Guide to the Papers of Lennard Bickel, 1909-1992

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 8432, GB 1993/0608
Creator:
Lennard Bickel
Extent:
3.6 metres and (22 boxes, 1 elephant folio)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Lennard Bickel, National Library of Australia [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
This collection mainly comprises research material for, and drafts of, several books and journal and newspaper articles by Bickel. The papers also include correspondence, photographs, transcripts of interviews, reviews and published material.
Biographical Note:

Lennard Bickel was born in 1923. He was a former science writer for the ABC and also worked in this capacity for the Australian in 1960-69. He was the only Australian journalist invited to witness the 1969 Apollo II moon landing from the launch site.

In 1970 Bickel was awarded a Commonwealth Literary Fellowship in order to write Riseup to life, a biography of Howard Florey. He has since written a number of other books including This accursed land (1977) and The deadly element: the story of uranium (1980), as well as articles on a diverse range of subjects.

Bickel has served as a member of the management committee on the Council of the Australian Society of Authors. In 1974 he was made a Knight of the Order of Mark Twain for his biography of Norman Borlaug.

Provenance:

The National Library of Australia purchased the papers from Mr Bickel in November 1984.

Arrangement:

This collection was sorted and listed by a student from the University of Canberra, June 1992.

Indexed terms

Names:
Lennard Bickel

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn612953).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Lennard Bickel, National Library of Australia [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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