PAPERS OF MANNING CLARK - The ideal of Alexis de Tocqueville
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1. General correspondence,
1939-91
2. Diaries, 1938-91
3. Notebooks, 1937-77
4. Newspaper cuttings, 1938-54
5. University of Melbourne,
1937-49
6. Canberra University College,
1953-60
7. Australian National University,
1960-76
8. Harvard University, 1975-79
9. Australian Council for
the Arts, 1973
10. Journeys, 1955-91
11. The ideal of Alexis
de Tocqueville, 1938-50
12. Select documents in
Australian history, 1948-56
13. Alexander Harris, Settlers
and Convicts, 1952-64
14. Meeting Soviet Man,
1958-60
15. A short history of
Australia, 1961-92
16.A history of Australia:
drafts
17. A history of Australia:
research materials, 1960-86
18. A history of Australia:
correspondence and reviews, 1960-91
19. Short stories
20. The Boyer Lectures, 1975-88
21. In search of Henry
Lawson, 1977-88
22. Occasional writings
and speeches, 1979-81
23. A history of Australia
— the Musical, 1980-89
24. The puzzles of childhood,
1907-91
25. The quest for grace,
1989-91
26. A historian’s
apprenticeship, 1990-91
27. Manuscripts, 1931-91
28. Lectures, 1940-87
29. Subject files, 1936-91
30. Family correspondence,
1958-75
31. Miscellaneous papers,
1937-90
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Series 11 The ideal of Alexis de Tocqueville,
1938-50
In 1938 Clark was persuaded by his tutor at Balliol College,
Humphrey Sumner, to work on the writings of the French political philosopher
and historian Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859). In 1939 he and Dymphna
spent some time in France, where he worked on manuscripts of de Tocqueville
at Paris and the Chateau de Tocqueville at Cosqueville in Normandy. He
continued work on the thesis after his return to Australia and it was
accepted by the University of Melbourne which awarded him a Master of
Arts degree in 1944. Clark’s thesis was published posthumously by
Melbourne University Press in 2000.
Apart from a few notes dating from 1950, the papers in this
series comprise notes made by Clark in 1938-40 of de Tocqueville’s
published and unpublished writings, together with drafts of his thesis.
Folder
1-2 Manuscript
3 Typescript
4 Final draft
5-6 The ideal of Alexis de Tocqueville
7 Opinions on de Tocqueville, 1939
8 Correspondence and speeches of de Tocqueville, 1839-51
9 Speeches and correspondence of de Tocqueville, 1851-59
10-11 Democracy in America, 1940-50
