Itmes 64-76: Short stories

Component identifier:

File 8

Content Summary:

Comprising: Item 64: 'The swan'; Item 65: 'Legend for Sanderson' (serial); Item 66: 'Symphony'; Item 67: 'Sharkbait'; Item 68: 'The Wiegerts'; Item 69: 'The silky oak'; Item 70: 'Escape'; Item 71: 'Josie'; Item 72: 'Das Fohlen' (The foal); Item 73: 'The Afghan'; Item 74: 'The rainbow-bird'; Item 75: 'The Velasquez venue'; Item 76: 'Sea-hawk' (Serial in 5 parts (part 2 missing)).

Immediate source of acquisition:

The first and largest consignment of the Vance and Nettie Palmer collection wasreceived by the National Library in 1965 from their daughters Aileen and HelenPalmer, after some years of negotiations. Further batches arrived in 1966 and 1967.It was found necessary to house the collection in different parts of the Library, foran important part of it consisted of non-manuscript material. The large library ofbooks and pamphlets are housed as a distinct collection in the Australian book stackswith each publication bearing a special Palmer book plate. The portraits of thePalmer and Higgins families are held in the Pictorial Section.

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