Mary Halls "Minnie" Crabb (1885-1974) was the niece of the first librarian (May Harrison) for the Victorian Association of Braille Writers. After her aunt's death in 1912, Miss Crabb took on the role of librarian for the constantly expanding collection. In 1934, the Victorian Association of Braille Writers annual report advised that it had acquired a Crabb-Hulme Braille Printing Press. Two years in development, the Press was designed by Miss Crabb and built to her specifications by Mr Hulme. Invented to produce ephemeral material quickly, such as programs, catalogues and newsletters, it provided more opportunities for information to be quickly sent out to Braille readers. The daughter of James Hall Crabb, who ran the Prahran Telegraph from1882 until his death and the niece of J.M. Yelland who took over the paper until he sold it in 1895, Minnie would have seen printing presses in her youth and recognised the usefulness when producing large numbers of ephemeral materials. In March 1944, Miss Crabb retired from the library, in 1956 she married Charles Foster and she lived until in the St Kilda area until her passing in 1974, aged 89. This iconic image of Miss Crabb using the press has appeared in many reports since.High quality image of Minnie Crabbvictorian association of braille writers, minnie crabb

Third annual report for the National Information Library Service, which saw the joining of the Christian Blind Mission International (CBMI) with NILS. This report shows the introduction of CDs and Daisy titles into the collection, the development of an online catalogue and the progress towards increasing the variety of Braille, audio and e-text materials and reducing costs, as well as the number of books, loans and materials produced over the year.national information library service, corporation records, malcolm daubney, jane evans, tim evans, pam wansink, libby sturrock, brian hardy, tim mitchell, jamie kelly, anna fairclough, dorothy hamilton, alan bates, ted johnson

32 pages and card covers staple boundnon-fictionThis booklet includes the open factories, factory displays, pageants and open gardens at Ballarat in 1917. factories, business, gardens, displays

Dr Mary Kent Hughes (nee Cantwell) lived in Warrandyte. She served in the second world war and published several books. The manuscript was wriutten by Bruce Bence for the Warrandyte Historical SocietyContents: 1. Manuscript: Dr. Mary Kent Hughes, Lieut. R.A.M.C. London 1940; photocopy, 6 typed pages and illustrated face sheet with additional alternate face page and hand written note from author Bruce Bence 2. Copy of catalogue record: MS 4856 Papers of Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (1895-1970), 2 pages A4 inkjet printout detailing scope and content of papers held by National Library of Australia including biographical noteskent hughes, mary, mary kent hughes, sir wilfrid kent hughes