Search

Papers of John Hope Hopetoun, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (as filmed by the AJCP), 1881-1904

Abstract Or Scope

Papers and correspondence 1881-1904, dealing with various subjects such as: Federation; Victorian and federal politics; the South African War; programs for the Royal visit 1901; Imperial penny postage; official postings; honours; site of the Governor-General's house and his allowances; Hopetoun's appointments as Governor and Governor-General; and his resignation in 1902. Principal correspondents include Sir Edmund Barton, Thomas Bavin, Rear Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, Lord Carrington, Joseph Chamberlain, Alfred Deakin, Sir John Forrest, Sir Samuel Griffith, General Sir Edward Hutton, Sir Francis Knollys, Lord Knutsford, Sir Henry Loch, James Patterson, Lord Ripon, Sir William Robinson, Lord Rosebery, Lord Salisbury, William Shields, William Syme, Lord Tennyson, Sir George Verdon, Capt. E.W. Wallington and Sir Hartley Williams.

view more view less

Papers of Thomas Mautner, 1965-2005

Abstract Or Scope

MS Acc09.091 and MS Acc09.113 consignments comprise press cuttings, articles, correspondence and documents relating to policies of the National Library of Australia on collection development and information technology such as Kinetica and World 1 project, the National Document and Information System (NDIS). The World 1 project, an electric network connecting Australian and New Zealand libraries, was to be a system that would link libraries around Australia and provide electronic access to international materials not held by the Library.

view more view less

Letters of Captain T.G.S. Ward (as filmed by the AJCP), 1821-1866

Abstract Or Scope

Private and Commercial Correspondence collected by Captain T.G.S. Ward reflecting the history of Postmarks was filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes letters are grouped by State of origin, with any New Zealand letters following the Australian items. Within each State group the correspondence is divided, where necessary, into commercial, private and church letters.

view more view less

Records of the London Missionary Society (as filmed by the AJCP), 1796-1939

Abstract Or Scope

As well as papers concerned with the religious activities of the missionaries, much of the material in this collection includes writings, and incidental observations, on exploration, anthropology, linguistics, trade and economics, education, publishing, agriculture and social conditions. Political events closely affected the mission stations and are documented in the Society's records, including the proclamation of a British Protectorate in eastern New Guinea in 1884.

view more view less

Records of the Home Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1779-1882

Abstract Or Scope

The Home Office was responsible for colonial affairs until 1801, but the bulk of records affecting the colonies has been transferred to the Colonial Office. Most of the remaining records of interest to the Australian Joint Copying Project concern the convicts.

view more view less

Papers of David Armstrong, 1945-1991

Abstract Or Scope

The papers fall into three categories. The early series comprise a comprehensive record of David Armstrong's philosophical writings extending from his undergraduate days at the University of Sydney until the early 1980s. They include not only the drafts, usually handwritten, of his essays, articles, lectures and book reviews, but associated correspondence with other philosophers and with editors of journals, reviews of his early books, and his notes of lectures that he attended at Sydney and Oxford University.

view more view less

Papers of Ian Castles, 1952-2012

Papers of Douglas Stewart, 1935-1977

Abstract Or Scope

The papers comprise poems, reviews, essays, broadcasts, the original manuscript of The seven rivers, transcripts of interviews, the script of Stewart's adaptation of The cenci, inscribed copy of 'The garden of ships', drafts of poems by Roderic Quinn, Robert D. FitzGerald and others and a copy of R.D. FitzGerald's Heemskerck shoals, illustrated by G. Ingleton and published by the Mountainside Press. They also include: correspondence and photographs, some relating to his research on Kenneth Slessor; drafts of book reviews, manuscripts of poems, A man of Sydney, Norman Lindsay: a personal memoir, the script Ned Kelly, the script for the ABC TV adaptation of Hamlet and The broad stream and letters and manuscripts of David Campbell.

view more view less

Papers of Roger Milliss, 1887-2020

Abstract Or Scope

MS 8344 comprises correspondence (including letters of Milliss to his parents), drafts of books and other writings, typescripts, notes, theatre programs, cuttings and printed material. The correspondents include Susë Wolf, Anne Whitehead, Alec Robertson, Ray Williams, Marie Gollan, Morag Loh, Maurice Isaacs, Dorothy Hewett and Humphrey McQueen.

view more view less

Australian Capital Territory including Canberra : geographic ephemera collected by the National Library of Australia, N.D.

Abstract Or Scope

Material in the Geography and Travel ephemera collection covers significant information about the geography, history, and tourist activities of places in Australia, its Antarctic and island territories. This includes geographical features, national parks and reserves, regions, cities, towns, buildings and other man-made structures. The collection includes advertising material, pamphlets, price lists, tokens, area and accommodation guides, brochures, postcards, stickers, labels and tickets.

view more view less