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Papers of Marian Macgowan, 1970-1997

0.36 metres (2 archives boxes)
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The collection comprises correspondence received by Marian Macgowan from family members including her mother Jane Macgowan, her grandparents Maie and Richard Casey, her uncle Donn Casey, her brother Richard Macgowan and sisters Tempe and Anna Macgowan. Further correspondents include Germain Greer and Liz Wyse among others.
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Papers of Muriel Howlett, 1938-1992

0.56 metres (4 boxes, 1 folio)
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The collection includes seven photograph albums, photographs, correspondence, typescripts, cuttings and other papers.

Papers of Michael Dransfield, 1966-1972

1.02 metres (2 ms boxes + 4 archives boxes)
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MS 4741 comprises drafts of poems, including a collection titled "Memoirs of a velvet urinal", letters from publishers, friends and his parents, and notebooks and diaries. One volume is titled "The cocklebiddy fisherman". Correspondents include Richard Hopkinson, Thomas Shapcott, Mirka Mora, Robert Adamson, Charles Buckmaster, Rolf Hennequel, Alexander Craig, John Tranter, Peter Kocan and Rodney Hall. The collection also includes 13 letters and a poem written by Dransfield to Paula Keogh between October and December 1972 (2 boxes).
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Papers of Jim Taylor, 1913-1939

0.60 metres (1 large folio box)
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Papers of Jim Taylor, including his journals, 1933- , patrol reports and a map, relating to his work as a Kiap in Papua New Guinea.
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Records of the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee, 2000-2013

1.35 metres (3 MS boxes, 1 carton, 1 medium folio box)
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The collection comprises nominations for the Register of the Australian Memory of the World Program for the years 2004 and 2006; general email correspondence relating to particular applications; Applications from various institutions including the Australian Children's Folklore Collection, Pandora, Deed of Settlement of South Australian Company, Story of the Kelly Gang, and the Ballarat Reform League Charter amongst others; meeting minutes of the Australian Memory of the World Committee, ranging from the first meeting in December 2000 to the 81st meeting in February 2013; documentation such as grant applications, information on UNESCO workshops and the Memory of the World General Guidelines to Safeguard Documentary Heritage; emails between committee members, and information pertaining to the development of an Australian Memory of the World website [http://www.amw.org.au].
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Papers of Bill Leslie, 1940s to 2012

1.5 metres (10 ms boxes)
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The collection contains correspondence; diaries; draft manuscripts; pamphlets; and political literature from Australia, the Middle East and French Pacific territories. Much of this material relates to Leslie's various interests and activities including his involvement with the Australian Teachers Federation, Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA and civil rights campaigns.

Papers of John Olsen, 1957-2015

(20 ms boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 2 map folios)
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The collection includes the original manuscripts of "Salute to Five bells: John Olsen's opera house journal", 1971-1973, published in 1973 by Angus and Robertson; a volume compiled in 1981 from the original manuscript of "My complete graphics, 1957-1979", published in 1980 by Gryphon Books and sketchbooks, diaries, journals and notebooks from 1966 to 2015 that document John Olsen's life as a visual artist in Australia and overseas.
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Pharmacist's notebook by John A. Anderson, ca. 1894-1912

0.03 metres (1 folder)
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This collection comprises a handwritten pharmacist's notebook by John A. Anderson, who owned a pharmacy in Melbourne in the early 20th century. The pharmacy known as Anderson's Chemists, Cathedral Drug Store, was located at 39 Swanston Street, Melbourne. Anderson family folklore alleges that John Anderson made up early potions for Helena Rubinstein and had the first 'Soda Fountain' in Melbourne. The notebook (17.5 x 11.5 mm) details the ingredients and quantities to make up various potions, powders, tonics, tinctures, ointments and perfumes. Listed are detailed ingredients for tooth powders and pastes; throat sprays; perfumes including 'Essence Civet', 'Essence Millefleur' 'Peach Blossom' and Essence Heliotrope'. Included also are the quantities of ingredients required to make a household ammonia; a dye for Pampas Grass; silver cleaners; vermin killers; varnishes; ink for rubber stamps; Eucalyptus soap; turps and wax cream furniture polish; washing liquids; sealing wax; a weed destroyer; toothache tinctures; Chlorodyne; shampoos; sulphur hair restorers; incense and smelling salts. Towards the front of the notebook John Anderson also lists the ingredients to produce Blanc Mange Powder; Raspberry Vinegar, Dandelion Cocoa and Peppermint cordial. Additional pages dating from 1894 have been inserted into the notebook including a printed copy of 'The Chemist and Druggist' providing practical notes and formulae for preparing a Macassar Oil and Pomade for styling the hair.
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Records of Craft Arts International, 1984-2016

(8 small folio boxes)
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The collection comprises hard copies and digitised copies (PDF) of the complete run of Crafts Arts International magazine from Issue No 1, October 1984 to issue No 96, May 2016. The magazine was produced by husband and wife team Ken Lockwood (editorial director) and Jenie Thomas (advertising director) and included articles on a wide range of Australian and international art themes and topics, both contemporary and historical, promoted the work of practitioners to a wide audience and provided a platform for commercial galleries to advertise exhibitions.
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Papers of Millicent Preston-Stanley, 1925-1950

0.42 metres (3 boxes)
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The collection contains New South Wales election campaign material of Preston-Stanley, newspaper articles, biographical information, unpublished novels written by Preston-Stanley (1930-50), as well as two copies of the play, Whose Child, which was performed at the Criterion Theatre, Sydney in 1932. A folder of correspondence regarding the establishment of a film company, Quality Pictures Limited, is also included and a number of manuscripts of Crawford Vaughan's novels, The last of Captain Bligh, (1950) and Golden wattle time, (1942).