• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH003536

Papers of Amirah Inglis, 1950-2005 [manuscript]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
  • Reference MS Acc07/55; MS Acc07/157; MS Acc08/56; MS Acc08/111; MS Acc08/183
  • Date Range 1950 - 2005
  • Description

    MS Acc07/55 comprises professional and personal correspondence and research files. The Acc07/157 instalment includes drafts, correspondence, press cuttings, photographs and negatives, mostly relating to Inglis’ publications, Amirah, an un-Australian childhood (1983), and, Karo: the life and fate of a Papuan (1982). The Acc08/56 comprises the program for conferral of degree for Master of Arts from the Australian National University, 1973, with card and telegrams of congratulations, including from Manning Clark on back of photograph of Joseph Furphy, and, an examination report for 7th grade pianoforte. The Acc08/111 instalment consists of letters to Inglis from her father, Itzhak Gust and her mother, arranged by year. Gust (1898-1990) was a Polish Jewish immigrant who arrived in Melbourne in 1928. The Acc08/183 instalment comprises certificates awarded to Itzhak Gust at various philatelic exhibitions.

  • Quantity 0 0.81 m
  • Access Available for research. Not for loan.
  • Finding Aid http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-252316672/findingaid

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  • Primary Creator
    • Inglis, Amirah (1926 - 2015)