Guide to the Papers of Hilda and C.L.A. Abbott

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MS 4744

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Collection Summary

Creator
Hilda and C.L.A. Abbott
Title
Papers of Hilda and C.L.A. Abbott
Date Range
1906-1971
Collection Number
MS 4744
Extent
2.1 metres (various)
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-vn547994).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Hilda and C.L.A. Abbott, National Library of Australia, MS 4744, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Class [unnumbered]. Original consignment

Scrap books (2) (File 1) - Box 1

Family photo album - Harnett family, Eucumbene (File 2) - Box 1

Framed photo - Jessie Eleanor Harnett (File 3) - Box 1

Hilda Abbott - articles, broadcasts, books, typescript drafts (File 1-6) - Box 2

'Life in Darwin' - Hilda Abbott, typescript draft (File 1) - Box 3

P. E. N. Congress, 1964. Notes, letters, reviews, 1951 (File 2) - Box 3

'Good night, all about' - Hilda Abbott, typescript drafts, with some related correspondence (File 3-5) - Box 3

'Among the hills' - Hilda Abbott, letters, reviews, 1951. Talks for radio - letters, drafts, 1951-59 (File 6) - Box 3

Correspondence, 1920's - 1960's - Hilda Abbott; occasional letters addressed to Mr and Mrs Abbott (File 1-6) - Box 4

Correspondence, 1916 - 58 - Hilda Abbott (File 1-6) - Box 5

Miscellaneous articles, broadcasts, typescript drafts - Hilda Abbott (File 1-2) - Box 6

Diaries - Hilda Abbott, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1960 (File 3-4) - Box 6

Desk calendar (with notes), 1938; holy medals (File 5) - Box 6

'The vanishing empire' - Hilda Abbott, typescript drafts (File 6-7) - Box 6

Sydney Opera House - correspondence, clippings, 1960s - Hilda Abbott (File 1) - Box 7

Articles, broadcasts, books - drafts, related correspondence - Hilda Abbott (File 2-6) - Box 7

Correspondence, 1923 - 71 - Hilda Abbott (File 1-2) - Box 8

Articles, broadcasts, talks (unpublished), drafts and related correspondence; article on Darwin Raid (Feb. 1942) - Hilda Abbott (File 3-7) - Box 8

Correspondence, mainly Hilda Abbott (File 8) - Box 8

'Fannie Victoria'- C.L.A. Abbott, typescript draft, 1952 (File 1) - Box 9

'Cryho for fame' - C.L.A. Abbott, typescript draft, 1952 (with related correspondence) (File 2-4) - Box 9

Family background.The upper Hunter Abbotts - typescript (File 5) - Box 9

Photographs and typescripts of poetry; correspondence and family tree (File 6-7) - Box 9

Correspondence, 1927 - 46. Hilda Abbott (File 1-3) - Box 10

Red Cross; correspondence, 1915 - 71. Hilda Abbott (File 4) - Box 10

Harnett material (Hilda Abbott's ancestors) (File 5) - Box 10

Paddington Arts Festival, Paddington Arts Centre - printed material and some correspondence. Hilda Abbott (File 6) - Box 10

Interior design; correspondence, clippings - Hilda Abbott (File 7) - Box 10

Published articles - C.L.A. Abbott. Includes copies of Abbott's answers, 1934; newspaper articles and Australia's frontier province, 1948 (File 1) - Box 11

Congratulatory letters, 1925 - 28 - C.L.A. Abbott (File 2) - Box 11

Congratulatory letters, 1931 - 37 - C.L.A. Abbott (File 3) - Box 11

Correspondence, 1929 - 66. C.L.A - Abbott (File 4-5) - Box 11

Miscellaneous - C.L.A. and Hilda Abbott (File 6) - Box 11

Invitations, souvenir programs, official passes (File 1-5) - Box 12

Photographs (File 1-2) - Box 13

Clippings (File 3) - Box 13

An account of the part played by the Royal Air Force in dissolving the Luftwaffe. Vol 2, 1944-47 - Sir Philip Wigglesworth (File 4) - Box 13

Loose Miscellaneous printed material (File [unnumbered]) - Box 13

Miscellaneous printed material (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14

Notebooks - Hilda Abbott, 1938; n.d (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14

Class [unnumbered]. Consignment received 7th December 1992

Photocopies of newspaper articles (Abbott/Darwin) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15

Photocopies of a letter from the King's school (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15

Map of Darwin's defences; large photographs; architects plans (File [unnumbered]) - Folio [unnumbered]


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