Identity area
Reference code
303
Title
Les and Martha Nixon Collection
Date(s)
- 1950s-2010s (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Photographs (prints, slides, negatives), reel to reel audio cassettes, VHS tapes, LP records. 12 boxes and 6 framed prints.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
(1932-2019)
Biographical history
Les Nixon was a pilot, photographer and evangelist who founded Outback Patrol. He joined Open Air Campaigners in 1947 and played the accordion. In 1954 he attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. In 1955 he married Martha Chastain and in 1959 they travelled across Australia with the Billy Graham Crusades. He founded Outback Patrol in 1961.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photographs (prints, slides and negatives), audio and video recordings produced by Les and Martha Nixon during their involvement with Open Air Campaigners and Outback Patrol from the 1950s to the 2010s.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Outback Patrol (Subject)
- Open Air Campaigners (Subject)
- Graham, Billy (Subject)