MS 4744
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Hilda and C.L.A. Abbott
- Title
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Papers of Hilda and C.L.A. Abbott
- Date Range
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1906-1971
- Collection Number
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MS 4744
- Extent
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2.1 metres (various)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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]