Papers, 1947-53

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Containers:
Box 1 (MS 9691)
Component identifier:
File 6-9
Content Summary:

Correspondence and other papers about Fry's enrolment for a Bachelor of Arts degree (1947), his proposed course of study, his possible enrolment for a Master of Arts degree (1951), prizes awarded by Sydney Teachers' College, possible academic appointments, university prizes, and the award of an ANU Scholarship (1952). There are also newspaper cuttings and book reviews concerning figures at Sydney University in that period, a copy of The Teacher Trainee (1951) edited by Fry, and comments written by Fry in 1995 on early drafts of Alan Barcan's book Radical students; the Old Left at Sydney University (2002)

Correspondents include John Ward, S.J. Butlin, Lloyd Churchward, I.S. Turner and Alan Barcan.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were purchased by the Library from Eric Fry in 2000. Further papers were added in 2008.

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2136632).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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