MATERIAL COLLECTED BY VANCE AND NETTIE PALMER RELATING TO WRITERS AND ARTISTS

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Series 28

Content Summary:

The material in this series is arranged alphabetically by name. Vance and Nettie gathered together material relating to writers and artists. This included material which was written by the people concerned in either published or manuscript form and material written about them - newspaper clippings, notes, and addresses (631 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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