G Run Microform Collection
The G-run microfilms are microfilm copies of an extraordinary range of manuscript collections and archives. They date from medieval times to the present and include material held in Britain, Europe, Asia and North America, as well as Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. The reels are numbered and shelved in a single sequence, the numbers having the prefix G. The collection comprises the following:
Copies of Manuscript Collections Held in the National Library
Examples are the Endeavour journal of James Cook, the diaries of Lady Franklin, papers of the Governor-General Lord Novar, the papers of the politicians Sir Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin, papers of the writers Henry Handel Richardson and Vance and Nettie Palmer, the diaries of the artist Donald Friend, the parish registers of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and manuscripts and papers of the Philippines ethnologist Otley Beyer.
Copies of Collections Which Were Lent to the National Library for Copying
Examples include papers of the Murray Family of Yarralumla, the journals of the diplomat Sir Water Crocker and records of Gidleigh Station near Bungendore.
Copies of Manuscripts or Manuscript Collections Held in Other Libraries
Examples include the journal of Captain William Bligh held in the Mitchell Library in Sydney, the papers of Sir John and Lady Franklin held in the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, British Foreign Office records relating to China in the Public Record Office in London, German Foreign Ministry records relating to New Guinea and Samoa in the Deutsches Zentralarchiv in Berlin, papers of French maritime explorers in the Archives Nationales in Paris, papers of Mahatma Gandhi in the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in New Delhi, papers of Thomas Jefferson at the Library of Congress, and the records of the Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) held in the University of Hawaii Library.
Microfilms of Manuscripts Produced and Distributed by Commercial Microfilming Companies
Examples are medieval manuscripts held at Trinity College, Cambridge, filmed by World Microfilms, papers of Sir Joseph Banks filmed by Adam Matthew Publications, papers of the publishers Richard Bentley and Sons (1829-98) filmed by Chadwyck Healey, 'Churchill at war: the Prime Minister Papers, 1940-45' filmed by Chadwick-Healey, and the Pentagon Papers Case (1971-73) filmed by Oceana Publications.
Access
Most of the microfilms in the G-run are available in the Library's Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room. However due to copyright restrictions, some of the microfilms in the G-run cannot be reproduced but they can be read in the Manuscript Reading Room. In addition, a few microfilms are held under restricted access and, if permission is granted, they can only be used in the Manuscript Reading Room.
There are entries for G-run microfilms in the Librarys catalogue. In addition, there are guides and lists, both published and unpublished, marked up with reel numbers, for many of the collections filmed.
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