Guide to the Papers of Gavin Souter, 1959-1963

Collection number:: MS 1209
Creator:: Gavin Souter
Extent:: 0.36 metres and (2 archive boxes)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Gavin Souter, National Library of Australia, MS 1209, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:: Available
Access conditions:: Available for reference. Not for loan.

Content Summary:: Papers contain correspondence for the years 1959 to 1963, research notes handwritten by Souter, typescripts, press cuttings, photographs and some publications relating with West New Guinea and the Netherlands.
Biographical Note:: Graduated in Arts from Sydney University in 1948. Author of Sydney Observed, A peculiar people, the story of the utopian Australian settlement in Paraguay and The idle hill of summer. An Australian childhood: 1939-1945. A journalist in the Sydney Morning Herald, he is married and has two daughters.
Immediate Source of Acquisition:: The papers were offered by Souter to the National Library in December 1964 and arrived to the Library in April 1965.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1253864) for the access conditions.
Conditions Governing Use:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Gavin Souter, National Library of Australia, MS 1209, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia