Series 01: H. G. Kippax correspondence, 1936-1992

MLMSS 7987/Boxes 1-2
MLMSS 7987/Boxes 3X-4X

series

1936-1992

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Drawings

910026

0.40 metres of textual material (2 boxes, 2 outsize boxes) includes 2 photographs

BOX 1
Folder 1
‘Old Letters’, being correspondence, 1936-1959, with associated papers being Metropolitan Police – New Scotland Yard press identification card, 1956; photograph of Kippax in London, ca. 1956; The History of 81 Wireless Section (Light), 6 Dec. 1945; Francis Lymburner pen and ink drawing of a bear. Correspondents include David Cahill, 1948-1954; Neville Cardus, 1949; Dorothy Dickson, 1946, 1948; Hayes Gordon, 1959; Muir Holburn, 1949; Francis James 1959; Alan Kippax, 1953; Betty Lucas, 1949?; Francis Lymburner, 1959; Pamela Lymburner, 1942-1946, 1949-1950; Leo McKern, 1947-1954, 1958-1959; Angus H. McLachlan, 1946-1952; Douglas Okey (Knox Grammar), 1938; Ralph W. Peterson, 1951-1953; Lt. Jim N. Shearer, 1940-1942; Dinah Shearing, 1959

Folder 2
Correspondence with staff and management of Sydney Morning Herald and John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd, 1954-1957, including John D. Pringle and A. H. McLachlan (General Manager, John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd)

Folder 3
‘Personal’, being correspondence, with associated papers, 1959-1979. Correspondents include John Fairfax & Sons Limited; Peter Kenna, 1959; Rev. Gordon Powell, 1960; R. P. Throssell, 1977

Folder 4
‘Letters’, being correspondence, 1962-1974, originally in one folder, transferred to two folders, Correspondents: A-G and Correspondents: H-W:

Correspondents: A-G
Include Angus & Robertson, 1965, 1972-1973; Hugh Atkinson, ca. 1963; Colin Badger, 1964, 1972-1973; E. D. A. (Alec) Bagot, 1965; Colin Ballantyne, 1966; Jean Battersby, 1968-1972; John Bell [1965]; Colin Bingham 1967-1972; Geoffrey Blainey, 1972-1973; Ron Blair, 1973; Spencer Brodney, 1964; Joan Bruce 1972?; Neville Cardus, 1966; Gordon Chater, 1971; C. B. Christesen, 1965-1967, 1971-1972; H. C. Coombs, 1968-1972 (and Peter Howson, 1972); Roger Covell, 1972?; Desmond Crowley, 1965; The Currency Press, 1973; Reid Douglas, 1964; Eric Duckworth, 1968, 1971,1973; Geoffrey Dutton, 1962 (see also Sun Books); W. H. C. Eddy, 1967; F. W. Cheshire Publishing Pty Ltd, 1965-1968; W. O. Fairfax, 1966; Doris Fitton, 1969; Ron Geering, 1970

Folder 5
Correspondents H-W
Include Elizabeth Harrower, 1966; Max Harris, 1973; Jack Hibberd, 1973; Alec Hope, 1972; Peter Howson, 1972; Barry Humphries, 1968; Ken Inglis, 1966; Robyn Joyce, 1972?; Leonie Kramer, 1970; John Krummel; Allen Lane, 1965; Sylvia Lawson, 1972?; Stuart Lee, 1963; Johnny Lockwood, 1969; Betty Lucas, 1970-1973; Leo McKern, 1971; A. H. McLachlan (Managing Director, John Fairfax Limited), 1966; Jim McNeil [1974]; David McNicoll, no date.; Tony Morphett, 1968; George Munster, 1972; Lynne Murphy, 1972-1973; Carl Mydans, 1967; Al Weiner (University of Michigan), 1966; John Ogburn, 1973; Cyril Pearl 1966, 1973; Penguin Books, 1962, 1965-1966; Hal Porter, 1963; John Douglas Pringle, 1954, 1965; Queensland Art Gallery, 1965; Queensland Theatre Company, 1972; Robert Quentin, 1966, 1968; Nina Riemer, 1973; Roland Robinson, 1967; Colin Roderick, 1965,1966, 1970-1972; John Rorke (Current Affairs Bulletin), 1966-1967; Geoffrey Serle, 1965; Harry Standish, 1966; Sun Books Pty Ltd, 1966-1967; Kylie Tennant, 1970; Russel Ward, 1967; Patrick White, 1963, 1972-1973; Derek Whitelock, 1966-1967; Don Whitington, 1967; E. G. Whitlam, 1973; G. A. Wilkes, 1973, with various unidentified correspondents

BOX 2
Folder 1
‘Correspondence / Books’, being correspondence and memoranda relating to book reviews, 1965-1969. Correspondents include Allan Ashbolt, 1969; Bob Brissenden, 1969; Clem Christesen, 1965; W. A. R. (Billy) Collins, 1968-1969; Robert D. FitzGerald, 1967-1969; Thelma Forshaw, 1969; S. L. Goldberg, 1965; A. D. Hope, 1965, George Johnston, 1966-1968; Judith McKinney (Wright), 1965-1966; Hal Porter, 1968; John Douglas Pringle, 1969; Robert Quentin, 1968; Douglas Stewart, 1965-1968; Angus Wilson, 1966

Folder 2
‘Memoranda / Personal’, 1970-1979, being memoranda from John Fairfax & Sons Limited and The Sydney Morning Herald, and correspondence mainly with H. C. Coombs, 1973; Doris Fitton, 1977; Jack Hibberd, 1973; David Rowbotham, 1976; Douglas Stewart, 1973

Folder 3
‘Personal’, being correspondence, 1979-1982, mainly relating to legal and taxation matters

Folder 4
‘Letters 1989-92’, being correspondence, 1979, 1987-1992, mainly with friends, arts and cultural institutions, charities and theatre companies. Correspondents include John Bell, 1989; Joan Bruce; Jack Carmody, 1990; John Clark (National Institute of Dramatic Art), 1989-1990; Ken Horler, 1991; Ken Inglis, 1989; John Krummel, 1989; Abigail McKern, 1992; Leo McKern, 1990-1992; David Marr, 1989?, 1991; Old Knox Grammarians’ Association; Michael Redington, 1989; Leonard Radic, 1989; Max Suich, 1990-1991; John Sumner, 1989-1990; Doreen Warburton, 1989; Richard Wherrett, 1989; Patrick White, 1979

Folder 5
‘Correspondence / Current’, being correspondence, 1983-1989. Correspondents include Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1986; John Bell, 1985; Katharine Brisbane, 1985; Diane Cilento, 1984; John Clark, 1984, 1986; Rosemary Creswell, 1985-1986, relating to George Munster Award for Freelance Journalism; Carrillo Gantner, 1984; Max Harris, 1986; John Fairfax & Sons Limited, 1983; Robert Jordan, 1984; Rosemary Laing, 1986, regarding enclosed photo of Kippax portrait rendered by her; Sylvia Lawson, 1985, 1989; Valerie Lawson, 1984-1985; Harold Love, 1983; Leo McKern, 1985-1986; Aubrey Mellor, 1985; Queensland Art Gallery, 1985-1986; Michael Redington, 1985; Stephen Murray-Smith, 1986; Jim Sharman, 1986; Richard Wherrett, 1983, 1985; Peter Whitford, 1984

Folder 6
‘Correspondence / Current / 1986-87-88’, being correspondence,1986-1988. Correspondents include Ron Blair, 1987; Jack Carmody, 1987; John Clark, 1987-1988; Noel Ferrier, 1988; Tom Fitzgerald, 1988; Leonie Kramer, 1988; John Krummel, 1988; Leo McKern, 1988; Lynne Murphy, 1988; Philip Parsons, 1987-1988; Michael Redington, 1988; Jim Sharman, 1988; Dinah Shearing, 198- ; Gavin Souter, 1987; John Tasker, 1987; Richard Wherrett, 1987; Patrick White, 1986 (photocopy)

BOX 3X
Correspondence with Jean Filshie, 1941-1965 (RESTRICTED)

BOX 4X
Letters received from Susan Kippax, 1969-1971, 1984 (RESTRICTED)

Additional Author/Artists:

Angus & Robertson
Badger, C. R. (Colin Robert), 1906-
Blair, Ron, 1942-
Brodney, Spencer
Cilento, Diane
Clark, John, 1932-
Collins, William Alexander Roy, Sir, 1900-1976
Covell, Roger, 1931
Creswell, Rosemary, 1941-
Currency Press
Douglas, Reid
Fairfax, Warwick, 1901-1987
Ferrier, Noel, 1930-1997
Fitton, Doris, 1897-1985
Fitzgerald, T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1918-1993
Gordon, Hayes, 1920-1999
Howson, Peter, 1919-
John Fairfax & Sons Ltd.
Kenna, Peter, 1930-1987
Krummel, John, 1944-
Lawson, Sylvia, 1932-
Lawson, Valerie, 1943-
McNeil, Jim, 1935-1982
Marr, David, 1947-
Ogburn, John, 1925-2010
Parsons, Philip, 1926-1993
Pearl, Cyril
Penguin Books Australia Ltd.
Pringle, John Douglas, 1912-1999
Queensland Art Gallery
Quentin, Robert, 1917-1979
Rorke, John
Shearing, Dinah, 1928-
Souter, Gavin, 1929-
Suich, Max
Sumner, John, 1924-
Sun Books
Warburton, Doreen, 1930-
Wherrett, Richard
Whitford, Peter
Whitlam, Gough, 1916-
Wilkes, G. A. (Gerald Alfred), 1927-
Wilson, Angus, 1913-

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 7987/ Boxes 3X & 4X

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which the author has been deceased for more than 50 years