Papers of Lionel Courtenay, 1955-1967 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 571534
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Key, L. C. (Lionel Courtenay), 1903-1982
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1955-1967]
- 80 cm.
- Summary:
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Correspondence written in 1955, with H. L. White during Key's work in Sth. East Asia; papers concerning the building of the National Library (1960-1962), catalogues of library furniture and fittings, and other printed material about overseas libraries. Added 23.1.1980: Correspondence concerning UNESCO, Commonwealth Parliament Library Association of Australia, Professional Officers Association and other library-related papers.
- Biography/History:
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Courtney Key joined the Parliamentary Library in Melbourne in 1925, and came with its staff to Canberra in 1927. He was the first representative of the National Library in London (1944-1948), and until 1960 was Deputy National Librarian. When the Parliamentary Library separated from the National Library in 1961, Key returned to full time serviice to the Parliament until his retirement in 1967. Under the Colombo Plan in association with UNESCO, Key, in 1955 surveyed library services in India, Pakistan, Burma and Nepal.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no. : MS 5645.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1955-1967
- Occupation:
- Librarians
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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