Collection UQFL391 - Ernest Briggs Papers

Identity area

Reference code

UQFL391

Title

Ernest Briggs Papers

Date(s)

  • 1940-1967 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box.

Context area

Name of creator

(1905-1967)

Biographical history

Ernest Briggs, a fifth generation Australian, was born in Sydney in 1905. He was descended from Captain Thomas Rowley, adjutant to Governor Phillips, and later Lieutenant Governor of Norfolk Island. Ernest Briggs was manager of Radio Station 4BK in Brisbane in the 1930s, and also wrote music and art reviews for the Courier Mail. He published several books of poetry. He died in 1967.

Archival history

Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1940-1967
Collection alternatively titled as: Ernest Briggs Collection.

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

Correspondence and poetry manuscripts. Includes: ‘Rain in the Pine-Wood’, by Gabriele D’Annunzio, English version by Ernest Briggs, [19--], 3p, typescript (Previously catalogued at F1992); ‘Consolation’, by Gabriele D’Annunzio, English version by Ernest Briggs, [19--], 4p, typescript (Previously catalogued at F1993).

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

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Language of material

  • English

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Uploaded finding aid

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Related units of description

For further manuscript material related to Ernest Briggs, see the W B Ross Papers UQFL210 and the Ernest Briggs Papers UQFL517. See also the manuscript of his play 'The clearest call', held in the Hanger collection at H0201. A memorial lecture by Briggs on Robert Dalley-Scarlett is held in the Robert Dalley-Scarlett Papers UQFL38.

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Alternative identifier(s)

Former call number

F58

Former call number

F121

Former call number

F122

Former call number

F123

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F124

Former call number

F125

Former call number

F126

Former call number

F1641

Former call number

F1654

Former call number

F1657

Former call number

F1658

Former call number

F1659

Former call number

F1660

Former call number

F1661

Former call number

F1989

Former call number

F1990

Former call number

F1991

Former call number

F1992

Former call number

F1993

Alma MMS ID

991007708609703131

Millennium Local System Number

.b21842607

OCLC Number

26676749 ; 63025466

Libraries Australia ID

62549452 ; 224386296

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Status

Migrated

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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