Guide to the Papers of Vance and Nettie Palmer, 1850-1966

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 3942
Creator:
Vance and Nettie Palmer
Extent:
1.68 metres and (6 archive boxes + 1 large folio box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item] Papers of Vance and Nettie Palmer National Library of Australia MS 3942 [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The greater part of Vance and Nettie Palmer's papers including most of their correspondence from well-known literary figures is housed at MS 1174.

This smaller collection covers the period from 1921 to 1966 the correspondence dating from 1930. A large proportion of the correspondence consists of sympathy letters received on the deaths of Vance and Nettie; for convenience these have been separated from the rest of the correspondence. Of the remainder a considerable amount readily separable from the general correspondence consists of correspondence with different publishers. Within each subseries letters are chronologically arranged.

The rest of the collection consists of a few handwritten and typescript drafts of Vance's work a large number of photographs of family and friends a smaller range of press clippings and a range of periodicals pamphlets and other printed material. A small number of Flora Eldershaw's papers are included and there is also a certain amount of material covering the activities of the Commonwealth Literary Fund and the observations of Vance Nettie and Aileen Palmer on the Spanish Civil War. A few miscellaneous personal effects and other miscellaneous items complete the collection.

There is a name index covering the correspondence in Series 1.

Indexed terms

Names:
Vance and Nettie Palmer

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1424955) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Vance and Nettie Palmer National Library of Australia MS 3942 [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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