NETTIE PALMER PAPERS: DIARIES, 1910-1961

Component identifier:

Series 16

Content Summary:

Diaries for the years 1910, 1911, 1917, 1921, 1923 to 1932, 1934 to 1940, 1942 to 1947, and 1949 to 1961 (45 items).

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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