Personal and biographical papers of Nora Heysen, c.1930-1998

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Component identifier:
File 2
Content Summary:

Includes a copy of Hans Heysen's will; an extract of Nora Heysen's birth certificate; a transcript of an oral history recording conducted by Hazel de Berg at the National Library of Australia, 1975; and awards presented to Nora Heysen.

Also included is a handwritten and printed copy of an introduction by Adrian Feint to an exhibition opening of Nora's works at the Moreton Galleries, Brisbane, 22 September - 2 October 1953.

This file also contains a silhouette portrait of Nora Heysen(?) taken in Llandudno, 1930s? and her Reader's Ticket for the Print Room of the British Museum, 1934-1935.

Immediate source of acquisition:
Nora Heysen bequeathed the collection to the Library as part of the Heysen Trust in a single instalment in 2004, with the assistance of Lou Klepac, Nora Heysen's executor.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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