Collection 01: Angus & Robertson records, 1888-1932, 12 Jan 1933, with collected and associated papers, 1824, 1848, 1858-1932, and with pictorial material, ca. 1826-1954

sub-fonds

1824-1954

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings, Prints

901998

12 metres of textual material (39 boxes and 123 volumes)
2 albums
56 photographic prints
2 drawings

The bulk of this collection was acquired by the Library in April 1933. The correspondence for 1931 and 1932 was acquired later - that for 1931 probably in May 1934 and that for 1932 probably in May 1935. In 1896 a fire at Angus & Robertson's Sydney shop destroyed many of the records then in existence. From ca. 1917, George Robertson began to assemble the records of A&R with the object of forming a collection which might be offered to the Mitchell Library. While he was involved in sorting and culling the records, Robertson took the opportunity of annotating particular documents. When the collection was received by the Library, it was separated into two parts. The bound volumes were assigned numbers preceded by "A" and "C", while the unbound material was given the call number MLMSS 314. This collection record covers the whole collection which Robertson himself formed, including both the bound and unbound material.

SERIES 01
Angus & Robertson publishing files and associated papers, 1858-1933

SERIES 02
Angus & Robertson manuscripts, 1848, ca. 1881-1931

SERIES 03
Angus & Robertson scrapbooks, 1869-1932, compiled ca. 1917-1932

SERIES 04
Angus & Robertson Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925-1930

SERIES 05
Angus & Robertson indexes to the work of A.B. Paterson and Henry Lawson, ca. 1913-1923

SERIES 06
Angus & Robertson miscellaneous material, 1919-1931, with associated papers, 1824, 1861-1862

SERIES 07
Angus & Robertson collected papers, 1859-1924

SERIES 08
Angus & Robertson pictorial material, ca. 1826-1954

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Guide to the Angus & Robertson archives in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Part 1. Sydney : Library Council of New South Wales, 1990