Pictorial material from the Marie Byles papers, 1911-1977
Pictorial material from the Marie Byles papers, 1911-1977
About this item
Full title
Date
1911-1977
Call Numbers
PXA 1735 , PXD 1318 , ON 535 , SLIDES 265
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
13 albums (3666 photographic prints, 2 watercolours, many postcards, several Christmas cards, 1 sketch) - 32 x 25 cm. or smaller
2 printing blocks - 23 x 15 cm. or smaller - wood, metal
1130 photographic prints - 22.5 x 29 cm. or smaller
38 items of ephemera (postcards, Christmas cards, sign, bookplates) - 48 x 30 cm. or smaller
1 architectural drawing - 34 x 52 cm.
Approx. 20 sheets of textual material - typescript, manuscript
Approx. 2940 negatives - 35 mm - film
Approx. 1160 slides - 5 x 5 cm.
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to SLIDES 265 and ON 535
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The contents list attached describes how the material was housed upon delivery at the library. The material has since been housed in a more secure manner, however all the photographs, postcards and such remain together in the boxes as numbered except the negatives and slides which have added notes in the list directing clients to their current loca...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Pictorial material from the Marie Byles papers, 1911-1977
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4911 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Signature / Inscriptions
Many of the photographs, both loose and in albums, have captions
Conservation note
ON 535 negatives require flattening
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mr H. English, 9 February 1981
Pic.Acc.4911
Administrative / Biographical history
Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900-1979), solicitor and conservationist, was born on 8 April 1900 at Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire, England, only daughter and eldest child of Cyril Beuzeville Byles, a railway-signal engineer, and his wife Ida Margaret, née Unwin. In March 1912 the family reached Sydney in the Anchises. Marie's parents were Unitarians, Fab...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1735 , PXD 1318 , ON 535 , SLIDES 265
Record Identifier
Yr8R3Zdn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8R3Zdn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
836869
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