Papers of Sir Harold White, 1946-1970 [manuscript]. 1946-1990.

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Papers of Sir Harold White, 1946-1970 [manuscript]. 1946-1990.

Miscellaneous assortment of printed items, invitation & name cards; roneoed & manuscript notes, travel brochures from Sir Harolds trips to Japan & the USA; & roneoed & printed material on libraries & related subjects. Typed drafts of papers & notes relating to National Library & Parliamentary Library, newsclippings & notes of miscellaneous nature, photocopies of typed notes on National Library & the law collection & an article entitled "Canberra". Also included are journal articles: J. A. Ferguson "The support given to scholarship by Australian publishing houses" & R. Schellenberg, "The future of the archival profession" & notes for Bathurst visit. Also includes lists of names, biographical notes on J. B. Ferguson & Prem Purachtra, correspondence relating to the copyright law, & archives, & Vera Sauran & a photo of all NLA Staff on National Library front steps at Sir Harold White's farewell, 1970.Two reels of 16 mm film, added June 1997, including footage of National Library of Australia opening ceremony, an interview with National Librarian, Harold White and the National Library building under construction.

1.1 m (7 boxes)

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White, Harold Leslie, Sir, 1905-1992

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Ferguson, J. B.

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Ferguson, John Alexander, 1881-1969

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Epithet: Reverend novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00011e Judge, N.S.W. Industrial Commission, 1936-1953. Trustee, Library of New South Wales; Fellow and president of Royal Australian Historical Society; and compiler of Bibliography of Australia. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. [19--] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225823641 ...

Sauran, Vera

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Purachtra, Prem.

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Schellenberg, T. R. (Theodore R.), 1903-1970

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Chief, Division of Agriculture Department Archives of the National Archives. From the description of Methods of coordinating the work upon records by the Department of Agriculture and the National Archives [manuscript], 1939. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976442 Historian, archivist, author; of Kansas, Virginia. Theodore Roosevelt Schellenberg was the son of A.L. & Sarah Schellenberg. He was born in 1903 in Reno County, Kan. He...

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 ...