Guide to the Records of the Lonely Planet Publications

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MS 8952

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Collection Summary

Creator
Lonely Planet Publications
Title
Records of the Lonely Planet Publications
Date Range
1980-1991
Collection Number
MS 8952
Extent
0.42 metres (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
NLA

Introduction

Scope and Content

The collection comprises correspondence from readers of the Lonely Planet guidebooks about Asia, China, Indonesia, Bali and Lombok, South America, Argentina, Chile and Easter Island. The correspondents are mostly Australians, with some Americans and Europeans. The correspondence is mainly concerned with correcting or elaborating on the information in the guidebooks, but some of the correspondents also describe their experiences in these countries in some detail.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1103372).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Records of the Lonely Planet Publications, National Library of Australia, MS 8952, [series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The papers were donated to the Library by Alan Samagalski. From 1982 to 1989 Samagalski worked for Lonely Planet Publications, the publisher of travel guide books based in Melbourne.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Correspondence and other papers, 1980-91

Correspondence from travellers from around the world (mostly Australians) with information for the Lonely Planet Publications guidebook series Survival Kit.

The series also includes pamphlets, maps, photocopies of articles and press cuttings and magazines.

Lonely Planet Publications had generally arranged the material in chronological order. The folders have been rearranged to group together those relating to a particular publication.

Asia, 1987-89 (File 1) - Box 1

China, 1980-83 (File 2) - Box 1

China, 1983 (File 3) - Box 1

China, 1983-84 (File 4) - Box 1

China, 1985 (File 5) - Box 1

China, 1985-86 (File 6) - Box 1

China, 1986 (File 7) - Box 1

China, 1987 (File 8) - Box 1

China, 1988 (File 9) - Box 2

China, 1988 (File 10) - Box 2

China, 1988 (File 11) - Box 2

China, 1989 (File 12) - Box 2

China, 1989-91 (File 13) - Box 2

Indonesia, 1984-87 (File 14) - Box 2

Indonesia, 1987 (File 15) - Box 2

Indonesia, 1988 (File 16) - Box 2

Indonesia, 1988-89 (File 17) - Box 3

Bali and Lombok, 1987-89 (File 18) - Box 3

South America, includes Chile, Argentina and Easter Island, 1987-88 (File 19) - Box 3

South America, includes Chile, Argentina and Easter Island, 1988-89 (File 20) - Box 3

Bangladesh, 1987; Australia, 1987; India, 1987, Yemen, 1989 and Mexico, no date (File 21) - Box 3

Series 2. Reviews, 1986-89

Photocopies of reviews of A Travel Survival Kit series of Lonely Planet publications from 1986-89. (File 1) - Box 3


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