Original consignment received September 1999, 1935-1999

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Class 1

Content Summary:

This consignment comprises files created by Professor Mulvaney in the course of his career as an archaeologist, historian, author and lecturer.

There are correspondence, drafts of writings by Mulvaney and others, notes, notebooks, fieldwork papers and research material, financial papers, grant applications, minutes of meetings, submissions, reports, drawings, maps and plans, certificates, newspaper cuttings and other printed material. Mulvaney corresponded with archaeologists, historians, politicians, colleagues and friends from Australia and overseas. The bulk of the letters in this collection are written to Mulvaney, although drafts and copies of his own letters feature as well.

These papers represent a lifetime's work on the study of Australian prehistory, and reflect Mulvaney's interest in and activities relating to a wide range of archaeological, anthropological and environmental issues. The papers document Mulvaney's undergraduate and postgraduate studies; his writings, research interests and fieldwork; and his professional appointments, such as his work with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (later the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies), the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Committee of Inquiry into Museums and National Collections, the Interim Committee of the National Estate, the Australian Heritage Commission and the National Museum of Australia.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The original instalment of this collection (MS 9615) was donated by Professor Mulvaney under the Cultural Gifts Program in September 1999. Further instalments were received in 2013 and 2017.

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