Guide to the Papers of Grace Nolan, 1929-2021

 

Collection context

Summary

Collection number:
MS 10646
Creator:
Grace Nolan
Extent:
(3 ms boxes + 22 audiovisual carriers + [5] digital carriers + 10 colour photographs)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Grace Nolan, National Library of Australia, MS 10646, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

This collection comprises folk stories told by Grace Nolan's mother, Carmela Speranza, from her birth town in Italy, collected through audio and audiovisual recordings. The collection includes manuscripts by Grace Nolan titled "More Stories My Mother Told Me" and "The Sun My Father The Moon My Mother", which further the work she began in her thesis. These writings explore the oral tradition of storytelling and provide further background and collected stories. The stories have been recorded in the original dialect and translated into English by Grace Nolan, providing insight into the life of a migrant woman in Melbourne in the 1950s. The collection also includes copies of related publications, Folklore Della Calabria Vol 1 and Vol 2 by A. Basile (Ed) and

by Christopher Von Schmid. There are copies and original family photographs taken in Italy and after Carmela migrated to Melbourne, Australia; a recording of Carmerla Speranza's sister, Grazia (recorded in Palmi, Fiabe E Novelle Calabresi parts 1 and 2); and a digital copy of Grace Nolan's thesis "The Stories My Mother Told Me: A Comparative Study of the Folktales of Palmi in the Context of the European Oral Tradition".

Reading Room Access Note:

For preservation reasons, we are unable to deliver digital and audiovisual carriers to the Special Collections Reading Room. Please contact Ask a Librarian to enquire about access.

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], Papers 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: