Australian Institute of Librarians' inaugural meeting at Canberra, August 20, 1937 / photographer A....
Australian Institute of Librarians' inaugural meeting at Canberra, August 20, 1937 / photographer A....
Australian Institute of Librarians' inaugural meeting at Canberra, August 20, 1937 / photographer A. Collingridge, Canberra
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Date
August 20, 1937
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SPG/141
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1 photographic print - image 15.9 x 21.1 cm, mount 24.8 x 30.4 cm - gelatin silver, on mount
1 p. - typescript
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Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Back row, left to right:— Miss C. K. Irvine, Mr. J. V. Flannery, Miss M. Barrington, Mrs. N. H. E, Robb, Miss Z. B. Bertles, Miss P. Mander Jones, Mr L. C. Key, Miss A. M. Turkington,
Miss M. M. Lafferty, Miss E. Lambert, Mr. W. C. Baud, Miss J. M. Begg, Mr. N. S. Lyng.
Second row, left to right:- Miss L. M. Foley, Mr. L. Scott, Miss E. M...
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Full title
Australian Institute of Librarians' inaugural meeting at Canberra, August 20, 1937 / photographer A. Collingridge, Canberra
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Transferred from SPG/Australian Institute of Librarians, 1937 (BM), September 2011
Digital order no:a5231001
Signature / Inscriptions
Contents list from typescript on the reverse
Attributions / Conjectures
Ms Joyce Hunter identified by Sir Harold White, National Librarian
Date note
The first Conference of the Australian Institute of Librarians was held June 11th to 13th, 1938
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
"In August 1937 fifty-five librarians meeting at the Albert Hall in Canberra formed the Australian Institute of Librarians. The Great Depression had elevated social and political awareness, especially as issues such as censorship and repression of free expression emerged. Our founding fathers believed that the development of appropriate standards o...
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SPG/141
Record Identifier
nQR28vq1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR28vq1
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944014
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