[UMA-SRE-20030082] Lockie Bequest Committee Minute Book

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IdentifierUMA-SRE-20030082Extent1 volumeScope and ContentThe Lockie Bequest Committee was established to administer the Lockie Bequest Fund. The fund was aimed at providing funding to assist with the development and evolution of Australian writing. As such, the committee established a Lockie Fellowship for Creative Writing and Literature, and undertook activities associated with the selection of candidates for this role. Essentially the minutes document the activities involved in managing and allocating the proceeds of the bequest.In addition to the fellowship, this involved an association with the literary publication Meanjin, participation in funding submissions to the Australia Council Literature Board and evaluationof a proposal to fund an associate position for historical fiction in the history department.The latter proposal did not proceed. The last documented meeting ocurred in 1978, although it is unclear whether the committee continued subsequently.Collection CategoryUniversity, officialAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this Series

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CreatorLockie Bequest Committee (The University of Melbourne)

Dates

Date1974-1978

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Previous System ID2003.0082Records Services IDUM62Source of DescriptionTransfer documentationDescriptive NoteNo Finding Aid. Request all boxes

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[UMA-SRE-20030082] Lockie Bequest Committee Minute Book