Pictorial material from the Stanley Harrison Powell papers, 1839-1969

PXE 1331/Boxes 1-2
ON 491
SLIDES 223

fonds

1839-1969

Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Textual Records, Cartographic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera, Prints, Posters, Clippings

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414 photographic prints - 29 x 24.5 cm. or smaller
139 prints - 14.5 x 22 cm. or smaller
15 items of ephemera - postcards, posters, cheques - 39.5 x 27 cm. or smaller
5 volumes and 2 sheets of textual material
2 architectural drawings - 21 x 38 cm.
15 negatives - col. - 10 x 13.5 cm. or smaller
6 slides - col. - 7 x 7 cm.

The material in this collection is mostly related to articles and subject areas for articles Stanley Harrison Powell worked on, such as:

PXE 1331 / Boxes 1-2 (Box 1 contains loose photographic prints - Box 2 contains further loose photographic prints as well as 139 prints, 8 items of published material, 2 sheets of architectural drawings and 3 clippings)
414 loose photographic prints, many on the following topics; 'This Australia - Ancient Fossils and Rocks'; 'Captain Cook and New Zealand'; Arthur Phillip's association with Bath, England; 'Darwin'; 'Alcoa - Story of Aluminum'; 'The Convict Era in Australia - Tasmania, Early Sydney, Western Australia'; 'Cattle Breeding (American cattle) in Mt Isa and Northern Territory'; 'Story of Oil - Petroleum'; 'Sydney's Future Skyline'; 'Australian Animals'; 'Trans-Australian Railway'; 'The First Fleet'; 'Story of General Motors Holden'; 'King O'Malley Story'; 'Early Australian Post-Offices'; 'First Postage Stamps'; 'First Railways'; 'Queensland and Captain Cook'; 'Captain Cook's Voyage with the 'Harrison' chronometer'; 'First Overland Telegraph to Darwin, 1870'; 'Story of Gold in America and Australia - Bathurst - Hill End etc'; 'Story of Wool'; 'New Guinea Territory'; 'Americans Build Eildon Weir - Victoria'; 'American Great White Fleet in Australia, 1908'; 'Cooktown'; 'Aboriginal Australians and Fossils'; 'This Australia' story and World Areas'; 'Mining - Mount Isa and Mount Morgan'

139 prints - mostly prints of significant lithographs and watercolours held in Australian art galleries and libraries

15 items of ephemera being 3 postcards issued by the California State Library relating to gold mining. 2 'Our Endangered Wildlife' posters featuring illustrations by Margaret Senior, issued by the Fauna Protection Panel, Sydney. 10 Bank of America cheques belonging to Charles R. Smith and Mary D. Smith

8 items of published material being pamphlets on Bath, England and Australians in the British Isles. Published maps of Sydney Cove and Australia. 2 issues of 'Irabina', 'Australian Decorative Art' by F. D. McCarthy and a brochure on the Australian Aluminum Industry with letters to Stanley Harrison Powell from Alcoa and Comalco, 1969

2 sheets of architectural drawings of Captain Cook's Cottage in Fitzroy Gardens by the City of Melbourne - City Architect's Department

3 clippings including 7 pages of correspondence of NSW Governors including Governor Phillip. 2 pages titled, 'Gold Rush Days' and a 4 page story from The Daily Telegraph of 27 September 1968 titled, 'The Rum Rebellion'

2 sheets of unpublished typescript titled, 'Darwin - an Historical Sketch', May 1968

ON 491
15 colour negatives - some with captions

SLIDES 223
6 colour slides with captions

Forms part of MLMSS 3686

Access via appointment - Applies to ON 491 and SLIDES 223

Copyright restrictions may apply

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4734 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

Most of the photographs have descriptions on their reverse side