Jean Arnot interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2081022
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Arnot, Jean Fleming, 1903-1995, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1979 Mar. 8
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 103 min.)
- Summary:
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Jean Arnot, librarian and activist for equal pay for women, speaks of her family background; Fort Street School; joining Public (later State) Library of New South Wales; transfer from Bent Street building; design of present Library building; library exams; fight for equal pay; Council of Action for Equal Pay; membership of Public Service Association; family influences; looking after aged parents; Kooroora Club; Business and Professional Women's Club; United Nations Committee; Sydney Club, Trades and Professions Committee; National Council of Women; Royal Australian Historical Society; Freedom From Hunger, New South Wales Executive; Australian Institute of Librarians; her MBE; knowledge gained through library work; Miles Franklin papers; Havelock Ellis diaries; associated institutions of the SLNSW; book theft; slashing of section on Archbishop Laud from the Dictionary of National Biography; study tours; institutional libraries; attending international cataloguing conference, Paris; library automation; Sir William Dixson coin collection; theft from H.L. White stamp collection; Berkelouw antiquarian booksellers; Riverina CAE Library; Northern Rivers CAE Library; cataloguing private collections; donations of family papers; overseas acquisition of material; Sir William Dixson; David Scott Mitchell; pirated ed. of The Pickwick Papers; Aboriginal, PNG collecting; cataloguer training; preservation; relocation of SLNSW material during WW2; London Library bomb damage; changes in type of staff; contemporary collectors; retirement activities.
- Notes:
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- Recorded in Sydney, N.S.W. on 8 March 1979.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215141543
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript available (typescript, 54 leaves).
- Subject:
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- Arnot, Jean Fleming, 1903-1995 -- Interviews
- Public Library of New South Wales -- Officials and employees -- Interviews
- State Library of New South Wales -- Officials and employees -- Interviews
- Librarians -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Interviews
- Catalogers -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Interviews
- Equal pay for equal work -- New South Wales -- History
- Social reformers -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Interviews
- Women social reformers -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Interviews
- Other authors/contributors:
- McGrath, Amy, 1921-2019, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2049 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1979
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