Collection 1: Wilma Radford papers, 1894-1999

MLMSS 9110
MLOH 751

sub-fonds

1894-1999

Textual Records, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Objects, Graphic Materials, Photographs

455970

Digitised

0.17 metres of textual material (1 box)
4 audiocassettes (4 hr., 6 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

Wilma Radford further papers, ca. 1894-1999. Material includes correspondence; notes on libraries and librarianship; papers concerning John Metcalfe; material relating to the artist Winifred Catherine Caddy, including photographs of houses in the Rocks, Sydney, ca, 1910-1920; poems by Lyn Brown; and printed material.

Box 1

Correspondence, including letters between John Metcalfe and Radford concerning the 1947 UNESCO conference in Mexico City; ca. 1947-1999

Papers concerning John Metcalfe, including correspondence concerning a proposed issue of the Australian Library Journal on Metcalfe, ca. 1983-1988; transcript of speeches delivered at memorial ceremony for Metcalfe held at the State Library of NSW, 16 April 1982; draft copy of Radford’s speech on Metcalfe for the Fifth Australian Library History Forum, 1992

John Metcalfe’s UNESCO, United States, and English diaries, 1947-1948

Seminar papers and notes on libraries and librarianship, ca. 1936-1988

Papers, ca.1904-1964, relating to the artist Winifred Catherine Caddy, including Holy Communion card; newscuttings; 10 black & white photographs, no date; 25 black & white photographs of the Rocks area, Sydney, taken by Winifred Caddy, ca. 1910-1920

Papers relating to Lyn Brown, including letter from Brown to Radford, and copies of poems, 1982-1995

Copy of eulogy given by Radford at the memorial service for Thurles Thomas held in Abbotsleigh Chapel on 18 November 1997

Printed material, 1894-1991, including The A.H.R. : Australasian home reader, Vol. 3, no. 2 May 1894; Hymns for Special Occasions, Sydney Grammar School [?], no date

7 black & white photographs of librarians on steps of Mitchell Library, NSW, and National Library, ACT, no date

Printing plate for Radford’s business card: ‘Miss Wilma Radford, Officer in Charge, Library School, Public Library of New South Wales’, no date

SOUND RECORDINGS:

Item: Norman Horrocks oral history interview by John Metcalfe (Call No.: CALL No. MLOH 751)

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The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017, of the Library's oral history collections.