Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1961-1967 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
1 volume (17 architectural drawings) + 1 volume (47 architectural drawings + 1 volume (51 architectural drawings + 2 volumes (with 24 drawings in each) + 2 volumes (1 architectural drawing in each) + 116 architectural drawings
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Prior to the construction of the J.D. Story Administration Building, University administration facilities had been housed within Main Building (now know as the Forgan Smith Building). Main Building had undergone many alterations in response to the changing needs of the university administration. In 1959 the Senate decided a new Administration Building should be built. Other building priorities delayed designs being drawn up. In 1962 plans were submitted to the Australian Universities Commission (A.U.C.). Changes requested by the A.U.C. delayed construction which was to be a two stage process: Stage One was completed in October 1965 and Stage Two in October 1966. Plans include: site plans, window details, detail of senate table, floor plans, electrical services plans, roof plans.
There are 6 volumes (sets/presentation volume/office copy sets) with plans as well as individual plans; the total number of plans for this building in this subseries are 281. Not all have been created by James Birrell.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Order has been imposed by processing archivist. Works created by James Birrell are at the beginning of the subseries, arranged chronologically, by job number and by drawing number. Drawings created by contractors are after James Birrell's and are arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies (State of Queensland).
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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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
Note
Oversize folders 11-16.
Note
Previously housed in Folders 22a, b,c,d,e as A10.01-262.
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created, Linda Justo, 29-Jan-2021
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Script(s)
Sources
Pratt, Fuller (1998). The University of Queensland buildings, St. Lucia campus, by James Birrell. Bachelor's Thesis, School of Geography, Planning & Architecture, The University of Queensland