John Briears - papers, 1921-1982

MLMSS 7654

series

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

447919

A. Correspondence, 1941-1981

1941-1942, 1957-1981, Date unknown; Correspondence, being mainly letters received, with George Warnecke (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/1/1)
1981; Correspondence with Meg Sordello (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/1/2)
1944-1946; Copies of letters for job applications (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/1/3)

B. Newspaper organisations, 1924-1941

1924-1941; Correspondence, including memoranda, with contracts, concerning employment mainly with Sydney Newspapers Limited and Consolidated Press Limited. Correspondents include Frank Packer and George Warnecke (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/1/4)
1927-1940; Papers, including notes and issue of spoof newspaper, Pack O'Lies Annual, 22-23 Aug. 1936 (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/1/5)
1928-1933; Newscuttings of articles and short pieces from The Labor Daily, The Daily Guardian and The Sunday Sun, compiled and possibly written by Briears (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/1/6)
1932-1936; 'G W etc / Womens Weekly etc', being papers concerning various issues and topics, including sale of The World newspaper in 1932; corrected page proof of The Australian Women's Weekly, 18 Apr. 1936, p. 3; copies of correspondence concerning newspaper appointments of George Warnecke; and typescript draft of Prospectus of Radio 2UE, Sydney Limited (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/1/7)
1933-1940; 'Women's Weekly', including promotional brochure for The Australian Women's Weekly; correspondence with George Warnecke, 1939; and spoof issue of newspaper, The Daily Guardian [2 July 1973] (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/1/8)

C. Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1941-1943

Correspondence, including memoranda, mainly with Warren Denning and M. F. Dixon (Federal News Editor) (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/1/9)

D. Department of Information & Australian News and Information Bureau (New York, N.Y.), 1940-1953

1942-1944; Chief Publicity Censor Instructions and Directions, 1942-1944, with notice from State Publicity Censor, Brisbane, and printed material, 1941-1942 (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/2/1)
1943-1953; Correspondence mainly with E. G. Bonney, John A. Brogan, Jr., James W. Brown, A. A. Calwell, Gavin S. Casey, A. J. Dalziel, H. V. Evatt, Ralph Harry (First Secretary, Australian Embassy, Washington D.C.), John Hewitt (Australian News and Information Bureau, San Francisco, Calif.), Kevin Murphy (Chief Publicity Office, Dept. of Information), Newspaper News, Constance Paul, F. Sinclair (Secretary, Dept. of the Army), J. J. Stewart, Dal Stivens, George Warnecke and Yaffa Syndicate Pty. Ltd. (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/2/2)
1943-1950; Miscellaneous papers, including Dept. of Information weekly newsletters, 1944-1945; material concerning the 1946 Commonwealth Referendum; copy of confidential report, An Analysis of the Market for Australian Wool in the United States in the Year 1948 by W. Alan Westerman, submitted by R. R. Ellen (Australian Government Trade Commissioner, New York, N.Y.), 20 Dec. 1947; and invitation from the Australian Society of New York, 1948 (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/4/3)
1940; Australian Publicity in the United States: A Confidential Report by Earl Newsom & Company, New York, with covering letter from Earl Newsom to the Honorable Richard G. Casey (Australian Legation, Washington, D.C.), 1 Oct. 1940 (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/2/4)
1946-1950; Publications of the Australian News and Information Bureau (New York, N.Y.), being issues of Australia, vol. 6 no. 1 and vol. 8 nos 1-8, 10; A Look at Australia, 4th edn, 1949; Australian Weekly Review, 1947-1950 (incomplete); Australian News Summary, nos 605 and 631, 1946; Australian News Release, 1946, 1949-1950 (incomplete); and Australian Financial News, 1947, 1950 (incomplete) (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/2/5)

E. Subject files, 1921-1982

1939-1940, 1974-1982; Papers concerning The Australian Women's Weekly, including magazine rate card, 3 Feb. 1940; and notes and newscuttings regarding article on the magazine in The National Times, 27 July-2 Aug. 1975, and on the magazine's 50th anniversary (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/3/1)
1940, 1946, 1975, 1977; Papers concerning H. V. Evatt, including newscuttings, biographical notes and copy of extract of Evatt's speech delivered at Hurstville, N.S.W., 4 Sept. 1940 (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/3/2)
1921-ca. 1981; Miscellaneous papers, including corrected typescript of obituary of E. G. Bonney (1883-1959) and personal resume, Dec. 1976 (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/3/3)

F. Photographs, 1936-1972

1972; Colour slides (3) of John Briears, Marjorie Briears and George Warnecke during the Briears' stay with Warnecke in Dublin; photographs of Mr and Mrs John Woolcott-Forbes, 1936; George Warnecke with his wife Nora and Marjorie and John Briears, 193-; ocean liner, Monterey, 1946; group of four technical journalists from Australia visiting Perkins Engines Group, Peterborough, U.K., 15 July 1966, being John Briears (Manufacturers Monthly), A. E. Prince, A. M. Payne (Tait Publishing Co. and Australian Civil Engineer), F. Bryning (Australian Electrical World) with Peter Hooper (General Public Relations Manager, Perkins Engines Group); group of Australian journalists, John Briears, A. E. Prince, F. Bryning and A. M. Payne with Mrs K. Whatley (Central Office of Information, London), Miss A. Burkinshaw (Commonwealth Relations Office), J. Robertson MP, and F. Blackburn MP, on riverside terrace of Houses of Parliament, London, July 1966 (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/3/4)

G. Printed material, 1950-1974

1950-1951; Shipboard menus and passenger lists of maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Oronsay of the Orient Line from London to Australia, 16 May-18 June 1951, with List of Passengers of the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, First Class from New York to Cherbourg and Southampton, 8 Dec. 1950 (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/3/5)
1953-1974; Publications, including Newspaper News, 25th Anniversary Issue, May 1953; and Persuasio's Guide to Good Advertising: Adelaide, Griffin Press, 1964 (Call No.: MLMSS 7654/3/6)