Identity area
Reference code
F3794
Title
Date(s)
- 1912-2012. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
4 parcels.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Biggs graduated in 1958 from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws. While studying, Biggs joined the University of Queensland Cricket Club. He has been a player or an official since 1951, represented the University of Queensland in Cricket, one of UQ Cricket Club's longest-serving officials, and life member of the club. After retirement, Biggs spent twenty years compiling newspaper cuttings and collecting scorecards dating back to when the University of Queensland Cricket Club began in 1912.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Involved with the University of Queensland Cricket Club.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings, scorecards and other statistical information relating to the University of Queensland Cricket Club. William Edward Pender (WEP) Harris and his brother, John Harris had compiled records from the Club's beginning in 1912 to 1940. After the Club's records were inadvertently thrown out, John Biggs worked to restore the records for 1912 to 1940 but continued to collate them as a century project.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Volume 1: 1912-1937
Volume 2: 1937-1959
Volume 3: 1959-1986
Volume 4: 1986-2012.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- University of Queensland Cricket Club (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 2-Jul-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.
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Script(s)
Sources
Nicolic, I. 2016. 'Century of summers - UQCC history preserved in digital archives', UQ Sport website, accessed online 2-Jul-2021.