Tom Brock Collection, 1902-1997, mainly relating to rugby league and the South Sydney District Rugby...
Tom Brock Collection, 1902-1997, mainly relating to rugby league and the South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1902-1997
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7957/Boxes 1-19, 26-28, 30-34 , MLMSS 7957/Boxes 20X-25X, 29X , VT 1371-VT 1451
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts, Clippings, Pictures, Photographs, Posters, Video, Objects and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
7.87 metres of textual material, 3 sound discs, approximately 500 photographs and posters (27 boxes and 7 outsize boxes), some boxes contain clothing accessories
81 videocassettes - VHS
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Arranged by Tom Brock series numbers (TB 08 - TB 154)
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : Advice should be sought from the State Library representative on the Tom Brock Bequest Committee
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this manuscript collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to the issue of videocassettes VT 1371 - VT 1451
This material is held offsite and is usually available after 4pm on the next business day. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to MLMSS 7957/Boxes 1-19, 26-28, 30-34
Finding aids
A guide to the Tom Brock collection held by the Social Sciences & Humanities Library, the University of New South Wales / compiled by Jennifer Bolton. [Sydney] : Tom Brock Bequest Committee, Australian Society for Sport History, 2000
Guide available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The Tom Brock Collection includes correspondence, notes and statistical compilations, photographs, videocassettes, newspaper clippings and other printed material mainly relating to rugby league, with a small amount of material on sport in general.
The Collection is listed in the published guide compiled by Jennifer Bolton. The guide should...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Tom Brock Collection, 1902-1997, mainly relating to rugby league and the South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
Object History
The Tom Brock Collection was bequeathed to the Australian Society for Sports History which housed it at the University of New South Wales Library. A guide to the collection was compiled by Jennifer Bolton and published in 2000. The collection was transferred to the State Library of New South Wales in 2006.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Australian Society for Sports History, 2006
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas George Brock (1929-1997), rugby league historian, was a lifelong supporter of the South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club and its team, the Rabbitohs. In the 1950s Brock began compiling statistics on South Sydney’s matches. This broadened into an archive on its players and administrators, and the wider game of rugby league, assiduou...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7957/Boxes 1-19, 26-28, 30-34 , MLMSS 7957/Boxes 20X-25X, 29X , VT 1371-VT 1451
Record Identifier
1LjR2oy9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjR2oy9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
890244
How to access this item
For use in the Library
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