Tom Lewis papers, 1834-2000

MLMSS 6996/Boxes 1X, 6X-8X
MLMSS 6996/Boxes 2-5
R 908
R 909
GR 14
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 2, Shelf 41. Applies to R 908.
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 51. Applies to R 909.

fonds

1834-2000

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Objects, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs, Drawings, Prints

153018

1.26 metres of textual material (4 boxes, 4 outsize boxes), some files contain clippings, drawings, prints, ephemera, and photographs - manuscript, typescript, carbon typescript, processed typescript, printed, photocopy
1 plaque
1 commemorative plate

Thomas Lancelot Lewis (1922-2016) was Premier and Treasurer of N.S.W., 1974-1976. He served as Liberal Member for Wollondilly from 1957 until his retirement from politics in 1978. Other ministerial portfolios held by him were Lands, 1965-1972, Lands and Tourism, 1972-1974, and Local Government, 1976.

1949-2000; Personal correspondence, being mainly letters received (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/1X/1)

1969-1997; 'Politics', being mainly letters received from State and Federal politicians (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/1X/2)

1969-1976; 'Lindbergh, General Charles', being correspondence mainly with and concerning General Charles Lindbergh, relating to his visit to Sydney in 1972, and related correspondence with Alden Whitman, 1976 (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/2/1)

1976; 'Letters received on Loss of Premiership' (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/2/2)

1967-1979; Letters received on retirement from politics, 1977-1978, including 'Appeals, Donations, Patrons', 1967-1978 (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/2/3)

1954-1996; 'Publicity', including letters received from, among others, Old Dubbo Gaol Committee, 1994; invitations and programmes; newscuttings; photographs of Lewis's attendance at the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 1989, and copy print Lewis and Sir James Balderstone, Chairman of B.H.P., 199-; caricature of Lewis by Tony Rafty at The Journalists Club, 3 Feb. 1975; booklet: Sesquicentenary of the Separation of Van Diemen's Land from New South Wales 1825-1975; corrected typescript of 'A Nomad to Japan', 1981; issue of Poultry, vol. 38 no. 51, 17 Dec. 1955 featuring comments by Lewis as President of the Australian Broiler Growers' Association; and Australian Primary Producers Union, Penrith Branch - President's Annual Report, Year 1953-54 (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/2/4)

1953-1994; 'Politics Gen[eral]', being mainly printed material, including Liberal Party of Australia and Australian Country Party policy speeches for N.S.W. State election, 1956, 1959, 1962 and 1968; speech by Lewis in Legislative Assembly, 18 Aug. 1959, from Parliamentary Debates; Tribute of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales to the Memory of John Thomas Lang [30 Sept. 1975]; and Citizen's Testimonial Dinner to Honour the Hon. Sir Kenneth McCaw, Q.C. and Lady McCaw, Lane Cove Town Hall, 2 May 1975 (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/2/5)

1973; Log of flight to Japan in Nomad aircraft, with incomplete draft of 'A Nomad in Japan', MS. (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/2/6)

1834-1973; Papers concerning the history of Berrima, N.S.W., including land documents of and relating to James Harper, 1834-1841 (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/2/7)

1977; Papers concerning the 1977 Sydney Royal Easter Show (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/2/8)

1955-1959; Scrapbooks (2) mainly concerning Wollondilly By-election, 26 Oct. 1957, including newscuttings, dodgers and how-to-vote cards (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/3/1-2)

1957-1959; Scrapbook of newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/3/3)

1965-2000; Invitations and programmes (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/4)

1980-1983; 'List of luncheon guests at A.M.P. Bldg...' (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/5)

1978, 1988-2000; 'Funerals', being mainly death notices, obituaries and orders of service (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/5)

1977, 1988-1998; Membership cards and identification, souvenir and commemorative badges/medals (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/5)

1978, 1992-1993; Newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/5)

1968, 1979-1996; Printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/5)

196--1999; Association copies of books, three gramophone records and one compact disc (digital) of The British crown : a speech by R. G. Menzies at The Trocadero, Sydney, 1953, have been transferred to Collection Services for incorporation into the Mitchell Library printed collection. Details to appear on the State Library of NSW catalogue WEBCAT

1942-199-; Photoprints and photonegatives mainly of official duties and events, including official openings of Warragamba Dam, 14 Oct. 1960, Ellsmore Place Housing Commission Flats, Moss Vale, Dec. 1965, Berrima Abattoirs, 31 May 1963, Swan Bay Concentration Plant, 6 Dec. 1965 and bridge over the Bargo River, near Tahmoor on the Hume Highway, opened by Lady Cutler, 17 Mar. 1967, and commissioning ceremony for Wingecarribee Dam, Feb. 1975; Kosciusko Slalom presentation, 10 Oct. 1965; state funeral of J. T. Lang, 1975, attended by, among others, Gough Whitlam and Sir Roden Cutler; politicians including Sir Robert Askin, Jeff Bate, Davis Hughes, Milton A. Morris, Sir Rupert Hamer, J. B. Renshaw, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen; Edward A. Clark, U.S. Ambassador to Australia; and VIPs on inaugural direct Pan Am flight, Sydney-Los Angeles (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/6X)

1944--199-; Photoprints and photonegatives of unofficial/recreational activities, including 1987 Nigerian polo trip; flight to Japan in Nomad aircraft, 1973; New Guinea trip; 1995 China trip; 1996 Northern Territory trip; Anzac Day March, 1985; skiing; flying; and of Yutta Lewis, Dick Dusseldorp, Diana Fisher and Sky Haskell (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/7X)

1986-1987; Two original lithographs and one lithograph print by Nigerian artist Bruce Onobrakpeya, with catalogue of his latest works at the 7th Lagos International Trade Fair, 1987 (Call No.: MLMSS 6996/8X)

R 908
1973; [Plaque with model of the Sydney Opera House] Presented to the Government of New South Wales to commemorate the official opening of the Sydney Opera House October 20, 1973.

R 909
1982; The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales 100th Anniversary at Moore Park 1882-1982 [commemorative plate]; Certificate of Authenticity [no.] 0408; booklet of site.

Access via appointment - Applies to R 908 and R 909

This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.