Christmas letters, ca. 1960-2017

MLMSS 9075/Boxes 1-7

fonds

ca. 1960-2017

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera

440193

1.9 metres of textual material (7 boxes), some files contain photographs and ephemera items - manuscript, printed, photographs, Christmas cards

Paul Brunton, the State Library's curator of manuscripts, sees these (circular letters sent with Christmas cards to family and friends) as a valuable reflection of the way we live now, and lived in the past. The library would like to get, not letters from one or two years, but collections over five or 10 years

Reference:
Sydney Morning Herald, 16 December, 1995

Circular letters, some including photographs and Christmas cards, sent annually at Christmas to relatives and friends chronicling a family's activities during the past year

Box 1
Collections of letters received, 1995-1996

Boxes 2-4
Collections of letters received, 1996-1997

Box 5
Collections of letters received, 1996-1997(?). Some participants have included other personal correspondence with their Christmas letters

Box 6
Collections of letters received, 1997-2002

Box 7
Collections of letters received, 2002-2017

Restricted: Restriction to be reviewed in 2025

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2013-2014

The collecting project officially ceased in 2007, although a few letters were added after that date.