Harrison Bryan

Background

Bryan, Harrison was born on September 23, 1923 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Son of Walter Heywood and Myee Margaret (Harrison) Bryan.

Education

Bachelor, University Queensland, Brisbane, 1948. Master of Arts, University Queensland, Brisbane, 1954. Doctor of Laws, University Queensland, Brisbane, 1985.

Doctor of Laws, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1985. Doctor of Letters, Sydney University, 1985.

Career

Assistant to library University Queensland, 1949, library, 1950—1963, University Sydney, Australia, 1963—1980. Director general The National Library Australia, Canberra, 1980—1985. Consultant Indonesian Institute of Science, Jakarta, 1972, various Australian colleges, 1963—1980.

Served as lieutenant Australian Army, 1942-1945, Indonesia.

Achievements

• Harrison Bryan has been listed as a noteworthy library consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A CRITICAL SURVEY OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANSHIP IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    (Occasional Papers in Librarianship No. 4. Based on a surv...)

  • Australian university libraries, today and tomorrow
  • Australian academic libraries in the seventies: Essays in honour of Dietrich Borchardt (The University of Queensland Presss scholars' library)
  • The function of the library in a college of advanced education,
  • The pattern of library services in Australia: A statement for the Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services,

Membership

Fellow: Academy Social Science Australia, Library. Association Australia (councillor 1951-1976, president 1973-1974, H.C.L. Anderson award 1984).

Interests

• Painting, gardening.

Connections

Married Florence Isabel Jolly, February 24, 1948. Children: Helen Ann, Jennifer May, James Stewart, Catherine Myee.

Father:

Walter Heywood Bryan

Mother:

Myee Margaret (Harrison) Bryan

Spouse:

Florence Isabel Jolly

child:

Helen Ann Bryan

child:

Catherine Myee Bryan

child:

Jennifer May Bryan

child:

James Stewart Bryan