Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library: Highlights
Newsletter Number 8
December 2004
Simply the Best: women’s collections in galleries, libraries, archives and museums
Expressions of interest are being called for papers and presentations to
the third national conference to be held in Adelaide on 28-30 September,
2005. The conference aims to identify and focus on female collections
nationally and internationally and confirmed presentations include the
Jessie Street National Women’s Library, Miles Franklin and women in the wine
industry
http://www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au/library/conference/2005conference.htm
Hazel’s Journey: a personal experience of Alzheimer’s
In November 2003 Hazel Hawke, former wife of prime minister Bob Hawke
revealed publicly that she was facing her greatest challenge, Alzheimer’s
disease. Her courage and determination to face this challenge is told by her
daughter Sue–Pieters Hawke in this new publication. Money raised from the
sale of the book will assist the Hazel Hawke Alzheimer’s Research and Care
Fund
http://www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au/library/WhatsNew.htm
William J Clinton Presidential Centre and Library opens in Little Rock, Arkansas
President Bush, along with former presidents George Bush senior and Jimmy
Carter joined Bill Clinton and 30,000 guests on November 18, 2004 to
dedicate the William J Clinton Presidential Library. ‘This library tells a
story about America in the last part of the 20th century’ said Clinton
describing a nation exiting the Cold War and entering a world of information
technology. The library's collection boasts nearly 2 million photographs, 76
million pages of paper documents and 75,000 museum artefacts.
http://www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au/library/UsefulLinks_Lib.htm