Collection UQFL185 - Arthur Power Lyons Papers

Identity area

Reference code

UQFL185

Title

Arthur Power Lyons Papers

Date(s)

  • 1884-1977. (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

13 boxes, 2 parcels.

Context area

Name of creator

(1879-1965)

Biographical history

Colonial administrator and amateur anthropologist Arthur Power Lyons was born in Bundaberg in 1879. He became Assistant Resident Magistrate in Papua in 1906, and the Resident Magistrate in the Western Division of Papua and Warden of Gold and Mineral Fields in 1909. From 1930 to 1943, Lyons was Director of Public Works for Papua, and a member of the Papuan Executive and Legislative Council. He was also Chairman of the Building and Petroleum Advisory Boards in Papua during this period. He wrote a number of anthropological reports about the people of Western Papua.

Archival history

Contains material formerly catalogued at F1232, F1236, F1406, F1407 and F1588.
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1884-1977
Collection alternatively titled as: Arthur Power Lyons Collection.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Photographs, diaries, correspondence, maps, journals, publications, annual reports, typescripts, articles relating to Papua New Guinea by Arthur Lyons, John Murphy, Daphne Winnifred Lyons, and others.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Uploaded finding aid

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Alternative identifier(s)

Former Call Number

F1232

Former Call Number

F1236

Former Call Number

F1406

Former Call Number

F1407

Former Call Number

F1588

Alma MMS ID

991003599839703131

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Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Revised

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, Linda Justo, 1-Jul-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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