Personal documents and family papers, 1878-1976

Component identifier:: Series 3
Content Summary:: Personal and family papers of McGuire including a letter by John O'Sullivan to his wife (1878), a school certificate (1915), an army service book, passports, a diary of Mary O'Sullivan (1920), material relating to McGuire's promotion to the honourary rank of Commander (Special Branch) in 1959 and his appointment as CBE (1951), McGuire's will and a transcript of an oral history interview.
Immediate source of acquisition:: The collection was donated to the Library by Frances McGuire in 1980, 1984 and 1993. A small quantity of material from the 1980 instalment was purchased by the Library. Paul McGuire destroyed parts of his papers (particularly relating to the 1939-45 War) shortly before his death.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn131322).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia