I found a hair in my library

Plagued by the question "Am I a hoarder?" journalist Annabel Crabb visits Australia's oldest library and learns that her own issues with 'collecting' historical items are MINOR. The State Library of NSW is known for books, but its underground vaults are teeming with oddities: Bits of Henry Lawson. Military antiques. HUMAN HAIR!

This episode's speakers:

• Maggie Patton - Head of Collection Acquisition & Curation
• Louise Anemaat - Executive Director, Library and Information Services and Dixson Librarian
• Richard Neville - Mitchell Librarian
• Damien Webb - Manager of the Indigenous Engagement Branch

 Search for this episode's treasures in the SLNSW collection:

• Mary Shelley Lock of hair 1851 
• Portraits of John and Harriet Blaxland attached to ropes of plaited hair - 1880s
• Sir Charles FitzRoy c 1855 - Henry Robinson Smith
• Bicorn, or cocked hat, belonging to Matthew Flinders ca. 1800
• A Young Mount Pitt bird - Sydney Bird Painter 1792
• An Aboriginal Man 1810-1821? - Unknown 

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• Presenter: Annabel Crabb
• Researcher: Julia O’Shea
• Audio Engineer: Harvey O’Sullivan
• Supervising Producer: Rachael Cusick
• Executive Producers: Eric George and Carmel Rooney
• Head of Audio on Demand: Jessica Radburn