NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA PAPERS OF SIR EDMUND BARTON MS51 Manuscript Collection 1968-70, 1996 and last amended 2001 PAPERS OF EDMUND BARTON MS51 TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview 3 Biographical Note 6 Related Material 8 Microfilms 9 Series Description 10 Series 1: Correspondence 1827-1921 10 Series 2: Diaries, 1869, 1902-03 39 Series 3: Personal documents 1828-1939, 1844 39 Series 4: Commissions, patents 1891-1903 40 Series 5: Speeches, articles 1898-1901 40 Series 6: Papers relating to the Federation Campaign 1890-1901 41 Series 7: Other political papers 1892-1911 43 Series 8: Notes, extracts 1835-1903 44 Series 9: Newspaper cuttings 1894-1917 45 Series 10: Programs, menus, pamphlets 1883-1910 45 Series 11: High Court of Australia 1903-1905 46 Series 12: Photographs (now in Pictorial Section) 46 Series 13: Objects 47 Name Index of Correspondence 48 Box List 61 2 PAPERS OF EDMUND BARTON MS51 Overview This is a Guide to the Papers of Sir Edmund Barton held in the Manuscript Collection of the National Library of Australia. As well as using this guide to browse the content of the collection, you will also find links to online copies of collection items. Scope and Content The collection consists of correspondence, personal papers, press cuttings, photographs and papers relating to the Federation campaign and the first Parliament of the Commonwealth. Correspondence 1827-1896 relates mainly to the business and family affairs of William Barton, and to Edmund's early legal and political work. Correspondence 1898-1905 concerns the Federation campaign, the London conference 1900 and Barton's Prime Ministership, 1901-1903. Correspondence 1906-1920 relates mainly to Barton's family and to his work in the High Court. Correspondents include Alfred Deakin, Lord Forrest, Lord Hopetoun, Joseph Chamberlain, Sir Samuel Griffith, Sir William Lyne, Sir Henry Parkes, Lord Tennyson, Lord Jersey, George W.E. Russell, and Sir George Reid. There are also press cuttings relating to the Hastings-Macleay election, 1898, and to the activities of the Federation delegates in London, 1900; Commonwealth Constitution material, 1885-1901, some of it annotated in Barton's hand; family documents; commissions and honours. Extent 1.12 m (5 boxes and 16 security binders) + 11 over sized items (over 5,000 digital images) Arrangement This collection was originally numbered in a single sequence from 1-1298. A later addition to Series 1 was numbered 1/949a-1702a on the items, although the a's were omitted from the correspondence index. Additions to other series have also been inserted and numbered with a, b, c. Thus, for example, readers should carefully distinguish MS 51/990a, a letter from Richard O'Connor to Edmund Barton located in series 1, from MS 51/990, MS 51/990a and MS 51/990b, copies of a draft bill to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia located in series 6. Provenance The bulk of the collection was received from the co-executor of the Estate of Sir Edmund Barton, Sir David M. Maughan, who was also the husband of Barton's daughter, Jean Alice. The main Maughan consignment was transferred to the Commonwealth Library in June 1929, with subsequent transfers in April 1939, May 1940 and November 1955. Personal papers from the Barton Papers were separated from the pre-1955 consignments and sent to the Mitchell Library in Sydney. After Maughan's death, a consignment of papers held by the family was transferred by Maughan's son, David Wilfrid Barton Maughan in 1957. A final consignment was received from the family in 1996 (items 1703-1853). Small additions to the collection were also incorporated from other sources between 1933 and 1984. 3 PAPERS OF EDMUND BARTON MS51 Access Digital copies of the papers of Sir Edmund Barton are available through this guide. High resolution digital masters are also available on request to the Manuscript Librarian (http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/ms51/contact.html). This is a commercial service and a fee will be charged. The original papers may be consulted in the Manuscript Reading Room of the National Library. There are no access restrictions on the papers. The Reading Room is open from 9.00am to 5.00pm on weekdays. The papers have been microfilmed (http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/ms51/microfilms.html). The microfilm can be used in the Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room of the Library, which is open from 9.00am to 9.00pm from Monday to Thursday and from 9.00am to 5.00pm on Friday and Saturday. The microfilm can also be borrowed on interlibrary loan through the Document Supply Services (http://www.nla.gov.au/dss/) of the Library. Restrictions on Use Although there are no restrictions on access to the Barton Papers, readers should be aware that under Australian law copyright subsists in nearly all the unpublished papers in the collection. The papers were digitised by the National Library with the permission of members of the Barton family. Copyright in the letters received by Barton is held by the heirs of the writers of the letters. In accordance with Copyright regulations, the Library placed a notice in the Government Gazette listing all the correspondents and announcing its intention to reproduce the letters on the World Wide Web. Readers using the Barton Papers may make print-outs for research purposes. You may download, display, print and reproduce this content for your personal or non-commercial use but only in an unaltered form and with the copyright acknowledged. However, anyone wishing to publish manuscript items in the Barton Papers should in the first instance seek the permission of the Manuscript Librarian (http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/ms51/contact.html) of the National Library. If necessary, the Library can then refer the request to the appropriate copyright holder. Preferred Citation To cite this collection use: Papers of Sir Edmund Barton, National Library of Australia, MS 51. (nla.ms-ms51) An example of the preferred style for a citation of a specific item in this collection: Papers of Sir Edmund Barton National Library of Australia, MS51 Series 2: Diaries, 1869, 1902-03 Item 949: Private diary recording daily social events and persons attending the functions. 1869-70 Part 1. (nla.ms-ms51-2-949-s1) 4 PAPERS OF EDMUND BARTON MS51 To link on-line to specific items in the collection use the web address located at the bottom of the display page, eg http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms51-2-949-s1 links to the display page for the above example. The Library has adopted a naming scheme for persistent identifiers (http://www.nla.gov.au/nlaredirect/pi.html) and has a resolver service for linking to digital material no matter where on the Library's website it is currently located. The persistent identifier replaces any other numbers annotated on the item and should be used in preference in citations. 5 PAPERS OF EDMUND BARTON MS51 Biographical Note Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920) was the first Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, having previously been a leading advocate of Federation and one of the draftsmen of the Australian Constitution. He served as Prime Minister from 1 January 1901 until 23 September 1903, and then resigned to become the senior puisne judge of the newly-established High Court of Australia. Edmund Barton was the fourth and youngest son of William Barton (1795-1881) and Mary Louisa, née Whydah, who had emigrated from England to New South Wales in 1827. An elder brother was the barrister, journalist and author George B. Barton (1836-1901). On 28 December 1877 Edmund Barton married Jane (Jean) Mason Ross (1851-1938). Their children were Edmund Alfred (b. 1879), Wilfrid Alexander (b. 1880), Jean Alice (b. 1882), Arnold Hubert (b. 1884), Oswald (b. 1888) and Leila Stephanie (b. 1892). Date Event 1849 Born in Glebe, Sydney, 18 January 1859-64 Attended Sydney Grammar School 1865-67 Attended University of Sydney 1870 Graduated as a Master of Arts 1871 Called to Bar in Sydney 1879-82 Member of Legislative Assembly (University of Sydney seat) 1882-87 Member of Legislative Assembly (seat of East Sydney) 1883-87 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly 1887-91 Member of the Legislative Council 1887 Attorney-General in the Dibbs Protectionist Ministry 1891 New South Wales delegate at the Federal Convention in Sydney 1891-94 Member of the Legislative Assembly (East Sydney) 1891-92 Attorney-General in the Dibbs Protectionist Ministry 1894 Defeated in the general election (seat of Randwick) 1894-97 Led the Federation movement in New South Wales 1897-98 New South Wales delegate at the Australasian Federal Convention and chairman of the drafting and constitutional committees 1897-98 1897-98 Member of the Legislative Council 1898 Defeated by George Reid in the general election (seat of Sydney (King Division)) 1898-1900 Member of the Legislative Assembly (seat of Hastings and Macleay) 1899 Leader of the Australian delegation to London 6 PAPERS OF EDMUND BARTON MS51 1900 Appointed first Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for External Affairs, 31 December 1901 Appointed a Privy Councillor, 24 January 1901-3 Member of the House of Representatives (seat of Hunter) 1902 Attended Colonial Conference and Coronation of King Edward VII 1902 Knighted (GCMG) 1903 Resigned as Prime Minister, 23 September 1903-20 Senior puisne justice of the High Court of Australia 1915 Visited England 1920 Died at Medlow Bath, Blue Mountains, 7 January 7 PAPERS OF EDMUND BARTON MS51 Related Material In addition to the Barton Papers, the National Library holds a few other Barton manuscripts which were received from various sources: • MS 1530 Two letters to Barton written by Henry Rose, 4 April 1901, and Alfred Verral, 30 May 1901 • MS 1608 Illuminated address presented to Barton by British fair traders and advocates of Imperial preferential trade, London, June 1902 • MS 1612 Address presented by citizens of Ottawa on occasion of visit by Barton to Ottawa, 10 April 1902 • MS 2133 Governor-General's speech at the opening of the first Federal Parliament, 10 May 1901: typescript draft with manuscript amendments by Barton A number of manuscript collections in the National Library contain letters, either original or copies, written by Edmund Barton.