MS 7691

Papers of R.B. Joyce (1924-1984)



Scope and Content Note

Creator: Joyce, R.B. (Roger Bilbrough), 1924-1984
Title: Papers of R.B. Joyce
Date range: c.1845-c.1984
Extent 9.6 m. (194 boxes) + 1 folio item
Reference number: MS 7691

Access

The collection is part available for research; part not available for research until 2007 (Box 50); and part not available for research until 2014 (Box 44).

Summary

The papers include correspondence, lecture notes, handouts and other academic papers relating to his employment at the University of Queensland and La Trobe University; papers on Anthony Trollope's Australia, co-edited by Joyce; papers relating to the biographies of Sir William MacGregor and Sir Samuel Walker Griffith; papers on the History of Sporting Traditions Conference, 1981 and other papers including research material on Queensland and Australian history and Pacific islands; law notes; Australian War Memorial correspondence; and ANZAAS papers


Biographical Note

Historian. Lecturer, University of Queensland, 1954-1974 ; Professor of History, La Trobe University, 1975-1984. Publications include Exploration of New Guinea (1960), Sir William MacGregor (1971) and Pathways from the past (1975).


Box List


1

Correspondence

2

Correspondence, mostly Queensland University


3-5

Correspondence, academic and personal

6

University Correspondence, and Australian Institute
of International Affairs

7

Correspondence

8-11

Trollope's Australia

12

Trollope's Australia and miscellaneous writings to 1961

13

Trollope's Australia and Labour in Power

14

Indexing of Trollope's Australia

15

Indexing McGregor

16

Indexing McGregor - Drafts; seminar papers, final year 1960

17

Indexing McGregor - Birth to Fiji

18

Indexing McGregor - Illustrations, Reviews, etc

19-20

Indexing McGregor - Lagos, Death
Australian Foreign Policy
Other University Papers

21

McGregor, 1970. Revision comments

22-29

Notes on New Guinea (*Note Boxes 23, 24, 26 contain papers in bad condition)

30-34

McGregor - drafts and notes

35-36

McGregor - Index

37

McGregor - Revision and comments

38-39

Law Notes. Copies from C.L.R.

40

Law Notes. Copies from C.L.R. 1918-19
Australian War Memorial

41-43

Law notes

44

Australian War Memorial - Correspondence (closed until 2014)

45-47

Miscellaneous academic papers

48-50a

Academic papers and reports

51-56

Lecture notes

57

Copies of students' theses

58

University, 1970 +
Box file "Duke"
Computer printouts

59

Various legal and historical papers, including F
Reid

60

F Reid
W McCormack
Extracts from Hansard on Mungana Affair

61

F Reid, bankrupt
Copies of historical publications

62

Queensland history

63

Queensland history - alpha files

64

Queensland Federal Council

65-69

Queensland history - photocopies

70-72

Bibliography of Queensland records

73-74

Lecture notes, mainly University of Sydney

75

Lecture notes and handouts - La Trobe University,
"History 2AW"
ANZAAS Conference, Perth, 1973

76

Lecture notes and handouts, La Trobe Uni. "History 2AW"
Particulars of search at Registry Office and Joint Stock Co's
Mungana Mines Ltd, in account with Bank of Australasia, Chillago
Judgment, McCormack vs Campbell and others, May 1930
Papers on statements by Cabinet ministers over Mungana
Brief on Chillago State Smelters - Mungana Tribute

77

La Trobe University Leaflets
Photocopied research material

78

History of Sporting Traditions Conference, 1981

79

History of Sporting Traditions Conference
La Trobe booklets

80

History of Sporting Traditions Conference
Miscellaneous correspondence, approximately 1973-76
Desk diaries, 1979-84

81

Sporting conference and other historical papers

82

Australian Society of Archivists - minutes,
correspondence, approximately 1977-81

83

ANZAAS, 1972
Australian Dictionary of Biography

84

Copies of historical documents
ANZAAS papers, 1977

85

Australian history notes
ANZAAS papers

86

Bibliography of history and politics

87

Australia and the Pacific - notes and drafts

88-91

University lecture notes and handouts - 2CA

92

Notes and copies of material on Sir Samuel Walker Griffith

93-96

Lecture notes and handouts - European history

97-98

Various lecture notes, politics and history

99-100

Notes and copies about Sir Samuel Walker Griffith
Law notes

101

Research notes and photocopies, including Griffith

102

Pacific Islanders

103

Notes on secondary school syllabus
Notes on Queensland Heritage, and McGregor
ADB Correspondence
Various historical notes, articles, copies

104

Imperial Conference, 1887. Notes and copies
Pacific Islanders, 1888. Notes and copies

105-107

Manuscript on Sir Samuel Griffith

108-109

Notes and copies on Pacific Islanders

110-111

Manuscript, notes and copies on Griffith

112

Historical files - various countries

113

Various historical files - notes, articles, corresp.

114

Various historical files - including correspondence
and notes on Griffith

115-6

Notes and manuscript on Griffith

117-119

Lecture notes on Australian history

120-122

Lecture notes, research copies and manuscripts on
Australian history

123-124

Notes and copies and manuscript on Griffith

125

Notes and manuscripts on Australian politics

126

University lecture notes

127

Lecture notes and computer printouts

128

Photocopies and manuscripts on biographies

129-132

Various notes and manuscripts on Australian history

133

Notes, manuscripts and copies for A.D.B.

134

Colonial Secretary's office - index to
correspondence 1805-1892
Correspondence: Sports Union, Staff Association
La Trobe University minutes, etc
University of Queensland notes
Photocopies of research notes

135

Research notes and manuscripts on SWG

136

Academic lecture notes and correspondence

137-38

Microfilms of research material

139

Australian Historical Association
HSC Lecture notes
Business Archives Council of Australia
Notes on Archives, ASA

140

Articles on Queensland history
Photocopies of research material

141-42

Photocopies and index cards

143

Biographical notes and articles. Queensland
Political Portraits
Correspondence

144

Academic correspondence and notes

145

Lecture notes - Australian history, and articles
File on Historical studies

146

File on political psychology
Notes and articles on biography
Academic notes and correspondence
Assignments by student Anna Lee Cribb

147

Diary of Arthur Neame, 1845 - 1922 (memoirs)
Photocopies of research notes
Various historical notes and articles
Lecture notes on Aborigines

148

Photocopies of research material
Historical material on Sydney University and U. of
Queensland

149

Photocopies of research material
Various booklets and pamphlets

150

Miscellaneous personal/academic papers and desk calendars

151

Files on the Army (Social effects of World War 2 on army personnel)

152

Notes on history of China, India and other non-Australian history
Netherlands East Indies
"Notes for own seminars"
Notes on Australian history

153

Computer data on social effects of World War 2 on army personnel


Boxes 154-181 - photocopies, research material


Box 154

Political papers, letters and speeches

Box 155

Miscellaneous items from 1859 to 1884

Correspondence

Griffith papers, 1860-1867

Griffith papers, 1884-1887

Box 156

Hahoun movement

Aborigines 1890-1893

Chinese 1890-1893

Coloured labour 1890-1893

External affairs 1890-1893

Box 157

Political biography 4, 1980

Political biography, nd

Notes

Political biography

Political biography – essays, 1981

Notes

BGS Trustee

Education

Miscellaneous

Articles on SWG

M Ruth Megaw

Chapter 8: the Constitution

Students archive reports

Box 158

Deakin papers, SWG

Governor General Denman, 1909

Andrew Fisher

Christopher Crisp

Bacchus Mansk Express 1896-1898

KIA voucher

Thesis

Box 159

Hospitals

Labour, 1888

Labour movement, 1883-1887

Mental institutions and procedures: committal and care of mentally invalid

Box 160

External affairs

Social welfare

Sugar industry

Box 161

Miscellaneous articles

American Quarterly, 1976

Box 162

JC Byrne – 12 years in the British Colonies, 1835-1837 (two copies)

Box 163

Education papers

Friend committal

Box 164

The 1878 Electoral Act

Electoral qualifications committee 1883-1884

Computer data (6 folders)

Box 165

European immigration

Labour movement

The 1891 strike, containing:

  • Griffith evidence
  • Telegrams to Griffith
  • Telegrams from Griffith

SW Griffith, Secret Agent

Box 166

Economic enterprise, 1883-1888

Cabinet

Notes to SA Agent General

Miscellaneous

Box 167

Griffith/Edmund Barton 1891

Hume and Cook, 1906-1919

Inglis Clarke, 1897-1901

Coloured labour other than pacific islanders, 1883-1888

Box 168

Correspondence, 1884-1886

Box 169

Northern separation movements, New Guinea, 1886-1887

Box 170

Archives, state library of South Australia, 1857-1915

Sir John Forest, 1900

Sir Robert Garron, 1900

Henry Higgins, 1910

Gordon papers

Novar papers, 1915-1919

Box 171

CLR Vol 17, 1913-1914

University of Queensland, QLJR Vol 1-2 1881-1887 and 1888 to 1897

CLR Vol 21, 1915-1916

Queensland Supreme Court Reports, Vol 1-3, 1860-1873

CLR Vol 20

CLR Vol 19, 1914-1915

CLR Vol 18, 1914

Box 172

Remissions of sentence

New Guinea

Box 173

Public health – pharmacy board

Public works, 1885

Reformatories

Register-General’s Department

New Guinea, 1888

Box 174

Men of Yesterday

Melbourne psycho-social study group

Bibliographies

Psycho-Analytic Quarterly

Journal of the History of the Behavioural Sciences

International Journal of Psycho-Analysis

Photocopied articles

Box 175

Photocopied articles on psychology

Box 176

Miscellaneous article

Box 177

State reports, Queensland, 1902

QLJR Vol 11 1901

QLJR Vol 10 1900-1901

QLJR Vol 9 1908-1900

QLJR Vol 7 1896-1897

QLJR Vol 8 1897-1898

Queensland Supreme Court: Reports, Vol 45 1873-1881

Queensland State Reports, 1903

Box 178

General Correspondence on Naval Defense, 1886-1896

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Queensland

Box 179

External Affairs – Grants and General

Box 180

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Queensland

Box 181

European Immigration, 1984

European Immigration, 1988

 
                        

Box 182

Australian Research Grants Committee
Correspondence on research

Box 183

Australian Research Grants committee Reports
Requests for information

Box 184

Australian History, 1951

Box 185-86

Australian History, 3H, 1971

Box 187

Australian History

Box 188

Australian History, 3H, 1971
Arts Notes

Box 189

Australian History
University of Queensland files

Box 190

Arts Notes


Folio run

One bag of assorted rolled material

Added 28 March 1985


Box 191

Legal Documents

Box 192

Glass slides and some letters

Box 193

ARGC Files

Box 194

Correspondence/reviews Anthony Trollope