Papers relating to Otto and Pamela van der Sprenkel, c. 1892-2000
- Component identifier:
- Series 2
- Content Summary:
- This series is chiefly comprised of personal papers which belonged to Otto and Pamela van der Sprenkel. There is a diary compiled by Otto which his wife encouraged him to keep whilst recuperating from a heart attack in 1965, some letters from friends and family members, and a quantity of photographs, mostly snapshots. Also of interest are notebooks and materials relating to Pamela's research on Sir Joseph Banks, and a scrapbook containing cuttings and other items regarding the Kirkpatrick family, of which the prominent architect John Kirkpatrick (1856-1923) was a member.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The material forming Series 1 of the collection was presented to the Library by Otto van der Sprenkel in 1972. Several additions to the papers, which were donated in separate instalments by Dawn Richardson and Stephan Williams in 2001, are contained in Series 2.
- Names:
- Otto Van der Sprenkel
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2788171).
- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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