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The W L Crowther Library was developed by Dr W E L H (later Sir William) Crowther and presented by him to the State Library of Tasmania in the period 1964 to1981.
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Officer in charge: Manager, State Library and Archive Services
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Dr Crowther's collecting ranged across all aspects of Tasmanian history and culture. Highlights include:
Crowther family business, medical, personal papers, c1825-1980
Sir William Crowther World War I diaries and photographs, 1914-1919
Logs of Tasmanian whaling and other vessels, c1813-1910
Derwent Bank/Charles Swanston: business records, c1828-1850
Dr Edward Swarbreck Hall: anatomical drawings, c1850.