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MS 5086 David Horton, Papers, Including Encyclopaedia Of MS 5086 David Horton AIATSIS Collections Catalogue Manuscript Finding Aid index Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Library MS 5086 David Horton, papers, including Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia 1984-1999 CONTENTS COLLECTION SUMMARY ......................................................................................... 3 CULTURAL SENSITIVITY STATEMENT ................................................................... 3 ACCESS TO COLLECTION ....................................................................................... 3 COLLECTION OVERVIEW ........................................................................................ 4 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION .............................................................................. 5 SERIES DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................. 6 Series1. Research and ASP [Aboriginal Studies Press]. 1971-1991 .......................... 7 Sub series 1. 1971-1975 ......................................................................................... 7 Sub series 2. 1972-1984 ......................................................................................... 7 Sub series 3. 1976-1980 ......................................................................................... 7 Sub series 4. 1981-1985 ......................................................................................... 8 Sub series 5. 1986-1990 ....................................................................................... 10 Sub series 6. ‘Recovering the Tracks’ by David Horton 1991 ............................... 12 Series 2. Encyclopaedia, Research and ASP. 1986-1998 ....................................... 12 Subseries 1. Encyclopaedia Planning 1990-1996 ................................................ 13 Subseries 2. Encyclopaedia Planning continued 1987-1998 ................................ 16 Subseries 3. Early drafts of encyclopaedia articles 1990 ...................................... 18 Subseries 4. Encyclopaedia entries and correspondence 1990-1993 .................. 20 Subseries 5. Author agreements, payment details and drafts 1990-1994 ............ 23 Subseries 6. Encyclopaedia and other papers 1991-1995 ................................... 30 1 MS 5086 David Horton Series 3. Post Encyclopaedia publication 1992-1999 ............................................. 33 Subseries 1. 1996 ................................................................................................. 33 Subseries 2. Sales and royalty figures 1997 ......................................................... 34 Subseries 3. Sales and royalty figures for 1997 and 1998. ................................... 34 Series 4. Diaries and desk calendars 1976-1998 ..................................................... 35 Subseries 1 Diaries ............................................................................................... 35 Subseries 2 Desk calendars ................................................................................. 35 BOX LIST ................................................................................................................. 36 2 MS 5086 David Horton COLLECTION SUMMARY Creator: David Horton Title: David Horton, papers, including Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia Collection no: MS 5086 Date range: 1984-1999 Extent: 5 shelf metres (28 archive boxes and 7 oversize folders) Repository: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies CULTURAL SENSITIVITY STATEMENT It is a condition of use of this finding aid, and of the collection described in it, that users ensure that any use of the information contained in it is sympathetic to the views and sensitivities of relevant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This includes: Language Users are warned that this finding aid may contain words and descriptions which may be culturally sensitive and which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts. Terms and descriptions which reflect the author’s attitude, or that of the period in which the manuscript was written, and which may be considered inappropriate today in some circumstances, may also be used. Deceased persons Users of this finding aid should be aware that, in some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, seeing images of deceased persons in photographs, film and books or hearing them in recordings etc. may cause sadness or distress and in some cases, offend against strongly held cultural prohibitions. Return to top ACCESS TO COLLECTION Access and use conditions Materials listed in this finding aid may be subject to access conditions required by Indigenous communities and/or depositors. Users are advised that access to some materials may be subject to these access conditions. Copying and quotation Copying of, and quoting from, unpublished material may be subject to the conditions determined by the depositor of the manuscripts. In accordance with the Copyright Act 1968, Section 51, materials are only provided for private study and use. 3 MS 5086 David Horton Obtaining access, copying and quotation permissions In cases where these permissions are required they must be obtained in writing and must be signed. Further information can be found on the AIATSIS website on the Ordering collection items page. Contact Collections staff for further information. Although Manuscripts are not available on Interlibrary loan, they may be available via document supply (photocopying), subject to access conditions, if they are already digitized. Email Collections Staff or telephone +61 2 6246 1182 Access and use conditions Closed access, the material may be read with permission from David Horton or the Executive Director Collections. Material may be copied with permission from David Horton or the Executive Director Collections. Preferred citation Items from this collection should be cited as [Title or description of manuscript item], Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, MS [insert number], Series [insert number], Subseries [insert number], Item or Folder [insert number]. For example: David Horton, papers, including Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, MS 5086, Series 1, subseries 1, Item 1. COLLECTION OVERVIEW Scope and contents note Provenance The collection was deposited in the AIATSIS Library by David Horton on 24-1-2007. Material separated from the collection Personal papers, birthday, congratulations, and Christmas cards, have been removed at the request of David Horton. Gorrell, Julie and Zizi Ditta, Research funding: a resource guide, 1977, Research Services Office, Australian National University. Australian MacUser, no. 27, Dec 1994/Jan 1995 Matsuyama, T 1995, Australian Aboriginal Collections in Japan, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. [Held in AIATSIS library at REF 069.509952 MAT] Andree Rosenfeld, David Horton & John Winter, ‘Early man in North Queensland’, Terra Australis 6, 1981, Dept. of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU. [Held in library at B R814.51/E1 4 MS 5086 David Horton Ron Vanderwal & David Horton, ‘Coastal southwest Tasmania’, Terra Australis 9, 1984, Dept. of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU. [Held in library at B V242.08/C1] Return to top Acronyms & abbreviations AIAS Australian Institute of Aboriginal studies AIDT Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre ARC Australian Research Council EAA Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia ICAZ International Council for Archaeozoology IMAA Interactive Media Aboriginal Australia m/s manuscript - handwritten p/c photocopy t/s typescript nd no date Related material For a complete list of works by David Horton held by the Library, and for other related material consult Mura®, the AIATSIS catalogue. For access to Audiovisual material contact AIATSIS Collections. Important: Before clicking on the links to the catalogue entries please read our sensitivity message. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION David Robert Horton was born in 1945 in Perth Western Australia and completed his secondary schooling at the John Curtin High School, WA before commencing a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Zoology, at the University of Western Australia in 1962. David Horton graduated with Zoology Honours in 1965. David Horton continued his education at: University of Melbourne, Masters of Science, Zoology, graduating in 1967 University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Letters, in Zoology, Archaeology and English, graduating in 1973 University of York, Post-Doctoral Fellow, studying Biogeography, graduating in 1974 David Horton’s career included research into scincid lizards and biogeography (1966-1974), Archaeozoology (sites from Cape York to SW Tasmania), Pleistocene extinctions, the role of fire in Australian ecosystems, and Pleistocene occupation of Australia (1974-1984). 5 MS 5086 David Horton David Horton’s career at the AIAS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies) and AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) began in 1974 when he was the Institute’s osteologist, taking on the role of Palaeoecologist in 1975. He became acting Deputy Principal in 1984 and became Manager of the Publications section in 1984-85, until he became Director of Publications in 1988-89. David Horton was the Director of the Aboriginal Studies Press from 1989 until
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