Newspaper cuttings, 1933-1964

 
Component identifier:
Series 4
Content Summary:

The cuttings mostly relate to Jean Macnamara's activities whilst holding the Rockefeller Fellowship in 1931-1933, and to the controversy over Sister Kenny's treatment of infantile paralysis in the late 1930s. There are also many cuttings containing biographical information about Macnamara.

Items 1-3

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were donated to the Library by Mrs Joan Giles and Mrs Merran Samuel, the daughters of Dame Jean Macnamara, in 1969. Further papers were received from Mr G. Douglas, Chairman of the Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board of Victoria, in 1970 and 1973.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
The collection is available for research, except for Series 8 which is closed.
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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