Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1874-1920 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes, 2 parcels
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Together with the Burns family, the Philp family established Burns Philp (properly Burns, Philp & Co, Limited), a major Australian shipping line and merchant that operated in the South Pacific. The family included Sir Robert Philp (1851-1922) and his first wife Jessie Bannister (nee Campbell). They had two sons and five daughters. After the death of Jessie Philp, Robert Philp married Wilhelmina Fraser (nee Munro).
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1874-1920
Collection alternatively titled as: Philp family Collection.
Contains materials previously cited as: Album of Queensland flood views, 1893.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence between Jessie and Robert Philp, and others; diaries; London theatre programmes and rowing regatta programmes; realia, albums (2 albums of postcards and one album of Queensland Flood 1893 views); family papers including marriage certificate, and brief history of Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd.
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
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Philp, Robert, Sir., 1851-1922 (Subject)
- Burns, Philp & Co. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 3-Jul-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.