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Worth telling, worth keeping : a guide to the collections of the J.S. Battye Library of Western Australian History / Leigh Hays

Record no:

85518

Call no:

026.9941 HAY

Author:

Hays, Leigh ; Library Board of Western Australia

Publisher:

Perth: Library Board of Western Australia

Year:

2002

Description:

163 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History - Catalogues and collections;
Western Australia - History - Sources;
Archives and archiving - Film;
Oral history - Western Australia;
Australian Aborigines - Western Australia - History - Sources;

Australian Aborigines - Western Australia - Missions;

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Isbn:

0958116709

Notes:

"A guide to the Battye library collections." -- Front cover.

Type:

Book

Abstract:

Mentions Indigenous collections held, including the records of Forrest River Mission records (1911-1968); Kalumburu Benedictine Mission (1942-1981); Mount Margaret Aboriginal Mission records include a register of births (1921-1966), deaths (1923-1969)

and admissions to the Graham Children's Home (1931-1966); the Ralph Winmar collection of photographs depicts life at Badjaling Mission from the 1920's to the 1970's

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Contents:

Published materials: the foundations of the Battye Library -- Archives from the West: the story of private archives -- Western images: the story of the Pictorial Collection -- A people's history: the story of the oral history collection -- Western film:

the story of the State Film Archives.

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Item availability

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		Main Library	Western Australian Museum	026.9941 HAY	On Shelf	2002