Guide to the Papers of Aileen Palmer, 1935-1979

Collection number:: MS 6759
Creator:: Aileen Palmer
Extent:: 1.05 metres and (7 boxes)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Aileen Palmer, National Library of Australia, MS 6759, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:: Available
Access conditions:: Available for research. Not for loan.

Biographical Note:: Aileen Palmer, the daughter of Vance and Nettie Palmer, was born in London in 1915 and came to Australia as a baby. She was educated at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1935. She served with the British medical unit and medical service of the International Brigade in Spain, 1936-38, and with the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service, 1939-43. After her return to Australia in 1946 she contributed verse to journals such as Overland, Meanjin, Southerly, Vietnam Advances and Realist Writer. Under the pseudonym 'Caliban' she published two collections, World without Strangers? (1964) and Dear Life (1957). After a breakdown in 1948, Aileen intermittently spent long periods in mental hospitals in Melbourne.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1082226).
Conditions Governing Use:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:: Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Aileen Palmer, National Library of Australia, MS 6759, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia