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Component identifier:
Class MS Acc09.199
Content Summary:

MS Acc09.199 comprises unpublished writing by Marcie Muir on Australian children's literature; note cards for addenda to A bibliography of Australian children's books; slides of illustrations from Australian children's books; correspondence, floppy disks, ledgers and other files relating to research, compilation and publication of A bibliography of Australian children's books; and, Children's Book of the Year awards papers.

The collection also includes professional correspondence with publishers, writers, children's book enthusiasts, libraries, and correspondence relating to grant applications; files relating to unpublished "Boys' adventure stories"; research notes and files on Sheila Hawkins, Margaret Horder, Charlotte Barton, May Gibbs and Ida Rentoul Outhwaite; booksellers' and publishers' catalogues and magazines; research notes made during Muir's visits to interstate libraries; a cassette tape on "The great south land"; colour photographs of covers of children's books; cuttings relating to Australian children's books; and, a glass negative depicting the grave of Aeneas James Gunn (46 boxes, 3 fol. boxes).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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