The Australian Women's Register

MS 9635 comprises papers relating to Chipman’s career with the Australian Antarctic Division and the research for her books Australians in the frozen south, and Women on the ice. They include photographs, transparencies, diaries, edited typescripts of her two novels, correspondence, reviews, questionnaires, newspaper cuttings and card index (16 boxes, 2 fol. Boxes). The Acc11.071 instalment comprises research notes pertaining to the life of Sir George Hubert Wilkins compiled by Chipman for a biography that was not completed. It includes photocopies and notes of press items, journal articles, diary entries and letters covering Wilkins’ life and career; timelines, indices of people and places related to Wilkins and chapter drafts by Chipman; Chipman’s correspondence with institutions and individuals regarding her research. There is a signed copy of Under the North Pole by Hubert Wilkins, and original materials including a poster advertising a Wilkins lecture (6 boxes, 14 cartons, 1 map folio).