Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1884-1959 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes, 1 parcel.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Sampson was born in 1861 in Bristol, England. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists In 1897, he took a post as the organist and choirmaster of St John's Cathedral, Brisbane and began a long musical life in Brisbane. He was also a Conductor for the Brisbane Musical Union and the Sampson Orchestral Society.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1884-1950
Collection alternatively titled as: George Sampson Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts, addresses to organizations, Buckingham Palace certificate, letters, biographical notes, annual report, programmes, clippings, conductor's baton, metronome, portrait.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Item numbers assigned by the processing archivist.
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
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Brisbane Musical Union (Subject)
- Sampson, George, 1861-1949 (Subject)
- Sampson Orchestra (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, Linda Justo, 26-Nov-2021. Revised, Amanda Main 29-Nov-2019. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.
Language(s)
- English