{"id":99,"date":"2021-12-07T07:11:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T07:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/collections\/special-collections\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:06:15","slug":"special-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/collections\/special-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Special collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n                class=\"block card-ms \"\n        role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Card plus media slider\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n        \n\n            <div class=\"card-ms__stage\" id=\"slick-1309850923\">\n                    <div class=\"card-ms__slide slide\">\n                <div class=\"slide__container \">\n                    <div class=\"slide__card\">\n                        <div id=\"life-and-times-of-john-curtin\" class=\"card\"\n         data-type=\"\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Life and Times of John Curtin<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>The archive focuses on the life and times of John Curtin, wartime prime minister of Australia (1941-45). An online archive provides access to the collection and other material. Learn more about John Curtin on <a href=\"http:\/\/jcpml.library.curtin.edu.au\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our website.<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/curtin.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/collectionDiscovery?vid=61CUR_INST:CUR_SPECIAL_COLLECTIONS&#038;collectionId=81190473730001951\" aria-label=\"Explore the archive\"\n                                           target=\"_blank\">Explore the archive<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                    <div class=\"slide__controls\"><\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slide__media\">\n                                                                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/John-Curtin-1-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1-2-1000x500.jpg\" alt=\"John Curtin sits at a desk writing a document\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"card-ms__slide slide\">\n                <div class=\"slide__container \">\n                    <div class=\"slide__card\">\n                        <div id=\"50-objects-for-50-years\" class=\"card\"\n         data-type=\"\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">50 objects for 50 years<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>A celebration of Curtin&#8217;s 50th anniversary through a collection of fifty significant items from the Library&#8217;s special collections.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/50objects.library.curtin.edu.au\/\" aria-label=\"Explore the collection\"\n                                           target=\"_blank\">Explore the collection<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                    <div class=\"slide__controls\"><\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slide__media\">\n                                                                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/50-objects-for-50-years-banner-header-aspect-ratio-2-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gold pocket watch with white clock face\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section\n                class=\"block cards-image block--no-indent\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card-grid\" data-card-size=\"standard\" data-card-count=\"6\" data-card-background=\"white\">\n                    <div id=\"architecture\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GS_Rockeby_Road_2-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.png\" alt=\"Architecture\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Architecture<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>We have unique collections relating to Western Australian architecture and architect education. <\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/library\/collections\/special-collections\/architecture\/\" aria-label=\"View collections\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">View collections<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"health-medicine\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/womens-health-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Health &#038; medicine\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Health &#038; medicine<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Includes the Mike Daube Tobacco Control and Public Health collection, Women&#8217;s Health collection and Jules Black Sexology collection.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/library\/collections\/special-collections\/health\/\" aria-label=\"View collections\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">View collections<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"journeys-exploration\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/endeavour-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Journeys &#038; exploration\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Journeys &#038; exploration<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>The Library has the records of the Project Endeavour, and explorer journals, maps and other historical material.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/library\/collections\/special-collections\/exploration\/\" aria-label=\"View collections\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">View collections<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"literature\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jolley-3-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Literature\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Literature<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Our Rare Books collection includes books from the 16th &#8211; 18th century and Australian works from 1885 onwards. We also hold signed books from authors associated with Curtin and WAIT. <\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/library\/collections\/special-collections\/literature\/\" aria-label=\"View collections\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">View collections<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"politics-government\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/clawrence-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Politics &#038; government\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Politics &#038; government<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>We hold collections of political archives including the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library archive. Many of the collections relate to Western Australian politicians, both state and federal.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/library\/collections\/special-collections\/politics\/\" aria-label=\"View collections\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">View collections<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"western-australian-stories-history\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/folklore-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Western Australian stories &#038; history\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Western Australian stories &#038; history<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Our collections include archival material, maps, oral history and published books about the history of Western Australia and the cultural heritage of Western Australians. <\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/library\/collections\/special-collections\/wa-history\/\" aria-label=\"View collections\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">View collections<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6245,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/6245"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}