Papers of Elizabeth A. Taylor, 1931-1940

MLMSS 463

fonds

1931-1940

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

887649

Microfilm : CY 1883

1 box of textual material

ITEM 1a
Letters from Daisy Bates, 24 February 1931 and 28 January 1934, with newscuttings

ITEM 1b
Letters from Elizabeth Taylor, 1 November 1937- 19 January 1938 while on voyage to Groote Eylandt; to her parents 12 February - 29 May, 1938, mainly written from Katherine; and to her parents from Groote Eylandt, no date, 7 May, 1938 - 13 May, 1939 (some of the letters are incomplete). Also letters from Aboriginal children, 1939-40, and photographs.
[Copy prints of the photographs are available at NCY 1/386-433 on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room]

ITEM 1c
Notebook about Groote Eylandt kept by Elizabeth A. Taylor, 1937-1939

ITEM 1d
Notes on the Roper River Mission, 1937-1938, facts about the childwife problem from Groote Eylandt 1937-1939, notes by E. Taylor, Dr. Cook's diet list, and newscuttings

ITEM 1e
Photographs and newspaper illustrations of Groote Eylandt Aborigines, with explanatory notes attached to each photograph

Original nitrate negatives (ON 40) destroyed after copying, November 1978. The copy negatives are filed at NCY 1/386-433.

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010

Keyword subjects:
Groote Eylandt (N.T.)