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Title
Date(s)
- 1850-1971 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
38 boxes, 6 parcels.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Historian Allan Arthur Morrison was born at Mount Morgan in Queensland on 23 November 1911. He won the Lilley Medal in 1925, the Byrnes Medal in 1927 and a State Open Scholarship to the University of Queensland in 1929, where he graduated with first-class honours in History. He lectured in the History Department of the University of Queensland from 1945 to 1971. In 1963, he was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, having been its president from 1948 to 1953. He served terms on the boards of Newstead House and the Oxley Memorial Library as well as fostering the formation of the Queensland State Archives. He was a contributor to the Australian Dictionary of Biography. His published works were mainly on local government and regional history, as well as the role of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland politics from 1915 to 1957.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1850-1971
Collection alternatively titled as: Allan Arthur Morrison Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Minutes and reports of the Queensland Place Names Board 1967-68; minutes and related correspondence of the Oxley Library Advisory Committee 1967-69; material relating to the Australian Dictionary of Biography; typescripts; lecture notes; newspaper clippings. Collection reflects author's academic interests; board responsibilities; and research into the history of Queensland, local government and labor politics.
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
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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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Notes area
Note
This collection may contain culturally sensitive words or descriptions, some of which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts.
Alternative identifier(s)
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Name access points
- Morrison, Allan Arthur, 1911-1975 (Subject)
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Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.