Papers of Alan and Jean Salisbury
MSS 078
Collection Title
Papers of Alan and Jean SalisburyCollection Identifier
MSS 078Inclusive date(s)
1935 to 2008Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
This collection comprises photocopies from the National Archives of Australia of Sir Frederick Shedden's World War II War Cabinet War Cabinet notebooks from 27 September 1939 to 1946, and War Cabinet [and] Advisory War Council notes on the loss of HMAS Sydney, together with a copy of the 'Transcriptions of Sir Frederick Shedden's War Cabinet notebooks' and 'The loss of H.M.A.S. Sydney', transcribed by Mrs Jean Salisbury, OAM.
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers include photocopies held by the National Archives of Australia of Sir Frederick Shedden's World War II 'War Cabinet notebooks', from which he and his assistants compiled the minutes of the meetings of the War Cabinet from 5/2/1940 to 19/1/1946. Also included are photocopies of 'Minutes of Advisory War Council Meeting' and 'Notes - War Cabinet [and] Advisory War Council'.
Also included is CRS A5954/2 [Item 734/1], 'War Cabinet meetings notes', 27 September 1939 to 25 January 1940, not included in volume 1 of Shedden's 'War Cabinet notebooks'. These notes were contained in F.G. Shedden's box No. 536. In 2004, these notes were transcribed by Jean Salisbury, personal stenographer to Shedden during World War II. The pages have been numbered FGS Page 1 to FGS Page 45, 27/9/39 to 25/1/40.
This collection originally included the following works which have been catalogued separately, and added to the Library's collection at:
Bound copy and compact disc of the 'Transcriptions of Sir Frederick Shedden's War Cabinet notebooks', transcribed by Mrs Jean Salisbury, OAM - bound copy location: Folio collection, Call number folio D767.8 .S42 2005; CD-ROM location: AV CDROM (Multi-Media), Call number av cd D767.8 .S42 2005
'The loss of H.M.A.S. Sydney' - location Special Collections, Call number Special D 767.8 .S42 2008.
Access Restrictions
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
Further records relating to World War II and Alan Salisbury, ISO, and Sir Frederick Shedden, KCMG, OBE, are held by:
The National Archives of Australia in Series A5954 items 803/1 to 811/2, series A2679, series A6250 and series A9240.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library (JCPML), Curtin University of Technology, Perth in Records of Alan Salisbury, CRE1026; Personal papers of Alan & Jean Salisbury in Series SER0162, and Records of Frederick Shedden in Series SER0351.
The National Library of Australia holds 6 digital audio tapes of an interview with Alan Salisbury entitled Interview with Alan Salisbury, senior public servant in the Federal Dept. of Defence, 1934-72, with his wife Jean, personal secretary to the Departmental Secretary of Defence, 1942-45, interviewer John Farquharson (2001), call number: ORAL TRC 4757.
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.