Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1949-1971 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Francis Richard Hall was born in Brisbane on 25 November 1917, child of Alfred John Hall and Mary Frances (nee Byrne). Francis Hall was a member of a noted Brisbane architectural family, grandson of Francis Richard Hall (1862-1934), and great grandson of John Hall (1835-1883). He was registered as an architect in Queensland and New South Wales in 1944 and in the United Kingdom in 1962. He studied abroad in Europe and England and between 1949 and 1978 he was employed by the Queensland Works Department working on the restoration and preservation of public buildings of historical significance. He retired to England in 1978 where he was architectural consultant to Queensland House, London.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1949-1971
Collection alternatively titled as: Francis Richard Hall Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Accounts book, photocopies of architectural drawings; architectural photos; 35mm slides; black-and-white photographs; scrapbook with press clippings, lecture notes, plans and photographs; office diary; black and white transparencies of architectural plans in cardboard mounts.
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
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Hall, Francis Richard, 1917-1994 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 25-Feb-2025.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.