Foundation for Child and Youth Studies collection of drawings and other material

PXD 1637

fonds

1978-1985

Graphic Materials, Posters, Drawings, Photographs

904415

76 drawings - 39 x 27 cm and smaller - pencil, ink, crayon
1 poster - 64 x 52 cm - construction paper
1 photographic print - 17 x 22 cm

The Foundation for Child and Youth Studies was a non-profit interdisciplinary organisation which took over from the Unit for Child Studies at the University of New South Wales, established in 1979 by Dr. Shelley Phillips. Briefly called the Foundation for Child Studies around 1984, the following year, it formally adopted the name Foundation for Child and Youth Studies. It was established following requests from parents, child care workers, medical practitioners and government agencies for information about child development, for which there was no pre-existing centre in Australia. It offered seminars and sponsored research, disseminating information about infant, child and adolescent development.

Source:
Compiled from the Library's acquisition file

76 drawings in pencil, ink and crayon by students from Mendi High School in Papua New Guinea and Sydney, Australia. 64 drawings depict the students' families and selves, of which 32 are by Australian students. 12 drawings depict various fairy tale scenes from Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella and others. Accompanying handwritten list of 41 Papua New Guinean students indicating their residential village, spoken language and placement of self in their family drawing. Photocopies of letter and response between Donna Miles of the Mendi Hospital, Papua New Guinea, and Dr. Shelley Phillips in relation to the drawings, dated 1978.

1 poster in yellow and black construction paper depicting the logo of the Foundation for Child and Youth Studies. 1 photographic print annotated on verso "Foundation for Child and Youth Studies ; Our paper seller (Margaret Ormerod) selling selected papers at a seminar at Cameragal Montessori School 1985".

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Most drawings annotated on recto or verso with student's name and school year.

Date range based on letters dated 17 June and 9 August 1978, and annotation on verso of photographic print of 1985.