MS 7702 Papers of Adrian Jose (1908-1991)
- Papers
- MS 7702
- 1917-1988
- 5.75 m. (34 boxes + 3 cartons)
- Access conditions: Series 7 and other folders as marked
closed to 1 January 2022
Presenter and administrator, Adrian Jose began his long career in
Australian broadcasting as a radio announcer-in-training with the Australian
Broadcasting Company in 1930. He held a number of management positions in
Queensland and New South Wales branches of the Australian Broadcasting
Commission before his 1949 appointment as Director of Programme Services at the
Australian Broadcasting Control Board, a post from which he retired in
1971.
The collection of his papers, which comprises correspondence, reports,
minutes, cuttings and associated files, was donated to the National Library in
two consignments: a small carton of radio talks and written reports from Jose
in 1989, followed by a larger instalment of 18 boxes from his daughter in 1991.
The University of New England historian Ross Lamont undertook a preliminary
sort of the latter consignment before its transfer to the Library.
Together the instalments extend back to 1917 and provide some coverage
of most phases of Joses career. The major portion of the collection,
however, documents Joses responsibilities at the Australian Broadcasting
Control Board, and activities under his compass such as educational and
religious broadcasting, childrens television and Australian content in
programming. Also of interest is a large sequence of minutes and papers of the
Television Society of Australia and Educational Television Association of
Australia, of which Jose was a member and executive member for many years.
In addition to papers held in the Manuscript Collection, a recording of
a talk The First Year of Television presented by Jose to the
Television Society of Australia in 1957 is located in the Oral History
Collection at ORAL TRC 2449.
A small collection of Joses papers is also housed in the
University of Melbourne Archives.
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1908 |
Born Denis Adrian Arthur Jose, 3 May, son of historian Arthur
Jose |
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1921-25 |
Educated Sydney Church of England Grammar School |
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1926 |
Editorial assistant for The Australian Encyclopaedia
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1926-30 |
Clerk in Intelligence and Publicity Branch, Australian High
Commission, London |
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1930 |
Joined Australian Broadcasting Company in September as record
library assistant and announcer-in-training, 2BL and 2FC, Newcastle |
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1930 |
Appointed regional officer at 2NC Newcastle in December
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1930-34 |
Senior announcer, 4QG Brisbane |
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1934-41 |
Queensland Programming Director, Australian Broadcasting
Commission |
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1934 |
Married Constance Archdall, 7 December |
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1938-49 |
Held various offices in the Australian Broadcasting Commission
Staff Association, including President (1943) and Staff Advocate at 1948
hearing on classifications and salaries |
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1941 |
Acting Programme Controller, New South Wales |
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1942 |
Acting Federal Programme Executive, Sydney |
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1944-46 |
Acting Queensland Manager, Australian Broadcasting
Commission |
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1946-49 |
Federal Programming Coordinator, Australian Broadcasting
Commission, Melbourne |
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1948 |
Secretary, ABC Senior Officers Association |
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1949-71 |
Director, Programme Services Division, Australian Broadcasting
Control Board, Sydney |
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1955 |
Joined the Television Society of Australia, and later the
Societys offshoot the Educational Television Association of Australia
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1956-72 |
Advisory Committee on Childrens Television Programmes
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1959-69 |
Attended meetings of Advisory Committee on Religious Television
Programmes |
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1959-70 |
Member Australian UNESCO Committee for Mass Communication
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1960-65 |
Council Member of Television Society of Australia |
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1962 |
Official overseas visit for Australian Broadcasting Control
Board of United Kingdom, France, USA and Canada |
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1963-64 |
Member Interdepartmental Committee on Television Film
Production; Senate Select Committee on the Encouragement of Australian
Productions for Television |
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1964 |
Although not a Committee member, attended meetings of the
Advisory Committee on Educational Television Services and prepared its official
report |
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c. 1965 |
Member of the Radio Survey Standards Committee appointed by the
Council for Advertising Research in Australia |
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1967 |
Official overseas visit for Australian Broadcasting Control
Board of United States, Britain and Japan |
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1974-78 |
Council Member of Television Society of Australia |
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1978 |
Made Honorary Member, Television Society of Australia |
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1991 |
Died in Melbourne |
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1. |
Personal and official correspondence, 1928-87 |
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2. |
Intelligence and Publicity Branch, Australian High Commission,
London, 1927-30 |
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3. |
Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1930-49 |
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4. |
Australian Broadcasting Commission Staff Association,
1939-51 |
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5. |
Director, Programme Services Division, Australian Broadcasting
Control Board, 1949-74 |
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6. |
Political Broadcasts (Federal Elections) Order and related
files, 1949-50, 1969 |
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7. |
Television Society of Australia and Educational Television
Association of Australia, 1954-86 |
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8. |
Advisory Committee on Childrens Television Programmes,
1956-72 |
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9. |
Advisory Committee on Religious Television Programmes and
related files, 1944-70 |
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10. |
Interdepartmental Committee on Television Film Production and
related files, 1950-69 |
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11. |
Senate Select Committee on the Encouragement of Australian
Productions for Television and related files, 1951-88 |
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12. |
Advisory Committee on Educational Television Services and
related files, 1963-70 |
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13. |
Independent Television Authority, Great Britain, 1962-70
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14. |
Personal papers, 1917-88 |
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15. |
Speeches, 1957-69 |
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16. |
Newspaper clippings, 1927-86 |
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17. |
Publications, c. 1930-75 |
Series 1 Personal and official correspondence, 1928-87
Personal and official correspondence gathered by Jose is brought
together in this series, including a short sequence of letter files relating to
his position at the Australian Broadcasting Control Board. Correspondents
include ABC Chairman Richard Boyer, Commonwealth Public Service Board Chairman
Sir Frederick Wheeler, Australian and overseas broadcasting colleagues, and
representatives of the Christian Television Association and other religious and
general broadcasting groups.
Two photos of historical interest taken in the early days of 2NA and 2NC
Newcastle are contained in Folder 3.
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Folders |
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1 |
Early personal correspondence, 1928-37, chiefly relating to
employment matters |
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2 |
Congratulations and condolences, 1936-66 |
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3 |
Personal miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1944-45,
including letter from Richard Boyer and photos relating to 2NA and 2NC
Newcastle |
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4 |
Personal correspondence, 1948-87 [Closed to 1 January
2022] |
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5 |
Personal correspondence, 1966-67 [Closed to 1 January
2022] |
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6 |
Australian Broadcasting Control Board miscellaneous
correspondence, 1946-71 [Closed to 1 January 2022] |
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7 |
Australian Broadcasting Control Board miscellaneous
correspondence, 1960-66 [Closed to 1 January 2022] |
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8 |
Correspondence received on retirement from Australian
Broadcasting Control Board, 1971, including letter from Sir Frederick
Wheeler |
Series 2 Intelligence and Publicity Branch, Australian High
Commission, London, 1927-30
In 1926 Jose sailed to London where he took up a position as a clerk in
the Intelligence and Publicity Branch of the Australian High Commission. There
his duties included filing and indexing of publications and correspondence,
research and the contribution of an annual article on the Australian economy
for The Economist Commercial History and Review.
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Folders |
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1 |
Australia House personal file, 1927-30, including some
correspondence |
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2 |
Articles for The Economist Commercial History and Review,
1927-30 |
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3 |
Accounts and receipts relating to London flat, 1927-28
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Series 3 Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1930-49
On return to Australia in 1930, Jose joined the staff of the then
Australian Broadcasting Company, Sydney, with promotions quickly following to
2NC Newcastle and 4QG Brisbane. He then occupied a number of senior management
positions in Queensland and New South Wales branches of the Australian
Broadcasting Commission, before his appointment to Melbourne as Federal
Programming Coordinator in 1946.
Included here are papers documenting the various aspects of Joses
early broadcasting career, both as announcer and administrator, including
minutes of meetings and material relating to other management matters. Also
represented are historical notes about 2NC Newcastle, items on political
broadcasting, and the 1948 report of the Fitzgerald Committee into the
administrative and financial organisation of the Australian Broadcasting
Commission.
Two photographs taken in the early days of 2NA and 2NC Newcastle are
located in Series 1, a souvenir booklet documenting the first five years of 4QG
and a copy of the Australian Broadcasting Company Year Book 1930 in
Series 17.
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Folders |
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1-3 |
Australian Broadcasting Commission staff file for Adrian Jose,
1930-49 |
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4 |
Historical notes by Jose on 2NC Newcastle; The History of
Broadcasting in Australia, 1930; notebook recording arrangements for
visit by Australian Broadcasting Commission Chairman Richard Boyer to
Queensland offices,1944 |
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5 |
Miscellaneous file, 1933-44, including extracts from the 1935
report of theUllswater Broadcasting Committee (Great Britain), notes on
Australian broadcasting policy, the Recorded Transcription Library, visits to
Melbourne and Brisbane, Actors Equity matters, constitution of the
Australian Council for Encouragement of Music and the Arts, technical notes
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6 |
Transcript of appeal against alleged negligence, and associated
papers of appeal by ABC announcer Francis Carswell to the ABC Appeals Advisory
Committee, 1940 |
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7 |
Staff training, 1942-44 |
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8 |
Queensland Branch miscellaneous papers, 1943-48 |
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9 |
Program instructions, 1947-49; parliamentary broadcasts, 1946-48
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|
10 |
Miscellaneous files, 1944-46, including: ABC staff
classification table, Queensland Government Gazette noting Joses
appointment as Queensland General Manager of ABC, staff and building matters,
recording procedures |
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11 |
Agenda and minutes of managers meetings, 1944-45 |
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12 |
Miscellaneous operational file, 1946-48; undated program policy
directive; managers meeting minutes, 1948 |
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13 |
Miscellaneous memos and associated papers, 1949, including
minutes of ABC Senior Officers Association meetings, report of visit to
Northern Rivers district, minutes of meetings of other ABC officials |
|
14 |
Fitzgerald Committee report, 1948 |
Series 4 Australian Broadcasting Commission Staff Association,
1939-51
Jose was first elected a member of the Australian Broadcasting
Commission Staff Association in 1938, where he held various positions until
1949. Some coverage of his period as President in 1943 can be found in this
series, as well as his role as Staff Advocate at the 1948 hearing on
classifications and salaries.
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Folders |
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1 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1939-48 |
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2 |
Wage determination, 1950-51 |
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3 |
Log of claims, 1948 |
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4 |
Staff rules, 1939; log of claims, 1940; conference minutes, 1948
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Series 5 Director, Programme Services Division, Australian
Broadcasting Control Board, 1949-74
For almost 22 years Jose held the position of Director, Programme
Services Division of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, a statutory
body established with the threefold purpose to manage the technical and
administrative operations of Australian broadcasting services, and to oversee
the operational and program standards of commercial stations. His directorship
coincided with a period of transition in Australian broadcasting, marked most
significantly by the introduction of television services to Australia.
Included here are papers documenting the range of Joses Board
duties, including station inspections undertaken in the early 1950s, a
comprehensive sequence of meeting agenda, reports of official overseas visits
to the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Canada and Japan in 1962 and
1967, commissioned audience surveys, and a large number of general files
relating to other aspects of the Boards administration. Also located in
this series is a folder of papers documenting the Boards Research
Advisory Committee, a panel convened of expert and representative members to
supervise research related to Board activities.
Papers relating to Joses representation on, or association with,
other internal and external committees can be found in Series 8-12. Copies of a
number of official reports published by the Board are filed in Series 17.
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Folders/Volumes |
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1 |
Application for position of Director, Programme Services,
1949-50; request for furlough leave, 1970-71 |
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Station inspections |
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2 |
Station inspections, 1951 (Queensland, Western Australia), 1953
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3 |
Station inspections, 1954 |
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4 |
Station inspections, 1955 (excluding Queensland), 1957 (Western
Australia) |
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5 |
Station inspections, 1952, 1955 (Queensland) |
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6 |
Station inspections, 1958, 1960 (Tasmania) |
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7 |
Notebooks: undated, 1961-63, 1966, July-September 1968
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8 |
Report of a visit of inspection of commercial broadcasting
stations, Western Australia, 1954 |
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Agenda of meetings |
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9 |
Summary of ABCB policy decisions, 1949-54 |
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10 |
Agenda of meetings, 1949-50 |
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11 |
Agenda of meetings, 1949-59 |
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12 |
Agenda of meetings, 1950-53 |
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13-14 |
Agenda of meetings, 1950-54 |
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15-18 |
Agenda of meetings, 1950-53 |
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19 |
Agenda of meetings, 1951-61 |
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20 |
Agenda of meetings, 1952-57 |
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21 |
Agenda of meetings, 1952-61 |
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22 |
Agenda of meetings, 1952-63 |
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23 |
Agenda of meetings, 1953-59 |
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24 |
Agenda of meetings, 1955-59 |
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25 |
Agenda of meetings, 1951-60 |
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26 |
Agenda of meetings, 1951-62 |
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27 |
Agenda of meetings, 1952-63 |
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28 |
Agenda of meetings, 1956-57 |
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29 |
Agenda of meetings, 1956-63 |
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30 |
Agenda of meetings, 1957-63 |
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31 |
Agenda of meetings, 1951-63 |
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32 |
Agenda of meetings and associated papers, 1951-71 |
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33-35 |
Agenda of meetings, 1955-74, including research findings and
television crime drama report (1960) |
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36 |
Miscellaneous agenda of meetings, 1956-59 |
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37 |
Agenda of meeting, 1964 |
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General ABCB files and papers |
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38 |
Miscellaneous files, 1947-65, including program statistics, ABCB
meeting agenda, Fitzgerald Committee data, extracts from conference of ABC
advisers, organisational notes, statement of ABC control |
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39 |
ABCB file on Alleged declining audiences, 1950
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40 |
General files, 1950-70, including development of broadcasting,
television advertising, World Association for Christian Broadcasting
International Assembly (1968), Melbourne audience survey, program
categorisation |
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41 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1951-60, including agenda of meetings
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|
42 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1961-69, including Independent Television
Authority |
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43 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1959-70 |
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44 |
ABCB staff matters, 1949-55 |
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45 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1956-69, including agenda of meetings
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46 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1955-70 |
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47 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1959-68, including religious broadcasting,
overseas visit |
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48 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1961-69, including religious broadcasting,
standards |
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49 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1960-82 |
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50 |
ABCB research reports, 1958-59 |
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51 |
ABCB research report, 1961; McNair survey on television
viewers attitudes to commercials, 1965 |
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52 |
ABCB duty statements, c. 1962 |
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53 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1962-70 |
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54 |
Australian National Advisory Committee for UNESCO, 1955-70
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55 |
Talks to and liaison with Lyceum Club and Coburg Teachers
College, 1966-67 |
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56 |
Radio program transcripts, c. 1950s: Alone by
Admiral Richard Byrd; The Albatross by Hector Bolitho; An
Unused Rattlesnake by Harris Merton Lyon |
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57 |
ABCB circular letters, 1949-61 |
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58 |
Broadcasting of objectionable matter by Acfield and Clancy, 3XY,
1965 |
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59 |
ABCB Research Advisory Committee, 1957-66 |
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60 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1962-74, including campus TV survey,
feature film study, correspondence with Terry Colhoun (ABC Newcastle), list of
Australian programs made by commercial stations (1969-70) |
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61 |
Reports by Tim Horshington, Radio Ceylon, on training placement
with Macquarie Broadcasting Service, Sydney, 1952-53 |
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62 |
ABCB research papers, 1963-69, including TV and juvenile
delinquency |
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63 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1950-73, including Australian content and
performing rights |
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64 |
Draft television program standards submitted to ABCB for formal
approval, 1955-56 |
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65 |
Australian Federation of Commercial Broadcasting Stations,
Broadcasting Station manual, 1949, with amendments to 1958 |
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66 |
Broadcasting and Television Bill, 1956 |
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67 |
Criticism and censorship by Walter Kerr, 1954;
papers relating to US Commission on Obscenity and Pornography and the
broadcasting of Pot Party at Northwestern University, 1969
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68 |
ABCB liaison with US broadcasting organisations, 1962-70
[Closed to1 January 2022] |
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69 |
ABCB liaison with Canadian broadcasting organisations, 1963-70
[Closed to1 January 2022] |
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70 |
Miscellaneous papers, 1955-73 |
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71 |
Notes prepared for UNESCO Conference on Cultural Policies,
1970 |
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Official overseas visits |
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72 |
Report of television investigations in overseas countries, 1951,
by C. Moses, J. Donovan, J. Fisher |
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73 |
Transcript of record of overseas visit to United Kingdom,
France, USA and Canada, 1962 |
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74 |
Letters of introduction from Chairman and related correspondence
concerning overseas visit, 1962 |
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75 |
Overseas visit, 1962 |
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76 |
Overseas visits, 1962-67 |
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77 |
Overseas visit, 1967 |
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78 |
Transcript of record of overseas visit, 1967, with rough index
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79 |
Report on official visit to USA, Britain and Japan, 1967
(Complete version) |
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80 |
Report on official visit to USA, Britain and Japan, 1967 (With
Appendix B removed) |
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Audience surveys |
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81 |
Audience research, 1953-56, including pre-television social
survey |
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82 |
Audience research, 1953-56 |
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83-84 |
Audience surveys, 1950-70 |
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85 |
Australian Association of National Advertisers-ABCB Research
Survey Standards Committee minutes of meetings and associated papers,
1952-53 |
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86 |
Australian Association of National Advertisers-ABCB Research
Survey Standards Committee general file, 1940-54 |
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87 |
Data supplied by survey organisations, 1952-64 |
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88 |
Audience surveys, 1951-69 |
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89 |
ABCB liaison with Dick Thomson, Department of Psychology,
University of Sydney, 1962-65 |
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90 |
Audience surveys, 1951-52 |
Series 6 Political Broadcasts (Federal Elections) Order and related
files, 1949-50, 1969
In 1949 the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, acting under powers
conferred on it by the Australian Broadcasting Act, 1942-48, made a Political
Broadcasts (Federal Elections) Order to ensure the equitable provision of
broadcast facilities for the 1949 Federal Election. Filed in this series are
draft reports and background papers analysing the effect of the Order, together
with a general file concerning other political broadcasting issues.
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Folders |
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1-3 |
Report on Political Broadcasts (Federal Elections)
Order, 1949 |
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4 |
Draft report on political broadcasts, 1950 |
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5 |
Political broadcasting general file, 1949, 1969 |
Series 7 Television Society of Australia and Educational Television
Association of Australia, 1954-86
The Television Society of Australia was formed in 1954 as an independent
association with an interest in all aspects of television broadcasting. Jose
joined the Society in February 1955 and acted as a Council Member between
1960-65 and 1974-78, at which latter point he was made an Honorary Member.
Amongst the many papers he accumulated during this time are runs of Council and
ordinary meeting minutes, correspondence and membership lists. Also included
here are submissions prepared by Jose on behalf of the Society to broadcasting
inquiries, reports, newsletters, and papers concerning the Societys
annual Penguin awards, of which Jose was one-time Award Committee
Secretary.
In addition, the series includes material documenting activities of the
Societys offshoot, the Educational Television Society of Australia (of
which Jose was also a member), particularly its submissions and reports to the
Committee on Open University.
All folders in Series 7 are closed until 1 January 2022.
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Folders/Volumes |
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1 |
Minutes of ordinary meetings, 1954-60 |
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2 |
Minutes of ordinary meetings, 1960-71 |
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3 |
Agenda and minutes, 1960-62; articles of association, 1956
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4 |
Agenda and minutes, 1962-63 |
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5 |
Council minutes, 1957-64 |
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6 |
Council minutes, 1964-68 |
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7 |
Council minutes, 1968-71 |
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8-9 |
Council minutes, 1972-75 |
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10 |
Council meetings and correspondence, 1974-78 |
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11 |
Report of the Advisory Committee on Program Standards, 1976 with
comment by the Television Society of Australia |
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12 |
Papers, 1972-81, including minutes of meetings |
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13 |
Papers, 1956-78, including articles of association and
membership lists |
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14 |
Educational Television Association of Australia, Committee
papers, 1956-79 |
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15 |
Historical papers, 1975-78, including annual awards |
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16 |
Educational Television Association of Australia file on Open
University, 1971-73, including draft submissions to the Committee on Open
University |
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17 |
Reports on Open University, 1973 |
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18 |
Future copy for TVS Newsletter, 1976-77 |
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19 |
TVS Bulletin, 1967-70; ETVAA Newsletter, 1971,
1975; Television Newsletter, 1973-77 |
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20 |
Commercial media and consumer behaviour in
Australia, research paper prepared by John Blizard for the Television
Society of Australia, 1976 |
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21 |
Articles and other work for the Television Society of Australia,
1973-79 |
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22 |
Correspondence relating to the Television Society of Australia
articles of association, 1983 |
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23 |
Leaflets and publications, 1982-86, including issues of
Telemag |
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24 |
Submission to Postal and Telecommunications Department Inquiry
on Broadcasting, 1976 |
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25 |
Television Industry Unions paper The Crisis in the
Television Industry, with reply by Federation of Australian Commercial
Television Stations, 1975 |
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26 |
Television Society of Australia awards, 1975-78 |
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27 |
Television Society of Australia awards, 1975-76 |
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28 |
Television Society of Australia awards, 1971-72, 1974-76
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29 |
Television Society of Australia current file to 4
February 1977 (contains papers 1975-77) |
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30 |
Educational Television Association of Australia questionnaires,
minutes and other papers, 1970-72 |
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31-32 |
Television Society of Australia and Educational Television
Association of Australia papers, 1973-76, including submissions |
Series 8 Advisory Committee on Childrens Television Programmes,
1956-72
In 1956 a small expert committee was convened by the Australian
Broadcasting Control Board to study and improve the quality of television
programs for children. Formally known as the Advisory Committee on
Childrens Television Programmes, its members were not drawn from any
particular representative organisations.
Filed here are the Committees meeting agenda and reports, together
with a commissioned Melbourne University study on the effects of westerns on
boys.
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Folders/Volumes |
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1 |
Agenda of meetings, 1956-63 |
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2 |
1st-4th reports of the Advisory Committee on Childrens
Television Programmes, 1957-68; Parents vs Television,
Redbook, November 1963 |
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3 |
Melbourne University study on effects of westerns on boys, 1957
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4 |
Childrens Television Advisory Committee report, 1971
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5 |
Final report of Childrens Television Advisory Committee,
1972; ABCB report 'Mass Media Preference in Adolescence, 1971 |
Series 9 Advisory Committee on Religious Television Programmes and
related files, 1944-70
The Advisory Committee on Religious Television Programmes was appointed
in July 1959 by the Australian Broadcasting Control Board to review religious
television practices and standards. As Director of Programme Services, Jose was
invited by the six-person Committee to attend all of its meetings, where he
provided valuable guidance on Board policy. By virtue of his position, Jose
accompanied the Committee Chairman, Reverend B.R. Wyllie, to Brisbane in 1960
where they met with church representatives, and also attended a number of
conferences of the Christian Television Association of Australia.
The Committee presented its findings in 1961, 1963 and 1969 and working
copies of the three reports are filed in this series. Also included are earlier
files compiled by Jose on religious broadcasting issues, together with a draft
record of the Consultation on Religious Telecasting, held with invited
participants in August 1966.
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Folders/Volumes |
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1 |
Newcastle Churches Association, 1944-67 |
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2-3 |
Religious broadcasting papers, 1959-70 |
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4-5 |
Religious broadcasting papers, 1959-69 |
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6 |
Religious broadcasting papers and cuttings, 1955-62 |
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7 |
1st-3rd reports of the Advisory Committee on Religious
Television Programmes, 1961-69 (working copies) |
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8 |
Meeting in Brisbane with station managers and Christian
Television Association on minimum facilities for religious television programs,
1960 |
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9-12 |
Consultation on Religious Telecasting, 1966 |
Series 10 Interdepartmental Committee on Television Film Production
and related files, 1950-69
The first meeting of the Interdepartmental Committee on Television Film
Production was held in September 1962, to examine the capacity of the
Australian film industry to produce programs suitable for television. Jose
served as the Australian Broadcasting Control Board representative on the
Committee, whose minutes of meetings are located in this series. Also filed
here are Committee working papers and a folder of newspaper clippings about,
and correspondence with, the Australian Film Producers Association.
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Folders/Volumes |
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1-2 |
Minutes, 1962-63 |
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3 |
Working papers, 1963 |
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4-6 |
General papers, 1962-63 |
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7 |
General papers, 1953-63 |
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8 |
Cuttings about and liaison with Australian Film Producers
Association, 1950-69 [Closed to 1 January 2022] |
Series 11 Senate Select Committee on the Encouragement of Australian
Productions for Television and related files, 1951-88
A Senate Select Committee on the Encouragement of Australian Productions
for Television was established in 1963 to inquire and report upon the
encouragement of the production in Australia of films and programs suitable for
television. On a number of occasions the Australian Broadcasting Control Board
was called upon to provide advice to the Committee, which was chaired by
Senator V.S. Vincent.
This series includes papers relating to the Committees
proceedings, as well as files on the employment of Australian artists and the
percentage of Australian content in productions.
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Folders |
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1 |
Employment of Australian artists, 1951-63, including papers
relating to the Imported Transcriptions Committee |
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2-5 |
Senate Select Committee on the Encouragement of Australian
Productions for Television, 1963-64 |
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6 |
Press cuttings relating to Senate Select Committee on the
Encouragement of Australian Productions for Television, 1963-64, 1970 |
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7 |
Australian content points system, 1973-88 |
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8 |
Australian content in television, 1970-71 |
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9 |
Facts of Australian content in television programme
schedules, submission to ABCB by Federation of Australian Commercial
Television Stations, 1970 |
Series 12 Advisory Committee on Educational Television Services and
related files, 1963-70
Although not a formal member of the Advisory Committee on Educational
Television Services, as a representative of the Australian Broadcasting Control
Board Jose attended all of the formers meetings. In consultation with his
Assistant Director, J.G. Quaine, Jose also prepared the greater part of the
Committees official report.
As well as a file detailing the Committees establishment and terms
of reference, a complete set of meeting minutes and a copy of the report are
contained in this series.
Following the discharge of the Committees duties, Jose maintained
his interest in educational broadcast media and attended a number of
conferences on the topic which are also represented in the papers filed
here.
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Folders/Volumes |
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1 |
Establishment of Advisory Committee on Educational Television
Services, 1963-64 |
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2 |
Minutes of meetings, 1964 |
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3 |
Exhibit 1 |
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4 |
Exhibits 2-5 |
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5 |
Exhibits 6-8 |
|
6 |
Report of the Advisory Committee on Educational Television
Services to the Australian Broadcasting Control Board and associated papers
and correspondence, 1964-67 |
|
7 |
Correspondence and other papers related to educational
television services, 1963-65; extract from The Spectator and the Screen,
1969 |
|
8 |
Correspondence and other papers related to educational
television services, 1964-77 |
|
9 |
ANZAAS Symposium on Television and Education, 1964; notes on
Inner London Education Authority Educational Television Service, 1968; synopsis
of talk given at undated IRE Symposium |
|
10 |
UNESCO Seminar on Developing in Schools a Critical Study of Film
and Television, 1970 |
Series 13 Independent Television Authority, Great Britain,
1962-70
Jose first made contact with officers in the Independent Television
Authority on an official tour of British media enterprises in 1962, an
association which he kept up on return to Australia. Contact was renewed on a
subsequent visit to England in 1967, at which time Jose obtained confidential
information on the conditions under which program contractors to the Authority
were required to operate. Copies of these reports as well as a file documenting
general contact with the organisation make up this series.
A further file relating to the Independent Television Authority is
located at Series 5/Folder 42.
|
Folders |
|
|
1 |
Independent Television Authority agreement and confidential
reports, 1965-67 |
|
2 |
General papers, 1962-70 [Closed to 1 January 2022]
|
Series 14 Personal papers, 1917-88
For much of his early career Jose kept a small notebook into which he
copied quotations, jokes and anecdotes and pasted newspaper clippings,
including some biographical articles. He also compiled a personal calendar of
important anniversaries, maintained a notebook of literary extracts for a short
time, and wrote his own satirical verse. As well as these items, this series
contains Joses school reports, information relating to club memberships,
invitations, and photographs of the conductor Eugene Ormandy and Jean MacArthur
(wife of General Douglas MacArthur) at a Brisbane war concert in 1944.
|
Folders/Volumes |
|
1 |
Personal note and clippings book, 1929-44 |
|
2 |
Personal calendar of important world events, anniversaries,
1934-194? |
|
3 |
Notebook containing literary extracts, 1946 |
|
4 |
Personal papers, 1922-29, including satirical verse |
|
5 |
Personal papers, 1931-74 |
|
6 |
Personal papers, 1930-81 |
|
7 |
Personal papers, 1936-88 |
|
8 |
Personal papers, 1946-88 |
|
9 |
School reports, 1917-25 |
|
10 |
Clippings, c. 1927-30, depicting famous historical and cultural
scenes |
|
11 |
Invitations and other personal papers, including photographs of
Jean MacArthur and Eugene Ormandy at concert for troops, Brisbane City Hall, 13
August 1944 |
|
12 |
Commercial Travellers Association Club of New South Wales
receipts and correspondence, 1950-63; membership of Green Room Club, Melbourne,
1951-53; Diners Club papers, 1956 |
Series 15 Speeches, 1957-69
Through his position at the Australian Broadcasting Control Board Jose
was called upon to deliver speeches at conferences, and to broadcasting and
community groups. In this series are filed a short index to, and copies of, all
talks he gave between 1957 and 1969. Topics covered include Board functions,
broadcasting standards, censorship, and childrens and religious
television programming.
|
Folders |
|
|
1 |
1957-61 |
|
2 |
1962-63 |
|
3 |
1964-65 |
|
4 |
1965-69 |
Series 16 Newspaper clippings, 1927-86
Throughout his career Jose created this series of newspaper clippings
files, many covering Australian and overseas broadcasting issues, but also
including political and historical topics and humorous pieces.
Cuttings relating to religious broadcasting, the Australian Film
Producers Association and the Senate Select Committee on the Encouragement of
Australian Productions for Television are filed in Series 9, 10 and 11
respectively. Personal clippings books compiled by Jose early in his working
life are located in Series 14.
|
Folders |
|
|
1 |
Clippings, 1947-67 |
|
2 |
Clippings, 1963-66 |
|
3 |
Cartoons and clippings, 1927 |
|
4 |
Articles and clippings, 1962-70 |
|
5 |
Clippings, 1967-81 |
|
6 |
Clippings, 1961-81 |
|
7 |
Clippings, 1974-83 |
|
8 |
Clippings and articles, 1930-86 |
|
9 |
Articles and clippings, 1931-73 |
|
10 |
Clippings, 1937-84, on historical topics |
|
11 |
The Times, Broadcasting number, 14 August 1934 |
|
12 |
Clippings file ABCB and after, 1972-81, including
material relating to US Commission on Obscenity and Pornography |
|
13 |
Clippings, 1950-77 |
Series 17 Publications, c. 1930-75
This series comprises two folders and three cartons of booklets and
publications collected by Jose over the course of his career. Topics and titles
represented include copyright, television and education, religious
broadcasting, BBC Annuals, social aspects of mass communication, The
Australian Broadcasting Company Year Book 1930, technical standards,
Australian Broadcasting Control Board reports, legislation, Australian
Broadcasting Commission annual reports, reports of parliamentary committees,
Souvenir 4QG Brisbane, 1925-1930 and broadcasting handbooks.
| Series |
Folders |
Box |
|
Series |
Folders |
Box |
| 1 |
1-3, 8 |
1 |
|
7 |
8-12 |
20 |
| 1 |
4-7 |
38 |
|
7 |
13-18 |
21 |
| 3 |
1-5 |
2 |
|
7 |
19-24 |
22 |
| 3 |
6-13 |
3 |
|
7 |
25-32 |
23 |
| 3 |
14 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
1-4 |
4 |
|
8 |
1-5 |
24 |
| 5 |
1-2 |
4 |
|
9 |
1 |
24 |
| 5 |
3-10 |
5 |
|
9 |
2-8 |
25 |
| 5 |
11-18 |
6 |
|
9 |
9-12 |
26 |
| 5 |
19-25 |
7 |
|
10 |
1-2 |
26 |
| 5 |
26-31 |
8 |
|
10 |
3-7 |
27 |
| 5 |
32-38 |
9 |
|
10 |
8 |
38 |
| 5 |
39-45 |
10 |
|
11 |
2-7 |
28 |
| 5 |
46-52 |
11 |
|
11 |
8-9 |
29 |
| 5 |
53-60 |
12 |
|
12 |
1-5 |
29 |
| 5 |
61-65 |
13 |
|
12 |
6-10 |
30 |
| 5 |
66-7, 70-1 |
14 |
|
13 |
1 |
30 |
| 5 |
68-9 |
38 |
|
13 |
2 |
38 |
| 5 |
79-86 |
16 |
|
14 |
10-12 |
32 |
| 5 |
87-90 |
17 |
|
15 |
1-4 |
32 |
| 6 |
1-3 |
17 |
|
16 |
1-8 |
33 |
| 6 |
4-5 |
37 |
|
16 |
9-13 |
34 |
| 7 |
1-4 |
18 |
|
17 |
1-2 |
34 |
| 7 |
5-7 |
19 |
|
17 |
Loose volumes |
35-37 |
Guide prepared November 1998 |