Diaries and address books, 1919-57
- Component identifier:
- Series 1
- Content Summary:
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For most periods of his working life White kept a sequence of pocket diaries in which he recorded appointments, phone numbers and addresses of contacts, and notes of a miscellaneous nature. From time to time he maintained more detailed diaries, usually associated with a significant event or trip. Examples found in this series include records made of some episodes of 1945 (including an official visit to Western Australia and Vera White's illness) and White's visit to Malta as Australian High Commissioner to Britain in 1954.
A diary kept by White during his official visit to New Zealand in 1937 is filed in Series 7; extracts from his 1942 war diary are located in Series 8.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were donated to the Library by White's daughters in two consignments in January 1997 and March 1998, and together constitute an impressive record of White's varied and distinguished career as a pilot, politician, diplomat and writer.
- Names:
- Thomas White
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1516685).
- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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