Series 1: Frederick Rose papers and photographic prints mainly relating to Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, 1920-1972

MLMSS 2076/Boxes 1-3
FM4/8001

series

1920-1972

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings

9622209

0.90 metres of textual material (3 boxes)
1 microfilm reel of textual material - positive - 35 mm

MLMSS 2076
BOX 1
"1938/39 Papers: Groote Eylandt (N.T.)" by Frederick Rose, typescript bound in 2 vols. [Donated Dec. 1970]

"Photographs to illustrate 1938/39 Papers: Groote Eylandt (N.T.)" being an album of 122 photographic prints of Groote Eylandt and Darwin, 1938. Each photograph titled and dated. Also includes a contents list, index and cross reference to pages of "1938/39 Papers: Groote Eylandt (N.T.)" [Donated Mar. 1971. Previously located at MLMSS 2076 ADD-ON 324. Negatives for some of the photographs in this album are at NCY 4/179-412]

BOX 2
Diary written in Kelly's Australian 1938 Office Diary, manuscript with letters and photographs inserted (RESTRICTED)

"Carpentaria Ripples" by Frederick Rose, Groote Eylandt, 1938, first rough draft of the first part of the work, manuscript in pencil and ink, 1 vol.

February 1939 issue of Shell House Journal.
[Above three items donated June 1971. Previously located at MLMSS 2076 ADD-ON 331]

Correspondence file, 1950-1953
[Donated Sept. 1973. Previously located at MLMSS 2076 ADD-ON 727]

BOX 3
An album of photographs taken by or relating to Frederick Rose, 1920, 1934-1942 including photos of Aborigines. Compiled by Rose in Sept. 1974. Additional prints originally kept loose in an envelope pasted on the inside back cover of the album have been rehoused into a folder (also in Box 3) and arranged in chronological order, 1937-1942, 1951. Negatives for some of the photographs in this album are at ON 633.
[Donated Jan. 1975]

Set of 34 photographic prints, originally from the Department of the Interior, taken in the Northern Territory in the early 1930s. Typed list included.
[Received Jan. 1975]

Copies of two letters written by Prof. A.P. Elkin to J.A. Carrodus, Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior, the first from 1940 backing Rose’s request for permission to conduct research on Groote Eylandt, and the second from 1945, advising against publishing Rose’s thesis on Groote Eylandt.
[Donated Mar. 1975]

FM4/8001 (80 frames)
Microfilm copy of newspaper cuttings in an album compiled by Frederick Rose, 1955-1972. [Original album not held. Lent for copying in Oct. 1979]

Partly restricted: Applies to Diary in MLMSS 2076/Box 2, Expiry Date: 2041-01-01

Out of copyright: Applies to photographs created before 1955 and newscuttings
Copyright status:: In copyright - applies to papers. This collection has multiple rights owners.
Copyright holder:: Dr Ruth Struwe is the copyright owner of Frederick Rose's writings
Approval for reproduction required: Applies to material in copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

This collection may contain culturally sensitive information. Members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are also advised that records may contain names and images of deceased people.

MLMSS 2076 includes items previously located at ADD-ON 324, ADD-ON 331 and ADD-ON 727.