Papers of C.A. Burmester. 1934-1990.

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Papers of C.A. Burmester. 1934-1990.

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The papers relate mainly to Burmester's work as a senior member of the staff of the National Library of Australia and to his scholarly and bibliographical activities in his retirement. They include reports, minutes and other internal documents, correspondence, speeches, talks, draft bibliographies and copies of his unpublished memoirs. There are papers on the Conference on Source Materials for Australian Studies (1961), the National Book Resources Development Committee (1963-1964), and the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University (1974-1978). Other papers relate to the four volume work National Library of Australia: guide to the collections (1974-1982). The correspondents include Sir Rex Nan Kivell, J.A. La Nauze, L.F. Fitzhardinge, A.P. Fleming and Dan Sprod.

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American Library Association

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National Library of Australia.

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Much of this collection was originally sent as specimen material to the National Library by the then Postmaster-General's Dept. Other material was presented to the Library or p̀assively' obtained in similar ways. The collection is not comprehensive. From the description of Philatelic items [manuscript]. 1860-1985. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225843143 ...

Australian advisory council on bibliographical services

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Burmester, C. A. (Clifford Amandus), 1910-

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Librarian and bibliographer. Burmester joined the staff of Commonwealth Parliamentary Library in 1935. Liaison Officer in London 1947-51. He transferred to National Library of Australia in 1960. Assistant National Librarian 1967-1971. From the description of Papers of C.A. Burmester. 1934-1990. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222089359 ...