J M Main archive

James Millar Main was a Senior Lecturer and Reader in history, making a major contribution to the development of the discipline at Flinders University. In addition to leaving the generous J.M. Main Bequest used to purchase Australian history items for the library, an archive of Main’s papers were also donated to the University.

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List of files

The collection comprises 37 archive boxes of papers and manuscripts from the period 1769-90 and 1930-1984.

Folders 1-2	Manuscripts acquired by J.M. Main dated 1767-90, including correspondence between 1st Marquess Townshend, John Lees, Lord Robert Bertie, John Willaston and Samuel Pipe; correspondence between G.F. James and Philip Styles, 1934 and 1936.
Folders 3-69	Papers relating to post-graduate studies at Oxford and to the earlier period of J.M. Main's tenure of a Lectureship at the University of Melbourne. 1949-59.
Folders 70-182	Papers associated chiefly with the period 1955-1966 at the University of Melbourne, but including some later material.
Folders 183-458	Papers as Senior Lecturer (1966) and Reader (1967) in History at Flinders University. 1966-84.
Folders 459-486	Papers relating to C.H. Main (father of J.M. Main) and other members of the Main family, together with a copy of a statement of the estate of J.M. Main, copies of obituaries, etc. 1930-1984.
	Pamphlet box with personal correspondence