Papers of Andrew Osborn, 1987-1997? [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 1860693
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Osborn, Andrew D. (Andrew Delbridge), 1902-1997
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1987-1997?
- 11 cm.
- Summary:
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Typescript manuscript of The Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, 1901-27, and the origins of the National Library of Australia, by Andrew and Margaret Osborn. Typescript manuscript of 'A legend in his lifetime: the career of Kenneth Binns and an account of the Commonwealth National Library, the forerunner of the National Library of Australia' by Andrew Osborn. Added in 2001: a letter to Osborn from Dymphna Cusack dated 19 July 1962, and a newspaper cutting.
- Biography/History:
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A librarian, Osborn was on the staff of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, later the Commonwealth National Library, from 1920-27. He worked at the New York Public Library and for the United Nations and was later Deputy Librarian, Harvard University from 1942-58. He was Librarian, University of Sydney, from 1959 until 1962, when he was appointed Professor of Librarianship, University of Pittsburgh. He wrote many papers on cataloguing and processing and his book on serials was studied by thousands of library students.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no.: NLA MS 7731.
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- Time Coverage:
- 1987-1997
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