Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1962-2019 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
10 boxes, 9 albums.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Glenn Cooke is an art historian, curator and collector. From 1981 to 2012 he was employed by the Queensland Art Gallery as an art researcher and curator. In this period he also curated exhibitions for other galleries and undertook independent research into visual artists and craftspeople associated with Queensland, focusing on their artistic output and the history of their works. He has published and presented extensively on aspects of Australian and English decorative arts and Queensland's visual art history. His personal collection of souvenir textiles is held by the State Library of Queensland. Glenn died in January 2025.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Glenn Cooke
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Personal diaries of Glenn Cooke and papers relating to Cooke's work as an historian and curator of Queensland visual art and crafts, including his research notes about particular artists and lists of their artworks, text and photographic slides for presentations, material relating to exhibitions curated by Cooke, and files documenting exhibitions held at private Queensland galleries. The collection also includes Cooke's own records of the Queensland branch of the Contemporary Art Society, and his personal collection of beverage bottle labels.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Series arrangement imposed by Fryer Library
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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
- Cooke, Glenn R. (Subject)
- Contemporary Art Society, Queensland Branch (Subject)
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Description control area
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created, JR, 20-Nov-2020
Revised, JR, 16-Jun-2022