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Collection Summary

Creator
Jean Primrose Whyte
Title
Papers of Jean Whyte
Date Range
1881-2009
Collection Number
MS 9616 et al.
Extent
3.13 metres (13 boxes + 6 A3 cartons + 1 packet)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1598606).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Jean Whyte, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

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Collection Retrieval Advice

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Item Descriptions

Class MS 9616. Original Consignment

Five files of "whites", i.e. copies of Jean Whyte's official letters and minutes during her employment with the National Library of Australia, with letters and minutes of A.P. Fleming, the National Librarian 1970-1973, and drafts of articles. Colour transparencies taken at Whyte's farewell from the National Library include Pauline Fanning, Dulcie Penfold, George Clark and Dr George Chandler, National Librarian 1974-1980. The collection also includes letters and poems of Donovan Clarke.

Comprises 2 boxes.

Class MS Acc02.171. Consignment Added 2002

Notebooks from Whyte's undergraduate days in the early 1950s, papers relating to her training as a librarian, and correspondence, references, talks, notes of meetings and reports dating from her time at the State Library of South Australia, Fisher Library, the National Library of Australia and Monash University. There are also diaries and audio tapes.

Comprises 2 boxes, 6 A3 cartons.

Whyte - Talks [Folder of typescripts of speeches given by Jean Whyte on subjects including Recruitment of Librarians; National Information Services; Course Recognition and the history of librarianship, 1959-1992] (File 1) - Box 1

[Letter transmitting A Report on the Administration of Public Libraries in South Australia by Jean Whyte (May 1974); also copy of report] (File 2) - Box 1

References - Personal [Folder containing references for Jean Whyte; correspondence about possible employment with South Australian Public Service and her educational attainment and fellowship at University of Chicago, 1942-1959. The folder contains seven unrelated letters to Jean Whyte dating from 1960-1974.] (File 3) - Box 1

[Springback folder containing notes and papers assembled by Jean Whyte in connection with her attendance at the Advanced Library Seminar at the Commonwealth National Library, 13-21. 12.1958] (File 4) - Box 1

[Plastic bag of papers mainly about Jean Whyte's 1968 visit to libraries in the United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom] (File 5) - Box 1

Library Schools - Australia - Course Outlines (File 6) - Box 1

Registration (Qualifying) Lectures Cataloguing and Classification, June 1955 [Notebook] (File 7) - Box 1

Registration R1, 1956, 1957 [Notebook] (File 8) - Box 1

[Notebook: Registration 1958] (File 9) - Box 1

Whyte - Report of 1975 trip round library schools and libraries Europe, UK and USA [Cassette tape] (File 10) - Box 1

US Trip May 1979 [Cassette tape] (File 11) - Box 1

US trip including Chicago while at Sydney [Cassette tape] (File 12) - Box 1

[Folder containing FIB Journal of the Fisher Library Officers Association, Vol 8, No 2, 2.11.1971 with article What Jean Whyte Meant to the Sydney University Library and the Minute of Appreciation of Professor Whyte adopted by the Professorial Board of Monash University, 22.3.1989] (File 1) - Box 2

Monash - Appointment [Folder containing information about position of Chair of Librarianship, Monash University; correspondence between Jean Whyte and the University about the position, about arrangements for interview and about appointment. Contains two letters to Jean Whyte, dated 1959, from the University of Sydney about her appointment to its Fisher Library] (File 2) - Box 2

Whyte - Articles etc [Folder of handwritten and typescript lectures and speeches on topics including American libraries, copyright, parchment leather, education for librarianship, the research library, descriptive cataloguing, 1950s-1981] (File 3) - Box 2

Whyte - Articles etc [Folder containing typescript assessments and reviews of books, and of speeches, 1984-1991] (File 4) - Box 2

Honorary Degree JPW [Folder of correspondence about the award of an honorary Doctor of Letters; Order of Proceedings for Graduation Ceremony on 15.5.1996; Jean Whyte' address and news reports, 1995-1996] (File 5) - Box 2

Jean P Whyte (Personal) [Folder with Order of Proceedings for 271st Convocation of University of Chicago noting award of Master of Arts to Whyte; documents relating to advertisement of Director of Information, Reference and Research at the National Library of Australia and Whyte's curriculum vita and superannuation; news clippings about Whyte and program for dinner in honour of Allan Fleming's retirement as Director-General of the National Library, 1956-1974] (File 6) - Box 2

Dr Hogbin [Folder containing news clippings about and bibliography of works of Dr Hogbin compiled by Jean Whyte, 1970] (File 7) - Box 2

[Correspondence of good wishes on retirement from Monash University; of award of title Emeritus Professor; news clippings and menu for celebratory dinner, 1988] (File 8) - Box 2

Olding-Osborn [Folder of correspondence between Jean Whyte and Ray Olding, 1967-1971] (File 9) - Box 2

Chicago - Farewell Party [Folder of sketches, messages and poem, April-May 1955] (File 10) - Box 2

Ramsay, Margery [Folder containing text of Jean Whyte's speech and poem in honour of Margery Ramsay on her retirement in August 1983; copy of letter from Margery Ramsay to President of Library Council of Victoria, 1985] (File 11) - Box 2

[Folder containing: Certificate - University of Adelaide Leaving Examination, 1940; Preliminary Certificate in Librarianship from Australian Institute of Librarians, 1944; Qualifying Certificate in Librarianship from Australian Institute of Librarians, 1946; Certificate - University of Adelaide Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours, 1952; Diploma - Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1956; Invitation to Membership and Certificate of Membership - National Library Science Honorary Fraternity, 1957; Certificate of recognition as an Associate of the Library Association of Australia, 1964; Certificate of recognition as a Fellow of the Library Association of Australia, 1964] (File 12) - Box 2

Poems [Envelope containing manuscript and typescript poems by Jean Whyte and others, 1943-1992] (File 1) - Box 3

Letters of Congratulations [Folder containing news clippings and letters of congratulation on Jean Whyte's appointment to Professor of Librarianship at Monash University, 1974-1975] (File 2) - Box 3

[Notebook containing outline of syllabus and lectures 1961. Also contains a couple of poems. Most of the notebook is blank] (File 3) - Box 3

[Three ring binder of handwritten notes, tagged with the number 487F, about library related matters, e.g., library buildings, lighting, 1954-1958] (File 4) - Box 3

[Three ring binder of handwritten notes, tagged with the number 342, about library related matters, for example, book selection, surveys, principles for organising libraries, trends in education, 1953-1954] (File 5) - Box 3

Registration Courses - General Lectures 1956 [Notebook containing outline of lectures on, for example, library literature, planning, administration, types of libraries] (File 6) - Box 3

Book 4, 1953. Lectures on ALA Rules for Author and Title Entries 1949 for Qualifying Students [Notebook containing cataloguing exercises and notes on problems facing the cataloguer] (File 7) - Box 3

Provision and Administration of Libraries. Lecture Notes for Preliminary Students 1956 [Notebook containing outline of lectures on, for example, the use of books and libraries, types of libraries] (File 8) - Box 3

R5 - Special Libraries 1956 [Notebook with outline of lectures on, e.g., the education of special librarians. Most of the notebook is empty.] (File 9) - Box 3

[Paper Partition Wallet containing index cards of notes of, and some correspondence about, interviews with American library schools about their courses, 1954] (File 1) - Box 4

Notes for Information, Reference and Research Branch Meetings, National Library of Australia, 1972 [Ancol Notebook containing agenda items for meetings and copies of memoranda] (File 2) - Box 4

Sydney University Library [Croxley Notebook containing notes about poetry and Shakespeare, 1961] (File 3) - Box 4

Thesis 1962 [Tudor Notebook - most of the notebook is blank] (File 4) - Box 4

Marvell - Sydney University Library [Tudor Notebook - most of the notebook is blank] (File 5) - Box 4

Milton - Sydney University Library [Tudor Notebook - most of the notebook is blank] (File 6) - Box 4

Essays [Exercise notebook - blank] (File 7) - Box 4

[University of Chicago Notebook containing notes about visits to libraries in the United States of America, 1953] (File 8) - Box 4

Essays 342. Graduate Library School 1955 [Folder containing two essays: Analysing the performance of a university library; Effects of education trends on the academic library, 1954] (File 9) - Box 4

[Folder containing handwritten notes, tagged with the number 394, on surveys, financial support, personnel, 1953-1954] (File 10) - Box 4

Essays - English Literature [Folder containing handwritten essays on, for example, the bitter comedies and Canterbury Tales, 1945-1949] (File 11) - Box 4

Nationality and Genius in Three Scottish Poets - Burns, Dunbar, Henryson - 1951 [Folder containing handwritten essays on, for example, Langland, Kyd to Webster, Byron, 1947-1951] (File 12) - Box 4

[Folder containing letter from Government House, news clipping and messages of congratulation on Jean Whyte's recognition in the Order of Australia on Australia Day 1988] (File 1) - Box 5

Travel Diary [1953-1954] (File 2) - Box 5

[Notebook about Information, Reference and Research Branch, National Library of Australia, 1974-1975] (File 3) - Box 5

University of Adelaide, Commemoration Bonython Hall - Programme for admission to degrees, 2.4.1952 [Booklet] (File 4) - Box 5

Diary of Thesis 1954-1955 [Notebook setting out progress with thesis. Mostly blank] (File 5) - Box 5

[Plastic bag containing five passports of Jean Whyte dating from 1963 to 1981] (File 6) - Box 5

JPW on North American Libraries, 1969 [Cassette tape] (File 7) - Box 5

Jean: last tape from 1969 Library Tour [Cassette tape] (File 8) - Box 5

[Plastic bag with letters to/from Jean Whyte, medical papers and address by Harrison Bryan to 150th meeting of Council of the National Library of Australia, 1954-1992] (File 9) - Box 5

1984 Diary (File 10) - Box 5

1985 Diary (File 11) - Box 5

[Collins Notebook containing notes for agenda items for Graduate School of Librarianship staff meetings, Monash University, 1976-1979] (File 12) - Box 5

[Monash University Notebook containing notes for agenda items for Graduate School of Librarianship staff meetings, 1981-1983] (File 13) - Box 5

[Two ring binder containing notes for meetings, 1986-1988] (File 14) - Box 5

[Notebook containing notes for agenda items for Graduate School of Librarianship meetings, Monash University, 1983-1984] (File 1) - Box 6

[Notebook containing notes for agenda items for Graduate School of Librarianship meetings, Monash University, 1980] (File 2) - Box 6

Transcript - Tapes 1, 2, 3 - Djakarta, Tokyo, Moscow, Leningrad, USSR Summary [Spiral bound typescript of the observations/notes recorded on the overseas visit made by Mr Allan Fleming, National Librarian, Notebook, 17 August - 26 October 1972] (File 3) - Box 6

The Forts of Folly: Matthew Arnold and the Philistines 1951 [Folder with handwritten essays about Spenser, Burns, Donne and Arnold, 1947-1951] (File 4) - Box 6

[Exercise Book used to mark the roll of students, Graduate School of Librarianship, Monash University, 1980-1986] (File 5) - Box 6

Roll and Records 1982 [Exercise Book used to record attendance Graduate School of Librarianship, Monash University] (File 6) - Box 6

Diary 1973 (File 7) - Box 6

Diary 1975 (File 8) - Box 6

Diary 1975 (File 9) - Box 6

Diary 1979 (File 10) - Box 6

Diary 1981 (File 11) - Box 6

H C L Anderson Award to Jean Whyte by the Library Association of Australia for Services to Librarianship, 1987 [bronze figure] (File 1) - Box 7

Library Association of Australia, H C L Anderson Award - Citation for Jean Primrose Whyte [1987] (File 2) - Box 7

H C L Anderson letters [Folder containing correspondence about the conferral of the award and letters of congratulations, 1987] (File 3) - Box 7

Collins Mid-Year Diary [July 1975-June 1976] (File 1) - Box 8

Collins 1976 Diary (File 2) - Box 8

Collins 1977 Diary (File 3) - Box 8

Collins 1978 Diary (File 4) - Box 8

Collins 1980 Diary (File 5) - Box 8

Cats in Art Diary 1990 (File 6) - Box 8

The Australian Literary Diary 1991 (File 7) - Box 8

Wilderness of Australia Diary 1992 (File 8) - Box 8

Wilderness of Australia Diary 1994 (File 9) - Box 8

Diary 1994 - Women's Suffrage Centenary, South Australia (File 10) - Box 8

ACF Wilderness Diary 1997 (File 11) - Box 8

Steve Parish 1998 Diary - Wildlife of Australia (File 12) - Box 8

Diary 2000 Millennium (File 13) - Box 8

Professor J. P. Whyte [Nameplate from office door, Monash University] (File 14) - Box 8

The National Library of Australia Engagement Calendar 1982 (File 1) - Box 9

Arts Diary Victoria 1982 (File 2) - Box 9

1982 Diary (File 3) - Box 9

1983 Diary (File 4) - Box 9

1986 Diary (File 5) - Box 9

1987 Diary (File 6) - Box 9

1988 Diary (File 7) - Box 9

1988 Invicta Diary (File 8) - Box 9

The Australian Country Diary 1989 (File 9) - Box 9

[Plastic bag containing: One black and white photograph of Jean Whyte and Sir Harold White on the front podium of the National Library of Australia, 1987; and Three colour photographs of a dinner in honour of Jean Whyte [undated]] (File 10) - Box 9

[Envelope containing Citation appointing Jean Whyte as a Member of the Order of Australia; copy of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No S141, 25.1.1987 setting out Order of Precedence for Australian Honours and Awards and booklet about the Order of Australia] (File 1) - Folio 1

Monash University [Folder containing citation for Jean Whyte for the Degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa and certificate, 1996] (File 2) - Folio 1

Class MS Acc07.199. Consignment Added 2007

Papers collected or created by Whyte for Uniting a profession including rough notes, draft chapters of the book, card indexes, lists of figures associated with the Australian Institute of Librarians and Library Association of Australia, and series of subject files containing original and photocopied manuscripts from the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) archives

Comprises 7 boxes.

Manuscript index of records examined by JPW, with cross-references to transcripts of her dictated notes on documents sighted (File 1) - Box 1

Transcripts of dictated notes on documents sighted (File 2) - Box 1

List of records examined; very early draft chapters (File 3) - Box 1

Annotated typed draft of chapters on 'Beginnings', 'Predecessors', 'The AIL 1937-38', 'Branches', 'Conferences'. (File 4) - Box 1

Pencil draft of typed version in Folder 4. (File 5) - Box 1

AIL annual reports (some duplicate typescript, some photocopies, some stencilled) 1937/8-1948/49; Council meetings 1938-1949 (dup typescript, some stencilled) (File 6) - Box 1

Black springback folder: Transcripts of JPW's dictated notes on Council meetings, and some handwritten notes (File 7) - Box 1

Description of contents of folders 1-7 (File)

Cassette tapes (5): JPW's dictated notes on documents (File)

Photographic film (2)Labelled SA Branch annual reports and minutes (File)

Catalogue cards: Incomplete chronology; references for bibliography; index of correspondents; name index (File) - Box 2

Spiral Notebook: Rough jottings (some notes made in the ML) (File) - Box 2

Letters from A Lodewycks: re extant AIL members, 1897 (File) - Box 2

Index of people active in AIL/LAA: duplicated forms, completed and annotated by JPW (File) - Box 3

Board of Examiners: LAA - mainly duplicated agenda papers, a few annotated by JPW, 1976-1977 (File) - Box 3

ALA, CCNY: letters re access to archives (File) - Box 4

Pencil notes, SLSA items (File) - Box 4

Subject files: Federal support, Ethics ,Standards, Fabinyi, Fischer, Government documents, Victorian Branch, Bray and SA Lib Board and addresses, ALIA Awards, General [mainly letters to and from libraries about AIL records held], F L S Bell - addresses, Background [JPW pencil notes on background to AIL history], Munn Pitt (File) - Box 4

Subject folders: National Research Council, AIL - First Annual Meeting [photocopies of draft notes and correspondence], Committee on Standards and Training, Lib Bd of WA, Australian Library Association - JPW paper and notes, Government publications, AIL Council - pencil notes by JPW, New Zealand, AIL - draft chapters of history, Education - Syllabus; Binns, Lib Assoc History - printouts of draft chapters and of related articles by JPW (File) - Box 5

Subject folders: Free Library Movement, Foxcroft, Sydney Univ, Special Libraries, University librarians' conferences, Wood (Malvina - of UWA), WA Branch, Women, Union Catalogues, History Forum - notes for paper by JPW, AIL History - drafts, Green-Scott Correspondence, Green-Scott-Cowan Correspondence Lobbying, AIL - Revision 1994 [outline of JPW's rethinking of how she would structure the history], AIL - Foundation, Pennington, Microfilming, Inter-Library Loans, SA State Lib, JPW Book [outline of chapters for a book on freedom of information in Australia], Publications committee (AIL, LAA) (File) - Box 6

subject folders: Dewey, SA Branch (AIL), Sowden - report on American visit, Archer (Ellinor - notes for JPW's ADB entry on), Australian Library Association - notes for JPW paper, Preliminaries - Indexing [notes on sources, miscellaneous jottings], General - SLSA, General - State Library of Victoria, School Libraries etc, Research funding etc [Bryan ack re ALIAS entry on Scott, photocopied extract from Scott letter re UK/USA trip], Purnell, Historical records [dup typescript of paper by Binns], NLA MSS 1980, General - SLNSW, General - Queensland records, General - Melbourne University, Central mystery - notes and draft for JPW paper, Photographs, Odd bits of MSS, Chronology, Library Association of Victoria, Miller, E. Morris, Background, 20s +, Battye, Lectures etc, Ifould (File) - Box 7

Class MS Acc10.044. Consignment Added 2010

Correspondence, appointment diaries, family papers, photographs, and poetry and other writings of Whyte.

Comprises 2 boxes.

Class MS Acc11.052. Consignment Added 2011

Unpublished articles on library themes written by Whyte, university newsletters and business correspondence .

Comprises 1 packet.


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