Guide to the Papers of Axel and Roslyn Poignant
MS 7623
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Axel and Roslyn Poignant
- Title
- Papers of Axel and Roslyn Poignant
- Date Range
- 1922 - 1975
- Collection Number
- MS 7623
- Extent
- 1.53 metres (8 MS Boxes + 1 Folio + 1 packet)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Roslyn Poignant material is located within MS 7623 File 1 (part), Files 3, 10-18 and 34.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn362199).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Axel and Roslyn Poignant, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Class 1. Original consignment
Exhibition catalogues (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 7623)
'Land and People', Kulthuset, Stockholm, Nov. 1988 - Jan, 1989; 'Axel Poignant: Australian - land och maenniskor', Kulthuset, Stockholm, Nov. 1988 - Jan. 1989; 'Yolngu: Aboriginal cultures of North Australia,' Brighton Art Gallery and Museum May - June 1988.
Correspondence and statements relating to police interference at the student's demonstration about Indonesian Question, Wynyard Pard, 1941 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 7623)
Myxomatosis research papers, 1941-53 and newspaper cuttings on conservation issues, 1931-52 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 7623)
Draft for 'The photographic witness' and 'The first and last frontier' by Ros Poignant (File 10) - Box 1 (MS 7623)
Minutes of the Sydney University Protest Committee, January - September, 1941 (File 14) - Box 2 (MS 7623)
24 letters concerning Axel Poignant's migration to Australia under Dreadnaught Scheme and three pamphlets, 1926-27 (File 25-26) - Box 4 (MS 7623)
Liverpool River and Wellington Ranges diary (annotated by Ros Poignant), 1952 (typescript copy) (File 30-31) - Box 4 (MS 7623)
Drafts and letters of Beulah Lowe relating to 'Bush Walkabout' and 'Piccaninny Walkabout', 1952-58 (File 32) - Box 5 (MS 7623)
Correspondence, with Ros Poignant and Sir Paul Hasluck and relating to Arnhem Land, and press cuttings, 1952 (File 33) - Box 5 (MS 7623)
Typescript of an ABC talk, 'Aborigines of Australia,' by T E H Strehlow, 1952 (File 34) - Box 5 (MS 7623)
Arnhem Land notebooks: three notebooks/diaries and a notebook containing film index, 1952 (File 35) - Box 5 (MS 7623)
Letters of Norman Hall to Axel Poignant, 1940-41. (Note: Photocopies of other material relating to Norman Hall is held at the Battye Library, State Library of Western Australia) (File 38) - Box 5 (MS 7623)
Correspondence, 1930-40: letters (mostly written from Perth) from Axel, Sandra and Muriel Chase (File 39) - Box 5 (MS 7623)
Class 6. Consignment received 2012 - Box (Shared), Piece 10 (MS 7623)
This consignment comprises photographs, photograph albums, licenses and programmes. Of the two photograph albums one is indicated as containing Axel Poignant's earliest attempts at photography and hand colouring. There are photographs by Axel Poignant and those collected by him. The instalment also includes drivers license, photographers' credentials and divorce papers; and theatre programmes and educational syllabi (1 packet).