Nan Musgrove and F. C. Kennedy papers

MLMSS 12063/Box 1
MLMSS 12063/Boxes 2X-7X

fonds

1942-1986

Textual Records, Clippings

9585195

3.12 metres of textual material (1 box and 6 outsize boxes) - printed typescript

F. C. Kennedy (active 1958-1992) was a freelance journalist and television critic. His weekly column 'Looking in with The Viewer' first appeared in 'TV News' magazine on 28 June 1958 and continued with the successor publications 'TV News-Times' and 'TV Times'. Kennedy retired in July 1978.

Nan Musgrove (1912-1991) was raised in Newcastle, Singleton and Wingham following the appointments of her clergyman father, Rev. Percy de Laure Musgrove and his wife Muriel Annie (nee Thacker), being one of four children.

Musgrove worked in Canberra between 1943 to 1946 as a journalist for ‘Truth’ and ‘The Daily Mirror’ newspapers. She is noted in Who’s Who of Australian Women, 1982 as being the first woman roundsman to Federal Parliament, 1943, the first woman journalist to attend Prime Minister’s interviews in Canberra and the first woman secretary in the Press Gallery to Federal Parliament. Between 1947 and 1953 she was magazine editor for Invincible Press.

Musgrove came to prominence as a journalist working for ‘The Australian Women’s Weekly’ as television critic and celebrity interviewer between 1957 and 1976, then news editor between 1976 and 1978. She took up the Australian Consolidated Press post of London editor for the magazine in 1978, becoming the first Australian woman bureau chief in Fleet Street.

Nan resided in Neutral Bay with her companion, F. C. 'Ken' Kennedy. In retirement Nan remained active freelancing, assisting Ita Buttrose at ‘Ita’ magazine. Kennedy and Musgrove were also involved with the Friends of Taronga Zoo, producing the Friends’ newsletter. Nan Musgrove passed away in September 1991.

References:

1. Day, Christopher, ed. "F. C. Kennedy retires." TV Times Sydney 20, no. 41 (15 July 1978): 7

2. Lofthouse, Andrea and Smith, Vivienne. "Musgrove, Nancy Helen (Nan)." Who's Who of Australian Women, 331-332. Sydney: Methuen Australia, 1982

3. Library correspondence file

This collection contains clippings of published newspaper and magazine articles that were written and collected by the donors:

Box 1 contains loose clippings of published magazine articles by F.C. Kennedy:

Box 1
Folder 01: TV News and TV News-Times, 1958
Folder 02: TV News-Times and TV Times, 1959
Folder 03: TV Times, 1960
Folder 04: TV Times, 1961
Folder 05: TV Times, 1962
Folder 06: TV Times, 1963
Folder 07: TV Times, 1964
Folder 08: TV Times, 1965
Folder 09: TV Times, 1966
Folder 10: TV Times, 1967
Folder 11: TV Times, 1968
Folder 12: TV Times, 1969
Folder 13: TV Times, 1970
Folder 14: TV Times, 1971
Folder 15: TV Times, 1972
Folder 16: TV Times, 1973
Folder 17: TV Times, 1974
Folder 18: TV Times, 1975
Folder 19: TV Times, 1976
Folder 20: TV Times, 1977
Folder 21: TV Times, 1978

Boxes 2X-7X houses scrapbooks containing clippings of published newspaper and magazine articles by Nan Musgrove:

Box 2X
Book 1: The Daily Mirror, Canberra, 1942-1943
Book 2: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Mono, 14 November 1956-2 December 1959
Book 3: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Mono, New South Wales and Victoria, 2 December 1959-11 January 1961

Box 3X
Book 1: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Mono and Color, New South Wales and Victoria, 11 January 1961-23 August 1961
Book 2: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Color, 7 June 1961-23 May 1962
Book 3: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Mono, National Supplement, 1 June 1962-30 May 1963
Book 4: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Mono, New South Wales, 6 September 1961-22 April 1964

Box 4X
Book 1: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Color, 20 June 1962-30 September 1964
Book 2: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Mono, New South Wales, 29 April 1964-10 May 1967
Book 3: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Color, All States, 14 October 1964-10 July 1968

Box 5X
Book 1: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Mono, Celebrity, mainly about TV stars, 2 September 1970-11 September 1974
Book 2: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Color, New South Wales, 3 November 1971-20 November 1974
Book 3: Sunday Telegraph, 1982
Book 4: Sunday Telegraph, 1983-1986

Box 6X
Book 1: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Mono, New South Wales, 19 April 1967-23 September 1970
Book 2: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Color, All States, 17 July 1968-20 October 1971

Box 7X
Book 1: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Mono, 1974-1976
Book 2: The Australian Women's Weekly, T.V. Color, 1974-1976

F. C. Kennedy's clippings are arranged in manilla folders according to year.Nan Musgrove's clippings are arranged in chronological order and attached within scrapbooks. Her clippings of articles published in The Australian Women's Weekly are further divided between those published in 'Color' (colour) or in 'Mono' (monochrome).

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder