Oswald Mingay - papers, 1915 - 1972, together with related papers, 1982, 1996-1998

MLMSS 6713/Box 1X

fonds

1915 - 1998

Textual Records, Clippings

402291

0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (printed)
Clippings

Oswald Mingay was born at Peak Hill, NSW, in 1895. He was educated at Lithgow District School and then joined the Post-Master General's Department where he was employed, 1908-1922; he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 and served on the Western Front. He was married in 1920 to Winifred Esdon (d.1971) with whom he had a son, Colin. In the mid 1920s he formed Mingay's Wireless Manufacturing Ltd, and in 1930 established the Australian Radio College. In that year he also became the managing editor of 'Radio Retailer of Australia', which he later bought after forming the Mingay Publishing Co.; his other publications included 'Broadcasting Business' and 'Mingay's Electrical Weekly'. He was a founding member of the Institution of Radio and Electrical Engineers, Australia in 1932. During WWII he served as a signals officer in the 1st Cavalry Division, and then with the Ministry of Munitions. In 1961 his publishing company was sold to the Thompson Organisation, Ltd, London; he retired from business in 1965. In 1972 Mingay married Theodora Lippmann (nee Wills); he died at home in Sydney the following year. [Source: Jim Symes' article for the Australian Dictionary of Biography]

Records of military service, with related correspondence, 1915-1927, 1940-1956, 1996; includes copies of documents sent to Colin Mingay from the Australian Archives and The Australian Army
Correspondence and related papers, 1919-1925, 1962, mainly concerning employment with the P.M.G.
Biographical information, includes: 'OFM's personal details', 1964; copy of speeches made at testimonial luncheon, 1965; articles from Mingay's Electrical Weekly, 1964-65, 1972; draft (with covering letter), 1996, of Jim Symes' article on Mingay to be published in Volume 15 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography; edited version of same with covering letter, 1998, from the general editor, John Ritchie
Printed items, including 'Success in radio', a publication about the Australian Radio College by Oswald Mingay, 1932; newspaper advertisements for Mingay's Wireless Manufacturing Ltd, 1920s; December 1982 issue of 'Monitor' [The Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers, Australia] which contains an article about the early history of the IREE
Certificates, 1919-1972