Merrilyn Sernack papers, 1828-1985, mainly relating to the prison system of New South Wales, 1788-1982

MLMSS 8025

fonds

1828-1985

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

923554

3.26 metres of textual material (25 boxes)

Merrilyn Sernack compiled much of this collection of papers while engaged in research work on prison administration in New South Wales from 1874 to the 1970s for her degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Government at the University of Sydney. The subject of her thesis was Captain Frederick William Neitenstein, ISO, Comptroller-General of Prisons in N.S.W., 1896-1909. The introductory section of her thesis covers the historical background and origin of the N.S.W. prison system from the founding of the colony to Neitenstein's appointment in mid-1896.

Reference:
Compiled from the collection

BOX 1
Penal reform in New South Wales : Frederick William Neitenstein, 1896-1909 by Merrilyn Lee Sernack Cruise (2 volumes). PhD thesis, Government Department, University of Sydney

BOX 2
‘Master Sheets to Files’, being listing of research files, nos 1-297, compiled by Merrilyn Sernack to support her PhD thesis, including notes, archival and printed material, newscuttings, photocopies of newscuttings and photographs

Files 1-22

BOX 3
Files 22-47

BOX 4
Files 48-81

BOX 5
Files 82-121

BOX 6
Files 122-147

BOX 7
Files 148-172

BOX 8
Files 173-221

BOX 9
Files 222-297

BOX 11
Unnumbered files:
‘Administration 1954’
‘Agricultural Production Albury 1942’
Amended Regs [Regulations, Prison Act (1952)] 1956’
‘Deserted Wives & Child (Amendment) Act (1960)’
‘Draft & Final “Instruction Book” (1954)’
‘Drafts – Finals prisons Act (1952) & Regs Under’
‘Dubbo Gaol’
‘Essay on NSW Prison System [circa] 1952’
‘Gaol Records – Storage & Destruction 1935, 1941, 1950’
‘Gaol Report 1955’
‘Habeus Corpus – Escorts 1952-1960’
‘Henry Lawson “Starvinghurst Gaol”’
‘H.R.A. {Historical Records of Australia] Gaols 1783-1786
‘Payment of Visiting Surgeons 1950’
‘Press 1924-1926’
‘Press 1927’
‘Press 1928’
‘Press 1930’
‘Press 1937’
‘Press 1938-39’
‘Press 1940-41’
‘Press 1945-49’
‘Press 1950’
‘Press 1952-53’
‘Press 1954’
‘Press 1955-56’
‘Press 1963’
‘Press 1964’
‘Press 1965’
‘Press 1966’
‘Prison Camps 1936’
‘Regulations 1956-65’
‘Report – Gaol Building Projects 1959-67’
‘Revision – Day Rates 1950’
‘Revision – Pay & Expenditure 1951-54’
‘Revision – Regulations 1923-24’
‘Revision – Regulations 1930-31’
‘Revision: Rates & Privileges 1950’
‘Salvation Army Report 1958’
‘Staff Manual (1956|) & Amendments re Remissions 1957’
‘Undated M.S.S. [manuscript]’
‘Visit: Victorian Officers 1938’

BOX 12
Miscellaneous files:
‘Abstract’ relating to PhD thesis

‘FWN [F. W. Neitenstein] Portrait’

‘FWN Photographs’, being photocopies

‘Guide to the Archives of NSW’

‘Style’, relating to bibliographical citations and including list of errata

‘Thesis Correspondence’, 1973-1979
Correspondents include Professor Dick Spann, M. Aurousseau, Stephen White (Dept. of Law, Australian National University), R. F. Smith, Carrillo Gantner (Director, Stable Productions Pty Ltd) and Lilian Horler

‘Trial Bay Original Site Plan’

Folder of maps of NSW; 1972 photographs of gaols at Gouilburn, Grafton, Cooma, Cessnock, Maitland, Berrima, Glen Innes, Narrabri; and photocopies from Prisons Department annual reports, 1914-1915

‘Negatives / Photos’ relating to NSW prisons

‘To be Filed Photos’, being printed material

Printed and typescript source material, 1924-1978, including annual reports (formerly in black pamphlet box, Bx 1)

BOX 13
Printed and typescript source material, 1903-1975, with clandestine statements for the Truth newspaper by and regarding prisoner Smith, 1939 (formerly in black pamphlet box, Bx 2)

Printed source material, 1894-1976 (formerly in black pamphlet box, Bx 3)

BOX 14
Card index mainly to files 1-297, by file number and alphabetically by subject, A-I (formerly in metal drawer)

BOX 15
Card index mainly to files 1-297, alphabetically by subject, J-Y (formerly in metal drawer)

BOX 16
Card index mainly to files 1-297, including chronological index, 1800-1931 (formerly in metal drawer)

BOX 17
Card index mainly to files 1-297, including chronological index, 1932-1968; annual reports and bibliographical sources; disestablished gaols, A-W (formerly in metal drawer)

BOX 18
Bibliographical card index, being mainly alphabetical by author, A-K, in small wooden box

Bibliographical card index, being mainly alphabetical by author, L-Z, in small wooden box, with additional loose cards

BOX 19
Card index to sources for PhD thesis used in the Archives Office of NSW and the Mitchell Library, arranged alphabetically by author or subject or title of publication or records

BOX 20
1. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 1 Nov. 1970 - 19 July 1971
2. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 20 July 1971 – 4 Oct. 1971
3. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 5 Oct. 1971 – 18 Apr. 1972
4. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 1 May 1972 – 22 Aug. 1973
5. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 23 Aug. 1973 – 4 Feb. 1974
6. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 5 Feb. 1974 – 22 Mar. 1974
7. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 25 Mar. 1974 – 24 June 1974
8. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 26 June 1974 – 1 Nov. 1974
9. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 1 Nov. 1974 – 25 Apr. 1975

BOX 21
10. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 4 May 1975 – 30 Oct. 1975
11. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 31 Oct. – 11 May 1976
12. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 11 May 1976 – 2 Sept. 1976
13. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 3 Sept. 1976 – 30 Dec. 1976
14. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 30 Dec. 1976 – 4 Mar. 1977
15. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 4 Mar. 1977 – 17 Aug. 1977
16. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 26 Aug. 1977 – 31 Dec. 1977
17. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 1 Jan. 1978 – 5 Apr. 1978
18. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 5 Apr. 1978 – 24 June 1978
19. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 25 June 1978 – 23 Sept. 1978
20. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 22 Sept. 1978 – 17 Jan. 1979
21. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 18 Jan. 1979 – 23 May 1979

BOX 22
22. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 24 May 1979 – 13 Feb. 1980
23. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 14 Feb. 1980 – 11 Aug. 1980
24. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 12 Aug. 1980 – 23 Nov. 1980
25. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 23 Nov. 1980 – 30 Apr. 1981
26. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, Apr. 1981 – Sept. 1981
27. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, Sept. 1981 – Mar. 1982
28. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, Apr. 1982 – Aug. 1982
29. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, Sept. 1982 – Apr. 1983
30. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, Apr. 1983 – Oct. 1983
31. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, Oct. 1983 – Dec. 1983

BOX 23
32. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 27 Dec. 1983 – 2 Aug. 1984
33. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 2 Aug. 1984 – 26 Apr. 1985
34. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 26 Apr. 1985 – 18 Jan. 1986
35. Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to prisons, 20 Jan 1986 – 19 Nov. 1986
Unnumbered scrapbook of newscuttings and printed material relating to Attica Prison, New York, 1971-1976

Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, 1971-1972
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, 1972
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, 1972-1973
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, 1973-1974

BOX 24
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, Mar. 1974 – June 1974
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, July 1974 – Nov. 1974
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, Nov. 1974 – Feb. 1975
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, Feb. 1975 – May 1975
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, May 1975 – Aug. 1975
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, 30 Aug. 1975 – 4 Nov. 1976
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, 4 Nov. 1976 – 25 Feb. 1977
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, 26 Feb. 1977 – 29 June 1977
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, 1 July 1977 – Sept. 1978
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, 15 Oct. 1978 – 27 June 1979
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, July 1979 – May 1981
Scrapbook of newscuttings relating to police, May 1981 – Mar. 1982

BOX 25
Folders (4) of newscuttings, 1980-1985, mainly relating to the High Court of Australia; Australian legal profession; and ‘Unmasking Medicine’, being Ian Kennedy’s Reith Lectures, 1980

The Australian Labor Party and the North West Cape Base: A Case Study in the Malformation of Policy by Merril Sernack. Thesis submitted for Political Science Fourth Year Honours, Sept. 1969. Photocopied typescript in blue spring-back folder

Copyright status:: In copyright
Research & study copies allowed: Applies to material in which Dr Merrilyn Sernack owns copyright