'Your obedient servants : a history of the Commonwealth Public Service, 1901-1910', 1988-90
- Component identifier:
- Series 11
- Content Summary:
- McDonald was working on a history of the beginnings of the Commonwealth Public Service at the time of his death. This series includes typescript drafts with extensive handwritten corrections, correspondence regarding publication and comprehensive subject files relating to the development of the Commonwealth Public Service. The files on Sir Harry Newton Phillips Wollaston and James Walker include typescripts of entries by McDonald for the Australian Dictionary of Biography. There are also 14 computer discs comprising various drafts. A printout of the 'Master draft' disc may be found in folders 6-10.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- Donald Ian McDonald donated his papers to the Library in a number of instalments from 1972 to 1986. Following his death, two further instalments were received from McDonald's sister Gwen McDonald in September 1990 and April 1993.
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Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2618617).
- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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