Collection UQFL17 - Albert Emil Oscar Kaeser Papers

Identity area

Reference code

UQFL17

Title

Albert Emil Oscar Kaeser Papers

Date(s)

  • 1930-[1950?] (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 parcel.

Context area

Name of creator

(1873-1968)

Biographical history

Born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1873, Albert Kaeser migrated to Australia sometime prior to 1890 when he began playing trombone in the Sandgate Town Band. In 1906, he a opened music shop on George Street in Brisbane. In 1919, Kaeser founded the Brisbane Citizens' Band, now known as the St John Ambulance Concert Band. He began conducting the Ithaca Orchestral Society in 1925 and continued as principal conductor with the group until it disbanded in 1951, at which time it was known as the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

Archival history

Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1930-[1950?]
Collection alternatively titled as: Albert Emil Oscar Kaeser Collection.

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

Newspaper clippings, mostly from Brisbane/Queensland in the 1940s, relating to music, especially municipal bands, and Brisbane history. Includes a handwritten note entitled 'Kaeser family in Australia', listing the names and dates of family members.
Ledger book with initials A.K. on front cover.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

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Publication note

Material from this collection has been cited in:
Dousa, T. M. (2013). 'Julius Otto Kaiser: The Early Years'. Library Trends 62(2), 402-428. Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991003679119703131

Millennium Local System Number

.b19769076

OCLC Number

222661508 ; 1091879539

Libraries Australia ID

21260529 ; 63004984

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Status

Migrated

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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