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Papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane (as filmed by the AJCP), 1840-1849

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Personal and family correspondence 1842-1848, including letters of introduction and recommendation. Other correspondence concerns surveys in HMS Samarang and HMS Vernon near Mauritius, and reports from Sir William Parker in Manila, Singapore, Hong Kong and from the China Station. Includes letters from Capt. Alexander Maconochie seeking a loan from Cochrane and letters mentioning piracy, and the treatment of scurvy on convict ships.

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Papers of Vance and Nettie Palmer, 1889-1964

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The collection covers the period from 1889 to 1964, although only a small number ofpapers have survived from before 1910. Correspondence makes up a large proportion of thecollection. As the letters are nearly all personal in their content and are seldomrestricted to any particular subject, activity or interest, it was not practicable todivide them into series; instead they have all been kept in one chronological sequence.Many of the letters are those which passed between Vance and Nettie on the occasionsthey spent apart. Most of the remainder are from people who have achieved some standingin Australian literary history.

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Records of the Zoological Society of London (as filmed by the AJCP), 13 August 1821-27 July 1903

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A small collection of letters, mostly written to P.L. Sclater, relating to the discovery of new species of animals, birds and fishes in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand, and to the conservation and exchange of animals between zoos.

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Papers of R. W. C. Anderson, 1961-1975

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The papers consist of correspondence, notes, memoranda, booklets, statements, minutes of meetings and reports concerning the Japanese economy and the various committees of which Anderson was a member, particularly the Pacific Basin Economic Co-op. Committee, the Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia and the Australian-Japan Business Cooperative Committee. There are also the financial statements of Canberra Television Ltd. for 1971-1972, and reports and memoranda by Anderson addressed to the Federal Executive and executives of the State Chambers of the ACMA regarding the work of the International Labour Office, examinations of its decisions and copies of some official correspondence.

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Collections held by the Scottish Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 30 October 1760-April 1925

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Collection includes selected items from:

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Australian Chamber Orchestra : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, 2022

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Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items about the Australian Chamber Orchestra including the guide to the Orchestra's concert season .

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Papers of John Morrison, 1944-1957

Papers of John Carroll, 1948, 1956-1957

Records of the Folklore Council of Australia, 1880-1980

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Council records, minutes of meetings (1964-1988), membership lists and research files into origins of particular folk songs sung in Australia and overseas. The Council corresponded with external organisations and individuals and collected and created music scores, journals, newspaper cuttings, photographic material and posters.

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Collection of correspondence of Norman Lindsay, 1923-1964

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This collection contains correspondence sent by and to Norman Lindsay. Correspondents include Jane Lindsay, Harry Chaplin, Brian James (John Lawrence Tierney), Keith Wingrove, Hugh McCrae, Frank Rinder, Adolphe Beutler and Guy Howarth, and childhood friend Mame.

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