John Fallding - papers, 1930-1998, together with the records of the Pacifist Food Relief Fund, 1945-1953, and Howard Prison Reform Council of N.S.W., 193-, 1942-1985, and the papers of E. C. Hartley, 1940-1993

MLMSS 7251/Boxes 1-7
MLMSS 7251/Box 8X

fonds

1930 - 1998

Textual Records, Clippings

430352

1.24 metres of textual material (7 boxes, 1 outsize box)
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Textual Records - (typescript)
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Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (typescript, processed)
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John Frederick Fallding (1921-2000), born in Cessnock, N.S.W., was a lifelong pacifist. As a young man he participated in Methodist Crusader Camps, then joined the Quakers and became a pacifist. A conscientious objector in World War II, he was directed by the authorities to do civilian work under civilian control building a road in the Watagan Forest for the Forestry Commission of N.S.W., 1942-1944. His experience on this project was related in a talk to the Australian Pacifist Conference in 1946. In 1949 he represented Australia at the World Pacifist Conference in India, where he was influenced by the non-violent activism of Gandhi.

Fallding held various offices with a number of organisations, usually as the secretary or treasurer of their N.S.W. branches, including the Australian Peace Pleadge Union, Fellowship of Reconciliation, London Peace Society, Pacifist Food Relief Society, Christian Peace Council, War Resisters' International, Howard Prison Reform Council and the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia. His friend and fellow pacifist, E. C. (Ted) Hartley, was Honorary Secretary of the Howard Prison Reform Council of N.S.W., formed by the merger of the Howard League for Prison Reform and the Prison Council of N.S.W..

Fallding worked as a clerk and accountant for the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, 1944-1961. He was Chief Executive Officer of Lottie Stewart Hospital, Dundas, 1961-1975. He retired as Deputy C.E.O. of Lewisham Hospital in 1982.

I. JOHN FALLDING

A. Files concerning pacifism and prison reform, 1934-1998

1937-1951, 1960; Papers concerning conscientious objection including correspondence with Paul Blackwood in New Zealand, 21 Jan. 1943; and newscuttings and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/1/1)
1937-1951; Papers concerning conscientious objection, Peace Pledge Union and War Resisters' International, including correspondence with Grace M. Beaton (W.R.I.), 1945; R. R. Downing, N.S.W. Minister for Justice, with enclosed responses from F. M. Forde, Minister for the Army, 1943; A. Ruth Fry (W.R.I.), 1946; and E. C. (Ted) Hartley, 1943 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/1/2)
1941-1945; Newscuttings concerning World War II and conscientious objection (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/1/3)
1949, 1964-1970; Papers concerning conscientious objection, including letter received from Leslie Bury, Minister for Labour and National Service, 21 Aug. 1968 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/1/4)
1956-1968; Papers concerning conscientious objection and pacifism, including letter received from Gladney Oakley (Committee Against Atomic Testing), 18 July 1966 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/1/5)
1952-1972; Papers concerning prison reform (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/1/6)
1934-1968; 'Religious Society of Friends. Peace Committee' (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/1/7)
1946-1970; Papers concerning the Federal Pacifist Council of Australia (Australian Section of War Resisters' International), including minutes of Executive meetings, 1964-1970, and reports of Australian Pacifist Conferences, Thornleigh, N.S.W., Jan. 1946, and Mt. Evelyn, Vic., Jan. 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/2/1)
1985-1986; Papers concerning the War Resisters' International XVIII Triennial, Vedchhi, India, 1-6 Jan. 1986, with letters from Fallding to his family, 30 Dec. 1985-24 Jan. 1986 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/2/2)
1988-1990; Papers concerning the Australian financial agency for War Resisters' International (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/2/3)
1946-1998; Miscellaneous papers, including letters received from, among others, Lionel Bowen, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister, 12 June 1985; 'Experiences of a Conscientious Objector 1939-1945' by David Whittier Allen, ca. 1965, being computer typescript from Jenny Madeline (Allen), 1998; and newscuttings and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/2/4)
1953-1979, 1993; Newscuttings concerning prisons and prison reform, originally in an album (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/2/5)
1940-1979; Printed material, being mainly pamphlets and draft of Pax Pacifika: Case Studies in Non-Violent Action in the South Pacific Area (1979) by Rowe Morrow (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/2/6)

B. Subject files, 1930-1994
(Arranged numerically)

2. 'Letters - Govt, Press Etc', 1942-1953, including letters received from Arthur A. Caldwell, 1948; J. B. Chifley, 1946-1947; Doris Blackburn, 1947; and Rev. B. R. Wylie, 1945 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/1)
3. 'Federal Pacifist Council of Australia', 1943-1953, 1994, including correspondence with, among others, T. H. Michaltscheff, 1947, and Thomas R. Price, 1948; with note by John Fallding, Aug. 1994 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/2)
4. 'Co-Operatives', being an empty file (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/3)
5. 'Education', 1946-1951 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/4)
6. 'Food', 1945-1951, being mainly correspondence concerning the Pacifist Food Relief Fund with, among others, Rudolf Kustermeier, 1947, and Margaret Watts, 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/5)
7. 'Prison Reform', 1944-1953, concerning the Prison Reform Council of New South Wales (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/6)
8. 'Society of Friends (Quakers)', 1930, 1945-1948 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/7)
11.'Conscientious Objection, Conscription etc. Registration Cards', 1945-1952, including correspondence with, among others, Federal Pacifist Council of Australia, 1952, and James Leonard Sydney Treloar, 1952; and pamphlets (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/8)
12.'Pacifism', 1944-1952, including correspondence with, among others, Sylvia Lawson (Australian Student Christian Movement within the University of Sydney), 1950; Arthur Lukes; and Alfred W. Parker, 1949 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/9)
13.'Fellowship of Reconciliation', 1935-1957, including correspondence and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/10)
13.'Christian Peace Council', 1944-1948, including correspondence with Alf Clint, 1947, and Rev. Alan Walker, 1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/3/11)
14.'Pacifist Food Relief Fund 1945 and 1946', 1945-1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/4/1)
15.'Pacifist Food Relief Fund 1947-48-49-50-51-52', 1944-1952 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/4/2)
19.'Michael Scott and South Africa', 1949-1953, being mainly newscuttings and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/4/3)
20.'A.P.P.U. / L.P.S.', 1940-1953, concerning the Australian Peace Pledge Union and the London Peace Society (N.S.W. Branch) (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/4/4)
21.'Miscellaneous', 1931-1968, including letter received from Harold Fallding, 1945 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/4/5)
22.'Psychology', 1944-1947, mainly concerning Workers' Educational Association of N.S.W. classes (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/4/6)
25.'Newspaper Cuttings', 1947-1953 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/4/7)
27.'Quotations', 1948-1957 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/4/8)

II. PACIFIST FOOD RELIEF FUND

Cash books (3), with related records, Mar. 1945-1953 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/4/9-11)

III.HOWARD PRISON REFORM COUNCIL OF N.S.W.

1944-1959; Minute books (2), 1 Dec. 1944-3 Dec. 1947 and 30 May 1958-6 Feb. 1959; draft minutes of meetings, 1957-1959; and copy of Constitution of Prison Reform Council of N.S.W., Date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/5/1)
1950-1961; 'President's Report' (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/5/2)
1951-1961; 'List of Members', with letter received from G. A. Roseby, Honorary Secretary, N.S.W. Women's Inter-Church Council, 27 Nov. 1953 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/5/3)
1944-1965; Correspondence mainly with Vivienne Abraham, 1957; Jean F. Arnot, Extension Librarian, Public Library of N.S.W., 1949; Frank W. Coaldrake, Chairman, Australian Board of Missions, 1959; Rev. W. G. Coughlan, 1957; R. R. Downing, N.S.W. Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, 1950-1958; Howard League for Penal Reform, 1954-1960; Howard League for Penal Reform (Victorian Branch), 1954-1962; N.S.W. Department of Prisons, 1953-1962; N.S.W. Women's Inter-Church Council, 1957; New Zealand Howard League for Penal Reform, 1958; Prisoners' Aid Association of New South Wales, 1950; Queensland Comptroller-General of Prisons and Dept. of Justice, 1950-1957; Helen Halse-Rogers, Executive Secretary, Council of Social Service of N.S.W., 1955; Oscar Trebitsch, 1955; and War Widows' Guild of Australia, 1959 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/5/4)
1951-1953; Correspondence with, among others, R.R. Downing, 1951-1952, and Helen Halse- Rogers, 1951-1952 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/5/5)
1958-1968; Correspondence, including letter received from Edgar Collocott, 4 Dec. 1955 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/5/6)
1959-1966; Correspondence with, among others, Lucie C. Barnes, Honorary Secretary, Australian Women's Charter, 1963; Garfield Barwick, Attorney-General, 1963; Family Welfare Bureau, 1963; Howard League for Penal Reform, 1964; J. C. Maddison, N.S.W. Minister for Justice, 1965; William McMahon, Minister for Labour and National Service, 1965; and W. Sheahan, N.S.W. Minister for Health, 1959-1961 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/6/1)
1953-1958; Papers compiled by Oscar N. Trebitsch, being mainly correspondence and research material for his report on prison discipline presented to the Executive Committee of the Prison Reform Council of N.S.W., 3 Jan. 1955 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/6/2)
1958; Drafts and copy of submission to N.S.W. Minister of Justice relating to the administration of prisons, 30 Apr. 1958 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/6/3)
193- , 1945-1957; Papers concerning, including letters received from, the prisoners Michael H. Byrnes and Russell Thornthwaite (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/6/4)
1951-1966, 1985; Financial records (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/6/5)
1944-1967; Miscellaneous papers, including draft talks, reports and submissions (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/6/6)
1942-1979; Newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/7)
1937-1982; Printed material, including leaflets and pamphlets; copies of Punishment or Correction ? : Conditions in Gaol in N.S.W. [1944?]; Forgotten Men [1947]; and annual reports of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency, 1957-1967; Howard League of Prison Reform, 1958-1966; John Howard Society of South Australia, 1967-1972; and Sydney Civil Rehabilitation Committee, 1956-1966 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/7)

IV. E. C. HARTLEY

1940-1993; Papers, including newscuttings and correspondence with, among others, David W. Allen, 1946; Michael H. Byrnes, 194- , 1953; E. E. V. Collocott, 1946; John Fallding, 1946; Bill Latona, 1946; L. C. Rodd, 1946-1947; and Kylie Tennant, 1944-1947 (Call No.: MLMSS 7251/8X)

Author/Artist entries:
Abraham, Vivienne, 1920-2003
Allen, David W.
Arnot, Jean Fleming, 1903-1995
Australian Peace Pledge Union. New South Wales Section
Australian Women's Charter
Barwick, Garfield, Sir, 1903-1997
Beaton, Grace M.
Blackburn, Doris Amelia, 1889-1970
Bowen, Lionel, 1922-
Bury, Leslie, 1913-1986
Byrnes, Michael H.
Calwell, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1896-1973
Chadwick, Joan
Chifley, J. B. (Joseph Benedict), 1885-1951
Christian Peace Council. New South Wales Branch
Clint, Alf
Coaldrake, Frank W., 1912-1970
Collocott, E. E. V. (Ernest Edgar Vyvyan)
Committee Against Atomic Testing (N.S.W.)
Coughlan, W. G. (William George), 1902-1981
Downing, Robert Reginald
Fallding, Harold
Family Welfare Bureau (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Federal Pacifist Council of Australia
Fellowship of Reconciliation (Great Britain)
Fellowship of Reconciliation. N.S.W. Branch
Forde, Francis Michael, 1890-1983
Fry, A. Ruth (Anna Ruth), 1878-1962
Halse-Rogers, Helen
Hartley, E. C.
Howard League for Penal Reform
Howard League for Penal Reform. Victorian Branch
Howard Prison Reform Council of N.S.W.
Kustermeier, Rudolf
Latona, Bill
Lawson, Sylvia
London Peace Society. New South Wales Branch
Lukes, Arthur
McMahon, William, 1908-1988
Maddison, J. C. (John Clarkson), 1921-
Michaltscheff, T. H.
Morrow, Rowe
N.S.W. Women's Inter-Church Council
New South Wales. Dept. of Prisons
New Zealand Howard League for Penal Reform
Pacifist Food Relief Fund
Parker, Alfred W.
Prison Reform Council of New South Wales
Prisoners' Aid Association of New South Wales
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia
Rodd, L. C. (Lewis Charles), 1906-1979
Sheahan, W. F. (William Francis), 1895-1975
Tennant, Kylie, 1912-1988
Thornthwaite, Russell
Trebitsch, Oscar N.
Treloar, J. L. S. (James Leonard Sydney)
Walker, Alan, 1911-
War Resisters' International
War Widows' Guild of Australia
Watts, Margaret Sturge, 1892-1978
Wyllie, B. R. (Bertram Russell), 1894-