Guide to the Papers of Grace Nolan, 1948-2021

 

Collection context

Summary

Collection number:
MS 10646
Creator:
Grace Nolan
Extent:
(2 ms boxes, + 1 folder + 3 digital carriers + 16 audiovisual carriers + 6 audio carriers)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Ppaers of Grace Nolan, National Library of Australia, MS 10646, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Permission required for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
This consignment features folk stories of Grace Nolan's mother, Carmela Speranza, from her birth town in Italy, collected through audio visual recordings of her mother. These stories have been documented in Grace's manuscripts titled "More Stories My Mother Told Me" and "The Sun My Father The Moon My Mother", in which she has extended the work she began in her thesis "The Stories My Mother Told Me". These writings explore the oral tradition along with further background and collected stories. The stories have been recorded in the original dialect and translated by Grace into English, providing insight into the life of a migrant woman in Melbourne in the 1950s. There are copies of related texts - Folklore Della Calabria Vol 1 and Vol 2 by A. Basile (Ed) and Genevieve of Brabant by Christopher Von Schmid. There are copies and original family photographs taken in Italy and after Carmela migrated to Melbourne, Australia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Society and culture

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8657350).
Conditions Governing Use:
Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8657350).
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Ppaers of Grace Nolan, National Library of Australia, MS 10646, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact: