PAPERS OF MANNING CLARK - A history of Australia: research materials, 1960-86
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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 17 A history of Australia:
research materials, 1960-86
This is the largest series in the collection and the least
organised. Clark and his research assistants accumulated a huge quantity
of notes, photocopies and microfilm printouts, which were filed roughly
under subject headings. Unlike the other series, the files have not been
re-foldered, except in cases where the files were very thick and the papers
were becoming damaged. The papers have been grouped by volume, but the
order of files within each volume is random and they are not numbered.
It is not known whether they were ever in any definite order.
Clark was helped on the History by a number of research
assistants: Barbara Penny, Rima Rossall, Lyndall Ryan, Deirdre Morris,
Susan Eade, Beverley Hooper and Roslyn Russell. They transcribed or copied
much of the material in this series.
Vol. 1: Earliest times to the age of Macquarie 5 boxes
Vol. 2: New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, 1822-38 8
boxes
Vol. 3: 1824-51 15 boxes
Vol. 4: 1851-88 20 boxes
Vol. 5: 1888-1915 14 boxes
Vol. 6: 1916-35 26 boxes
