Friends of Noel Butlin Archives Centre

An independent body called the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre was established in October 1997. Its members actively support the continuity and functional integrity of the Centre. The Friends are fortunate to count as members individuals from all the Australian States and Territories and from overseas countries.

Its objects are:

• to help preserve and extend the Noel Butlin Archives Centre at the Australian National University in such ways as the Association may determine;

• to foster among members of the Association and other interested parties a sense of involvement with, and understanding of, the collections, objectives and operations of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre; and

• to publicise the resources and facilities of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre and to stimulate greater awareness within the community of the role of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre.

Patrons:
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC
Professor Stuart MacIntyre
Ms Ann Turner

Committee:
Tatiana Antsoupova (Secretary), John Dargavel, Paul Dalgleish, Mick Fogarty, Ewan Maidment, Carol McNally, Shirley Sullivan, Mark Wilson (Chair).

Contact:
LPO Box 8231, The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
Email c/o: butlin.archives@anu.edu.au

A History of the Noel Butlin Archives

Barry Howarth and Ewan Maidment (eds). 2004. Canberra: Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre. $25 per copy ($20 for members) plus $3 postage in Australia.

Published for the 50th anniversary of the start of the collection by the famous economic historian of Australia, Noel Butlin. Twenty authors recount the origins and forging of this great national collection. There are stories of working in the Gardener's Cottage, the H.C. Coombs Building and the Tunnel repository (over Parkes Way) where the collection is now stored. Today archivists and researchers have their own elegant quarters in the Menzies Library Building, but it wasn't always so good. There are stories too of people who have used the archives for their different researches, and of the many struggles to keep the Archives going.