Evatt Collection

Biography	Conditions of access	Contact	Photograph database
List of DVDs	List of files	List of valuables

Name of Collection	Evatt Collection
Type of material	Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, some published material, personal memorabilia.
Inclusive dates	1913 -1965
Quantity	7 filing cabinets, 9 bays of shelving, about 170 framed photographs, other objects. (estimated at 363 feet).
Form if not original
Location	Special Collections, Central Library, Level 3
Conditions of access	See separate document for conditions of access for manuscript material.
Notes	Presented by Mrs. M.A. Evatt in 1970. Published monographs and serial runs have been catalogued. They are available at the discretion of the Librarian for use within the Library if other copies are not available.
Further description	Includes private and official correspondence covering H.V. Evatt's private and public life mainly for the period of his term as Attorney-General and Minister of External Affairs and as Leader of the Opposition; collection of newspaper cuttings; printed matter relating to ALP, Federal elections 1940-1959, United Nations 1943-1949, Petrov Affair; books, journals, pamphlets, photographs; mss. of books and articles published by Evatt; some legal material.
Finding lists, indexes	List of files, database of photographs, list of DVDs and list of valuables are available.
Date of deposit	1970
Related links	Evatt Foundation List of Australian Prime Ministerial Libraries courtesy of the Malcolm Fraser Collection at the University of Melbourne.