J S Battye Library

J S Battye Library

The "J S Battye Library" is an arm of the State Library of Western Australia. It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, newspapers, periodicals, maps, and ephemera, as well as oral history tapes, photographs and artworks, films and video, and non-government records which are kept in the library's Private Archives collection.

It is named after Dr James Battye, the first State Librarian, who began the collection in the early 1900's. It was established in December 1956.

It is housed on the upper floor of the Alexander Library Building, and public access to the collection is made at that level. There is a reading room for special materials, as well as a microfilm reading room.

The separate State Records Office of Western Australia houses state governmental archives.

References

* "Friends of Battye Library - history and description of the organisation" in Newsletter: Friends of the Battye Library, No.49 (July 1991), p.7-9.
* Hays, Leigh.2002 "Worth telling, worth keeping : a guide to the collections of the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History" . Perth, W.A. : Library Board of Western Australia. ISBN 0958116709
* Ives, Alan. 1978 "Archives in Western Australia : the Battye Library : M.F.F. Lukis and M. Medcalf : a bibliography" Canberra : Pearce Press. Archives in Australia ; bibliography no. 18 ISBN 090841028X
* Jamieson, Ronda. "A people with a past and the J S Battye Library of West Australian history" . Fremantle studies, Vol. 4 (2005), p.22-31.

External links

* [http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/battye.html Battye Library]
* [http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/ State Library of Western Australia]
* [http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/ State Records Office]


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