TALKING ART AND DRAWING WORDS: PAPER AND ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA'S RESEARCH LIBRARY.

Oral and written sources are now commonplace in both library and archival collections. Such sources provide for a wider range of voices to be added to the historical record, and in an artistic context, allow for the capture of at least an element of the creative process. This article discusses the National Gallery of Australia's James Gleeson oral history collection, related collections of personal papers, and their role as primary sources in the National Gallery's Research Library. It highlights their uses as evidence for researchers interested in the history of the National Gallery's art collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]