Children's books: the Lindsay Shaw Collection: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 13 April - 30 June 2010


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Children's books: the Lindsay Shaw Collection: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 13 April - 30 June 2010

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Description

The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 13 April - 30 June 2010 Opening address given by Dr. Rebecca do Rosario, School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University. The Monash University Library Rare Books Collection has extensive holdings of children’s material, over 12,000 items. These form the Lindsay Shaw Collection. Lindsay Shaw was the Secretary of the Monash Faculty of Education when he began to donate children's books to the Library in 1979, beginning with sets of Ethel Turner and Mary Grant Bruce.

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English

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16p.

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Text - Monash University Library CC-BY 4.0. Images - Copyright Not Evaluated

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https://repository.erc.monash.edu/files/upload/Rare-Books/Exhibition-Catalogues/rb_exhibition_catalogues_2010_001.pdf
https://repository.erc.monash.edu/files/upload/Rare-Books/Exhibition-Catalogues/rb_exhibition_catalogues_2010_001c.pdf

Citation

Overell, Richard and Overell, Richard (curator), “Children's books: the Lindsay Shaw Collection: an exhibition of material from the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 13 April - 30 June 2010,” Monash Collections Online, accessed May 30, 2023, https://repository.erc.monash.edu/items/show/13371.

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