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1 5 y separately published work icon The Intimate Archive : Journeys through Private Papers Maryanne Dever , Ann Vickery , Sally Newman , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2009 Z1585821 2009 single work criticism (taught in 1 units)

'Intimate Archives explores the issues involved in using archival material to research the personal lives of public people, in this case of Australian writers Marjorie Barnard (1897-1987), Alieen Palmer (1915-1988) and Lesbia Harford (1891-1927). The book gives an insight into the romantic experiences of the three female writers, based on their private letters, diaries and notebooks held in the National Library of Australia and other public institutions.

Maryanne Dever, Ann Vickery and Sally Newman consider the ethical dilemmas of researching private material and discovering the "truths" revealed within. In this sense, the book is both an introverted contemplation of private affairs and an extroverted meditation on the right to acquire and assume intimate knowledge.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Silent Witness? : Aileen Palmer and the Problem of Evidence in Lesbian History Sally Newman , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Women's History Review , vol. 11 no. 3 2002; (p. 505-530) Author's abstract: 'The article offers both a reading of the multiple life stories of Aileen Palmer (1915-1988), daughter of one of Australia's most famous literary families, and a reading of the author's role as a lesbian historian examining the nature of 'evidence' in the recovery of lesbian lives .... In her reading of the letters, drafts of novels, diaries and autobiographical fiction [in the Palmer archives in the National Library of Australia], the author teases out the threads of alternative life stories that can be discerned in Aileen Palmer's private/public papers that point to her hidden history; a history she could not consign to total silence' (p.505).
1 Body of Evidence : Aileen Palmer's Textual Lives Sally Newman , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 26 no. 1 2000; (p. 11-38) Examines Aileen Palmer's (unpublished) diaries and private papers in an attempt to offer a reading of her multiple life stories, and a reading of the role "as lesbian historian examining the nature of 'evidence' in the recovery of lesbian lives" (11).
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