PAPERS OF MANNING CLARK - Meeting Soviet man, 1958-60
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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 14 Meeting Soviet man, 1958-60
In November 1958 Clark, together with Judah Waten and James
Devaney, spent three weeks in the Soviet Union as the guests of the Union
of Writers. On his return to Australia, Clark wrote a number of newspaper
articles about his impressions. His impressions and ideas were developed
in his book Meeting Soviet man, which was published by Angus and
Robertson in 1960. It received a mixed reception and political opponents
of Clark were to draw heavily on the book in later years.
The papers consist of the manuscript of the book and handwritten
drafts of talks and letters, letters from both Russian and Australian
correspondents, articles from Russian newspapers, newspaper articles by
Clark or reporting his speeches, printed items and memorabilia collected
during his trip to the Soviet Union, and reviews of the book. The correspondents
include Dymphna Clark, Vincent Buckley, W.G. Mountier, Judah Waten, Alexei
Surkov and Oksana Krugerskaya.
Folder
1 Manuscript
2 Miscellaneous manuscripts
3 Correspondence, 1958-59
4 Russian newspaper articles
5 Russian printed ephemera
6 Australian newspaper articles, 1959
7 Reviews and comments, 1960
