Photographs, 1945-85

Component identifier:

Series 8

Content Summary:

All the series relating to diplomatic postings and also Series 21, concerning the Governorship of Tasmania, contain photographs. The residue have been filed in this series. Most of them are unidentified and undated. The earliest date from 1945 and depict Plimsoll and other members of the Far Eastern Advisory Committee and Plimsoll meeting Eleanor Roosevelt. There are a number of photographic portraits of Plimsoll taken in the 1950s. The non-personal photographs include photographs of Plimsoll's collection of Indian works of art.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Sir James Plimsoll, who died on 8 May 1987, bequeathed his papers and books to the National Library. Following intervention by the Department of Foreign Affairs, the executors were informed that some of the papers were Commonwealth records and others were records of the Tasmanian Government. Consequently, the papers were transferred to the Australian Archives for detailed examination. It was finally determined that 149 boxes would come to the National Library, four boxes would be sent to the Tasmanian State Archives, and the remaining boxes would be retained by the Australian Archives. The papers were received by the National Library in March 1990.

Names:

Sir James Plimsoll

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