manuscripts (9)

Exclusive: Letters, manuscripts, photographs and props have been acquired by university in Austin for $400,000

Peter O’Toole on set of the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia.
Peter O’Toole on set of the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. Photograph: Courtesy Ha
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State Library NSW gets $15 million facelift to help transform into 'global cultural destination'

FEBRUARY 1 2017 - 7:42AM

Andrew Taylor

The State Library of NSW has long provided a sandstone sanctuary for readers and researchers.

Millionaire industrialis

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Quoting from http://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2016/november/hebrew-manuscripts

PRESS RELEASE

From a 52-metre scroll to the Golden Haggadah: 1,300 British Library Hebrew manuscript treasures now online

Mon 21 Nov 2016

A major project to digitise some of th

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Quoting from https://www.nla.gov.au/blogs/behind-the-scenes/2016/08/05/genies-in-the-library

 

LIFE AS A FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARIAN

 

MEET THE NATIONAL LIBRARY'S ULTIMATE 'GENIES'

 

DANELLE EDMONDSON

 

12 AUGUST 2016

 

If you’re like me and have an interest (an

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Torres Strait Islander uncovers ancestry gems during graduate research project at National Library

666 ABC Canberra 

By Louise Maher

Updated Mon at 11:32am

PHOTO: John Morseu has found an 1890 photograph of one of his ancestors, Edward (Ned) Mosby, an Am

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Quoting from http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/anu-library-of-australian-science-and-fenner-archive-closed-20160102-glybgh.html

 

ANU library of Australian science and Fenner Archive closed

Date: January 4, 2016 - 11:30 PM

 

Kirsten Lawson

Chief Ass

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