PAPERS OF MANNING CLARK - Alexander Harris, Settlers and convicts, 1952-64
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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
Appendix
Box List
Series 13 Alexander Harris, Settlers and convicts, 1952-64
In 1952 Gwyn James, the Manager of Melbourne University
Press, asked Clark to prepare a new edition of Settlers and convicts;
or, recollections of fourteen years’ labour in the Australian backwoods,
by an ‘Emigrant Mechanic’, first published in London in 1847.
There has been some uncertainty about the authorship, but most writers
have agreed with Clark in attributing the book to Alexander Harris (1805-1874),
who emigrated to Australia in 1825. Clark wrote a foreword to the new
edition, which was published in 1953.
The small series contains research notes by Clark, manuscript
maps, the manuscript of the foreword, letters from individuals and organisations
in both Australia and England providing information about Harris, and
reviews of the book. The correspondents include Gwyn James, J.A. Ferguson,
James Whittaker, Herbert Rumsey, Russel Ward and A.D. Hope.
Folder
1 Research notes and drafts
2 Maps
3 Correspondence and reviews, 1952-64
