes: a biography by Frederick Howard,
1970-72
Frederick Howard's book, Kent Hughes: a biography, was published
by Macmillan in 1972. In researching for the biography, Howard corresponded
with some of Kent Hughes' friends, including Edmund J. Lilly Jr. and Sir James
Pitman. The series also includes drafts of the book.
Folder
| 1-2 |
Correspondence about the research and
publication of the book, 1970-72 |
| 3-8 |
Drafts |
| 9-12 |
Mailing list, design for the dust jacket
and other papers |
Box list
| Box / folio
box |
Series |
Folder/item |
| 1 |
1 |
1-8 |
| 2 |
1 |
9-10 |
| 2 |
2 |
1-6 |
| 3 |
2 |
7-14 |
| 4 |
2 |
15-22 |
| 5 |
2 |
23-31 |
| 6 |
2 |
32-39 |
| 7 |
2 |
40-47 |
| 8 |
2 |
48-56 |
| 9 |
2 |
51-65 |
| 10 |
2 |
66-73 |
| 11 |
2 |
74-77 |
| 11 |
3 |
1-3 |
| 12 |
3 |
4-10 |
| 13 |
3 |
11-16 |
| 14 |
3 |
17-26 |
| 15 |
3 |
27-49 |
| 16 |
3 |
50-65 |
| 16 |
4 |
1-2 |
| 17 |
4 |
3-5 |
| 18 |
4 |
6-10 |
| Folio box 1 |
4 |
11-14 |
| 19 |
4 |
15-22 |
| 20 |
4 |
23-30 |
| 21 |
4 |
31-35 |
| 22 |
4 |
36-44 |
| 23 |
4 |
45-52 |
| 24 |
4 |
53-57 |
| Folio box 1 |
4 |
58-61 |
| 25 |
4 |
62-82 |
| 26 |
5 |
1-3 |
| 27 |
5 |
4-7 |
| 28 |
5 |
8-11 |
| 29 |
5 |
12-17 |
| 30 |
5 |
18-23 |
| 31 |
5 |
24-26 |
| 31 |
6 |
1-4 |
| 32 |
6 |
5-8 |
| 32 |
7 |
1-2 |
| 33 |
7 |
3-10 |
| 34 |
7 |
11-17 |
| 35 |
7 |
18-23 |
| 36 |
7 |
24-24 |
| 36 |
8 |
1-5 |
| 37 |
8 |
6-8 |
| 37 |
9 |
1-5 |
| 38 |
10 |
1-6 |
| 38 |
11 |
1-3 |
| 39 |
11 |
4-12 |
| 40 |
11 |
13-20 |
| 41 |
11 |
21-28 |
| 42 |
11 |
29-37 |
| 43 |
11 |
38-46 |
| 44 |
11 |
47-54 |
| 45 |
11 |
55 |
| 45 |
12 |
1-7 |
| 46 |
12 |
8-16 |
| 47 |
12 |
17-25 |
| 48 |
12 |
26-33 |
| 49 |
12 |
34-37 |
| 49 |
13 |
1-4 |
| 50 |
13 |
5-12 |
| 51 |
13 |
13-20 |
| 52 |
13 |
21-22 |
| 52 |
14 |
1-6 |
| 53 |
14 |
7-14 |
| 54 |
14 |
15-22 |
| 55 |
14 |
23-30 |
| 56 |
14 |
31-38 |
| 57 |
14 |
39-46 |
| 58 |
14 |
47-54 |
| Folio box 2 |
15 |
1-6 |
| 59 |
15 |
7-13, 15 |
| Folio box 3 |
15 |
14, 16-20 |
| Folio box 4 |
15 |
21-27 |
| 60 |
16 |
1-8 |
| 61 |
16 |
9-11 |
| 61 |
17 |
1-5 |
| 62 |
17 |
6-13 |
| 63 |
17 |
14-18 |
| 63 |
18 |
1-4 |
| 64 |
18 |
5-13 |
| 65 |
18 |
14-17 |
| 65 |
19 |
1-4 |
| 66 |
19 |
5-13 |
| 67 |
19 |
14-22 |
| 68 |
19 |
23-24 |
| 68 |
20 |
1-6 |
| 69 |
20 |
7-15 |
| 70 |
20 |
16-17 |
| 70 |
21 |
1-3 |
| 71 |
21 |
4-6 |
| 72 |
21 |
7-11 |
| 73 |
21 |
12-19 |
| 74 |
21 |
20-21 |
| 74 |
22 |
1-5 |
| 75 |
22 |
6-13 |
| Folio box 5 |
22 |
14-17 |
| 76 |
23 |
1-4 |
| 77 |
23 |
5 and printed
material |
| 78 |
24 |
1-8 |
| 79 |
24 |
1-16 |
| 80 |
24 |
17-21 |
| 80 |
25 |
1 |
| 80 |
26 |
1-2 |
| 81 |
26 |
3-8 |
| 82 |
26 |
9-12 |
March 2000 |