Photographs of Soil Erosion, ca. 1936-1956 / by C. V. Janes and A. G. Lowndes for the Bank of New So...
Photographs of Soil Erosion, ca. 1936-1956 / by C. V. Janes and A. G. Lowndes for the Bank of New South Wales
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1936-1956
Call Numbers
PXE 1257/Boxes 1-15 , PXA 1541 , ON 482/Boxes 1-5
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Physical Description
Contents
3506 photographic prints - 15 x 20 cm. or smaller
4038 negatives (28 glass) - 9 x 11 cm. or smaller (glass negs 10.5 x 8 cm.)
7 folders and 31 loose cardboard sheets of textual material - typescript
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Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years. Textual material is in copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy Bank of NSW
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Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to ON 482 (all boxes)
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Contents
PXE 1257 / Boxes 1-11
a. Approximately 3000 photographic prints attached to A4 sheets with captions taken by C. V. Janes to make a record of the state of soil erosion and soil conservation practice in Australia in the middle 1950s. Contents list is included in Box 12 and relates to 'Packets' A to I. Boxes 1-2 contain 'Packet A' - Boxes 3-4 conta...
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Full title
Photographs of Soil Erosion, ca. 1936-1956 / by C. V. Janes and A. G. Lowndes for the Bank of New South Wales
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.2138 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Published information
Conserve your soil : a simple guide to soil erosion¶Sydney : Bank of New South Wales, [1939?]¶¶Your asset - the soil : conservation for permanent agriculture¶Sydney : Bank of New South Wales, 1957
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Bank of N.S.W., 28 January 1971
Pic.Acc.2138
Administrative / Biographical history
The Bank of NSW originally became interested in encouraging farmers to combat soil erosion when Alfred Davidson was General Manager in the 1930s. Mr Lowndes was brought into the Economic Department by Mr. Janes (who was then Associate Economist)
Mr Lowndes travelled extensively for the Bank around Australia, studying soil erosion and other r...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1257/Boxes 1-15 , PXA 1541 , ON 482/Boxes 1-5
Record Identifier
1l4dojN1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4dojN1
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Reference code
911257
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