Guide to the Papers of Miriam Dixson, 1960-2000

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Summary

Collection number:
MS Acc03.223, MS Acc04.024, MS Acc10.048
Creator:
Dixson, Miriam, Dr.
Extent:
(16 ms boxes, 1 folio box)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item] Papers of Miriam Dixson, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

MS Acc03.223 comprises correspondence, notes, cuttings and photographs; drafts of The Real Matilda and The imaginary Australian and associated correspondence, publicity material and reviews; drafts of chapters, articles, seminar papers and lectures, with occasional correspondence, miscellaneous cuttings, conference proceedings, and academic documents. Correspondents include Margaret Mead, Manning Clark, Barry Jones and Peter Carey (1 box, 2 cartons).

MS Acc10.048 comprises correspondence, notes, cuttings and photographs; drafts of The real Matilda and The imaginary Australian and associated correspondence, publicity material and reviews; drafts of chapters, articles, seminar papers and lectures, with occasional correspondence, miscellaneous cuttings, conference proceedings, and academic documents. Correspondents include Margaret Mead, Manning Clark, Barry Jones and Peter Carey (1 box, 2 cartons).

MS Acc04.024 comprises manuscripts, drafts of 'Lang is Greater than Lenin': Lang and Labour 1916-1932 A Theory about ideology and the labour movement, different editions of The Real Matilda and associated papers, newspaper clippings, correspondence including with Penguin books Australia Ltd, seminar paper, lecture typescript, class materials, articles and papers.

Biographical / Historical:

Australian Historian and academic. Miriam Dixson was born in Melbourne in 1930 and studied at the University of Melbourne where she completed a Master of Arts degree in history, and at the Australian National University where she received a Ph.D. for a thesis on the Australian labour movement. Dixson has taught history from primary school to university. She began work on women and identity in 1967, and in 1978, as a senior Fulbright scholar, and in 1986, as an honorary fellow at Harvard University, she studied the comparative history of women and identity in the United States. She is a member of the former Australian Commission for the Future. Dixson is the author of The real Matilda: woman and identity in Australia, 1788 to the present (4th ed., 1999), and The imaginary Australian: Anglo-Celts and identity, 1788 to the present (1999). Dixson is an honorary fellow in the history department of the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales.

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Access and use

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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-vn3109970).
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item] Papers of Miriam Dixson, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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