On the cover this month
[Portrait of American Negro Sailor] 1943
pencil drawing; 22.8 x l7.5 cm
Manuscript Collection MS5959/13/42
When
Donald Friend donated his 44 extraordinary diaries to the Library in
1983, he expressed the wish that the Library publish them at some time
in the future. Edited by Dr Anne Gray and published under the auspices
of the Morris West Trust Fund, The Diaries of Donald Friend, Volume One
realises this long-standing commitment. This volume, the first of four,
covers Friend’s early life as a student, his time spent in Nigeria and
his experiences in the army during World War II, and also reveals him
to be a wonderfully gifted writer. Coming soon, this beautiful
publication contains 100 images from the diaries.
February 2002 Volume XII Number 5
DRAWING THE NEW NATION
Elizabeth Willis discusses the iconography of nationhood, as depicted in the Library’s Watson Papers
THE KOREAN COLLECTION: A NATIONAL ASSET
Andrew Gosling describes a major component of the Library’s Asian Collections
THE TIME OF THEIR PNG LIVES
Judy Cannon looks at Una Voce, a newsletter in the Library’s Collection
AN OBJECT LESSON TO FAIR VISITORS: AUSTRALIA AT THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, 1893
Roslyn Russell connects some Library treasures to a celebrated exhibition
LOOKING AT 'THE SECRET SELF'
Ann Nugent reports on the Library’s biography conference, held late last year
FRIENDS
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
TREASURES FROM THE WORLD'S GREAT LIBRARIES
Special talks and events given in connection with the Library’s Treasures from the World’s Great Libraries exhibition
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