Identity area
Reference code
UQFL119-Series B-Subseries 2
Title
Date(s)
- 1912-1965 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
11 folders
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Richard Godfrey Rivers (1858-1925) was a highly regarded artist and teacher. He taught at the Brisbane (Central) Technical College (1890-1910, part-time 1910-1915). His students included Harold Parker, Vida Lahey, L.J. Harvey, Daphne Mayo and Lloyd Rees. Rivers was president of the Queensland Art Society (1892-1901 and 1904-1908) and the first curator for the Queensland National Art Gallery (1895-1914). He died in 1925. In 1929 his wife, Selina (Ina) Jane Godfrey, nee Bell, (1868-1947) announced her intention to give a bequest to the Queensland National Art Gallery. The Godfrey Rivers Trust was to be used for the purchase of some pictures and in providing prizes for artists. It was the Queensland National Art Gallery's first significant endowment. The trust came to an end due to dwindling funds in 2009. During its time the Trust presented 48 works to the Queensland Art Gallery.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Daphne Mayo was a foundation trustee of the Godfrey Rivers Trust. Daphne Mayo, former student of Rivers, was the main buyer for most of the works acquired by the Trust for the Queensland National Art Gallery (now the Queensland Art Gallery). This subseries includes newspaper cuttings, legal and financial records, details and notes on competitions, and correspondence. The correspondence (137 letters, 14 telegrams) relating to the Godfrey Rivers Trust. Correspondence from Godfrey Rivers and Selina (Ina) Rivers to Mayo including letters of introduction for Mayo by Rivers while she is in Europe. Additional letters by Ina Rivers are held elsewhere in this collection. Letters are from 1912 to 1965, and some undated. Not all years have correspondence.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Imposed by archivist.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
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
Note
Prior to rearrangement and rehousing in September 2020, the majority of this material was peviously housed in Box 23
Note
Box 7 Folders 1-11
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Godfrey Rivers Trust (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created, Linda Justo, 28-Sep-2020.
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Script(s)
Sources
McKay, Judith. 'Rediscovering the artist Godfrey Rivers and his legacy to Queensland' Queensland History Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Mar 2014: 287-301, accessed online 28-Sep-2020.