File File 5 - Sir William Glasgow Statue

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UQFL119-Series B-Subseries 1-File 5

Title

Sir William Glasgow Statue

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  • 1960-1965 (Creation)

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1 folder

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Mayo undertook the commission for a memorial to Sir William Glasgow. The sculpture has Glasgow in the uniform of an officer of the Light Horse holding a pair of field glasses. The finished bronze statue is about 2.5 metres high. Sir William Glasgow Memorial was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 May 2004. This file includes: pamphlet for the Major-General Sir William Glasgow Memorial Appeal (1960); Draft agreement between Douglas Martin Fraser of Mundoolun and Daphne Mayo for a cast bronze statue of the figure of the late Sir William Glasgow, with emendations, unsigned, 1961; typescript regarding the agreement with Mr D. M Fraser, including recommendations for amendments regarding personal insurance, undated, unsigned; newspaper cuttings; receipts from Edward Lumley & Sons; handwritten draft letters and notes by Mayo on envelopes and scraps of paper; invoice for bronze casting; and correspondence. Correspondents include: D.M. Fraser (including letters from dating from 1957, prior to the Statue being commissioned); and a letter from Queensland Railways dated 16 Jun 1978 regarding the re-siting of the Statue of Sir William Glasgow.

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Accruals

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Chronological

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Unrestricted access.

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Copyright applies. Contact the Fryer Library.

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  • English

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Scale model of the statue is held.

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Box 6 Folder 5

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Final

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Created, Linda Justo, 30-Sep-2020.

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  • Box: UQFL119 Box 6