Kenneth John Cable papers, ca. 1870-1989

MLMSS 8577

fonds

ca. 1870-1989

Textual Records, Clippings

440344

0.48 metres of textual material (3 boxes)

Kenneth John Cable (1929-2003) was a distinguished historian and academic. He attended Sydney Boys High School, and graduated from Sydney University with Bachelor Arts in 1950, achieving first-class honors and the University Medal in History. He then completed an Masters in History, writing a thesis on the role of the Anglican Church in colonial NSW.

From 1950 to 1952, he was temporary lecturer in history at the Univerity of Sydney, and in 1956 was appointed as lecturer in History at the New South Wales University of Technology. In 1958, he achieved First Class Honors in History in and Master of Arts from the University of Cambridge, and was appointed to lectureship in History at the University of Sydney. He did his PhD at King's College, researching the history of colonial universities of the British Empire.

He contributed articles on Australian religious history to the Journal of Religious History and the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society. He also wrote pieces on Australian Anglicans for the Australian Dictionary of Biography and worked on biographical register of the Anglican Church in Australia with his wife Leonie.

Cable also became involved in the team writing the history of the University of Sydney, and with Stephen Judd published a path-breaking history of the Anglican diocese of Sydney. For these contributions he was promoted to associate professor in 1967. He was chair of the board of studies in divinity for some years and was head of the history department from 1987 to 1988. He also enjoyed a long association with St Paul's College.

He was also active in church affairs, acting for many years as a warden of St James's Church, Sydney. For his services to history and the community he received the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and in 1982 was made a member of the Order of Australia. In 1989 the Australian College of Theology made him an honorary doctor of theology, the first time this degree was bestowed on an Anglican layman; and in 2003 he was awarded the Australian Dictionary of Biography Medal for outstanding service to the ADB.
(see Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vo. 89, Part 2, Dec. 2003)

References:
Compiled from the collection
Sydney Morning Herald Obituaries, ‘Kenneth Cable, Historian, 1929-2003’, by Richard Waterhouse. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/16/1065917544387.html?from=storyrhs (accesses 22 June 2012)

BOX 1
Addresses relating to history of the Eastern suburbs and St James church by Ken Cable, ca. 1964

Draft articles written by Ken Cable for Australian Dictionary of Biography on bishops Frederic Barker and clergymen Zachary Barry, ca. 1969

Seven exercise books containing research notes on parliamentary debates relating to Alexander Stewart, Premier of NSW, 1845-1888, compiled by Cable, no date

Letters of the Hall Family, ca. 1870-1890s

Printed book ‘The speeches of Alexander Gordon, Esq., and Alexander Stuart, Esq., at the meeting of the General Conference of the Church of England in New South Wales on Thursday April 12th, Friday April 13th and Tuesday April 17th 1866'

BOX 2
Addresses and lectures mainly relating to the history religion, Anglican churches and education and local history of the Eastern Suburbs given at St James Church, University of Sydney and Library Association of Australia NSW Division Conference, ca. 1968-1976

Draft articles and research notes for Australian Dictionary of Biography on bishop Lewis Bostock Radford, clergymen John Woolley, Charles Frederick Garnsey and Henry Hose, ca. 1972-1976, 1988

Draft chapters and research notes for book on the history of St James Church Sydney, ca. 1982

Drafts and research notes on history of religion and education in Australia, particularly the Anglican Church, colonial universities and colleges of the British Empire, ca. 1942-1987. Includes minutes and history of St Pauls College and Sydney University

Research notes on Sir James Fitzjames Stephens, no date

BOX 3
School letters, certificates, programs, exercise books, results and reports relating to Kenneth Cable and Wendy Cable, ca. 1934-1953

School projects and creative writings by Ken Cable, ca. 1939-1950

Letters, greeting cards and ephemera relating to the Cable family, ca. 1929-1986

Two Australian Military Forces warrants appointing William Henry Cable to the Australian Special Reserve and Imperial Military Forces and one certificate of discharge, 1951-1955

University programs and publications, postcards and letters collected as a student and lecturer at Sydney University, ca. 1940, 1950-1963

School, university and family photographs and photographic postcards, ca. 1938
Correspondence and application for the Giblin Studentship at King’s College, Cambridge, 1951

Newscuttings, 1949-1967

Employment and school reference letters, ca. 1912-1917, 1964

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