Guide to the Papers of Peter Henry Karmel, 1946-1997
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Summary
- Collection number:
- MS 7573
- Creator:
- Peter Henry Karmel
- Extent:
- (51 MS boxes)
- Language:
- English and English
- Preferred citation:
- Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Peter Karmel, National Library of Australia, [consignment number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
- Availability:
- Available
- Access conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
Background
- Content Summary:
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MS 7573 comprises correspondence, notes, roneoed material, photocopies and printed material relating to such matters as O.E.C.D., the Duke of Edinburgh Commonwealth Study Conference, the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission and the Committee of Research into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Higher Education.
The correspondents include John Lowe, J.A. Ross and W.J. More. Copies of some of Karmel's letters are also included.
MS Acc03.208 includes working files for talks and articles, and correspondence and material generated by the institutions with which Karmel was associated. The instalment also includes offprints of Karmel's articles, personal material, other publications and articles, reference material, and charts of statistics.
- Biographical Note:
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Academic. Karmel was Chairman of the Board, Institute of the Arts, Australian National University from 1992. His other posts included Vice-Chancellor of Australian National University 1982-87, Chairman of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission 1977-82, Leader of the O.E.C.D. Review of New Zealand Education Policy 1982 and member of the Commonwealth Government Review into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Higher Education 1985-86.
Karmel published extensively, including works for the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission entitled Recommendation for 1978 (1977) and Draft report on study leave, April 1978 (1978).
Reference: Who's who in Australia 1995, pp.828-9.
- Immediate Source of Acquisition:
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The papers were donated to the Library by Professor Karmel in 1988 and 2003 under the Cultural Gifts Program.
Access and use
- Conditions Governing Access:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2880080).
- 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 Peter Karmel, National Library of Australia, [consignment number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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