Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1984-1998 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes; 341 posters
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Women's Bookshop (Brisbane, Qld) operated as an independent, specialist bookshop focusing on women's studies from 1984 to 1998. Its working records, contained in this collection, trace the progress of interest in women's issues in Brisbane during that period, and who and what organizations contributed. They reflect local and social history and demonstrate the economic and social functions of a bookshop within contemporary Brisbane society.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Records, 1984-1998
Collection alternatively titled as: Women's Bookshop Brisbane Queensland Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Business and administrative records of The Women's Bookshop, Highgate Hill, Brisbane from its inception in 1984 to its sale in 1998. Includes financial records, promotional material, correspondence, publisher's catalogues, flyers, photographs, posters and ephemera. The poster collection is comprised of 341 posters (which includes 48 screen printed or hand coloured posters plus two copies of a 1993 calendar) which exhibit graphic design history and local / social history from 1984 to 1998.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies. Copyright assigned to The University of Queensland.
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
Note
Box 1 - Photographs missing. 31 items in total since 9-Jun-2020.
Alternative identifier(s)
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OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Women's Bookshop (Brisbane, Qld.) (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, Linda Justo, 21-Mar-2023. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.