Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1922-2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
8 boxes (Offsite Storage), 2 parcels, 1 album.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edna Hill was a kindergarten teacher and lifelong advocate for early childhood education. She was involved with the Creche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland and the Queensland Spastic Children's Welfare League. Her sister Dorothy was professor of Geology at the University of Queensland.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1922-2003
Collection alternatively titled as: Edna May Hill Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Documents and photographs collected by Edna Hill in the course of researching the history of the Hill family. Papers relating to Hill's work in early childhood education. Personal items and realia of Dorothy Hill. Includes family history of the Rigby and Hill families.
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
Note
This collection was rehoused in 2014 and 2022. Box 9 rehoused into Parcel 2 and Album 1.
Note
An example of an ambrotype portrait can be found in this collection.
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Millennium Local System Number
Libraries Australia ID
OCLC Number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Hill, Edna May, 1910-1998 (Subject)
- Hill family (Subject)
- Rigby family (Subject)
- Hill, Dorothy, 1907-1997 (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, BS, 03-Jun-2022. Revised, Linda Justo, 6-Aug-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.