Guide to the Papers of Keast Burke, 1919-1966

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9582
Creator:
Keast Burke
Extent:
0.84 metres and (6 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Keast Burke, National Library of Australia, MS 9582, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The collection comprises correspondence, draft articles and notes, circulars, newspaper clippings, brochures and miscellaneous printed material relating to Keast Burke's career as a photographer and editor. There are also papers relating to The Story of the Camera in Australia.
Biographical Note:

Eric Keast Burke was born in 1896 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He came to Australia in 1904, attended the Sydney Church of England Grammar School and later graduated with a B.Ec from Sydney University.

Burke served in World War I and wrote the history of his unit With Horse and Morse in Mesopatamia, 1927. With his father he edited Kodak's Australasian Photo-Review, later becoming its full editor and the advertising manager for Kodak. On his retirement he joined Globe Publishing as the first Australian editor of Australian Photography, (1961-69). He is known for his distinguished contributions to the technique and history of Australian photography and his avid interest in the preservation of photographic archives. Keast Burke was Photographic Consultant to the National Library from 1964 until his death in 1974. Burke is also widely known for persuading the Holtermann family to donate their historic photographs to the Mitchell Library. Gold and Silver : an album of Hill End and Gulgong photographs from the Holtermann collection by Keast Burke was published by Heinemann in 1973 and later by Penguin in 1974.

At the time of his death in 1974, Keast Burke was survived by his wife Iris, three sons, one daughter and nine grandchildren.

References: Australian Author, July, 1974

Australian Photography, May, 1974Australian Photography, February, 1965Remarkable Occurrences: the National Library of Australia's first 100 years 1901-2001, Chapter 12
Provenance:

The papers were donated to the Library by Keast Burke in several instalments during 1964 and 1968. Further material (Folders 32-38) was received from Mrs Sandra Piggott (daughter) in 2001.

Arrangement:

The papers were formerly in MS 1053, MS 2226 and MS 1162. They have been amalgamated into one collection at MS 9582, but the original arrangement within the folders has been retained.

Indexed terms

Names:
Keast Burke

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3035082).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Keast Burke, National Library of Australia, MS 9582, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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