Guide to the Papers of Larry Lake

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MS 8324

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Collection Summary

Creator
Larry Lake
Title
Papers of Larry Lake
Date Range
1916-1989
Collection Number
MS 8324
Extent
3.45 metres (19 boxes + 1 large folio package + 6 sound/av carriers)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers comprise correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drafts, minutes, reports, cuttings, printed items, photographs, tape recordings and films. There are a few letters, references and printed works dating from Lake's early life, but most of the papers date from the late 1940s onwards. They document the later years of his long service with the National Library and in particular his work as the Liaison Officer in London and Chief Selection Librarian. There is also material of both an official and private nature relating to Australian films. The later papers deal with Lake's life in Balmain and his strong concern with environmental matters. Finally, there are a large number of letters from his mother and children.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2125565).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Larry Lake, National Library of Australia, MS 8324, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The papers were presented to the National Library by Miss Louise Lake, the daughter of Larry Lake, in April 1990.

Larry Lake recorded an interview with Hazel de Berg in 1967 which is held in the Oral History Section.

Biographical Note

Laurance Spencer Lake was born in Bendigo on 12 January 1915. He was educated at Bendigo High School and the University of Melbourne, graduating with B.A. (Hons) in 1936. He taught at Albury Grammar School in 1936 and joined the Commonwealth National Library as an assistant reading room officer in 1937. He remained on the staff of the National Library until 1969, occupying the following senior positions:

DateEvent
1942-47Officer in charge, government documents
1948-53Chief Extension Officer
1953-56Chief Film Officer
1957-59Liaison Officer, London
1960-63Senior Reference Librarian, General Reference
1964-65Senior Acquisition Librarian
1965-68Chief Selection Librarian

As Chief Extension Officer, Lake spent several months in Port Moresby in 1950-51 establishing the Papua New Guinea Library Service and he was involved in setting up public libraries in Darwin and Alice Springs in 1951. He was a lecturer in the National Library Training School in 1952-56 and 1960-64. He was President of the Canberra branch of the Australian Institute of Librarians in 1945-47.

Following his retirement from the National Library in 1969, Lake moved to Sydney. He worked in the Fisher Library at the University of Sydney at a temporary stack attendant in 1970-72 and was the librarian at Chiron College, Birchgrove, in 1973. He died in Sydney in 1990.

DateEvent
1942-47Officer in charge, government documents
1948-53Chief Extension Officer
1953-56Chief Film Officer
1957-59Liaison Officer, London
1960-63Senior Reference Librarian, General Reference
1964-65Senior Acquisition Librarian
1965-68Chief Selection Librarian

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Family correspondence, 1960-1988 (Restricted)

Marjorie Lake, 1960-1972 (File 1_4) - Box 1

Hilary Lake, 1965-1988 (File 5_11) - Box 1, Piece 1/ 1-9, Box 2, Piece 1/11-18

Louise Lake, 1969-1975 (File 12) - Box 2

Sam and Marilyn Lake, 1965-1986 (File 13_15) - Box 2

Truda and Denis ?, 1975-1987 (File 16) - Box 2

Chris and Max Lake, 1979-1980 (File 17) - Box 2

Family documents, 1964-1987 (File 18) - Box 2

Series 2. General correspondence, 1953-1989

1953-1966 (File 1) - Box 3

1967-1969 (File 2) - Box 3

1971-1979 (File 3) - Box 3

1980-1985 (File 4) - Box 3

1986-1989 (File 5) - Box 3

Undated (File 6) - Box 3

Series 3. Christmas Cards

Christmas cards (File 1_3) - Box 3

Series 4. Notebooks

Notebooks (File 1_2) - Box 3

Series 5. Diaries, 1957-1988

1957-1969 (File 1) - Box 4, Box 5

1970-1988 (File 2) - Box 4, Box 5

Series 6. Personal documents, 1916-1988

Early papers, 1916-1943 (File 1_2) - Box 6

School magazines, 1927-1936 (File 3) - Box 6

Personal documents, 1939-1973 (File 4) - Box 6

Job applications (File 5) - Box 6

References, 1932-1947 (File 6) - Box 6

Business papers, 1947-1972 (File 7) - Box 6

Superannuation, 1969-1979 (File 8) - Box 6

Reid home, 1947-1969 (File 9) - Box 6

Reid Play Centre, 1967-1988 (File 10) - Box 6

Balmain home, 1969-1987 (File 11_12) - Box 6

Fisher Library, 1970-1972 (File 14) - Box 7

Chiron College, 1973 (File 15) - Box 7

Letters to editors, 1935-1986 (File 16_17) - Box 7

Autobiographical notes (File 18) - Box 7

Hazel de Berg interview, 1967 (File 19) - Box 7

Recollections for Jim Gibbney, 1986 (File 20) - Box 7

Interview with Bendigo Advertiser, 1986 (File 21) - Box 7

Series 7. Commonwealth National Library, 1946-1957

Canberra Book Week, 1946 (File 1) - Box 7, Piece 7/1

Charging systems, 1949-1950 (File 2_3) - Box 7, Piece 7/2, Box 8, Piece 7/3

Papua New Guinea Library Service, 1950-1951 (File 4_5) - Box 8

Darwin Public Library, 1951 (File 6) - Box 8

Australian Library Seminar, 1952 (File 7) - Box 8

Reports, 1949-1952 (File 8) - Box 8

Reports, 1956-1957 (File 9) - Box 8

Miscellaneous reports (File 10) - Box 8

Publications (File 11) - Box 8

Series 8. Liaison Officer, London, 1957-1959

Out-letters, January-March 1957 (File 1) - Box 8

Out-letters, April-June, 1957 (File 2) - Box 8

Out-letters, July-September, 1957 (File 3) - Box 9

Out-letters, October-December, 1957 (File 4) - Box 9

Out-letters, January-March 1958 (File 5) - Box 9

Out-letters, April-June, 1958 (File 6) - Box 9

Out-letters, July-December, 1958 (File 7) - Box 9

Out-letters, January-March 1959 (File 8) - Box 9

Out-letters, April-June, 1959 (File 9) - Box 9

Out-letters, July-October, 1959 (File 10) - Box 9

Miscellaneous papers (File 11) - Box 9

Agreement with Rex Nan Kivell, 1959 (File 12) - Box 9

'Travels of a librarian', December 1959 (File 13) - Box 10

Caterham home (File 14) - Box 10

Series 9. National Library of Australia, 1960-1969

Job applications, 1964-1966 (File 1) - Box 10

Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1960 (File 2) - Box 10

General Reference organisation, 1960-1961 (File 3_4) - Box 10

Draft annual report, 1961 (File 5) - Box 10

Conference on Source Material for Australian Studies, 1961 (File 6) - Box 10

AACOBS Survey of Library Resources, 1961 (File 7) - Box 10

Training School, 1960-1962 (File 8) - Box 10

Training School: reference lectures (File 9) - Box 10

Miscellaneous papers, 1960-1962 (File 10) - Box 11

Films about the Library, 1960-1963 (File 11) - Box 11

Children's Library Service Interim Committee (File 12) - Box 11

Selection policy, 1963 (File 13) - Box 11

Visit of Keyes Metcalf, 1963 (File 14) - Box 11

Drafts of letters and minutes, 1964 (File 15) - Box 11

Drafts of letters and minutes, 1965 (File 16) - Box 11

Drafts of letters and minutes, 1966 (File 17) - Box 11

Drafts of letters and minutes, 1967-1968 (File 18) - Box 11

Acquisition reports, 1967-1968 (File 19_20) - Box 11

Miscellaneous reports (File 21) - Box 12

Lectures and talks (File 22) - Box 12

Miscellaneous papers (File 23_24) - Box 12

Publicity: Orientalia Section, 1968 (File 25) - Box 12

New building, 1968 (File 26_28) - Box 12

Publicity, 1968 (File 29) - Box 12

Retirement, 1968-1969 (File 30) - Box 12

Miscellaneous manuscripts (File 31) - Box 12

Publicity material (File 32) - Box 13

Miscellaneous printed items; Nexus, 1959-1966 (File 33) - Box 13

Series 10. Professional Officers' Association, 1944-1967

Australian Institute of Librarians Committee, 1944 (File 1) - Box 13

National Library Submission, 1963 (File 2_4) - Box 13

Librarians' Group Committee, 1967 (File 5_9) - Box 14

Statement to Public Service Arbitrator, August 1967 (File 10) - Box 14

Work value documents, 1967 (File 11_12) - Box 14

Series 11. Films, 1955-1986

International Federation of Film Archives, 1956-1957 (File 1) - Box 14

International Federation of Film Archives, 1957-1958 (File 2) - Box 14

Correspondence on 'Sentimental Bloke', 1958 (File 3) - Box 15

Screening of 'Sentimental Bloke', London, 1959 (File 4_7) - Box 15

FIAF Congress, 1959 (File 8) - Box 15

13th Congress of International Scientific Films Association, 1959 (File 9) - Box 15

Proposed film: 'Librarians in your life', 1962 (File 10_12) - Box 15

National Film Archive, 1980-1986 (File 13) - Box 15

Proposed video, 1984 (File 14) - Box 15

'Sentimental Bloke', 1968-1984 (File 15) - Box 16

Miscellaneous papers (File 16) - Box 16

Papers on Australian film history (File 17) - Box 16

Series 12. Hozumi Momota Memorial Foundation, 1976-1977

Minutes, circulars, cuttings, printed items (File 1_6) - Box 16

Series 13. Retirement

Balmain Association, 1983-1987 (File 1) - Box 17

Australian Conservation Foundation (File 2_3) - Box 17

Nuclear disarmament and movement against uranium mining (File 4_5) - Box 17

Series 14. Miscellaneous papers

Australian folk songs (File 1) - Box 17

Canberra jubilee, 1963 (File 2) - Box 17

Notes for talks (File 3) - Box 17

Series 15. Publications

Reprints of articles by Sam Lake; Colong Bulletin, 1980-1987 (File 1_2) - Box 18

Series 16. Tape recordings and Videos

Film entitled 'A Bill for an Act', 1960 (File) - Box 19

Bill for an ACT (Item NLA.MS-VID001081) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-016
1 item, TDK, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Film of move to Kingston Annexe of National Library, 1963 (File) - Box 19

Screen Sound Australia (Item NLA.MS-VID001083) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-017

1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Soundfree version of 'Bill for an ACT' and 'National Library' (Item NLA.MS-VID001082) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-016

1 item, TDK, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Larry Lake talking about the Colombo Plan (Item NLA.MS-SAV014198) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002

1 item, EMI TAPE 5 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Background information available on finding aids.

2nd Term 74. 4-6 class reading speech., 1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014199) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002

1 item, EMI TAPE 5 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Background information available on finding aids.

No information (Item NLA.MS-SAV014200) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-002

1 item, BASF 5 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Background information available on finding aids.

Series 17. Photographs

Photograph of Australia House, London, signed by staff of Australian High Commission, 1959 (File) - Folio-Box 1

Photograph of staff of the Development Services Branch, National Library, c. 1966 (File) - Folio-Box 1


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