Miscellaneous papers, 1976-2000

 
Component identifier:
Series 17
Content Summary:
A small group of miscellaneous papers accumulated by Guy and Phyllis Boyd are contained in this series. There are typescripts of interviews conducted by Colin Smith as research for a proposed publication on the Boyd family of Murrumbeena and the local history of Murrumbeena. They comprise interviews with Phyllis Boyd, David Boyd, Margot and Robert Beck and other residents of Murrumbeena. There are also several booklets and tourist brochures, a cash journal and a deposit book, a bound typescript of a novel (no title, author or date) and plans for renovations of their Sandringham home.
Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection has been acquired in three instalments. The first instalment, which comprised papers relating to the Lindy Chamberlain Campaign, was donated to the Library by the Boyds in 1989. The second instalment was acquired from Phyllis Boyd under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme in 1995. The third and largest instalment of papers was bequeathed to the Library by Phyllis Boyd and received in 2002, following her death.

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Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1061312).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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