State Library of New South Wales architectural drawings 1905-1987, 2000 and photographs ca. 1885-1978

fonds

1885-1978, 1985-1987

Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Objects, Photographs

900286

Partly Digitised : 12 architectural drawings and 3 photographs only selected for digitisation

Approximately 700 architectural drawings - ink, pencil, watercolour on paper and linen - presentation board and dyelines; various sizes
419 photographic prints (4 volumes)
10 negatives
1 album (22 photographic prints)

The Mitchell Wing opened in 1910; the Dixson Wing opened in 1929; the central section (including main Reading Room) and south east wing opened in 1942; extensions to the south east wing completed in 1962.

SERIES 01
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS
The architectural drawings in the collection are primarily those for the State Library of NSW by various Government Architects from 1905-2000, principal architects featured being Vernon, McRae, Blair, Smith, Cobden Parkes, Weatherburn & Farmer. The Library was built in several stages and the plans are arranged chronologically.

Series 01 Part 01
Architectural plans for the Mitchell Wing of the State Library of New South Wales, 1905-1911

Series 01 Part 02
Architectural plans for the State Library of New South Wales, 1905-1925

Series 01 Part 03
Architectural plans for the Dixson Wing of the State Library of New South Wales, 1924-1955

Series 01 Part 04
Architectural plans for the centre section and south-east wing of the State Library of New South Wales, 1933-1954

Series 01 Part 05
Architectural plans (mounted on presentation board) for the State Library of New South Wales, chiefly for the centre section and south-east wing, 1935-1945

Series 01 Part 06
Architectural plans for extensions to the south-east wing of the State Library of New South Wales, 1955-1966

Series 01 Part 07
Dane Air Conditioning Pty Ltd plans and details of the layout of ducts, plant rooms etc. for the State Library of New South Wales, 1962-1963

Series 01 Part 08
Architectural plans for the State Library of New South Wales, inclusive of all wings, 1970-pre-1988

Series 01 Part 09
Architectural plans for the State Library of New South Wales, mainly for the Macquarie Street Wing, 1985-1987

Series 01 Part 10
Stone facade documentation for the Mitchell Wing of the State Library of New South Wales, August 2000 / NSW Department of Public Works & Services

Series 01 Part 11
Miscellaneous plans and sketches, ca. 1943-1970

SERIES 02
PHOTOGRAPHS and OBJECTS
The photographs date from ca. 1885-1978 and include photographs of various stages of construction of the Library and areas within the Library, for example the reading room, maps section, microfilms section etc.

Series 02 Part 01
Mounted photographs of the State Library of New South Wales, chiefly 1970s, exterior and interior views including early views of the Free Public Library ca. 1885 and the official opening of the Mitchell Library in 1910

Series 02 Part 02
Photographs of the State Library of New South Wales, exterior and interior views, ca. 1920-1974 / by various photographers including the NSW Government Printer, Hall & Co. and S.J. Hood

Series 02 Part 03
Sydney Public Library : album of photographs documenting the new Public Library of New South Wales building, opened 22nd June, 1942 / Government Printer

Series 02 Part 04:
Plaster cast of the woodchopper, Musgrave Ranges, ca. 1940 / by Frank Lynch.
[Designed for the bronze doors at the Mitchell Wing entrance. The design was not used]

Note a series of 42 photographs, primarily of artworks held by the Library, were transferred from this collection to the Self Indexing Files (Mitchell Library Reading Room) in 1987. A listing of these photographs is available in the Pictures Source File at Pic.Acc.5459

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room at PXD 363.

Contents list to the State Library of New South Wales, plans and photographs of Macquarie Street building, 1885-1978 (with mss annotations) (PXD 363)

Mr Mitchell's Monument - State Library of New South Wales (28 November, 2009 - 30 November, 2010)