Lawrence Hargrave - Papers, 1866-1915

MAV/FM4/1057-1062
Status: unavailable

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432486

microfilm reels 35 mm

1) Notebooks with indexes, containing letters, diagrams, calculations, photographs, cuttings, and articles, mainly on Hargraves's aeronautical work. Arranged chronologically in the following sequence: 1870-Mar. 1890, reel M371; Mar. 1890-July 1892, reel M372; Aug. 1892-1898, reel M367; 1898-1904, reel M369; 1904-09, reel M368; 1909-13, last portion of reel M370; 1913-15, first portion of reel M371. 2) Correspondence 1866-91, cuttings and notes, re journeys undertaken by Hargrave, including one as a member of the New Guinea Expedition, formed to prospect for gold. Includes dealings with the N.S.W. branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. All the material on exploration in to be found on reel M370. 3) Cuttings, notes, calculations and correspondence 1878-83 re astronomy, including Hargrave's work at the Sydney Observatory, and correspondence with H.C. Russell, are included on reel M370

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales (reels M 367-372).
National Library of Australia holds the microfilm masters.
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A407.
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 210, pp. 78-79.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series: M367-372.
Originals held by the Powerhouse Museum, Harris Street, Sydney.
Descriptive list available (1p.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/8.
Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/55