Memorabilia, 1938-1991

 
Component identifier:
Series 7
Content Summary:

This series comprises memorabilia accumulated by Maisie Drysdale. There are travel itineraries, passports and notes she kept on trips (1938-1991); a biology workbook from her schooldays; copies of The Cluthan, journal of Clyde Girls Grammar School (1932-1933) of which Maisie had been editor while a student at the school; copies of the newsletter of the Children's Book Council of Victoria (1958-1963), of which Maisie was a committee member; certificates of achievement from her library studies in 1952 and annual reports of the Camberwell City Library (1959-1961) during the time she was Deputy Librarian and Children's Librarian. There is also a booklet, The history of the Garrison Church, signed by guests at Maisie's wedding to Russell Drysdale, 20 June 1964 and ephemera and financial papers from their time in London in 1965-1966.

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Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers of Maisie Drysdale were donated to the Library in 2001 by Russell Drysdale's daughter, Lynne Clarke, under the Cultural Gifts Program.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1125623).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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