Douglas McCallum papers, 1931-1998

MLMSS 7755

fonds

1931-1998

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

456778

2.05 metres of textual material (11 boxes)

Douglas McCallum (1922-1998), philosopher and political scientist, was Professor of Political Science and Head of the School of Political Science at the University of New South Wales, 1964-1987. He had majored in Moral and Political Philosophy at Sydney University where he came under the influence of Professor John Anderson. Following postgraduate studies and teaching at Oxford University, McCallum returned to Sydney in the mid-1950s where he taught in the Government Department and then the Department of Moral and Political Philosophy. He had briefly been a member of the Australian Communist Party, 1941-1942, but later became closely associated with the Australian Association for Cultural Freedom.

A. Diaries

1953-1955, 1970-1973; Pocket diaries (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/1/1)

B. Correspondence

1954-1987; Correspondence, being mainly letters received. Correspondents include Shlomo Avineri, 1973; Despina Balzidis, 1975; Isaiah Berlin, 1975; Owen Harries, Date unknown; Ken Inglis, 1988; Brian Kennedy, 1987; Neil McInnes, 1968; Rupert H. Myers, 1972; W. M. O'Neill, 1975; John C. Rees, 1955; Ken Scott, 1959; George Seddon, Date unknown; George Shipp, 1974; Dick Spann, 1954-1955; and Ian Warden, 1974 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/1/2)
1961-1964; Correspondence partly concerning resignations from the Executive and Management Committee of the Australian Association for Cultural Freedom. Correspondents include Madeleine Armstrong, Peter C. Gibbons, Owen Harries, Henry Mayer, P. H. Partridge and David Stove (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/1/3)
1968-1989; 'Letters & newscuttings'. Correspondents include Ron Gilchrist (Australian War Memorial), 1989; Michael Heyward 1989; Lee Shrubb, 1989; and Youri F. Vishnyakov, 1989 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/1/4)
1976-1988; Correspondence, being mainly letters received. Correspondents include Michael Birt, 1980, 1986-1987; Bob Carr, 1988; Adam Graycar, 1987; Donald Horne, 1984; Ken Inglis, 1976; Jim McClelland, 198-; John Mackinolty, 1987; Rupert H. Myers, 1981; Patrick O' Farrell, 1987; Gordon J. Samuels, 1987; George Shipp, 1987; Ian Warden, 1978; and Margaret Woodhouse, 1987 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/1/5)

C. Writings, Addresses and Talks

1947-197-; Articles, conference papers and reviews (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/1/6)
1974-1979; 'Solzhenitsyn Article', including correspondence with George Wilson (Executive Editor, Current Affairs Bulletin) and draft article (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/1/7)
1997; 'Memoir(s)', being notes mainly on career at University of New South Wales, with letter received from Conal Condren, 4 Apr. 1997 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/1/8)
Date unknown; 'Occasional Addresses', being mainly notes for speeches and talks (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/1/9)

D. Papers concerning John Anderson

1931-1969; 'Andersonianism', being mainly notes, newscuttings and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/2/1)
1958-1986; 'Misc. ("Design" etc.)', including letters received from John Anderson, 1951-1953, and Peter Riesenberg, 195-; and lectures by and notes on Anderson (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/2/2)
1958-1986; Folder of papers including notes by Ken Inglis on Eugene Kamenka's presentation on Anderson, 4 June 1986; annotated program of John Anderson Commemoration: Lectures and Conference, The Knoll Guesthouse, Bundanoon, N.S.W., 15-17 Apr. 1977; and typescript of Bibliography of Articles Concerning John Anderson, ca. 1977, by Michael Easson (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/2/3)
1932, 1936; Issues of Freethought: Organ of the Sydney University Freethought Society, No. 1, July 1932; No. 2, Nov. 1932; and No. 3, May 1936 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/2/4)
1957-1960; Issues of Libertarian. Published by the Libertarian Society at Sydney University. No. 1, Sept. 1957; No. 2, Sept. 1958; No. 3, Jan. 1960 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/2/5)
1960, 1965-1970, 1975; Issues of Broadsheet. Published by the Libertarian Society at Sydney University (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/2/6)
1962-1963; Issues of The Realist: Freethought Criticism and Satire. No. 39, Nov. 1962 - No. 44, Oct. 1963 (incomplete) (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/2/7)
1980-1998; Issues of Heraclitus. Published by some Sydney Libertarians, Pluralists and Critical Drinkers. No. 1, Sept. 1980 - No. 66, June 1998 (incomplete) (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/2/8)
ca. 1960; Photograph of John Anderson (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/2/9)

E. Subject Files

1963-1975; 'D. Armstrong', being writings by David Malet Armstrong (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/3/1)
1964-1968; 'Dr Knopfelmacher', being papers cocnerning Frank Knopfelmacher, including letters received by McCallum from Alex Carey, 1965; Eugene Kamenka, 1965; and Tom Millar, 1965 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/3/2)
1981-1986, 1997; 'Martin Krygier', being writings by him (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/3/3)
1967-1975; 'Neil McInnes', being writings by him (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/3/4)
1950-197-; 'Mayer, H.', being papers concerning Henry Mayer, including writings by him (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/3/5)
1960-1970; 'Obscenity', being papers concerning the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/3/6)
196--1977; 'Passmore / Partidge / Mackie', being writings by John Passmore, P. H. Partridge and J. L. Mackie (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/3/7)

F. Student and Academic Papers

1940-195-; McCallum's undergraduate and postgraduate notes in exercise books. Subjects include Economic History, Historical Metholdology, Modern Philosophy, Political Philosophy and Political Theory (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/4-5)
1947-1949; 'AAPP [Australasian Association of Psychology and Philosophy] Conf. 1947 / & Misc. Junk /AAPP. 1948 (Newport)' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/6/1)
1937-194-; 'British Moralists (1947)' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/6/2)
194--195-; 'Hobbes' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/6/3)
1949-195-; 'Huxley, T. H.' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/6/4)
1943; 'William James' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/6/5)
194-; 'Legal Theory II' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/6/6)
194-; 'Legal Theory III' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/6/7)
1940-1945; 'Logic' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/6/8)
1942; 'Mill and Berkeley' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/7/1)
1944; 'Space, Time & Deity / Alexander / 1944' (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/7/2)
1945-1946; Arts III-IV essays and notes (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/7/3)
194--1953; Miscellaneous notes, including letter received from Peter C. Gibbons, 25 Sept. 1944, mainly concerning 'The Pluralist State', a paper presented by P. H. Partridge on 18 Aug. 1944 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/7/4)
1946; 'Ethics and Politics', Moral and Political Philosophy, Arts IV Honours thesis (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/8/1)
1946; 'Sir Henry Parkes and Federation', History IV Honours thesis (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/8/2)
1949; Lectures on Henry Sidgwick (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/8/3)
1951; 'Max Weber's Theory of Social Organisation', B.Phil thesis in Politics, Lincoln College, Oxford, Trinity Term (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/8/4)
194--1987; Lecture and course materials, including files, notes and offprints of articles by others (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/9-10)

G. Miscellaneous Papers

194-, Date unknown; Address book; and exercise books (2) and notebook of Italian and Russian language exercises (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/11)

H. Printed Material

1946-1986; Includes issues of The Australian Highway: Journal of the Workers' Educational Association, 1959-1960; and other publications, including signed and inscribed presentation copy from Henry Mayer of Melbourne University Magazine 1949 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/11)

I. Photographs

197-; Photographs of McCallum with Frank Crowley dining at Mars Steakhouse, 242 Pitt Street, Sydney, and of McCallum with Ross Fitzgerald on the occasion of the conferring of the latter's PhD degree at the University of New South Wales, 1975 (Call No.: MLMSS 7755/11)

Author/Artist entries:
Samuels, Gordon Jacob, 1923-
Scott, Kenneth John, 1912-1961
Seddon, George, 1927-
Shipp, George, 1926-2003
Shrubb, Lee, 1929-
Spann, R. N. (Richard Neville), 1916-
Stove, D. C. (David Charles), 1927-1994
University of New South Wales. School of Political Science
Vishyakov, Youri F.
Warden, Ian, 1945-
Woodhouse, Margaret