- Title
- Papers of Barbara Fawkes 1954-1984
- Repository
- National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Reference
- MS 9670
- Date Range
- 1954 - 1984
- Creator
- Fawkes, Barbara (1914 - 2002)
- Description
The collection includes the Order of the British Empire and medallion; testimonials, awards, photographs, papers on nursing, an oration, and information about the International Conference on Cancer Nursing, Melbourne, 1984. There is a photo album and videocassette of the Middlesex Hospital Nurses League Australian reunion in Canberra in 1990 with a list of attendees; Fawke's 'Report of post graduate study at Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York' (1954); correspondence, and a scrapbook of her Australian tour. Also includes a diary by Mrs L. W. Marr, formerly Flying Officer Lou Godson, entitled 'Reminiscences of World War II Nursing Service' (1998); and obituarium of Olive Anstey who was Director of Nursing of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth and President of the International of Nurses.
- Quantity
- 1 box + 3 folio leaves (0.14 m)
- Access
- Available for reference. Not for loan.


