Diaries, 1951-87

Containers:

Box 2, Box 3

Component identifier:

Series 2

Content Summary:

Byrne wrote spasmodic diary entries throughout his life and kept diaries of his overseas trips which are to be found in series twelve. This series comprises one diary/address book covering the period 1951 to 1968. Byrne added some later entries comprising only four entries for the period 1983 to 1987. Byrne's diary notes of his trip overseas to Amsterdam in 1971 recorded in a notepaper and a note book is included in this series. Other diary entries are found on loose foolscap pages covering the period June to July of 1968, in a foolscap student lecture pad wherein he recorded a trip to Canberra in May to June of 1970, and a shorthand notebook wherein, amongst other notes, Byrne recorded his trip to Canberra in August of 1970 when his work was exhibited in Kings Hall and was finally accepted by the Government. Very brief entries are contained in a pocket dairy for 1967, an Engagement Book for 1981 and pocket sized diary for 1983. There are some entries for 1967 included amongst draft letters and notes for December 1967 and two entries for November 1979 on foolscap writing paper.

(Files 1-4, 5)

Immediate source of acquisition:

The first instalment of the Byrne Papers was presented to the Library by Austin Byrne in 1971. Further instalments were received in 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981 1983 and 1987. The remainder of the Byrne Papers were bequeathed to the Library pursuant to Mr Byrne's will and were collected after his death in 1993.

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