Guide to the Papers of Nancy Lutton
MS Acc07.190
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Nancy Lutton
- Title
- Papers of Nancy Lutton
- Date Range
- 1918-2007
- Collection Number
- MS Acc07.190
- Extent
- 9.3 metres (60 boxes + 122 sound/av carriers)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4275093).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Nancy Lutton, National Library of Australia, MS Acc07.190, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Arrangement
Files have been arranged in order within groups. The groups represent series. During the arrangement process it was simpler not to give numbers for series and files as very frequently files would turn up later and need to be inserted into correct order. The boxes used are old discards from other archives and the folders have also been reused from earlier uses. As the National Library re-boxes its accessions, series and file numbers can quickly be assigned during this process. All metal clips and staples have been removed from files.
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid was prepared by Nancy Lutton.
Biographical Note
Nancy Florence Lutton was born in Sydney, NSW 1 November 1931, the elder daughter of Colin Graham Lutton and his wife Enid Florence nee Stoneham. She was educated at Sydney Girls' High School, matriculating in 1948. She took up librarianship as a career, starting with the City of Sydney Public Library 1949-1954, then the Armidale City Library 1954-1956. She then proceeded overseas on an extended working holiday, and worked at the West Sussex County Library in Chichester 1956-1958 and the Acton Borough Library in London 1958-1959. She then went to Canada and securedthe post of Children's Librarian at the Medicine Hat Public Library in Alberta 1959-1961. Her close friend left Canada to go nursing in Papua New Guinea, and Nancy realized that Papua New Guinea was the sort of place she wanted to work in, but her qualifications as a librarian were incomplete and there was no way to improve them in Medicine Hat, so she returned to Australia. Back in Australia she decided to settle in Perth and gained a position at the PerthTechnical College Library 1962-1966, and during this time completed, part time, the Registration Certificate of the Library Association of Australia.
Nancy's main outside interest up to this time was the Girl Guide Association, of which she had been a member since 1944, and going on to become Guide Captain in Drummoyne (Sydney), Armidale, NSW, Medicine Hat (Canada) and Claremont (Perth). She was also an inveterate traveller, having hitch-hiked around Australia before going overseas, doing thesame in the United Kingdom and on the continent, and in Canada doing long distance camping trips through both Canada and the United States. While in Perth she continued with camping trips throughout Western Australia, including the North West and through the desert from Alice Springs to Warburton.
The intention to serve in Papua New Guinea had been a beacon for some years, when at the right time the University of Papua New Guinea was established in 1966 and was advertising for library staff. Nancy applied for a position as Assistant Librarian and was the first appointment on the staff after the University Librarian. This meant 4 staff working ina warehouse in Canberra for three months collecting as many donations and purchases of stock as possible before packingup some 20,000 volumes for shipment to Port Moresby in January 1967. The University Library was not built for another two years, but the staff, now including 9 expatriate professionals and as many local PNG form 4 clerks, provided a service from sheds, old hospital wards, classrooms and unused houses. It was a difficult but exciting time.
First degree courses started at the University in 1967, and Nancy enrolled as a part-time student, concentrating on PNG subjects in History, Anthropology and Politics. The first lecturing staff were all leading academics from Australia, who insisted on high standards. They included such luminaries as Professor Ken Inglis, Hank Nelson, James Griffin, Gerald Ward, CD Rowley and Alan Gilbert. The students included Rabbie Namaliu and Mekere Morauta, later Prime Ministers, Vincent Eri later Governor General. Nancy was also very interested in politics and mixed with would be politicians Michael Somare, Ebia Olewale and Albert Maori Kiki.
Having obtained a first degree, Nancy transferred to the House of Assembly Library 1971-1973 as Librarian-in-charge,while continuing to study for an Honours degree part time. During this time she became Secretary of the PNG Branch of the Library Association of Australia. As Self-Government for PNG approached in 1972 there was a crisis in loyalties for the Branch when it became apparent that archives officers from Australian Archives were in Port Moresby going through government records and it was felt that they were there to remove 'sensitive' files before PNG reached independence. The Branch spearheaded a campaign to prevent this, writing letters to the papers, including those in Australia and to prominent people both in PNG and Australia. The publicity got the attention of the Minister for Territories, Andrew Peacock, who took the point and resolved the issue. The issue had shown that PNG librarians needed an association of their own distinct from the LAA, so Nancy headed up a committee to establish a PNG Library Association, and after a survey of 300 local library staff in PNG, this eventuated in 1973. A newsletter for the PNGLA was desirable, so Nancy, together with Penny Bailey, became the foundation editors of Toktok bilong haus buk.
In 1973, the position of New Guinea Collection Librarian at the University of PNG became vacant, and Nancy was approached to apply by Ken Inglis, by then Vice-Chancellor and Professor CD Rowley. The Collection had been arranged strictly under library principles, including the non-book materials. Access to the latter was difficult under these principles so Nancy studied what was done in similar collections in Australia, then re-arranged the manuscripts under archival principles and photographs, maps, ephemera, tapes and other PNG materials according to their needs. This work, together with researching for an MA degree in a PNG subject, meant she became somewhat of an expert in PNG source material. Knowledge of which other institutions also held PNG materials was also essential. She also wrote numerous articles for various publications as well as book reviews and spoke frequently at conferences and gave lectures to students. By 1980, five years after Independence in PNG, a number of PNG librarians were fully qualified, and Nancy realized she should return to Australia for her final years before retirement. Her departure was marked by the award of Life Membership of the Papua New Guinea Library Association and the same body nominated her for an MBE received January 1981.
She accepted the position of Executive Librarian Printed Records at the Battye Library of Western Australian History. In order to enhance her knowledge of Western Australia she became active in the Royal Western Australian Historical Society (RWAHS) and as Chairman for 3 years, the Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA Branch), the Oral History Association and became fully involved in the Australian Bicentennial Historic Records Search, including supervision of the Travelling Archivist project sponsored by the RWAHS. As a foundation member of the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), she was elected as its editor in 1982 and edited both Archives and Manuscripts and the ASA Bulletin untilshe resigned in 1987. She maintained her interest in Pacific Archives through PARBICA (Pacific Regional Bureau of the International Council of Archives) and in 1987 became the editor of PARBICA producing the Pacific Archives Journal. In 1987 she carried out the Australian, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea Copying Project on behalf of the Australian Libraries and Information Council. Her personal research was on the leading feminist Bessie Rischbieth, and she carried out oral history interviews on Irene Greenwood and Dame Rachel Cleland for the National Library of Australia.
In 1988, the position of Chief Archivist at the National Archives of Papua New Guinea became vacant, and as no PNG officer had yet completed archives qualifications, an expatriate archivist was sought for a three year contract. Nancy applied and arrived back in 1989. There was no computer at the Archives and no funds to buy one, so Nancy lobbied the Friends of the National Library and a computer was obtained. This meant an ability to transfer all the tedious lists of records into a program (CDS/ISIS) developed for arrangement and description. There were five graduates on the staff, twoalmost finished their courses, and places were found for the other three at the UNSW course in the next two years. By the third year five fully qualified PNG archivists were available to help produce a handbook for government departmentsand three guides to departmental collections held at the Archives produced from the computer program. Unfortunately, salaries at the Archives were not equal to the archivists' qualifications, and shortly after Nancy retired in 1992,three left for more lucrative positions in other government departments.
Because Nancy wished to spend her retirement researching and writing on PNG topics, she decided to settle in Canberra. She was appointed Executive Officer of the Australian Council of Archives part time from November 1992 to April 1994. The following years she carried out several consultancies in Canberra: at Telopea Park School Library to arrange their photograph collection; to produce a Parish Archives Handbook for the Anglican Diocese; and to advise on the records of AESOP Business Volunteers. In 1994, she was awarded a Fellowship of the Australian Society of Archivists.
From 1993 to 2006 she researched and wrote an unpublished double biography of Sir Donald and Dame Rachel Cleland, and edited a book of their letters which was published as My Dearest Brown Eyes: letters between Sir Donald and Dame Rachel Cleland during World War II in 2006. She also arranged and produced a guide to their papers held in the National Library (MS9600 and MS9601). Another voluntary activity was with AESOP Business Volunteers, who send experts to developing countries to assist with special projects. Nancy went to Samoa for two months in 1995 to advise on their Lands and Titles Records, and to Kiribati in 2001 to advise on the records of the National Parliament.
The urge to travel was as strong as ever resulting in camping trips to Cape York and through the Great Victoria Desert as well as tours to Tasmania, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Brochures and programs from overseas travel [not held by the NLA], 1956-1961
NOTE: This series is listed as part of the Lutton Papers, but the material was never transferred to the National Library.
Series 2. Pre-1967 Records
Some old newspaper special editions, school and employment records, library studies, and Girl Guides memorabilia.
Subseries 2_1. Newspaper special editions
Subseries 2_2. School and Employment
Subseries 2_3. Library Studies
Lecture Notes on Historical Bibliography, by Phyllis Mander-Jones. Sydney, PLNSW Library School, 1946 (Item)
A General Introduction to the Examinations and methods of Study, by AJ Walford. [Lond] Association of Assistant Librarians, 1955 (Item) - Box 2
Correspondence Courses, AAL, 1957 (Item) - Box 2
Registration C(vi) Administration. 10 lessons. Tutor, John R Pike FLA.Registration B(iv) Bibliography. 1 lesson only. Tutor WA Smith, FLA
Subseries 2_4. Girl Guides memorabilia, 1949-1966
Brownie Guider Training Courses (File 1) - Box 3
Letters 1-6 Correspondence. Lond, Girl Guides Association, [1949]; Course on Pack Management, 6 Pow-Wows [roneod] [1949]
Certificates and tests - Camper's Licence Paper, 1963 (File 2) - Box 3
Booklet for First Class Badge, 1965; Civil Defence and Emergency Services of WA: Basic training and welfare course certificate, 1966; Captain's warrant, 1A Armidale Company, NSW 12 Dec, 1955; Captain's warrant, 3rd Medicine Hat Company, Canada, 23 Nov, 1959; Camper's Licence 7 Nov 1963. Perth, Western Australia
Nature Log Book (with some pressed flowers), includes paper on Great Barrier (File 3) - Box 3
Reef, shells, oysters, and drawings of birds
Notes - Typed notes on talks, games, camping etc. (File 4) - Box 3
First Aid Notes 23 Feb 65 10p, roneod; Home nursing notes, 23 Feb 65, 2p, roneod; Duties - Guider-in-charge (GIC) Residential trainings, 2p, roneod
Girl Guide Camp Songs, written down by Nancy Lutton and arranged alphabetically by title. (File 6) - Box 3
Publications (File 9) - Box 3
Be Prepared: Handbook for Girl Guides, by AM Maynard. Lond, Pearson, 1952. Western Australian Girl Guide Courier. Special edition Dec 65 (Golden Jubilee 1915-1965). Brownie Tests. Lond, Girl Guides Association, comp. by V. Rhys Davies, c1950. Camp Kindamindi, Sydney, Aug-Sept 1965. Coronation campfire: Souvenir Programme of songs. Girl Guides Assoc of NSW, 6 June 1953, 12p. Handbook for Guides. Toronto, Canada, Canadian Council of Girl Guides Association, 1960. Kent County Song Book (includes music), Lond, Novello and Co, 1949. Cards - The World Flag - explanation of symbols.- Paxwold - Girl Guide Training Centre, Lesmurdie, WA, 1965.
Series 3. Papua New Guinea, 1967-1980
Employment in Papua New Guinea at the University of Papua New Guinea Library, the House of Assembly Library and as New Guinea Collection Librarian at UPNG. Includes personal files and files dealing with some aspects of work. The latter include copies of handbooks and procedures compiled by Nancy Lutton for junior staff. There are notes on lectures given and on the preparation of professional articles for publication. A file on the Sensitive Files issue is here. All published articles and book reviews and publications produced by Nancy Lutton have been retained. Notes from degree courses at UPNG have been retained owing to the historic fact that so many later PNG leaders were fellow students. The research into CAW Monckton and CW Abel contain material that may be useful to other researchers. Some ephemera publications of early days of UPNG have been kept.
Subseries. Work files
Subseries. PNG 1967-1980: Articles and book reviews by Nancy Lutton
'Murray and the spheres of influence' Select topics in the History of Papua and New Guinea. UPNG, 1969, p 1-13 (Item) - Box 6
'The University of Papua New Guinea Library and National Library Service.' Outpost: Australian Librarianship '73: Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Conference of the Library Association of Australia held in Perth, August 1973, p183-186 (Item) - Box 6
'Researchers, permits and archival sources in PNG' Archives and Manuscripts, 7(1) August 1977 (Item) - Box 6
'Archives in a developing country: the PNG situation. 'Georgia Archive.5(2) Summer 77 (Item) - Box 6
'Library materials on Irian Jaya'. Port Moresby, Institute of PNG Studies, Discussion Paper, No 3, 1979 (Item) - Box 6
'The Kwato Community: Mission industrial education and plantations'. UPNG and Dept of Primary Industry, History of Agriculture Discussion Paper No 28, [1979] (Item) - Box 6
'D'Albertis was not alone' Review of Rape of the Fly by John Goode. Post Courier, Port Moresby, 25 November 1977, p17-18 (Item) - Box 6
'Who are they?'. Introducing the Papua New Guinea Biographical Register Short List. Post Courier, Port Moresby, 26 May, 1978, p 17, 20,. 23 (Item) - Box 6
'No it didn't start with Kwato' Review of Technical Training and development in Papua 1874-1941, by Tony Austin. Post Courier, Port Moresby, 20 October, 1978, p 15. (Item) - Box 6
'Holding the fort'. Review of My reluctant missionary, by John Kolia. Post Courier, Port Moresby, 27 April, 1979 (Item) - Box 6
'Villagers at war: the 'Insiders' view'. Review of Villagers at war: some Papua New Guineans' experiences in World War 2, by Neville Robinson. Post Courier, Port Moresby, January 11, 1980, p34-35 (Item) - Box 6
Subseries. PNG 1967-1980: Publications produced by Nancy Lutton
Directory of Libraries in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea Library Association, 1974 (Item) - Box 7
Libraries in an independent Papua New Guinea, edited by Penny Bailey, Nancy Lutton and Wendy Seeto. PNGLA, 1974 (Item) - Box 7
Papua New Guinea creative writing index 1967-1974. Library, University of Papua and New Guinea, 1975 (Item) - Box 7
Preliminary list of Manuscripts held in the New Guinea Collection of the University of Papua New Guinea Library. Library, UPNG, 1974 (Item) - Box 7
George Arthur Vickers Stanley: a guide to his papers in the New Guinea Collection University of Papua New Guinea. Compiled by Bryant Allen and Nancy Lutton, Port Moresby, UPNG Library, 1977. [see also C2] (Item) - Box 7
Papua New Guinea Biographical Register Shortlist. Compiled jointly by the History and the Library of the University of Papua New Guinea. UPNG Library, 1978 (Item) - Box 7
Subseries. PNG 1967-1980 records: BA Honours sub-thesis research and writing
1971-72 CAW Monckton research notes, including 8 x 5 inch cards (File) - Box 14
First draft sub-thesis 'CAW Monckton'; Final 'CAW Monckton's trilogy of his adventures in New Guinea: Fact or Fiction?' Unbound copy.
1972 - 73 Transcripts by John Waiko of two interviews (one by N. Lutton) with elderly Papuan men about CAW Monckton. (File) - Box 14
Subseries. PNG 1967-1980 records: MA Thesis research and writing
LMS Odds Box 2 on microfilm (from School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London) (File) - Box 16
1973-80 Notes on interviews with informants; photocopies from the Abel Papers; miscellaneous papers (File) - Box 18
1980 Thesis - Larger Than Life - top copy as typed from which all copies were printed (File) - Box 19
1997 Una Voce book review of David Wetherell's book Charles Abel and the Kwato Mission of Papua New Guinea (File) - Box 19
1975-1980 Nancy Lutton's notes on the Wetherell dispute c1977 Comments by NL on David Wetherell's Portrait of CW Abel for publication in Pacific Island Portraits (File) - Box 19
Subseries. PNG 1967 - 1980: Souvenir publications and papers
Australian External Territories Vol 1 No 2, Special edition on Constitutional Development in Papua New Guinea, April 1972 (Item) - Box 20
New Guinea, Melanesia and Micronesia: Area tables used in Dewey Decimal Classification at the University of Papua New Guinea Library. (Item) - Box 20
University of Papua and New Guinea. A ceremony to mark the official opening of Library, Union and Science Buildings. Saturday March 8, 1969 at 4pm. (Item) - Box 20
Our University: a guide to the University of Papua and New Guinea for Form IV Students. 22p. nd (Item) - Box 20
Ceremony of Conferring of Degrees in the University Forum, Tuesday, 18th August, 1970 at 3.45pm. (Item) - Box 20
Ceremony of Conferring of Degrees in the University Forum Friday 6 August, 1971 at 7.30pm. (Item) - Box 20
Renagi R. Lohia, Vice-chancellor UPNG, What is the University of Papua New Guinea all about 'save tru' or 'save nating'. 7p., c1979 (Item) - Box 20
John Jones, Looking back: a survey of graduate opinions of the University of Papua New Guinea, October 1972 (Item) - Box 20
An orientation to the University of Papua New Guinea: The Moving Finger. (skit) 9p., 1980 (Item) - Box 20
Series 4. Perth, 1980-1989
Personal and work files relating to the Library Board of Western Australia and the Battye Library of Western Australian History. Articles, book reviews and publications by Nancy Lutton. There are files on lectures and talks given. Activities with the Oral History Association of Australia, the Fellowship of Australian Writers, the Royal Western Australian Historical Society and the Australian Society of Archivists are fully documented. Records of the Australian, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea Copying Project 1987 are documented here. The feminist Bessie Rischbieth was researched fully and files retained. Oral history projects were carried out for the National Library on Irene Greenwood and Dame Rachel Cleland. Records also reflect Bicentennial activities.
Subseries. untitled
Battye Library publications edited by Nancy Lutton - Select bibliography of the Natural History ofthe Kimberley Region of Western Australia, 1981; Tracing your Ancestors, 1983, and article on the Battye Library in Archives and Manuscripts, Vol 14 No 2, November 1986 (File) - Box 21
Friends of the Battye Library 1981 - 1986 and Friends of the Battye Library Newsletter, Nos 1 -9 Feb 82 to Aug 83, edited by N.Lutton (File) - Box 21
Library Board of Western Australia and Fremantle Arts Centre Press, joint publication of Voyage Out and InTime for Lunch, 1989 - 1991. [Nancy Lutton representing LBWA] (File) - Box 22
Subseries. Library Association of Australia
Pacific Collections in Australia - Paper given and general notes, 1984 (File)
Correspondence and notes with Australian Archives; National Library of Australia; Pacific Manuscripts Bureau; NSW - ASOPA, Mitchell Library, State Archives, University of Sydney; Queensland - Fryer Library, Oxley Library,Qld State Archives; South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Subseries. Perth 1980 - 89 Records: Articles and book reviews
How Western Australia preserves its printed records. (Sent to the West Australian but not published) (Item) - Box 23
'From Port Moresby to Perth'. Archives and Manuscripts, Vol 9 No 1, September 1981, pp 30-38. Paper read to the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, 15 October 1980 (Item) - Box 23
'Beginnings of Toktok bilong haus buk'. Toktok bilong haus buk, No 32, October 1982, Pp 6-13. (Item) - Box 23
'Terminology' in Future trends: proceedings of the 4th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of Archivists. Adelaide, 20-23 May, 1983, pp 71-80. (Item) - Box 23
Bessie Rischbieth: three articles. 'Bessie M. Rischbieth, OBE: a oral history study' in Early Days: Journal of the RWAHS Historical Society, Vol 9 (1), 1983, p 22-36 'Dear Family: Letters from Bessie Rischbieth', in Early Days op cit 9 (5), 1987, P16-29; 'Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel (1874-1967), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol 11, 1891-1939, pp 394-396. MUP 1988. (Item) - Box 23
'Pacific Collections in Australia'. Libraries after 1984. LAA/NZLA Conference Proceedings, Brisbane, 27-31 August, 1984, pp 409-417. (Item) - Box 23
'CAW Monckton'. Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol 10: 1891-1939. Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 549 - 550. (Item) - Box 23
'Australian, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea Copying Project.' Paper presented to the 6th Biennnial Conference of the Australian Society of Archivists, Perth, 22 April, 1987, p 109 - 119. (Item) - Box 23
'Archives and Manuscripts', Article in ALIAS: Australia's library, information and archives services: an encyclopaedia of practice and practitioners, Vol 1., edited by Harrison Bryan. Sydney, LAA, 1988 (Item) - Box 23
'Bicentennial retrospective: a reflective view from Western Australia.' Archives and Manuscripts, Vol 17 No 2, November 1989, pp 139 - 150. (Item) - Box 23
'Dutiful Daughters: women talk about their lives. Edited by Jean McCrindle and Sheila Rowbotham. Penguin, 1979. in Bikmaus: a journal of Papua New Guinea Affairs, ideas and the arts. Vol 11 No 1, August 1981, pp 93-94. (Item) - Box 23
'Early days at the bois' university'. The Times (PNG), 3-9 July, 1981, p19-20. Review of A Thousand graduates: conflict in University Development in Papua New Guinea, 1961-1976, by Ian Howie-Willis. Pacific Research Monograph No 3, Australian National University, 1980 (Item) - Box 23
'Transition'. Australian Book Review, April 1984, pp 31-32. Review of Colonial sunset: Australia and Papua New Guinea 1970-1974, by LW Johnson. University of Queensland Press, 1983 (Item) - Box 23
'Talking women remember'. Pacific Moana Quarterly, Vol 8 No 4, 1984, pp 73-4. Review of Nothing to Spare. By Jan Carter. Penguin, 1981 (Item) - Box 23
Subseries. PERTH 1980 - 1989 Records: Oral History and Fellowship of Australian Writers
Subseries. PERTH 1980 - 1989 Records: Australian Society of Archivists
Editor's files and disposal schedule 1987 [Editor's official files deposited In Noel Butlin Archives, ANU] (File) - Box 26
Archives and Manuscripts. Issues edited by Nancy Lutton Vol 10 No 2 Dec 1982 To Vol 15 No 1, May 1987 (File) - Box 26
Subseries. PERTH 1980 - 1989 Records. Australian, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea Copying Project, Nov 1986 to July 1987
Australian Libraries and Information Council (ALIC), Report to the Cultural Ministers Council March 1985. Plan for library and related information services in Australia. (File) - Box 29
Conservation in Australian Libraries and Archives: a report to the Cultural Ministers Council by ALIC, August 1985 (File) - Box 29
Australian,, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea Copying Project: report to the Australian Libraries and Information Council, on a feasibility study carried out from March To July, 1987, by Nancy Lutton, MBE, MA, ALAA (File) - Box 29
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, South Pacific Commission 1986-1987 and articles on Pacific archives in Journal of Pacific History, 1967 - 1976 (File) - Box 29
Subseries. PERTH 1980 - 1989 Records. Bessie M. Rischbieth research
BMR and Jean Beadle, Women Justice's Association, National Council of Women And International Women's Day, 1925 - 1938 (File) - Box 32
Miscellaneous letters and notes from and about BMR copied from Irene Greenwood Papers, 1965 - 1981 (File) - Box 32
'Bessie M Rischbieth, OBE: and oral history study' by Nancy Lutton. Paper read to the Royal Western Australian Historical Society 19 Oct 1983. Published in Early Days, Vol 9 Part 1, 1983 (File) - Box 32
'Dear Family: letters from Bessie Rischbieth' by Nancy Lutton. Paper read to the Royal Western Australian Historical Society 15 April 1987. Published in Early Days. Vol 9 Part 5, 1987 (File) - Box 32
Australian Dictionary of Biography paper on BMR by Nancy Lutton, 1985 - 2000 (File) - Box 32
Including correspondence with Gerald Fischer about WB Rounsevell, 1988.
Transcripts of taped interviews about BMR (File) - Box 33
Professor Fred Alexander 3 Jan 1983; Rachel Cleland 18 Oct 1981; Barbara Evans 31 Jan 1982; Bill Evans 28 Feb 1982; Flower Evans 28 Feb 1982; Jonathan Evans 26 Dec 1982; Irene Greenwood Aug-Sep 1981; Helen Laybourne Smith 25 May 1983; John Oldham 30 March 1982; Ruby Rich 6 June 1983; Mary Ritson 21 March 1982
Series 5. Papua New Guinea, 1989 - 1992
Personal files as well as the results of some work at the National Archives of PNG, in the form of guides and handbooks. Lectures in archives were given and articles were written. A conference paper was presented at the ASA annual conference in Sydney in 1991. The Centenary of the Kwato Mission occurred in 1991, and efforts were made to publish the MA thesis written on that subject by revising and shortening it. Some files reflect private research on behalf of friends.
Subseries. untitled
National Archives of Papua New Guinea. Chief Archivist. Application, contract etc, 1987 - 1992 (File) - Box 34
NAPNG - Patrol Reports - Microfilming project in association with the Melanesian Studies Resource Centre, University of San Diago, California, 1989-1992 (File) - Box 34
Lectures and talks on NAPNG by Nancy Lutton to students and records officers, 1989 - 1992 (File) - Box 34
History and development of Archives in PNG, lecture notes and copies of articles, 1950s to 1992 (File) - Box 34
Historical cuttings re PNG, including series of articles by Tukul Kaiku, Senior Archivist, NAPNGm, 1990 (File) - Box 35
Sinaka Goava - research notes concerning his father Goava Oa, who was convicted of Murder in 1931 (File) - Box 35
Nigel Oram - Correspondence concerning his research on the Guise family and also With Vaburi Dairi concerning the Motu, 1990 - 1992 (File) - Box 35
'Voyage of the Victory' - Correspondence with Roger Boore concerning research for and the publication of his parents' Walter and Bronwen Boore's book, 1983 -1991 (File) - Box 35
'Archives and National Identity in PNG'. Paper given at the ASA Conference in Sydney, 1991 and published in Archives and Manuscripts, Vol 19 No 2, 1991 (File) - Box 35
Subseries. National Archives and Public Records Services publications edited by Nancy Lutton
Guide to the Post-War Records of the Department of the Government Secretary, Compiled by Jacob Hevelawa, 1991 (Item)
Guide to the Records of the Department of the Administrator, compiled by Jacob Hevelawa, 1992 (Item)
Subseries. University of Papua New Guinea publications
Papua New Guinea Libraries +Plus+: Selected papers from conferences and seminars of the University of Papua New Guinea, Department of Library and Information Studies., 1990 - 1993 (Item)
Compiled by John Evans, 1994. (Contains 2 papers by Nancy Lutton: No 4 '1972 and all that' [see above], and No 20. 'National Archives and Public Record Service: past and present' paper presented at the Library Development Seminar, Port Moresby, 5 - 6 September, 1990.
Subseries. Kwato Centenary and efforts to publish biography of CW Abel, 1991
Oxford University Press, Delasta, Independent and the Kwato Association. (Item) - Box 37
Correspondence re publication and outline of reductions carried out at publishers' request. Includes 5x5 floppy disks of revised version. 1990-91
Series 6. Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (PARBICA), 1982 - 2001
These files reflect the editor's correspondence with various members of PARBICA. (The editor's files of correspondence with contributors and the business of publishing the Pacific Archives Journal belong to PARBICAArchives now located in Fiji, but were left with the proposed new editor at the National Archives of PNG. As no furtherissues were published I believe they are still there). The files also chronicle the various conferences attended as well as the compilation of the PARBICA Compendium of Pacific Archives Legislation, compiled and edited by Nancy Lutton in 2001.
Series 7. Canberra, 1992-2007
Personal file as Executive Officer of the Australian Council of Archives, files on paid projects at Telopea Park School Library, the Anglican Diocese and the AESOP archives. Attendances at a number of ASA Conferences. Notes on oral history interview for the ASA. Files including reports on AESOP projects in Samoa and Kiribati. Articles published and files on the travels with Jean McGregor of the UK between 1995 and 2003.
Australian Council of Archives (ACA): Australian Council of Archives Newsletter No 19 Jan 1993 to No 22 Apr 1994 (File) - Box 40
Anglican Archives: correspondence Parish Archives Handbook. Final Draft and published handbook, 1996 (File) - Box 40
Oral History Association of Australia Conference - Magnetic Island, Queensland, 1994 (File) - Box 40
Australian Society of Archivists and National Library of Australia. Oral History Interview, 1996 - 2002 (File) - Box 40
Kathryn Dan summary and editing of interview for publication by ICA Section of Professional Associations, 2000 - 2001. (Not so far published 2007)
'Return to Port Moresby: the survival, copying and restitution of rescued records' by Nancy Lutton and Hilary Rowell. Archives and Manuscripts Vol 23 Nov 1995, pp 290 - 305. (File) - Box 41
Patrol Reports: 'Patrol Reports: Location and preservation' by Nancy Lutton. Una Voce No 2, June 2002, pp 12-13, and 'Papua New Guinea Patrol Reports: Originals, Microfilms and indexes' Pambu Newsletter Series 5 No 14, June 2002, pp 3-6. (File) - Box 41
AESOP (Australian Executive Service Overseas Program) (File) - Box 41
Correspondence 1995 - 2001; Samoa and the Lands and Titles Court, 1990 - 1996; Samoa - Official Correspondence with AESOP and notes 1994 - 1995; Samoa - Memos, correspondence and notes in Samoa 1995; Project - Kiribati - National Parliament 2000 - 2001; Project - Consultancy on AESOP's own archives 1996
Papua New Guinea Then and Now Conference: reflections on cultural decolonization and nationalism: a symposium at the University of Sydney 11 and 12 July 2002 (File) - Box 42
Includes Nancy Lutton paper 'Building a documentary heritage in an oral culture.'
Series 8. Arrangement and Description of Cleland Papers and Research and writing on Sir Donald and Dame Rachel Cleland, 1983-2007
Notes on oral history interview for NLA TRC 1871 and correspondence with NLA. Arrangement and description of Sir Donald Cleland Papers (MS9600) and Dame Rachel Cleland (MS9601). Comments on Rachel Cleland's manuscript for book Grassroots to Independence and beyond, and launch of the book in Canberra. Published articles by Nancy Lutton on Dame Rachel. Notes on father ED Cleland and by son Robert Cleland. Correspondence concerning allegation by John Grimshaw about Donald Cleland. Oral history interviews with people who knew the Clelands. Research notes from sources in various institutions and publications. Drafts of unpublished book on the Cleland 'Making of an Administrator'. Drafts, correspondence, editing, maps, photos, launch, promotion of My Dearest Brown Eyes published by Pandanus Books 2006.
Subseries. NLA Oral History Interview - Box 43
Oral History interview for the National Library with Dame Rachel - Summary and notes on interview TRC 1871 Dec 1983 - May 1986; Correspondence with NLA concerning the interview and the transcript, TRC 1871, 1983 - 1991.
Subseries. Arrangement and Description of Cleland Papers, 1992 - 2007 - Box 43
Cleland papers deposited in New Guinea Collection UPNG, transferred to NLA 1992. Project at NLA - Arrangements as volunteer in the National Library Manuscript Collection 1998 - 2007.
Subseries. Oral History Interviews with people who knew the Clelands - Box 44
Includes some transcripts and correspondence.
Subseries. Research notes on the Sir Donald Cleland Papers MS 9600 and on the Dame Rachel Cleland Papers MS 9601 in the National Library of Australia - Box 45
Subseries. Research notes on Sir Donald and Dame Rachel Cleland from various archival Collections
At the National Library of Australia (NLA) (File) - Box 46
EJ Ward, MS 2396; Sir Robert Menzies, MS 4396; Liberal Party of Australia, MS 5000; JK McCarthy, MS 5581; John Black, MS 8346; Sir David Hay, TRC 121; JK Murray, TRC 243; Dame Rachel Cleland, TRC 1871; CE Barnes, TRC, 4900/13; Miscellaneous
At the National Archives of Australia (NAA) (File) - Box 46
Department of Territories, A518; Department of Territories Miscellaneous series; CP Series (Mostly JR Halligan); Sir Paul Hasluck
Research at the National Archives of PNG (NAPNG), 1989 - 1992 (File) - Box 46
AN2 - Government Officers and AN82 - Representations to the Minister; AN245 - Administrator; AN247 - Government Secretary's Department; AN251 - Files held by the Administrator; AN404 - 'P' series files; AN444 - Cleland's Office files; AN479 - Administrator's confidential files; AN530 - ANGAU report and AN703 - District Officers' Conference 1961; AN760 - Raluana incident; Chronologies and lists checked including lists of photos 1989 - 1992
Subseries. My Dearest Brown Eyes (published book), 2002 - 2007
Series 9. Inwards correspodence, c. 1952-2007
Personal correspondence from friends. Filed in alphabetical order. Some files contain copies of letters to the correspondent from Nancy Lutton as well. [d - deceased] [lc - lost contact]
Series 10. Cassette Tapes
Interviews carried out by Nancy Lutton during research in PNG CAW Monckton and CW Abel and others, in Western Australia on Bessie Rischbieth, Irene Greenwood and others, and on Sir Donald and Dame Rachel Cleland. All interviews recorded by Nancy Lutton unless otherwise indicated: AC = Copy tape in New Guinea Collection, University of Papua New Guinea; OH = Copy tape in Oral History Collection, Battye Library of Western Australian History; TRC = Copy tape in Oral History Section, National Library of Australia
Subseries 10_1. CAW Monckton Research
Subseries 10_2. Charles Abel and Kwato Research
Cecil Abel, Port Moresby; 30/5/74; 1x60; AC115/4 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000655) - Cassette-Box 36
1 item, Compact cassette tapeCecil Abel, Port Moresby; 28/12/75; 1x60; AC115/5 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000656) - Cassette-Box 36
1 item, Compact cassette tapeCecil Abel, Port Moresby; 4 /1/76; 1x60; AC115/6 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000657) - Cassette-Box 36
1 item, Compact cassette tapeBadi and John Smeeton, Melbourne; 30/8/75; 1x60 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000658) - Cassette-Box 36
1 item, Compact cassette tapeBadi and John Smeeton, Melbourne; 2/9/77; 2x60; AC115/13-14 (Tape 1) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000659) - Cassette-Box 36
1 item, Compact cassette tapeMiss Aurousseau, Sydney; 7/9/77; 1X60 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000661) - Cassette-Box 36
1 item, Compact cassette tapeHalliday and Arthur Beavis, Melbourne; 3/9/77; 1x90; AC115/15 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000662) - Cassette-Box 36
1 item, Compact cassette tapePercy Chatterton, Port Moresby; 3/10/76; 1x60; AC115/7 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000663) - Cassette-Box 36
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSusannah Rankin, Port Moresby; 21/8/77; 1x60; AC115/12 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000664) - Cassette-Box 36
1 item, Compact cassette tapeMerari Dickson, Kwato; 20/12/76; 2x60; AC115/10-11 (Tape 1) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000665) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tapeMerari Dickson, Kwato; 20/12/76; 2x60; AC115/10-11 (Tape 2) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000666) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tapeAnn Kaniku, Port Moresby; 22/11/76; 1x60; AC115/8 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000667) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tapeJohn Kaniku, P. Moresby; 29/11/76; 1x60; AC115/9 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000668) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tapeKwato ladies: Elsie Joseph, Martha Joshua, Nedi Tari; 12/11/74; 1x60; AC115/1 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000669) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tapeDaniel Sione and Elsie Joseph, Kwato; 12/11/74; 1x60; AC115/2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000670) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSubseries 10_3. Bessie Rischbieth Research
Cleland, Rachel; 18/10/81; 1X60; 24 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000675) - Cassette-Box 37a
1 item, Compact cassette tapeEvans, Barbara; 31/1/82; 1X60; 27 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000676) - Cassette-Box 37a
1 item, Compact cassette tapeEvans, Bill; 28/2/82; 1X60; 17 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000677) - Cassette-Box 37a
1 item, Compact cassette tapeEvans, Jonathan; 26/12/82; 2x60; 56 (Tape 1) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000679) - Cassette-Box 37a
1 item, Compact cassette tapeEvans, Jonathan; 26/12/82; 2x60; 56 (Tape 2) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000680) - Cassette-Box 37a
1 item, Compact cassette tapeTape 2 not listed in finding aid.
Greenwood, Irene; Aug/Sep 81; 3x90; 63; OH542 BL (Tape 1) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000681) - Cassette-Box 37a
1 item, Compact cassette tapeGreenwood, Irene; Aug/Sep 81; 3x90; 63; OH542 BL (Tape 2) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000682) - Cassette-Box 37a
1 item, Compact cassette tapeGreenwood, Irene; Aug/Sep 81; 3x90; 63; OH542 BL (Tape 3) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000683) - Cassette-Box 37a
1 item, Compact cassette tapeHodgson, Dulcie; 13/1/86; 1x60; (Item NLA.MS-SAV000685) - Cassette-Box 37b
1 item, Compact cassette tapeLaybourne-Smith; Helen; 22/5/83; 1x60; 32 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000686) - Cassette-Box 37b
1 item, Compact cassette tapeOldham, John; 30/3/83; 1x60; 19 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000687) - Cassette-Box 37b
1 item, Compact cassette tapeRich, Ruby; 6/6/83; 2x60; 42 (Tape 1) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000688) - Cassette-Box 37b
1 item, Compact cassette tapeRich, Ruby; 6/6/83; 2x60; 42 (Tape 2) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000689) - Cassette-Box 37b
1 item, Compact cassette tapeRitson, Mary; 21/3/82; 1x60; 15 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000690) - Cassette-Box 37b
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSquires, Dorothea; 8/2/86; 1x60; (Item NLA.MS-SAV000691) - Cassette-Box 37b
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSubseries 10_4. Irene Greenwood research
Irene Greenwood on early members of the Women's Services Guild 1909+ 26/9/81; 1x90; OH542/2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000694) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tapeIG on her mother Mary Driver, 10/10/81; 1x90; OH542/2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000695) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tape(a) IG on the oral tradition and ABC broadcasting, 30/1/82 (b) IG interviewed by Kate Miller of ABC, 1/8/82; 1x90 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000696) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tape(a) IG on her experiences in commercial broadcasting, 6/2/82 (b) IG interviewed by Gillian Waite on ABC National radio, Feb 75; 1x90 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000697) - Cassette-Box 37
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSubseries 10_5. Bicentennial project: Australia in 1938
Interviews with Margaret Evans, 25/4/82; TRC2404/6201. 22/5/82; 3x90; OH709
Interviews with Margaret Evans, 25/4/82; TRC2404/6201. 22/5/82; 3x90; OH709 (1 of 3) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000700) - Cassette-Box 38
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSubseries 10_6. Battye Library Interviews
Subseries 10_8. PNG 1989-1992 Miscellaneous
Pauline Fox interviewed by Nancy Lutton, 10/6/90, 1x60 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000947) - Cassette-Box 38
1 item, Compact cassette tapeNL interviewed on NBC Radio by Kathleen Sakias, 15/9/92, 1x60 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000949) - Cassette-Box 38
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSubseries 10_9. Research on Sir Donald and Dame Rachel Cleland
Sir Cecil Abel, 2/8/92, 1x90, 20 - Box 62 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000952) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapeDes Ashton, 27/8/93, 1x90, 6, Incomplete tr - Box 62 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000953) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapePeter Broman, 25/10/93, 1x90, 30 - Box 62 (Tape 1) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000956) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapePeter Broman, 25/10/93, 1x90, 30 - Box 62 (Tape 2) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000957) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapePeter Cahill, 31/8/93, 1x90, 19 - Box 62 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000958) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapeDes Clancy, 19/1/93, 2x90 - Box 62 (Tape 1) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000959) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapeDes Clancy, 19/1/93, 2x90 - Box 62 (Tape 2) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000960) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapeGresley Clarkson, 22/1/93, 1x90 - Box 62 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000961) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapeEvan, Marie and David, Cleland, 3-4/9/93, 2x90, 38 - Box 62 (Tape 1) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000962) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapeEvan, Marie and David, Cleland, 3-4/9/93, 2x90, 38 - Box 62 (Tape 2) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000963) - Cassette-Box 28
1 item, Compact cassette tapeDame Rachel Cleland, 29/1/95, 1x90, 28,30/3/99, 1x90, 17 - Box 62 (Tape 1) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000964) - Cassette-Box 31
1 item, Compact cassette tapeDame Rachel Cleland, 29/1/95, 1x90, 28,30/3/99, 1x90, 17 - Box 62 (Tape 2) (Item NLA.MS-SAV000965) - Cassette-Box 31
1 item, Compact cassette tapeTape 2 not listed in finding aid.