Guide to the Papers of Peter Karmel

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MS 7573

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Collection Summary

Title
Papers of Peter Karmel
Date Range
1946 - 1997
Collection Number
MS 7573
Extent
7.65 metres (51 MS boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

MS 7573 comprises correspondence, notes, roneoed material, photocopies and printed material relating to such matters as O.E.C.D., the Duke of Edinburgh Commonwealth Study Conference, the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission and the Committee of Research into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Higher Education.

The correspondents include John Lowe, J.A. Ross and W.J. More. Copies of some of Karmel's letters are also included.

MS Acc03.208 includes working files for talks and articles, and correspondence and material generated by the institutions with which Karmel was associated. The instalment also includes offprints of Karmel's articles, personal material, other publications and articles, reference material, and charts of statistics.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2880080).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were donated to the Library by Professor Karmel in 1988 and 2003 under the Cultural Gifts Program.

Biographical Note

Academic. Karmel was Chairman of the Board, Institute of the Arts, Australian National University from 1992. His other posts included Vice-Chancellor of Australian National University 1982-87, Chairman of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission 1977-82, Leader of the O.E.C.D. Review of New Zealand Education Policy 1982 and member of the Commonwealth Government Review into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Higher Education 1985-86.

Karmel published extensively, including works for the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission entitled Recommendation for 1978 (1977) and Draft report on study leave, April 1978 (1978).

Reference: Who's who in Australia 1995, pp.828-9.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 7573. Original Consignment

Series. Submission to the Committee of Inquiry into Education and Training in Australia (Williams Committee), 1977 - Box 1-3

Series. O.E.C.D. Review of New Zealand and U.S. Education Policies, 1976-82 - Box 3-8

Series. Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University, and the Australian Universities Commission, 1981-87 - Box 8

Series. International Association of Universities, 1985-87 - Box 9

Series. Higher Court Design Competition, and Committee of Research into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Higher Education, 1972-86 - Box 10-13

Series. Duke of Edinburgh Sixth Commonwealth Study Conference, 1984-86 - Box 13-14

Series. Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission (C.R.E.E.H.E.) and other papers, 1985-86 - Box 15

Class MS Acc03.208. Consignment added 2003, 1946 - 1997 - Box 1-36 (MS Acc03.208)

This consignment comprises documents created or acquired by Karmel in the course of his career, including working files for writings by Karmel, correspondence, printed material and other papers.


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