Guide to the Mary Nolan photographic archive, 1963-1970s

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Summary

Collection number:
PIC/20791
Extent:
(4783 photographic negatives)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as 'Mary Nolan Photographic Archive, National Library of Australia, PIC/20791, [series/file/item number(s)]'.
Availability:
Available

Background

Content Summary:
Comprising of 4783 negatives, mostly black and white, this collection includes family photographs and candid photographs of many post-war Australian expats in the UK, including Brett Whitely, Barbara Blackman, John Percival, Arthur Boyd, Cynthia and Sidney Nolan, John and Sweeney Reed.
Biographical / Historical:

Mary Nolan (1926-2016) was born Mary Elizabeth Boyd at Murrumbeena, Victoria, the daughter of Merric and Doris Boyd and sister to Arthur, Lucy and Guy. Mary's first marriage was to artist John Perceval, with whom she had four children. She travelled to London in 1963, during which time she photographed her family and other Australian artists in London, briefly returning to Australia in 1965 before settling permanently in the UK. Following her second marriage to Sidney Nolan in 1978, Mary Nolan documented their travels to China, Africa and Australia in diaries and photographs. After Nolan's death in 1992, Lady Mary Nolan established the Sidney Nolan Trust.

Listing and Rehousing Note:

The Library has preserved the original physical and intellectual arrangement of the collection. The negatives arrived in boxes (or "batches"), with packets (or "groups") of negatives inside each box, with each grouping of negatives annotated with the relevant "batch" and "group" reference, e.g. Batch A: Group 1. "Sub-Series" content description notes were transcribed from annotations on the original housing. The titles of individual images were derived from an itemised list supplied by the donor.

Please note that the "Group" numbering for "Batch A" starts at "3".

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6197605).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as 'Mary Nolan Photographic Archive, National Library of Australia, PIC/20791, [series/file/item number(s)]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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