Series 07: Photographs and relics from the Leon Gellert papers, ca. 1895-1977
Series 07: Photographs and relics from the Leon Gellert papers, ca. 1895-1977
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1895-1977
Call Numbers
PXB 622 , PXA 1560/Boxes 1-2 , ON 483 , R 1177 , SLIDES 211 , NCY 25/3-9
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs, Prints, Objects and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
2 albums (18 photographic prints) - 26 x 20 cm. or smaller
340 photographic prints - 31 x 24 cm. or smaller
2 items of ephemera - 9 x 14 cm. - postcards
11 slides - 5 x 5 cm. - col.
1 watch - 13 x 3 cm. - metal, leather, glass
1 wood block - 5 x 5 cm. - wood
1 wallet - 10 x 21 cm. - leather
1 book cover - 29.5 x 43 cm. - leather
43 negatives - col.
2 prints - 14 x 14 cm.
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Access and use
Copying Conditions
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
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to ON 483, R 1177, SLIDES 211
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
PXB 622
Album containing 14 photographic prints, 1918
Features portraits of Leon Gellert, Norman Lindsay, 'Miss Lindsay', Kathleen Saunders [future wife of Leon Gellert]
PXA 1560
Box 1
Album containing 4 photographic prints being portraits of Kathleen Saunders/Gellert(?), no date
PXA 1560
Box 2
340 loose photographic...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 07: Photographs and relics from the Leon Gellert papers, ca. 1895-1977
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4389 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Signature / Inscriptions
Some photographs are captioned
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the beneficiaries of the estate of Leon Gellert, 13 July 1978
Pic.Acc.4389
Administrative / Biographical history
Leon Maxwell Gellert, 1892-1977, served with the 10th Battalion, A.I.F. which participated in the landing at Gallipoli during World War I. His collection of poems, Songs of a campaign, 1917, was based on his experiences there. His other publications include The Isle of San, 1919, These beastly Australians, 1944, Week after week, 1953 and Year after...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 622 , PXA 1560/Boxes 1-2 , ON 483 , R 1177 , SLIDES 211 , NCY 25/3-9
Record Identifier
Yr8RGgKn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RGgKn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
909790
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