TALKING ART AND DRAWING WORDS: PAPER AND ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA'S RESEARCH LIBRARY.

摘要

Oral and written sources are now commonplace in bothnlibrary and archival collections. Such sources providenfor a wider range of voices to be added to the historicalnrecord, and in an artistic context, allow for the capture ofnat least an element of the creative process. This articlendiscusses the National Gallery of Australia's JamesnGleeson oral history collection, related collections ofnpersonal papers, and their role as primary sources innthe National Gallery's Research Library. It highlightsntheir uses as evidence for researchers interested in thenhistory of the National Gidlery's art collection.