NETTIE PALMER PAPERS: PRESS CLIPPINGS - BOOK REVIEWS

Component identifier:

Series 20

Content Summary:

The material in the series includes the 'Book of the Week' reviews done by Nettie Palmer for the A.B.C. weekly in 1943. There are also the book reviews published from 1929 to 1934 in The Brisbane Courier, The Illustrated Tasmanian Mail, The Sydney Bulletin and All about books.

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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