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Henry Alcock Photographs

  • UQFL256
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1868]-1947

The Alcock collection consists of over 2000 glass slides. The series within the collection, called "Images of early Brisbane", includes images of buildings, landmarks and views of Brisbane, including the 1893 floods. Also images of University of Queensland in its early years.

Alcock, Henry, 1886-1948

University of Queensland Department of Physics Slides

  • UQFL629
  • Collection
  • ca. 1880-ca. 1999

Lantern slides, 35mm slides, negatives, glass plate negatives, and indexes to slides. Also one box of 5 unexposed AGFA-Gevaert brand negatives. Wooden cabinet originally used to house lantern slides retained separately.

A combination of original and published sets of slides. Initially glass lantern slides, later additions were acquired in 35mm slide format with some lantern slides then reformatted. The collection also appears to include some slides obtained from other Departments.

In 1950, the St Lucia campus Parnell Building lecture theatres were designed specifically without windows to facilitate the use of slide projectors.

Unless otherwise noted, all date ranges applied to this collection are approximations based on format and content.

University of Queensland. Department of Physics

Slides of University of Queensland athletics events

  • F3832
  • File
  • 1967-1968

136 mounted and 2 unmounted 35mm colour slides of events:
-- 1967 Inter-varsity athletics competition at Sydney University, including images of the Sydney Opera House under construction;
-- Lang Park 1967;
-- Armidale 1967;
-- NT 1968;
-- 1968 Inter-varsity at University of Queensland.

Affleck, Iven Raife

Photographs

This series is comprised of loose photographs and two photograph albums of photographs, mostly black and white; mostly comprised of photographs that relate to Bruce Green in his role as Assistant Registrar of the University of Queensland.

Parcel 1
Item 1
The first album, with the initials of H.B.G, was presented to Bruce Green on the 12 Dec 1980 as part of his retirement; it is comprised mostly of black and white prints; this album is a photographic history of the early life of Bruce Green and the University of Queensland. Earlier dated photographs in the album are photographs of photographs (not originals). It has 49 black and white prints and 12 colour prints. This album has three hole pages with transparent film overlaying pages that have a sticky surface to which the photograph adheres and is held in a ring binder folder. (Item 1)

Item 2
The second photograph album is comprised of: holiday photographs; views of the 1974 floods; work related photographs, including the visit by Malcolm Fraser to the St. Lucia campus; four photographs from Qantas with a business card for Sabina J. McKenzie. This album is a spiral bound Magic Magnet Photo Album with transparent film overlaying pages with a sticky surface to which the photograph adheres. It has 24 colour photographs and 16 black and white photographs. (Item 2) Inserted in this album are 3 leaves of thumbnail of photographs from what appears to be a birthday celebration for Nina Green.

Folder 1
In a folder: five original black and white photographs, possibly of family; one 35 mm colour slide; and three photographs of photographs.

Parcel 3
Item 1
Photograph album with photographs of Bruce Green and Nina Green; 24 black and white photographs and 11 colour photographs. This album is a spiral bound Magic Magnet Photo Album with transparent film overlaying pages with a sticky surface to which the photograph adheres. Previously inserted with two black and white photographs that are now in Parcel 3 Folder 1.

Item 2
One roll of 20 colour photographs, undated.

Folder 1
Four black and white photographs, undated.

Folder 2
Thirty nine black and white photographs, nine contact sheets, 6 transparencies, 4 x 35 mm negatives, undated.
One black and white photograph of Bruce Green receiving his Bachelor of Arts in a folder, with compliments of the Vice Chancellor.

Ephemera

This series is comprised of newspaper cuttings relating to Bruce Green and Bruce and Nina Green. There are a few invitations and ephemeral items. The cuttings were in five commercial photograph albums. The cuttings and ephemera from three of the these albums have been rehoused into archival sleeves and are housed in a folder. Two of the albums were retained as they have transparent film overlaying pages that have a sticky surface to which the newspaper cuttings have adhered.

Parcel 2
Items1-2
Photograph albums.

Box 1
Folder 1
The cuttings and ephemera from three of the these albums.

University of Queensland photograph collection

  • UQFL466
  • Collection
  • 1878-2010

The collection comprises 1109 photographs, 1 album (with 39 photographs), and 10 digital images relating to the University of Queensland. It also includes real photo postcards.

Fryer Memorial Library