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Records and recollections: the pneumonic influenza pandemic 1918-1919
Dr Anthea Hyslop draws on both public records and private memories to show how personal experiences illuminate and enrich our understanding of the impact the ‘flu’ pandemic had in Australia.
A question and answer session follows the lecture. Written responses to questions posted in the webinar chat are also available on the ANU Archives website: https://archives.anu.edu.au/events/2021-dr-anthea-hyslop-records-and-recollections
Dr Bruce Scates, Chair of the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre gives a vote of thanks.
Records and recollections: the pneumonic influenza pandemic 1918-1919
Dr Anthea Hyslop draws on both public records and private memories to show how personal experiences illuminate and enrich our understanding of the impact the ‘flu’ pandemic had in Australia.
A question and answer session follows the lecture. Written responses to questions posted in the webinar chat are also available on the ANU Archives website: https://archives.anu.edu.au/events/2021-dr-anthea-hyslop-records-and-recollections
Dr Bruce Scates, Chair of the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre gives a vote of thanks.





![Xu Dishan Collection Launch
The collection of the eminent scholar and educator Xu Dishan [许地山 (1893-1941)], who’s works in literature, religious studies, and the studies of folklorist beliefs are milestones in Chinese literati culture and are still worked on today internationally, was put up for sale in 1950.
The significance of the Xu Dishan collection to Chinese history and culture gained the attention of Historian and professor of Far Eastern History, C. P. Fitzgerald (1902-1992). Fitzgerald saw the collection as the first stage of building a world class Asian Studies library at the Australian National University. In 1950, on behalf of the university, he undertook the negotiation and purchase of the collection.
The portion of the collection held by ANU consists of 469 titles in 1,224 volumes and contains many rare editions and suspected orphaned sacred books on Buddhism, Taoism and other missionary publications of the time, including translations of the Bible. Items on Daoism and Buddhism make up the larger part of this collection and are of special interest since not many of those have survived in China and are sought after by researchers world-wide.
The Collection is located at anulib.anu.edu.au/xu-dishan-collection Xu Dishan Collection Launch](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ui1ZoZGbMaY/mqdefault.jpg)




