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In addition to the Barton Papers, the National Library holds a few other Barton manuscripts which were received from various sources:
- MS 1530 Two letters to Barton written by Henry Rose, 4 April 1901, and Alfred Verral, 30 May 1901
- MS 1608 Illuminated address presented to Barton by British fair traders and advocates of Imperial preferential trade, London, June 1902
- MS 1612 Address presented by citizens of Ottawa on occasion of visit by Barton to Ottawa, 10 April 1902
- MS 2133 Governor-General's speech at the opening of the first Federal Parliament, 10 May 1901: typescript draft with manuscript amendments by Barton
A number of manuscript collections in the National Library contain letters, either original or copies, written by Edmund Barton. They include:
- MS 52 Papers of Arthur Atlee Hunt, contain 18 letters of Barton, 1901-9
- MS 236 Papers of Sir Littleton Groom, contain 8 letters of Barton, 1902-19
- MS 292 Papers of John Reynolds, contain typed transcripts of correspondence between Barton and Sir Henry Parkes and Alfred Deakin, various recollections of Barton and newspaper cuttings
- MS 296 Papers of Sir Walter James, contain 2 letters of Barton, 1898-99
- MS 451 Papers of J.C. Watson, contain 1 letter of Barton, 1901
- MS 479 Papers of Lord Tennyson, contain 12 letters from Barton, 1902-3
- MS 560 Papers of Sir Thomas Bavin, contain 48 letters of Barton, 1898-1919 and notes for speeches by Barton, 1901-3
- MS 696 Papers of Lord Novar, contain 31 letters of Barton, 1914-19
- MS 1057 Papers of H.B. Higgins, contain 3 letters of Barton, 1913-19
- MS 1540 Papers of Alfred Deakin, contain 150 letters of Barton, 1894-1916
- MS 1736 Papers of Sir Josiah Symon, contain 9 letters of Barton, 1894-1904
- MS 1963 Papers of Lord Tennyson, contain 27 letters of Barton, 1902-3
- MS 2755 Papers of Sir Isaac Isaacs, contain 8 letters of Barton, 1903-13
- MS 2919 Papers of Andrew Fisher, contain 2 letters of Barton, 1913-15
- MS 5917 Letter of Barton to Isaac Isaacs, 24 September 1903
- MS 7842 Papers of Sir George Reid, contain 2 letters of Barton, 1895-1916
In addition to the Barton Papers the Library holds other manuscript collections
which contain letters or other materials relating to Barton. These are described
in Special collections
relating to Sir Edmund Barton in the National Library of Australia
Papers of the Maughan Family, dating from 1920 to 1990, are held at MS 8988. Jean Barton, the eldest daughter of Sir Edmund and Lady Barton, married David Maughan, a Sydney barrister, in 1909. Maughan was knighted in 1951.
Apart from the papers in the National Library, the other collection of Barton Papers is held in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (ML MSS. 249). It comprises five volumes, of which one volume is an index of correspondents. The papers of Edmund Barton, 1887-1919, mostly relate to New South Wales politics, Federation, legal and personal matters. One volume contains family papers, 1832-67.
Collection level catalogue descriptions for the entire Manuscript Collection can be found in the Manuscripts view of the NLA Catalogue and in the Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts (RAAM). RAAM also includes information on other manuscript and archival collections in Australia.