Bruce Smith memoirs, 1999
Bruce Smith memoirs, 1999
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Date
1999
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MLMSS 10222
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0.23 metres of textual material (1 box) - computer printouts, annotated
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Copyright status : Unpublished textual material is out of copyright where the author(s) died more than 70 years ago, or else, it is in copyright for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years. Duration of copyright differs for material that has been made public.
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Contents
Printouts of documents comprising the memoirs of Bruce Smith and entitled: Sequence of Segments; and, Articles and Technical Papers. Includes accounts of the author's World War Two service with the R.A.A.F. and work with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition.
01. Letter to Philippa Hickey from Bruce Smith, 20 January 1999
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Bruce Smith memoirs, 1999
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Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Shirley Ramrakha, Local Studies Librarian, Willoughby City Library Services, December 2018
Collection history
Sent by Bruce Smith to Philippa Hickey, Chief Librarian, Willoughby City Council for comment, 1999.
Administrative / Biographical history
Bruce Smith was born in Artarmon NSW in 1922 and after leaving school worked as a survey assistant. He joined the RAAF in 1942 and flew in Stirling bombers in operations over Germany. After the war he studied engineering at Sydney University, graduating in 1950. In subsequent years his work as an engineer took him to New Guinea and the Northern Ter...
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MLMSS 10222
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nmQZzVyn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQZzVyn
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9627802
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