Guide to the Papers of Muriel Howlett

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MS 5029

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Collection Summary

Creator
Muriel Howlett
Title
Papers of Muriel Howlett
Date Range
1938-1992
Collection Number
MS 5029
Extent
0.56 metres (4 boxes, 1 folio)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes seven photograph albums, photographs, correspondence, typescripts, cuttings and other papers.

The photographs and photograph albums contain images of family and friends. Other papers include material relating to Howlett's work for the British Broadcasting Corporation and her journey to Sydney aboard the Imperial Airways Flying Boat Service in 1938.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn649544).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Muriel Howlett, National Library of Australia, MS 5029, [series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The papers were purchased by the Library in May 1995, from Stride and Son of Chichester, England. Further papers, comprising typescript entitled 'Growing up with radio', cuttings and photographs, were donated in June 1995.

Biographical Note

Howlett was born in Temora, New South Wales in 1906. She came to England in 1935 and began working for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Howlett worked for the BBC, as a typist, broadcaster and radio producer, until her retirement in 1967.

In 1938 Howlett was selected as the BBC representative aboard the inaugural flight of the Imperial Airways Flying Boat Service to Sydney.

Howlett died in London in 1994.

Item Descriptions

Class [unnumbered]. Original consignment

Correspondence with family and friends, 1938-92. The correspondents include Doris Ann Swinton, R.H. Howlett, E. Bennett-Bremner and C. Colquhoun (File 1) - Box 1

Papers on the British Broadcasting Corporation, 1938-46: including memoranda concerning Howlett's position and pay, an extract from a broadcast on the Paris Conference entitled, 'Harold Nicholson,' letters of D. Clarke and T.T. Clark and photographs (File 2) - Box 1

World War II papers, 1939-45: correspondence and photographs. They include a special announcement by General Dwight Eisenhower concerning the surrender of the Italian forces (8 September 1943), typescript of Ed Murrow's broadcast from Germany (15 April 1945), typescript by Richard Dimbleby concerning his visit to the Belsen Concentration Camp (19 April 1945) and minutes of meeting concerning D Day celebrations (19 April 1944) (File 3) - Box 1

Howlett was chosen to represent the British Broadcasting Corporation to join the Imperial Airways Flying Boat Service on its maiden voyage to Sydney in 1938. The papers include typescripts of Howlett's radio broadcasts and a photographic album (File 4-7) - Box 1

Typescripts of miscellaneous broadcasts (mostly undated), including 'Coronation day in London (13 May 1937) and 'Growing up with radio' (see also Folder 17) (File 8) - Box 1

Miscellaneous job references, 1923-35 (File 9) - Box 1

Two photographic portrait of Howlett (n.d.) (File 10) - Box 2

Photographs of family and friends (File 11-13) - Box 2

Miscellaneous items, including cuttings, bank book, postcards and a small wooden box containing medals (File 14-16) - Box 2

Seven albums containing photographs of family and friends (File 14-16) - Box 3-4

Small writing case (Folio) (File 14-16) - Folio [unnumbered]

Class [unnumbered]. Consignment received 5 June 1995

Typescript 'Growing up with radio', cuttings and photographs, 1938-41 (File 17)


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