Photographs of Soil Erosion, ca. 1936-1956 / by C. V. Janes and A. G. Lowndes for the Bank of New South Wales

PXE 1257/Boxes 1-15
PXA 1541
ON 482/Boxes 1-5

fonds

ca. 1936-1956

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs

911257

3506 photographic prints - 15 x 20 cm. or smaller
4038 negatives (28 glass) - 9 x 11 cm. or smaller (glass negs 10.5 x 8 cm.)
7 folders and 31 loose cardboard sheets of textual material - typescript

The Bank of NSW originally became interested in encouraging farmers to combat soil erosion when Alfred Davidson was General Manager in the 1930s. Mr Lowndes was brought into the Economic Department by Mr. Janes (who was then Associate Economist)

Mr Lowndes travelled extensively for the Bank around Australia, studying soil erosion and other rural subjects. Under the editorship of Mr Jones he produced the first Bank of NSW booklet on soil erosion called 'Conserve Your Soil' in about 1936. This booklet was revised a few times in the light of further evidence uncovered by Mr. Lowndes in visits to America, Africa and Europe. The booklet was used extensively in schools. Mr Janes took up the research work on soil erosion in about 1950. Some of Mr Janes' work was included in Professor Teakle's booklet, 'Your Asset-the Soil'

Reference:
Library correspondence file

PXE 1257 / Boxes 1-11
a. Approximately 3000 photographic prints attached to A4 sheets with captions taken by C. V. Janes to make a record of the state of soil erosion and soil conservation practice in Australia in the middle 1950s. Contents list is included in Box 12 and relates to 'Packets' A to I. Boxes 1-2 contain 'Packet A' - Boxes 3-4 contain 'Packet B' and Boxes 5-11 contain Packets C-I

Box 12
b. 7 manila folders and 31 loose cardboard sheets of typescript including contents lists, field notebook sheets, an obituary of C. V. Janes, R. W. Condon's notes and 19 enlarged copies of photographs found elsewhere in the collection

c. i) 3 folders of numbered photographs with captions taken by A. G. Lowndes
Box 13
Folder 1 is untitled and contains 53 photographic prints

Box 14
Folder 2 is titled, 'Typical Scenes in the Wheat-belt and South-West, W.A.' and contains 97 photographic prints

Box 15
Folder 3 is untitled and contains 144 photographic prints (8 are loose)

PXA 1541
Further folder of numbered photographs with captions taken by A. G. Lowndes
Folder is titled 'Scenes in Southern Districts of NSW with Special Reference to Pasture Environment, June/July 1938' and contains 193 photographic prints

ON 482
Box 1
a. 2 boxes (housed together) of glass negatives taken by A. G. Lowndes for the 'Conserve Your Soil' booklet ca. 1936. Box 1 has 15 glass negatives - Box 2 has 13 glass negatives

b. 4 boxes of negatives taken by C. V. Janes for Professor Teake's booklet, 'Your Asset-the Soil', ca. 1956.
i) Box 2 has approximately 650 negatives (including loose extra negs)
ii) Box 3 has approximately 1560 negatives
iii) Box 4 has approximately 1200 negatives
iv) Box 5 has approximately 600 negatives

Access via appointment - Applies to ON 482 (all boxes)

Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years. Textual material is in copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy Bank of NSW

Conserve your soil : a simple guide to soil erosion¶Sydney : Bank of New South Wales, [1939?]¶¶Your asset - the soil : conservation for permanent agriculture¶Sydney : Bank of New South Wales, 1957

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