Family Papers

Component identifier:: Series 10
Content Summary:: These papers include Ivy Brookes' reports from Merton Hall, and the conservatorium of Music, an indenture dated 1921 between Pattie Deakin and Ivy concerning "Llanarth" the Deakin home; Alfred Deakin's bible given to the Brookes in 1919; one of Herbert's sketch books; and Ivy's address book. There are also notes on the family tree of the Brookes and Robinson families, and a note book dated 1869 belong to William Brookes.
Immediate source of acquisition:: The papers of Herbert Brookes were presented to the National Library in April 1967 by his widow Ivy Deakin Brookes. In October 1967 she deposited her own extensive collection, and together they form the Brookes Papers.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2264992).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia