MS 6453 Papers of Paul McGuire
Summary
Creator: McGuire, Paul, 1903-1978
Title: Papers of Paul McGuire
Date range: 1878-1987 (bulk 1932-1978)
Reference no: MS 6453
Extent: 10.92m. (78 boxes) + 1 folio box
Administrative Information
Access
Available for reference
Provenance
The collections was donated to the Library by Frances McGuire in 1980,
1984 and 1993. A small quantity of material from the 1980 instalment was
purchased by the Library. Paul McGuire destroyed parts of his papers
(particularly relating to the 1939-45 War) shortly before his death.
The papers include manuscripts, lectures, essays, official papers,
literary correspondence, speeches, diaries, notebooks, subject files,
photographs, newspaper cuttings, publications and other papers relating to
McGuires literary career, his official position as Minister and
Ambassador to Italy and his interest in Catholic issues.
The literary papers include typescripts, research material,
correspondence, reviews and other material relating to McGuires books
Australian journey, Westward the course, The Australian
theatre, Experiment in world order, Theres freedom for
the brave, and Inns of Australia. There is also correspondence
with English and American publishers and literary agents, papers relating to
McGuire's work as a foreign correspondent, articles, speeches, poetry and
lecture notes.
The official and personal papers deal particularly with McGuires
time in Rome, but also includes material relating to his work during World War
II for the Far Eastern Liaison Office, and his involvement in Catholic Action,
Good Neighbour Council of South Australia, Catholic Guild for Social Studies
and other bodies.
Among the correspondents are Sir Robert Menzies, Lord Casey, B.A.
Santamaria, Hugh McClure-Smith, Sir William McKell, Douglas Stewart, Kevin
Kelly, Dame Enid Lyons, Mel Pratt, Lewis Ambrose, Hugh Rain, Joan Counihan,
John Grimwade, Sir Paul Hasluck, Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes, Sir Edward Knox,
Allen Mears, Stanis McGuire, Carol Robinson (Jackson), Sir Thomas White, Sir
John Bunting, Sir Arthur. Tange and Ewen Waterman.
Organisation
The papers have been organised into 21 series by Library staff. Many of
the papers were kept in files or envelopes with titles supplied by either Paul
or Frances McGuire. The order of the contents of these files has been retained.
The cuttings files relating to World War II (series 5, subseries 2) form the
only discernible sequence. Other files were arranged, usually chronologically,
by Library staff.
Related Material
An oral history interview with Paul McGuire is held by the Library at
ORAL DeB 185, 186.
Separated Material
Papers of Frances Margaret McGuire are held by the Mortlock Library of
South Australiana, State Library of South Australia. Cuttings and notes
relating to Paul and Frances Margaret McGuire are held by the Adelaide Catholic
Archives of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide.
Dominic Paul McGuire was born in Peterborough, South Australia, on 3
April 1903. He was educated at the Christian Brothers College, Adelaide
and the University of Adelaide. He married Frances Margaret Cheadle in 1927 and
shortly afterwards left for England, where he lived for several years.
McGuire was the author of many works of fiction, verse, literary
criticism, history, travel and politics. His publications included
Australian journey (1939), Westward the course (1942), Three
corners of the world (1948), There's freedom for the brave
(1949), and numerous mystery and detective novels.
In 1932 the McGuires returned to live in South Australia, and together
with Father James ODougherty founded the Catholic Guild for Social
Studies to raise awareness of Catholic principles. McGuire lectured and wrote
on Catholic subjects during the 1930s and early 1940s, touring in Europe, the
United States, and Canada. In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, McGuire
travelled to Spain as a correspondent with the Catholic Herald
(London) where he investigated the suitability of conditions for the return of
expatriated Spanish children. His articles from this time were published in
Australian Catholic newspapers. He afterwards went to Hungary to attend the
International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest.
McGuire served in the Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve from 1942
until 1945 and performed intelligence duties in Melbourne as deputy director of
psychological warfare, Far Eastern Liaison Office. During this time he made 400
short wave radio broadcasts containing news and information throughout South
East Asia.
After the War, McGuire went abroad as correspondent for the Melbourne
Argus and wrote non-fiction on Australia and world politics. In 1951
he travelled to London as an advisor to the Prime Minister for the British
Commonwealth Prime Ministers meeting. He was a member of the Australian
delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in 1953 and was named
Ambassador to Ireland. His appointment to Dublin was cancelled in January 1954
and he served instead as Australian Minister to Italy (1954-1957) and
Australian Ambassador to Italy (1957-1959). In 1959, McGuire represented
Australia at the funeral of Pope Pius XII and the coronation of Pope John
XXIII.
McGuire was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1951),
received the papal honour of the Grand Cross of the Order of St Sylvester and
was awarded Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1967).
He died in Adelaide on 15 June 1978.
Series Title
1 General correspondence, 1932-1987
2 Correspondence with publishers and literary agents, 1932-1978
3 Personal documents and family papers, 1878-1976
4 Diaries and address books, 1941-1978
5 World War II, 1940-1971
6 Minister and Ambassador to Italy, 1952-1971
7 Australian journey, 1939-1949
8 Westward the course: the new world of Oceania, 1941-1942
9 The Australian theatre, 1948-1950
10 Experiment in world order, 1948
11 Theres freedom for the brave, 1948
12 Inns of Australia, 1947-1950
13 Articles by McGuire, 1935-1971
14 Lectures, speeches and broadcasts, 1934-1976
15 Other writings, 1927-1978
16 Life in Australia
17 Subject files, 1926-1978
18 Notebooks, 1929-1978
19 Reviews and articles on McGuire, 1932-1976
20 Photographs, 1924-1953
21 Other papers, 1923-1978
Series 1 General correspondence, 1932-1987
Correspondence received by McGuire from friends and associates, together
with some carbon copies of drafts of replies. There is also a small amount of
correspndence received by Frances McGuire after Paul McGuires death.
Most of the correspondence was arranged in folders or envelopes, usually
with a title. These files have been arranged roughly chronologically,
interfiled with loose correspondence. Some of the correspondence files also
contain other papers such as articles, notes, newspaper cuttings, drafts of
talks and printed material.
Correspondents include Lewis Ambrose, Hugh Rain, R.G. Casey, Joan
Counihan, John Grimwade, Paul Hasluck, Wilfrid Kent Hughes, Sir Edward Knox,
Allen Mears, Stanis McGuire, R.G. Menzies, and Carol Robinson (Jackson).
Correspondence with publishers and literary agents is held in series 2.
Other correspondence is held in series 6, 7, 11-13 and 17.
Folder
1 Correspondence, 1932-1939
2 Knights of Columbus; Catholic Action- correspondence, articles and
notes, 1939-1940
3 Trip to South America, 1940; United States lecture tour, 1939-1940
4 Correspondence, 1940-1942
5 Correspondence, 1940-1944
6-7 Correspondence (US income tax), 1941-1944
8 Knights of Columbus, 1942
9 Correspondence and newpaper cuttings, 1942 Includes William Morrow
and Catholic Herald correspondence
10 Correspondence, 1943
11 Allen Mears, 1943-49
12 Correspondence, 1944-1945 Includes letters to R.G. Menzies
13 Correspondence, 1944-1945
14 Correspondence, 1945-1946
15 Correspondence, 1946-1948
16-17 Correspondence, 1947
18 Correspondence, 1948
19-20 Correspondence, 1949
21 Correspondence, 1949-1950 Includes a typescrpt of a talk
Religion and the modern mind by McGuire, 1950
22-29 Correspondence, 1950 Includes drafts of talks, cuttings and
printed material
30-32 Correspondence relating to the A call to the people of
Australia campaign, 1950-55
33 Prime Ministers Conference, London, January 1951
34 Correspondence, 1951
35 Correspondence, 1951-1952
36-37 Correspondence, 1952-1953
38-43 Correspondence relating to McGuires appointment as
Ambassador to Ireland, 1952-1954
44-45 Correspondence, 1954-1955
46-47 Letters from Italy, 1954-1959
48-55 Correspondence, 1954-1956
56 Correspondence, 1956-1960
57 Correspondence, 1956-1963
58 Correspondence, 1957
59 Knights of Malta, 1957-1958
60-64 Correspondence, 1957-1958
65 Jack McGuire, 1957-1958
66-67 Correspondence, 1958
68 Papal Order of Knight of Grand Cross, 1959
69-70 Correspondence, 1959
71-73 Death of Pope Pius XII and coronation of Pope John XXIII, 1959
74 Correspondence, 1959-60
75 The Herald correspondence, 1959-62
76 Correspondence, 1960
77 Correspondence, 1960-1961
78 Correspondence, 1961
79-80 Good Neighbour Council; Murray Valley Development League, 1961
81-82 Correspondence, 1961-1962
83-84 Correspondence, 1961-1963
85 Correspondence, 1961-1966
86 Correspondence, 1962-1963
87 Correspondence, 1963-1965
88-89 Correspondence, 191964-1965
90 Correspondence, 1964-1966
91 Correspondence, 1966-1970
92 Correspondence, 1967
93 Correspondence, 191967-1968
94 Correspondence, 1967-1970
95 Correspondence, 1969-1970
96 Correspondence, 1970-1971
97 Correspondence, 1971
98 Correspondence, 1971-1978
99 Correspondence, 1972-1976
100 Correspondence, 1977-79
101 Correspondence, 1980-87 and undated correspondence
Series 2 Correspondence with publishers and literary agents,
1932-1978
The correspondents in this series include Dwye Evans (Heinemann); Thayer
Hobson, Frances Phillips and John Willey (William Morrow and Co.); Victor
Aarons (Sands and McDougall); Harold Bourne (Robert Spmmerville) and E.E.
Bartholomew (Oxford university Press). It also includes some publishing
agreements.
See also series 1 for business correspondence that was interfiled by
McGuire with general correpondence.
Folder
1-2 Sands and McDougall (literary agents), 1932-1935
3 Correspondence, 1933-1937 Mainly with publishers and Robert
Sommerville
4 Robert Sommerville (Harold Bourne), 1949-53
5 Contracts with Heinemann and Morrow, 1939-1940
6-12 William Morrow and Company, 1940-1961
13 Correspondence with publishers, 1943-47 Includes a 1939 agreement
with Sommerville
14-15 Argus correspondence, 1945-48
16-19 Oxford University Press (E.E. Bartholomew), 1945-50
20-24 Dwye Evans (Heinemann), 1947-1958
25 Angus and Robertson, 1958
26-27 Correspondence relating to the publication of memoirs by G.W.L
(Kassa) Townsend on New Guinea, 1962-1963
28 Rigby Limited, 1963-65
29 Neville K. Robinson, University of Papua New Guinea, 1971
30 Copyright, Franki report, 1975-78
Series 3 Personal documents and family papers, 1878-1976
Personal and family papers of McGuire including a letter by John
OSullivan to his wife (1878), a school certificate (1915), an army
service book, passports, a diary of Mary OSullivan (1920), material
relating to McGuires promotion to the honourary rank of Commander
(Special Branch) in 1959 and his appointment as CBE (1951), McGuires will
and a transcript of an oral history interview.
Folder
1 Personal and family papers, 1878-1940s
2 Diary of McGuires mother, Mary OSullivan, 1920
3 Personal documents, 1951-1959
4 Will (1964), autobiographical notes and a transcript of an oral
history interview, 1966-1979
Series 4 Diaries and address books, 1941-1978
Diaries of McGuire, mostly written in notebooks. The level of detail in
the diary entries is variable. Most are brief handwritten notes while others
are considered, typescript records. The journals in folders 2 and 3 contain
typescripts of diary entries, newspaper cuttings, photographs of Far Eastern
Liaison Office staff, correspondence and other papers.
Folder
1 Diaries, 1941-1945 (also includes index to FELO cuttings files)
2 Journal, May-December 1944
3 Journal, January-June 1945
4 Diaries, May-September 1945
5 Diaries, September-October 1945
6 Diaries, 1946-1949
7 Diaries, 1950-1952
8 Diaries, 1953, 1955
9 Diaries, 1956-1958
10 Diaries, 1959-1960
11 Diaries, 1961-1963
12 Diaries, 1964-1966
13 Diaries, 1967-1969
14 Diaries, 1971-1978
15 Address books
Series 5 World War II, 1940-1971
During 1942 until 1945, McGuire served in the Royal Australian Navy
Volunteer Reserve and performed intelligence duties in Melbourne as deputy
director of psychological warfare, Far Eastern Liaison Office. During this time
he made 400 short wave radio broadcasts containing news and information
throughout South East Asia.
The series comprises a large, numbered sequence of Far Eastern Liaison
Office (FELO) newspaper cutting files together with a smaller group of general
files, arranged chronologically. Series 4 folder 1 contains an index to the
sequence of newspaper cuttings and also to a sequence of Special Division
files. Mrs McGuire indicated to the Library that McGuire had destroyed a
quantity of his World War II records, and it appears that this included all but
one of the Special Division files listed in 4/1. Some files contain related
material added byMcGuire after 1945.
Series 5/1 General files, 1940-71
Folder
1 Netherlands East Indies cuttings, 1940-41
2 Indonesia- photographs, 1941
3 Newspaper clippings on early Pacific War, 1941-1942
4 A picture of the Japanese army, 1942
5 FELO combined file- foreign, 1942-43
6 E.R.B. 2/41, 1942-71 Includes anti-Japanese propaganda
material, material concerning the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration (UNRRA) and postwar reconstruction, and later material relating
to the transfer of Dutch New Guinea to Indonesia (1962)
7-9 General Headquarters communiqués- South West Pacific,
1943-1945
10 FELO- Netherlands East Indies and British Malaya, 1944
11 United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)- post
war reconstruction, 1944-1945 (Special Division file)
12 Letters of introduction (including one to Ernest Hemingway), 1945
13 War reviews, August 1945
14 Wartime paste ups, 1945
15 Correspondence concerning The coast watchers by Eric Feldt,
1945
16 Royal Australian Navy, memos and correspondence, 1945
17 Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1945-62
Series 5/2 FELO newspaper cutting files, 1942-1945
F9 Java, 1942-1944
F10 Malaya, 1942-1944
F10A Malaya operation, 1945
F11-F11B Philippines, 1942-45
F12-F12A New Guinea, 1942-1945
F13-F13A Prisoners of war, 1942-1945
F16 Japan, 1942-44
F20 Postwar reconstruction- Atlantic Charter, 1942-1944
F20A-F20B Postwar reconstruction, 1945
F21 England, 1942-1945
F22-F22A Italy, 1942-1945
F23-F23D Russia, 1942-1945
F24-F24B Australia, 1942-1945
F25 Burma, 1942-1945
F26 India, 1942-1945
F27 Papuans in Australia and officers in Australia, 1942
F29-F29A Germany, 1943-1945
F30 Allied Occupation Territory, 1943-1945
F31 France, 1942-1945
F32 Enemy losses, 1942-1944
F33-33A Allied production, 1942-1944
F34-F34A Strategy, 1942-1945
F35 Africa, 1943-1944
F36 Japanese mandates, 1945
F37 Peace moves, 1943-1945
F38 Asia, 1943-1944
F39 Spain, 1942-1945
F40 Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
F41 South America, 1942-1945
F42-F42A Europe, 1942-1945
F43 French Indo-China, 1942-1945
F44 Thailand, 1942-1945
F45 Allied losses, 1942-1945
F46 Propaganda, 1942-1945
F47 North West Area, 1942
F48 Netherlands East Indies, 1942-1945
F49-F49B Pacific, 1942-1945
F50 Early material: miscellaneous, 1942-1945
F51 Turkey, Iraq, Iran, 1943-1945
F52-F52A South/Southwest Pacific, 1943-1945
F53 Moslems, 1943
F54-F54D Air war, 1943-1945
F57 Sea war, 1943-1944
F64-F64B European invasion, 1944-1945
F65 Maps, 1944-1945
F66 British Pacific Fleet, 1944-1945
F67 Pacific, 1945
F68 Japan: operations against, 1945
F69 War crimes, 1943-1945
F70 Occupation of Germany, 1945
F71 Sumatra, 1945
F72 Territorial and boundary readjustments, 1945
F73 Russian operations, 1945
F74 Occupation of Japan, 1945
Series 6 Minister and Ambassador to Italy, 1952-1971
McGuire was Australian Minister to Italy in 1954-1957 and continued to
serve when his position was renamed Australian Ambassador to Italy during 1957
to 1959. In 1959, McGuire represented Australia at the funeral of Pope Pius XII
and the coronation of Pope John XXIII.
The series comprises correspondence files (folders 1-21), mainly with
the Minister and Secretary for the Department of External Affairs. The
correspondence files include copies of official memoranda, reports and
despatches and are arranged roughly chronologically. Folders 22-31 contain
correspondence and other papers relating to official tours and visits by
McGuire. Folders 32-57 contain financial records while other papers such as
notebooks, newspaper cuttings and printed matter are in folders 58-65.
Correspondents include Sir Thomas White, Sir John Bunting, Sir Arthur
Tange, Lord Casey, and Ewen Waterman.
Folder
1 London- Australian High Commissioner and Office, 1954
2 Conduct of Mission 1- Department of External Affairs corresondence,
1954-1955
3 Conduct of Mission 2- Minister of External Affairs correspondence,
1954-1958
4 Conduct of Mission 2- Department of External Affairs correspondence,
1956-1958 Commercial Office, Rome, 1958 Conduct of Mission 3- Ambassadors
file, 1958
5 Department of External Affairs telegrams and correspondence,
1954-1958
6 Correspondence with R.G Casey and others regarding appointment to Rome
and other matters, 1954-1959
7 Diplomatic despatches, 1954-1956
8 Files concerning Merino sheep for Italy and other Department of
External Affairs correspondence, 1954-1956
9 Correspondence with Prime Minister, 1955
10 Department of External Affairs correspondence and memoranda, 1956
11 London correspondence, 1957-1958
12 London correspondence Heads of Mission, 1957 Ministers
leave, 1957
13 Despatches and memoranda, 1957
14 Visit to San Marino- correspondence with Sir Percy Spender, 1957
15 NATO south, 1957 General correspondence and translations,
1957-1958
16 Despatches, 1958
17 Memoranda and reports, 1958
18 Head of Mission- Rome, 1958
19 Despatches and notes, 1959
20 Correspondence with External Affairs and the Commonwealth Parliament,
1959
21 Ambassador- representation; income tax deduction, 1959
22 Correspondence concerning Ministers trip to Calabria and
Sicily, March 1955
23 Nothern tours, 1955
24 Cardinal Gilroys visit, November 1956
25 Norther tours, 1957
26 Tunisia: personal file, 1957
27 Tunisia war graves ceremony, 1957
28 Speeches, 1957; Northern tour, 1958
29 Visit to Olivetti (photograph album), n.d.
30 Visit by Sir Lyell McEwin to Olivetti Company, 1958
31 Southern trip, April 1958; Northern trip, May 1958
32 Travel receipts, 1953
33 Letters, receipts (Ireland and Rome), 1953-1956
34 Receipts, subscriptions and hotel expenses, 1954
35 Receipts and financial memos from C. Amato, 1954
36 London (receipts, accounts, correspondence), 1954-1955
37 Embassy hospitality receipts and accounts, 1954-1955
38 Personal banking and accounts, 1954-1956
39 Medical and dental expenses, 1955-58
40 Donations given and refused, 1955-1958
41 Banking (cheque books, transfers), 1956-1958
42 Banking, commercial counsellor and miscellaneous financial
correspondence, 1956-1958
43 Staff- casual, 1957-1958
44 Guest list, clubs and membership, 1957-1958
45 Travel expenses, 1957-1958
46 Entertainment, dinner parties, donations, 1958
47 Embassy accounts and vouchers, 1958
48 Income tax, 1958
49 Departure expenses, 1958-1959
50-57 Representation accounts, 1954-1958
58 Emigration (Italy)- articles and printed matter, 1952-1954
59 Other papers, 1954-1971
60 Hungarian refugees embarking by air from Naples (includes
photographs), 1956
61-64 Newspapers cuttings, 1956-1958
65 Rome notebooks
Series 7 Australian journey, 1939-1949
Australian journey, a non-fictional introduction to Australia,
was first published in London by Heinemann in 1939. The Americal edition was
published by Frederick A. Stokes Company in the same year under the title
Australia, her heritage, her future.
The series contains a publishers agreement, drafts,
correspondence, reviews and research material.
Folders 1-3
Series 8 Westward the course: the new world of Oceania,
1941-1942
Westward the course: the new world of Oceania was published in
1942 in Melbourne and London by Oxford University Press and in New York by
W.Morrow and Company.
The papers comprise drafts, notes, research materials, notebooks,
reviews and a copy of the publication.
Folders 1-10
Series 9 The Australian theatre, 1948-1950
The Australian theatre: an abstract and brief chronicle in twelve
parts with characteristic illustrations was written by Paul McGuire with
research assistance by Betty Arnold and Frances Margaret McGuire. It was
published in Melbourne and London by Oxford University Press in 1948.
The series contains notes, sketches, research materials, illustrations,
correspondence and typescript drafts.
Folders 1-7
Series 10 Experiment in world order, 1948
Experiment in world order was published in New York by William
Morrow in 1948. It was simultaneously published in London by Heinemann as
The three corners of the world: an essay in the interpretation of modern
politics.
The series contains a corrected typescript draft and a published copy of
Experiment in world order.
Folders 1-2
Series 11 Theres freedom for the brave, 1948
This book was published in 1949 in London by Heinemann and in New York
by William Morrow with the full title Theres freedom for the brave:
an approach to world order.
The series contains notes, typescript drafts and correspondence.
Folders 1-2
Series 12 Inns of Australia, 1947-1950
Inns of Australia was published in Melbourne by Heinemann in
1952.
The papers include research materials, correspondence, notes, notebooks,
drafts, a sequence of numbered files containing information on pubs around
Australia (folders 5-7), and photographs.
Folders 1-21
Series 13 Articles by McGuire, 1935-1971
McGuire published a great many articles throughout his life in a variety
of literary and Catholic periodicals and newspapers including The
Argus, Australian quarterly, The English review,
Catholic herald, Columbia, America, The
sign, Twentieth century, The Herald, and The
Advertiser. There are articles on international affairs, the United
Nations, migration, and Australian politics as well as reports on the Spanish
Civil War (filed as a correspondent with the Catholic Herald in
London). The files include manuscript and typescript drafts, newpaper cuttings
and entire copies of journals. Some files also include correspondence and
supporting documents.
Other articles by McGuire are included in the folders in series 14.
Articles on McGuire are in series 19.
Folder
1 Articles, 1935-1936
2 Catholic newspapers and publications, 1937
3 Spain, 1937
4 Spain, 1937-1938
5 Articles, 1938
6 Articles, 1938-39
7 Articles in The Argus, 1941-1945
8 Articles and talks, 1942
9 Newspaper cuttings (The Argus), 1945
10 Britain revisited,n.d.
11 Articles and correspondence, 1945
12-13 Articles for The Argus, 1945-1946
14 Articles, 1945-1947
15 The Argus, 1946
16 Articles, 1946
17 The Argus, 1947
18-19 The Argus, 1947-1948
20 Newspaper articles, 1948-1949
21 Articles, 1950-1959
22 Articles for The Herald, 1959-1960
23 Articles, 1959-1971
24-25 Undated articles
Series 14 Lectures, speeches and broadcasts, 1934-1976
Lectures and lecture notes by McGuire during his position teaching
history and English as a casual lecturer for the Workers Educational
Association (WEA) of South Australia in the early 1930s. There are also lecture
notes for the Newman Institute of Christian Studies (Adelaide) and various
speeches and talks given by McGuire throughout his life.
See also series 1/21 and series 13/8 for other talks by McGuire.
Folder
1-6 WEA lecture material, 1934
7 Social history lectures, 1936
8 Education broadcasts, 1938
9 Radio talks, 1941
10-12 Manuscripts (fiction) and lectures (postwar), n.d.
13 Australia Day (1946), Geographic factors in
strategy by Dr Bruce Hopper (1949)
14-15 Lecture notes- Newman Institute of Christian Studies (Adelaide),
1950-1952
16 Speeches delivered in Melbourne and Hobart; transcript of ABC forum
What should we think about China, 1952; and a speech The
modern crisis and the Christian (1953) and other papers concerning the
Eucharist Congress.
17 Notes for speeches, lectures and articles, 1950-1952
18 Address to International Club, Rome, 1955
19 Lecture notes on international affairs and other speeches,
1960-1961
20 Articles and talks, 1960-1961
21 Addresses, talks and lectures, July-Sept. 1961
22 Lecture notes, c.1961-1973
23 Talks, 1963
24 1000 years of Christian Poland- lecture and newspapers
cuttings, 1966
25 Talks, 1967-1968
26 Talks, 1970-1976 and undated
27 Lecture publicity poster, n.d. (Folio)
Series 15 Other writings, 1927-1978
McGuire had diverse writing interests ranging from poetry and detective
novels to political and general non-fiction.
This series contains poetry, play scripts, short stories, a draft novel
and other unpublished writings.
Papers relating to publications by McGuire can be found in series
7-12.
Folder
1-3 Poetry, 1927-1936
4 Poetry and play scripts, 1926-1929
5 The Bolshevic- a play in three acts
6-7 Short stories, n.d.
8 The stream (novel), n.d.
9 Book on England, 1932
10-15 Manuscript on cricket, 1964-1976
16-18 Typescript on Sir Thomas More, 1977-1978
19-20 Miscellaneous writings, 1928-1967
Series 16 Life in Australia
In 1947, McGuire began discussions with Oxford University Press about
editing a series on Australian social history. Although the project never fully
materialised, two books were published (The Australian Theatre and
Inns of Australia) with the research assistance of Frances McGuire and
Betty Arnott.
The series comprises files of research materials annotated with the
working title Life in Australia. The files contain notes, excerpts
from publications, newspaper cuttings and printed material and are arranged
alphabetically.
Folder
1 Aborigines- mythology and tracking
2-3 Migration
4-6 Music
7-8 Social manners
9 Social manners and sport
10-11 Sport
12-13 Transport
14-18 Photographs and illustrations
Series 17 Subject files, 1926-1978
Subject files maintained by McGuire on a variety of topics. The files
contain correspondence, notes, articles, reports, minutes, newspaper cuttings,
and other printed material. Some files are research files, while others relate
to McGuires activities and associations.
The subject files have had the alphabetical arrangement imposed upon
them by Library staff.
Folder
1 Associated Telefilms, 1960
2 Australia- general, 1940-1941
3 Australia, 1947-1948
4 Australia- postwar, 1953
5 Australian-American Association, n.d.
6 Australian-American relations, 1940-1941
7 ABC Talks Advisory Committee, 1967-1968
8 Australian Citizenship Convention (24 Jan. 1961) and matters
pertaining to migration and the Good Neighbour Council, 1961-1963
9 Australian Society of Authors, 1963-1964
10 British Commonwealth, 1946
11 British Commonwelth relations, 1944
12 Peter Bulic, 1970
13 Canberra (ACT), 1936-1938
14 Car, 1947-1949
15 Catholic Action, 1937-1942
16 Catholic Action; Catholic Guild for Social Studies; Spanish Civil
War, 1936-1937
17 Catholic Guild for Social Studies, 1965
18 Catholicism and the Axis, 1942
19 G.K. Chesterton Society, 1926-1978
20 Church, 1940-1958
21 Common market, 1962
22 Fairbridge Society, 1962
23 Germany, 1946
24-25 Good Neighbour Council, 1960-1963 (see also folder 8)
26 Immigration, 1963-1965
27 Imperial relations, 1944-1950
28 Japan, 1940-1941
28 Knights of Malta controversy, 1967-1977
28 Malaya clippings, 1941
29 Murray Valley, 1949-1950
30 Murray Valley Development League and Murray Murrumbidgee Development
Committee, 1960-1961
31 Order of Malta, 1958-1964
32 Referendum, 1948
32 Religion, 1947
32 Russia, 1947-1948
33 Soil erosion, 1944
33 South America, 1940
34 Timor, 1941
35 UK Information Service, 1947-1949
36 United States of America, 1941
36 Western Australia, 1938
37 Wine, 1947-1949
Series 18 Notebooks, 1929-1978
A substantial series of notebooks kept by McGuire to record drafts of
poetry, articles, talks, letters and other writings. Other notebooks contain
jottings, calculations, shorthand passages, bibliographic references, travel
notes (including notes made in England, Spain and Paris) and lecture notes.
Some of the notebooks contain enclosures such as letters, cuttings and
typescripts.
In general the notebooks are difficult to read and poorly dated and
identified.
Folder/piece
1-3 9 lecture notebooks, dating from the early 1920s
4 Notebooks, 1929-1937
5 Notebooks, 1944-1946
6 Notebooks, 1947-1948
7 Notebooks numbered 1-16, [1940s?]
8 5 notebooks, [1950s?]
9 Notebooks, 1950-1964
10 3 notebooks, 1969
11 Notebooks, 1976-1978
12-14 Undated notebooks
Series 19 Reviews and articles on McGuire, 1932-1976
Reviews of books by McGuire and articles on McGuire.
Some book reviews are held in the series relating to publications by
McGuire (series 7-12). Articles by McGuire are held in series 13.
Folder
1 Cutting book containing reviews and writings on McGuire, 1929-1936
2 Reviews, 1932-1933
3 Reviews, 1934-1935
4-6 Reviews, 1936-1937
7 Reviews, 1938
8 Reviews, 1939-1942
9 Reviews, 1945-1951
10 Cutting book containing reviews and articles on McGuire,
1948-1952
11-12 Articles on McGuire, 1932-1952
13-15 Articles on McGuire, 1953-1959
16 Articles on McGuire, 1960-1976
17 Articles on McGuire, 1976
Series 20 Photographs, 1924-1953
Photographs and negatives including photographs of stars of the London
stage (n.d.), portraits of McGuire and photographs relating to the Eucharistic
Congress (Budapest, 1938), Ireland (1946), the United Nations General Assembly
(1953) and the visit of Broken Hill miners delegation to the Australian
Embassy in Rome (1950s).
Other photographs are also held in series 4/2-3, 5/1/2, 6/24, 6/60, 12,
and 16/14-18.
Folders 1-3
Series 21 Other papers, 1923-1978
Miscellaneous papers including manuscripts by others, financial papers,
invitations, and newspaper cuttings.
Folder
1 Papers, 1923-1939
2 A South Sea bubble by A.B. Piddington, 1938
3 Financial papers, 1939-1947
4-6 Invitations, c.1940-1971
7 Papers, 1941-1949
8-15 Newspaper cuttings, 1947-1949
16 Papers, 1952-1959
17 Papers, 1961-1968
18 Political work and papers, c.1965
19 Commonwealth of Australia- lists of permanent missions overseas,
1965-1966
20 Newspaper cuttings, 1968
21 Other papers, 1970-1978 including a radio script by Frances Margaret
McGuire, 1974
22-23 The old man thinks a novel by Michall Yeovil, n.d.
24 Kassas story: New Guinea by G.W.L. Townsend,
n.d.
25 Report on post war production of copra in Papua and New
Guinea, n.d.
26 Manuscript (author unknown), n.d.
27-28 Miscellaneous undated papers
29 Index cards (folio)
| Box |
Series |
Folder/Piece |
| 1 |
1 |
1-7 |
| 2 |
1 |
8-15 |
| 3 |
1 |
16-21 |
| 4 |
1 |
22-30 |
| 5 |
1 |
31-37 |
| 6 |
1 |
38-45 |
| 7 |
1 |
46-52 |
| 8 |
1 |
53-60 |
| 9 |
1 |
61-69 |
| 10 |
1 |
70-78 |
| 11 |
1 |
79-85 |
| 12 |
1 |
86-95 |
| 13 |
1 |
96-101 |
| 13 |
2 |
1-2 |
| 14 |
2 |
3-10 |
| 15 |
2 |
11-19 |
| 16 |
2 |
20-28 |
| 17 |
2 |
29-30 |
| 17 |
3 |
1-3 |
| 18 |
3 |
4 |
| 18 |
4 |
1-2 |
| 19 |
4 |
3-6 |
| 20 |
4 |
7-9 |
| 21 |
4 |
10-15 |
| 21 |
5/1 |
1 |
| 22 |
5/1 |
2-7 |
| 23 |
5/1 |
8-13 |
| 24 |
5/1 |
14-17 |
| 24 |
5/2 |
F9-F12 |
| 25 |
5/2 |
F12A-F20 |
| 26 |
5/2 |
F20A-F22A |
| 27 |
5/2 |
F23-F23B |
| 28 |
5/2 |
F23C-F25 |
| 29 |
5/2 |
F26-F34 |
| 30 |
5/2 |
F34A-F48 |
| 31 |
5/2 |
F49-F52A |
| 32 |
5/2 |
F53-F54D |
| 33 |
5/2 |
F57-F67 |
| 34 |
5/2 |
F68-F74 |
| 34 |
6 |
1-3 |
| 35 |
6 |
4-11 |
| 36 |
6 |
12-21 |
| 37 |
6 |
22-31 |
| 38 |
6 |
32-41 |
| 39 |
6 |
42-50 |
| 40 |
6 |
51-58 |
| 41 |
6 |
59-65 |
| 41 |
7 |
1 |
| 42 |
7 |
2-3 |
| 42 |
8 |
1-5 |
| 43 |
8 |
6-10 |
| 44 |
9 |
1-7 |
| 45 |
10 |
1-2 |
| 45 |
11 |
1-2 |
| 45 |
12 |
1 |
| 46 |
12 |
2-8 |
| 47 |
12 |
9-16 |
| 48 |
12 |
17-21 |
| 48 |
13 |
1 |
| 49 |
13 |
2-9 |
| 50 |
13 |
10-17 |
| 51 |
13 |
18-24 |
| 52 |
13 |
25 |
| 52 |
14 |
1-6 |
| 53 |
14 |
7-14 |
| 54 |
14 |
15-23 |
| 55 |
14 |
24-26 |
| 55 |
15 |
1-4 |
| 56 |
15 |
5-10 |
| 57 |
15 |
11-18 |
| 58 |
15 |
19-20 |
| 58 |
16 |
1-6 |
| 59 |
16 |
7-13 |
| 60 |
16 |
14-17 |
| 60 |
17 |
1-3 |
| 61 |
17 |
4-10 |
| 62 |
17 |
11-19 |
| 63 |
17 |
20-27 |
| 64 |
17 |
28-33 |
| 65 |
17 |
34-37 |
| 65 |
18 |
1 |
| 66 |
18 |
2-3 |
| 67 |
18 |
4-6 |
| 68 |
18 |
7-9 |
| 69 |
18 |
10-12 |
| 70 |
18 |
13-14 |
| 70 |
19 |
1 |
| 71 |
19 |
2-7 |
| 72 |
19 |
8-12 |
| 73 |
19 |
13-17 |
| 73 |
20 |
1 |
| 74 |
20 |
2-3 |
| 74 |
21 |
1-4 |
| 75 |
21 |
5-10 |
| 76 |
21 |
11-17 |
| 77 |
21 |
18-23 |
| 78 |
21 |
24-28 |
Folio Box List
| Folio box |
Series |
Piece |
| 1 |
14 |
27 |
| 1 |
16 |
18 |
| 1 |
21 |
29 |
October 1991, Revised April 2002 |