Guide to the Papers of John Mulvaney, 1605-2016

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9615, MS Acc13.203, MS Acc17.018, MS Acc17.088
Creator:
Mulvaney, D.J. (Derek John), 1925-2016
Extent:
37.85 metres and (227 ms boxes + 3 large folio boxes + 1 med folio box + 29 albums + 2 negative boxes + 27 map folios)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of John Mulvaney, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Part available for research; part permission required for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

This collection comprises files created by Professor Mulvaney in the course of his career as an archaeologist, historian, author and lecturer and includes correspondence, drafts of writings by Mulvaney and others, notes, notebooks, fieldwork papers and research material, financial papers, grant applications, minutes of meetings, submissions, reports, drawings, maps and plans, certificates, newspaper cuttings and other printed material. Mulvaney corresponded with archaeologists, historians, politicians, colleagues and friends from Australia and overseas. The bulk of the letters in this collection are written to Mulvaney, although drafts and copies of his own letters feature as well.

These papers represent a lifetime's work on the study of Australian prehistory, and reflect Mulvaney's interest in and activities relating to a wide range of archaeological, anthropological and environmental issues. The papers document Mulvaney's undergraduate and postgraduate studies; his writings, research interests and fieldwork; and his professional appointments, such as his work with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (later the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies), the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Committee of Inquiry into Museums and National Collections, the Interim Committee of the National Estate, the Australian Heritage Commission and the National Museum of Australia.

Biographical Note:
Date Event
1925 Born in Yarram, Victoria, on 26 October
1942-1943 Student teacher, Department of Education, Victoria
1943-1946 Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force
1948 Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Melbourne
1949-1951 Tutor in History, University of Melbourne
1951 Master of Arts (Honours), University of Melbourne
Inaugural Archbishop Mannix Travelling Scholar
1951-1953 Australian National University Research Scholar, University of Cambridge
1953 Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge
1953-1958 Lecturer in History, University of Melbourne
1959-1964 Senior Lecturer in History, University of Melbourne
1960 Master of Arts, University of Cambridge
1961 Foundation Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Nuffield Foundation Dominion Fellow, Institute of Archaeology (London)
1963 Royal Society of Victoria Research Medal
1964-1980 Council Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
1965-1970 Senior Fellow in Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University
1965-1976 Executive Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
1969 Australian Literature Society Dame Mary Gilmore Medal
1970 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities
1971 Acting Principal, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
1971-1985 Foundation Professor of Prehistory, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University
1972-1974 Council Member, Australian Academy of the Humanities
1972-1976 Deputy Chairman, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
1974-1975 Member, Committee of Inquiry into Museums and National Collections
1975 Chairman, Planning Committee, Gallery of Aboriginal Australia
1975-1976 Deputy Chairman, Museums Association, Canberra Division
1976-1977 Commonwealth Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge
1976-1982 Australian Heritage Commissioner
1977 Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London
1981 President, Section 25A (Archaeology), ANZAAS Conference
1981-1983 Member, Interim Council of the Museum of Australia
1982 Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
1982-1984 Chairman, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
1983 Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
1984-1985 Visiting Professor in Australian Studies, Harvard University
1985 Whitely Book Award for biography, Royal Zoological Society (NSW)
1986 Emeritus Professor of Prehistory, Australian National University
1986 Honorary Member, Australian Archaeological Association
Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Australian Studies (with J. H. Calaby)
1986-1988 Chairman, ACT Heritage Committee
1986-1990 Honorary Fellow, Department of History, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University
1987-1990 Honorary Fellow, Museum of Victoria
1988 ANZAAS Medal
1989-1992 Member, Editorial Board, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
1989-1996 Secretary, Australian Academy of the Humanities
1990 Honorary Member, Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Honorary Member, Prehistoric Society (London)
1991 Order of Australia
1996 Honorary Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute
1997-1998 Ashley Fellow, Trent University (Canada)
1999 Grahame Clark Medal, British Academy
2001 Australian Centenary Medal
2004 Rhys Jones Medal, Australian Archaeological Association

Bibliographic Reference(s)

Collection Retrieval Advice:

Please note: each class in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Provenance:

The original instalment of this collection (MS 9615) was donated by Professor Mulvaney under the Cultural Gifts Program in September 1999. Further instalments were received in 2013 and 2017.

Arrangement:

Where possible, the Library has tried to maintain the order of the collection as received from Mulvaney.

For the main correspondence series in MS 9615, the alphabetical arrangement of the files has been maintained, while in other series of MS 9615, the files have been arranged in roughly chronological order. File titles are based on Mulvaney's file titles, where present.

Many of the series in MS 9615 contain papers relating to other series. In particular, papers relating to Mulvaney's research interests and writings are found throughout the collection.

Container List:
MS 9615 Series No. File or Item No. Box No.
1 1-9 1 (MS 9615)
10-17 2 (MS 9615)
18-25 3 (MS 9615)
26-33 4 (MS 9615)
34-42 5 (MS 9615)
43-51 6 (MS 9615)
52-59 7 (MS 9615)
60-68 8 (MS 9615)
69-76 9 (MS 9615)
77-84 10 (MS 9615)
85-91 11 (MS 9615)
92-100 12 (MS 9615)
101-107 13 (MS 9615)
108-115 14 (MS 9615)
116-123 15 (MS 9615)
124-131 16 (MS 9615)
132-140 17 (MS 9615)
141-149 18 (MS 9615)
150-158 19 (MS 9615)
159-166 20 (MS 9615)
167-175 21 (MS 9615)
176-184 22 (MS 9615)
185-192 23 (MS 9615)
193-200 24 (MS 9615)
201-208 25 (MS 9615)
209-217 26 (MS 9615)
218-226 27 (MS 9615)
227-235 28 (MS 9615)
236-245 29 (MS 9615)
2 1-7 30 (MS 9615)
8-15 31 (MS 9615)
16-24 32 (MS 9615)
25-33 33 (MS 9615)
34-42 34 (MS 9615)
3 1-2 Folio Box 1 (MS 9615)
3-4 35 (MS 9615)
4 1-5 35 (MS 9615)
6-7 Map Folios (MS 9615)
5 1-9 36 (MS 9615)
10-18 37 (MS 9615)
19-27 38 (MS 9615)
28-37 39 (MS 9615)
38-46 40 (MS 9615)
47-55 41 (MS 9615)
56-61 42 (MS 9615)
6.1 1-2 42 (MS 9615)
3-9 43 (MS 9615)
10-18 44 (MS 9615)
19-26 45 (MS 9615)
27-30 46 (MS 9615)
6.2 1-3 46 (MS 9615)
4-11 47 (MS 9615)
12-19 48 (MS 9615)
20-26 49 (MS 9615)
27-34 50 (MS 9615)
35-38 51 (MS 9615)
6.3 1-4 51 (MS 9615)
5-11 52 (MS 9615)
12-19 53 (MS 9615)
20 54 (MS 9615)
6.4 1-7 54 (MS 9615)
8-16 55 (MS 9615)
17-24 56 (MS 9615)
7 1-7 57 (MS 9615)
8-16 58 (MS 9615)
17-24 59 (MS 9615)
25-33 60 (MS 9615)
8.1 1-6 61 (MS 9615)
7-9 Map Folios (MS 9615)
8.2 1-2 61 (MS 9615)
8.3 1 61 (MS 9615)
2 Folio Box 1 (MS 9615)
8.4 1-8 62 (MS 9615)
9-15 63 (MS 9615)
16 Folio Box 1 (MS 9615)
8.5 1-5 64 (MS 9615)
6 Folio Box 1 (MS 9615)
7-9 64 (MS 9615)
10-12 65 (MS 9615)
8.6 1-2 65 (MS 9615)
3-7 66 (MS 9615)
8-12 67 (MS 9615)
8.7 1-9 68 (MS 9615)
8.8 1 69 (MS 9615)
8.9 1-8 69 (MS 9615)
9 70 (MS 9615)
10 Map Folio (MS 9615)
8.1 1-8 70 (MS 9615)
9-15 71 (MS 9615)
16 Map Folio (MS 9615)
8.11 1 71 (MS 9615)
2-5 Map Folios (MS 9615)
9 1-8 72 (MS 9615)
9-11 Closed Box 1
12-14 73 (MS 9615)
15-23 74 (MS 9615)
24-32 75 (MS 9615)
33-40 76 (MS 9615)
41-45 Closed Box 2
46 77 (MS 9615)
47 Closed Box 2
48-55 78 (MS 9615)
56-59 79 (MS 9615)
60 Closed Run (MS 9615)
61-62 79 (MS 9615)
63-66 80 (MS 9615)
10.1 1-4 80 (MS 9615)
10.2 1-6 81 (MS 9615)
7-14 82 (MS 9615)
15-21 83 (MS 9615)
22-28 84 (MS 9615)
29-33 85 (MS 9615)
34-39 86 (MS 9615)
40-44 87 (MS 9615)
45-49 88 (MS 9615)
50-55 89 (MS 9615)
56-62 90 (MS 9615)
63-70 91 (MS 9615)
71-78 92 (MS 9615)
79-86 93 (MS 9615)
87-93 94 (MS 9615)
94-100 95 (MS 9615)
101-108 96 (MS 9615)
109-116 97 (MS 9615)
11.1 1-8 98 (MS 9615)
9-16 99 (MS 9615)
17-23 100 (MS 9615)
24-30 101 (MS 9615)
31-35 102 (MS 9615)
36-40 103 (MS 9615)
41-44 104 (MS 9615)
45-48 105 (MS 9615)
49-55 106 (MS 9615)
56-62 107 (MS 9615)
63-65 108 (MS 9615)
11.2 1-5 108 (MS 9615)
6-14 109 (MS 9615)
12 1-8 110 (MS 9615)
9-10 111 (MS 9615)
13 1-6 111 (MS 9615)
7-9 112 (MS 9615)
14 1-4 112 (MS 9615)
5-9 113 (MS 9615)
10-15 114 (MS 9615)
16-20 115 (MS 9615)
21-26 116 (MS 9615)
27-34 117 (MS 9615)
35-43 118 (MS 9615)
44-50 119 (MS 9615)
51-58 120 (MS 9615)
59-65 121 (MS 9615)
15 1-7 122 (MS 9615)
8-15 123 (MS 9615)
16 1-9 124 (MS 9615)
17.1 1-7 125 (MS 9615)
8-13 126 (MS 9615)
14-19 127 (MS 9615)
20-22 128 (MS 9615)
17.2 1-4 128 (MS 9615)
5-10 129 (MS 9615)
18.1 1 129 (MS 9615)
2-4 130 (MS 9615)
18.2 1-5 131 (MS 9615)
19 1-7 132 (MS 9615)
8-15 133 (MS 9615)
16-23 134 (MS 9615)
24-31 135 (MS 9615)
32-33 136 (MS 9615)
34-40 137 (MS 9615)
41-46 138 (MS 9615)
47-49 139 (MS 9615)
20 1-7 140 (MS 9615)
8-14 141 (MS 9615)
21 1-9 142 (MS 9615)
10-17 143 (MS 9615)
18-24 144 (MS 9615)
25-31 145 (MS 9615)
32-34 146 (MS 9615)
35 Folio Box 2 (MS 9615)
36 146 (MS 9615)
22 1-9 147 (MS 9615)
10-18 148 (MS 9615)
19-27 149 (MS 9615)
28-36 150 (MS 9615)
37-44 151 (MS 9615)
45-49 152 (MS 9615)
50-52 153 (MS 9615)
53-55 Folio Box 2 (MS 9615)
56 153 (MS 9615)
23 1-2 153 (MS 9615)
3 154 (MS 9615)
24 1-4 154 (MS 9615)
5-9 155 (MS 9615)
10-11 Folio Box 2 (MS 9615)
25 1 155 (MS 9615)
2-4 156 (MS 9615)

Access and use

Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of John Mulvaney, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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