Sir Walter Hartwell James Papers, 1897-1939

MLMSS 412

fonds

422509

Photocopy : Letterbooks, 1904-1906.
Photocopy : Correspondence, 1900-1905.
Photocopy : Letters received, 1905-1906.
Photocopy : Correspondence, 1925-1939, and papers re secession movement in Western Australia, 1934-1935.
Photocopy : Misc. papers, 1897-1934.
Microfilm : CY 320, frames 1-1240 (MLMSS 412/1-3).
Microfilm : CY 321, frames 1-1047 (MLMSS 412/4-5).
Microfilm : CY 322, frames 1-950 (MLMSS 412/6-9).

v., 1 (2") box

Sir Walter James, 1863-1943, lawyer, was a delegate to the Federal Convention, 1897-1898, Premier and Attorney-General (W.A.) 1902-1904, and Agent-General in London, 1904-1906.

8 volumes, 1 box of textual material

[I]. Correspondence, 1904-1906, 1925-1939: (A). Letterbooks, 1904-1906. Vols MLMSS 412/1-5. Include official and personal letters to the Premier, Sir Cornthwaite Hector Rason, and others. Concern i.a. official activities of James as Agent-General, Western Australian and federal politics. (B). Correspondence, 1904-1906, 1929-1939. Vols. MLMSS. 412/6-7. Index to correspondents compiled in Mitchell Library at front of volume 6. Mainly letters received re his official duties and activities, Western Australian and federal polities. Include letters from Arthur James Balfour, 1905; Sir Edmund Barton, 1906; Richard Gardiner Casey, 1937; John Curtin, 1934, 1939; Alfred Deakin, 1900-1906; Sir John Winthrop Hackett, 1905-1906; William Morris Hughes, 1935; Sir George Foster Pearce 1905-1906. [II]. Papers re secession, 1934-1935. Vol. MLMSS. 412/8. Includes legal opinions re the secession movement in Western Australia and a proposed petition to the Imperial Parliament, 1934-1935. [III]. Miscellanea, 1897-1934. Box ML MSS 412/9 (A). Miscellaneous material, 1897-1906 includes i.a. notes for speeches, invitations and receipts, newscuttings. (B). 'The Case' for secession, 1934; A special edition of the Western Australian, 27 Mar. 1934

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-671C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Available for reference.
Preservation microfilm copies (CY 320-322) and xerox copyflo copies, made July - Aug. 1971.

Premiers -- Western Australia -- Correspondence.
Politicians -- Western Australia.