Guide to the Papers of Ann Turner, 1901-2009

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 8861
Extent:
0.78 metres and (5 boxes) + 1 folder.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ann Turner, National Library of Australia, MS Acc10.138, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
MS 8861 comprises correspondence with Lloyd Ross, 1977-1982, about research into trade union history, including William Paisley Earsman, Robert Samuel Ross, the Victorian Socialist Party and the Victorian Labor College. There is a copy of a letter from Lloyd Ross to Harry Pollitt about Tom Mann and the Victorian Socialist Party, 19 March 1936 (1 folder).
Biographical / Historical:

Activist, oral historian and academic. Ann Turner was born Ann Barnard. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1950 and a Diploma of Education, 1951, at the University of Sydney, and a Master of Education at the Universities of Melbourne and New England, 1980-1987. She taught in primary and post-primary schools in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and London, prior to taking up positions as lecturer at Hawthorn Institute of Education and the University of Papua New Guinea, 1972-ca. 1990s. Turner edited a number of publications, including school texts, and recorded oral history interviews for the National Library of Australia.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn721656).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ann Turner, National Library of Australia, MS Acc10.138, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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