Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1919-1981 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
7 boxes (Offsite Storage), 1 parcel
Context area
Name of creator
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.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1919-1981
Collection alternatively titled as: Ernest Briggs Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts, publications, personal records and framed portrait.
Most of the items in this collection are inscribed by Briggs. Multiple copies of the same manuscript title may have different binding and inscriptions.
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
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Briggs, Ernest, 1905-1967 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.