Person

Barnard, Marjorie Faith (1897 - 1987)

OAM

Born: 16 August 1897
Died: 1987
Occupation: Librarian and Writer

Summary

Marjorie Barnard was Librarian-in-charge at the Radiophysics Division of CSIR. She was commissioned to write a history of radar which she completed in 1946.

Details

Educated University of Sydney (BA). Author of novels and general works, some written in collaboration with Flora Eldershaw under the name M. Barnard Eldershaw. "A House is Built", published in 1929, remained in print for 50 years.

Chronology

1980: Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

Related Corporate Bodies

Radiophysics Laboratory - CSIR, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1939 - 1940)
Marjorie Barnard was Librarian-in-charge at the Radiophysics Division of CSIR. She was commissioned to write a history of radar which she completed in 1946.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

Marjorie Faith Barnard - Records, 1946, MS 016; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

Marjorie Faith Barnard - Records, 1940 - 1946, ML MSS 887; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6766218. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/44670202. Details
'Barnard, Marjorie Faith (1897-1987)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458551. Details

Resource Sections

'Barnard, Marjorie Faith - Ms 16', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms016.html. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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