Collection UQFL256 - Henry Alcock Photographs

Identity area

Reference code

UQFL256

Title

Henry Alcock Photographs

Date(s)

  • [1868]-1947 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box, 32 parcels

Context area

Name of creator

(1886-1948)

Biographical history

Henry Alcock, McCaughey Professor of History and Economic Science, 1922-1948, at the University of Queensland, was the university's first professor of Modern History.

Archival history

Collection previously titled as: Photographs, [ca. 1868]-1947
Collection alternatively titled as: Henry Alcock Collection

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The Alcock collection consists of over 2000 glass slides. The series within the collection, called "Images of early Brisbane", includes images of buildings, landmarks and views of Brisbane, including the 1893 floods. Also images of University of ... »

System of arrangement

Box 1: subject card index and subject listing;
Parcel 1: Item 1-60;
Parcel 2: Item 61-120;
Parcel 3: Item 121-180;
Parcel 4: Item 181-210;
Parcel 5: Item 242 - 300;
Parcel 6: Item 301 - 360;
Parcel 7: Item 361 - 420;
Parcel 8: Item 421 - 480;
Parcel 9: Item 481 - ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright expired.

Language of material

  • English

Allied materials area

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Umpi Korumba (UQFL337) makes extensive use of images from the Alcock Collection of glass slides from the Fryer Library, University of Queensland.

Related descriptions

Publication note

A selection of images was published online by The University of Queensland, supported by Brisbane City Council Local History Grants. The database has since been archived and is accessible via PANDORA.
University of Queensland Library (2000-2012). Images ... »

Publication note

Material from this collection has been cited in:
Cook, Margaret Helen (2018). 'A River with a City Problem, not a City with a River Problem': Brisbane and its Flood-Prone River. Environment and History, Volume 24, Number 4, pp. 469-496.
Cox, Geoffrey & ... »

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991003968289703131

Millennium Local System Number

.b19924732

OCLC Number

222719102 ; 1058749185

Libraries Australia ID

45216761 ; 63005040

Access points

Description control area

Status

Revised

Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, AM 06-Dec-2021. Revised, Linda Justo, 10-Aug-2021. Revised, AM, 25-Nov-2019. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

Language(s)

  • English