Alec H. Chisholm photographs, lantern slides, glass negatives, drawings and realia, ca. 1860-1976
Alec H. Chisholm photographs, lantern slides, glass negatives, drawings and realia, ca. 1860-1976
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1860-1976
Call Numbers
PXA 1772 , PXE 1521 , MPG/217 , V/284 , SV/286 , SV/288 , R 2098/Items 1-8 , SLIDES 269 , ON 544 , ON 545
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Formats
Pictures, Photographs, Drawings and Objects
Physical Description
Contents
Approximately 500 photographs (in 5 albums) - 27 x 37 cm and smaller
Approximately 85 negatives - 16.3 x 21.5 cm and smaller - film
Appoximately 4000 photographs - 34.5 x 41.5 cm and smaller
Approximately 300 slides - 8 x 8 cm - lantern
6 drawings - 45.5 x 28.5 cm and smaller - watercolour, ink, pencil
Negatives (52 boxes) - 11.8 x 16.3 cm and smaller - glass
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Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : photographs created before 1955 are out of copyright; photographs created after 1955 are in copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Copyright restrictions may apply : drawings are out of copyright if creator died before 1955; drawings are in copyright if creator died after 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy copyright holder
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Scope and Contents
Contents
ALBUMS
PXE 1521/Box 1
Photographs of steamships, ferries, paddle steamers and tugboats.
PXE 1521/Box 2
Photographs (and newscuttings) of birds, nests, bushmen and their huts near Maryborough, Victoria, 1912-1915; and journeys on the Murray River in 1913 and to Mallacoota Inlet and East Gippsland in 1914.
PXA 1772/Box 1
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Alec H. Chisholm photographs, lantern slides, glass negatives, drawings and realia, ca. 1860-1976
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Update Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4322 as part of the eRecords Project, 2012-2013
Signature / Inscriptions
Watercolour of two birds and a nest was in an envelope inscribed "Cayley" in Chisholm's hand.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from A.H. Chisholm, 1978
Administrative / Biographical history
Alexander Hugh (Alec) Chisholm was born in Maryborough, Victoria in 1890. He worked on the Maryborough Advertiser before moving to the Brisbane Daily Mail in 1915. Subsequently he was editor of the Melbourne Argus and the Australasian. In 1923 he married Olive Haseler. A keen naturalist and conservationist, he wrote numerous articles and books on n...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1772 , PXE 1521 , MPG/217 , V/284 , SV/286 , SV/288 , R 2098/Items 1-8 , SLIDES 269 , ON 544 , ON 545
Record Identifier
9O4ojXAn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4ojXAn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
909992
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