Burke family collection
Burke family collection
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1838 - ca. 1990
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
26 boxes, 1 outsize box - 4.66 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (typescript, processed)
Clippings
Clippings - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (printed)
Textual Records - (printed, photocopy)
Ephemera
Albums
Photographs
Drawings
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection comprises 2 record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Keast Burke - papers, 1838-1974
Iris Burke - papers, 1868-ca. 1990
Photographs currently with the Pictures Section
Alternative Titles
Full title
Burke family collection
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Iris Burke in 1987-1988 and 1990, and by Kerras Burke via Sandra Pigott, nee Burke, in 2000
Administrative / Biographical history
Walter Burke (1866-1954), photographer, journalist and advertising agent, was the first Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society from Australasia, appointed in 1897. He joined the Christchurch Weekly Press (CWP) as field photographer, and became editor and circulation manager. He was one of the Canterbury region's early documentary photographers. A...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
9qoQ5JL1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQ5JL1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
446503
How to access this item
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