VANCE PALMER PAPERS: PRESS CLIPPINGS - ARTICLES, 1922-1954

Component identifier:

Series 9

Content Summary:

The volume of press clippings contains travel articles, sketches and short pieces dealing mainly with the north coast of Queensland. The material covers the period 1922 to 1954, the bulk of it being within the first two decades. There are also general articles about literature and writers.

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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