Frederick Rose further papers, photographs and sound recordings, 1915-1991, with additional papers compiled by Sonja Lenz, 1976-1996

fonds

1915-1996

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Clippings, Drawings, Ephemera, Photographs

112739

15.64 metres of textual material with some ephemera and photographs (78 boxes and 3 outsize boxes)
17 sound recordings (17 hrs.)
Approximately 3500 photographic prints (12 boxes)
Approximately 1300 negatives and slides (29 files in 4 boxes)
163 glass mounted slides (1 box)

Frederick George Godfrey Rose (22 March 1915 - 14 January 1991) was a British-born anthropologist and communist, who studied at Cambridge before going to Australia in 1937 to research on Aboriginal culture, with a particular focus on Darwin and Groote Eylandt. Suspected of being a spy working for the Soviets during the Menzies years, the fallout of the 1954 Petrov Affair led to his emigrating to the German Democratic Republic, and to his appointment as professor of social anthropology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He came back to Australia to continue his research at Angas Downs in the 1960s, and would keep on coming back and forth during the rest of his life. He published many books in English and in German, and left some unpublished works which he had started during his retirement years.

SERIES 1
Frederick Rose General Correspondence, [ca. 1930]-1991

SERIES 2
Frederick Rose research papers, 1933-1990

SERIES 3
Frederick Rose personal papers, 1915-1991

SERIES 4
Sonja Lenz additional papers, 1976-1996

SERIES 5
Frederick Rose Oral History, 1962-1990

SERIES 6
Frederick Rose photographic materials, 1935-1988

This collection was arranged with a double purpose: respecting its creator's original order as much as it could be discerned, while making it easy to navigate through for any reader. This led to a division in series, the first of which, General Correspondence, had already been entirely arranged by Frederick Rose himself during his life. Series 2, 3 and 4 were arranged thematically, each attempting to follow a chronological order. Finally, series 5 and 6 were adapted to encompass two specific formats, audio recordings and photography.

German, English

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Copyright holder:: Dr Ruth Struwe is the copyright owner of her father, Professor Frederick Rose's writings
Approval for reproduction required:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

A copy of the interim box listing from 2009 and the Series rehousing listing from 2018 can be found inside Box 1. They can be cross-checked for the current location of items referenced using the previous listing system (before 2018). These listings are also available on file.