Primary contact
Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600
Identity area
Identifier
daa/21
Authorized form of name
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- National
Contact area
Chief Oral History Officer
Type
Address
Street address
Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra
Locality
Canberra
Region
Australian Capital Territory
Country name
Postal code
2600
Telephone
(02) 6262-1111
Fax
(02) 6273-4492
Note
Description area
History
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Chief Oral History Officer
Records management and collecting policies
Interviews with prominent Australians. Oral history interviews of a social history nature. Australian folklore recordings.
Buildings
Holdings
Include for example:
- Recordings of Addresses to the National Press Club, 1963-1991.
- NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, 1986-1987.
- Parliamentary Library Oral History Project, 1983-1991.
- Labour Council of NSW Oral History Project, 1986-1991.
- Cultural Context of Unemployment Oral History Project, 1984-1986.
- John Meredith Collection of Australian Folklore, 1952-1991.
- Mel Scott Collection of Oral History Interviews, 1970-1978.
- NSW Council on the Ageing Oral History Project, 1987.
- Hazel de Berg Collection of Oral History Interviews, 1957-1984.
- Chris Sullivan Collection of Australian Folklore, 1979-1991.
- Alan Scott Collection of Australian Folklore, 1985-1990.
- Wattle Collection of Australian Folk Music, 1956-1964.
- Marion O'Connor Collection of Australian Folklore, 1959-1968.
- Barbara Blackman Collection of Oral History Interviews, 1982-89.
Quantity: 500m (5% in-house)
Finding aids, guides and publications
The Hazel de Berg Recordings from the Oral History Collection of the National Library of Australia. Canberra: NLA, 1989.
Access area
Opening times
Open Mon-Fri 9am-4:45pm; closed weekends and Public Holidays. General reference assistance available. Copying services available for books, journals and original records to A3. Introductory brochure available.