Collection UQFL535 - Henry and Sylvia Eshensky Papers

Identity area

Reference code

UQFL535

Title

Henry and Sylvia Eshensky Papers

Date(s)

  • 1941-1998 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box, 1 parcel.

Context area

Name of creator

(1918-)

Biographical history

Born in Queensland on 10 January 1918. Married Sylvia Ida Goldman on 4 June 1941.

Name of creator

(1918-)

Biographical history

Born 22 September 1918. Married Jack Eshensky on 4 June 1941.

Name of creator

(1908-1977)

Biographical history

Vitaly Gzell was born in 1908 in China to Russian parents. The family arrived in Brisbane, Queensland in 1923. Gzell graduated with a diploma in architecture from the University of Queensland in 1933. Initially working as a draftsman for Geoffrey A. Blackburn in 1933, Gzell was made a partner in 1934 forming Blackburne & Gzell architects (1934-1953). From 1953 Gzell was a sole practitioner, retiring in 1974. He died in 1977.

Archival history

Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1941-1998
Collection alternatively titled as: Henry and Sylvia Eshensky Collection.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Correspondence, specifications, photographs, architectural drawings. Jack (known as Henry) and Sylvia (née Goldman) Eshensky contracted with architect Vitaly Gzell to design and construct several residences in Brisbane. Gzell worked with many members of the extended Goldman family; plans for properties owned by Ellis and Adele Goldman, and Cyril and Sylvia Quintner, are held in UQFL227 Vitaly Gzell Papers.

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

Related material is held at the Fryer Library in UQFL227 Vitaly Gzell Architectural Drawings.

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991005181069703131

Millennium Local System Number

.b33098566

Libraries Australia ID

52143118 ; 63015223

OCLC Number

861974574

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Status

Migrated

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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