Gilchrist, Hugh

Bib ID: 1353228

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1827 to 2007

Description:
[1827-2007]
7.80 m. (45 boxes) + 3 cartons + 5 folders.

Summary:
The bulk of the papers in MS 4931 comprise correspondence, 1969-1987, relating to Greek-Australian relations. There are personal diaries and various official despatches, 1958-1972, of Gilchrist in his positions as Australian Ambassador to Greece and Spain and as Acting High Commissioner in South Africa; minutes of the Australia Council Literary Board, 1979-1982, and typescripts of writings by Gilchrist on Greek-Australian relations (10 boxes, 3 folders).

The Acc03.153 instalment comprises further papers (1 box).

The Acc03.175 instalment comprises folios 41-56 of Gilchrist’s personal correspondence, for the period 1987-1994, relating to research for his publication, Australians and Greeks (1 carton).

The Acc03.182 instalment includes photographs used in vols. 1 and 2 of Australians and Greeks; press clippings about Greeks in Australia; photocopy of the manuscript diary of Greek Foreign Minister Panayiotis Pipinelis, 1940s; documents, mostly in Greek, about the early Greek Church in Australia, 1898-1914; typescript of Michael Tsounis’ Ph.D. thesis, “Greek communities in Australia”, 1971; and, a copy of Byron Matarangas’ thesis, in French, on the protection of minorities under international law (1 carton).

The Acc04.148 instalment comprises folios 57-70 of Gilchrist’s correspondence files documenting Greek-Australian relations (1 carton).

The Acc04.188 instalment includes folios 71-77 of Gilchrist’s correspondence files pertaining to Australians and Greeks; source materials on Greek pirate-convicts, 1827-1829; and, source materials on the Greek Church in Australia, 1898-1939 (1 box).

The Acc04.202 instalment comprises 11 subject files relating to Australians and Greeks (1 box).

The Acc04.276 instalment includes three correspondence files and five subject files of source material (2 boxes).

The Acc05.009 instalment comprises nine subject files (3 boxes).

The Acc05.019 instalment includes 12 subject files (3 boxes).

The Acc05.021 instalment comprises 11 subject files (3 boxes).

The Acc05.088 instalment includes 16 subject files and one file of “Australians and Greeks: miscellaneous sources” added subsequently (2 boxes).

The Acc05.131 instalment comprises six subject files: Greeks in wartime Australia, 1915-1918; transcript of the hearing of the case: Attorney-General of Victoria vs. A.V. Maniachi and others, in the Victorian Supreme Court, July 1927; the secret census of Greeks in Australia, 1916; Australian travellers and residents in Greece, 1919-1940; Greeks in Western Australia; and, Australians and Greeks (1 box).

The Acc07.167 instalment includes a copy of “A touch of Greece in Otho Street: the Australian café and Jim Boutieris”, by Peter McCarthy and presented at Inverell Town Hall, May 2007 (1 folder).

The Acc11.156 instalment comprises papers relating to Gilchrist’s career as a diplomat and research notes for his work Australians and Greeks. Papers include Department of Foreign Affairs despatches and reports; appointment sheets and invitations; general correspondence; lecture notes; passports, other official travel documentation, itineraries and memborabilia (includes menus, stickers, advertisements); promotional materials; clippings; newsletters; diary entries; Army Education Service papers and publications including “Jaquinotes” biographical and autobiographical notes. The instalment contains a signifcant number of University of Sydney student magazines (1933-1941) and two copies of Angry penguins including the original journal in which “Ern Malley’s” poem was published and subsequent issue relating to the poem (1944) (18 boxes).

The Acc12.039 instalment comprises correspondence, papers and memorabilia from Paul Panagopoulos regarding his time in Australia as a young man; correspondence regarding Gilchrist’s Medal of the Order of Australia; general papers, correspondence and 90th birthday cards (1 folder).


Notes:
Manuscript reference no.: MS 4931, MS Acc03.153, MS Acc03.175, MS Acc03.182, MS Acc04.148, MS Acc04.188, MS Acc04.202, MS Acc04.276, MS Acc05.009, MS Acc05.019, MS Acc05.021, MS Acc05.088, MS Acc05.131, MS Acc07.167, MS Acc11.156, MS Acc12.039.
Some items in Greek, some in French.
Related Material:
Hugh Gilchrist speech recordings in the Hugh Gilchrist MS 4931 collection; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 5266.
Hugh Gilchrist interviewed by Kenneth Henderson; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 1537.
Reproduction:
In part, photocopies. [S.l.]

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2023-11-06