Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1882-[1993] (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
8 boxes (Offsite Storage), 2 parcels.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Professor Sydney Prentice was the founding Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland from 1950 until his retirement in 1974. The computer centre at the University of Queensland, which now bears his name, was set up in 1962 largely as a result of his efforts.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1882-[1993]
Collection alternatively titled as: Sydney Arthur Prentice Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to Professor Prentice's research, as well as Department of Engineering exams, laboratory proposals, reports, minutes, invoices and accounts, staffing and correspondence. Bound and unbound papers/reports 1933-1974 relating to public commissions, academic seminars and academic teaching 1933-1974. Also photograph albums, medals and certificates.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing 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
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Prentice, S. A. (Subject)
- University of Queensland School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (Subject)
- University of Queensland (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.