Ben Chifley: a biography, 1927-84
- Component identifier:
- Series 5
- Content Summary:
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Crisp was a great admirer of Ben Chifley having worked under him as a public servant and as a colleague within the Australian Labor Party. After his death in 1951, Crisp was asked by the Executive of the federal Labor Party to write his biography. As part of his research for the book he sent out letters to the major daily newspapers, Chifley's colleagues and friends asking for information about Chifley. He also undertook detailed research from newspapers and other sources. Ben Chifley: a biography was first published in London by Longmans in 1960 and in Australia in 1961.
This series consists of correspondence, journal articles, newscuttings, notes, leaflets, photographs, reports and research files relating to the publication and miscellaneous material and ephemera relating to Chifley. Correspondence relating to Chifley can also be found in Series 1.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were received by the Library from Mrs Helen Crisp in several instalments in 1976, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1986 and 1988. The papers purchased in 1985 make up the bulk of the collection. At this time Crisp's extensive personal book library was also donated to the Library under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme.
- Names:
- L. F. Crisp
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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-vn1655808).
- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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