Posts Tagged University of Newcastle Library

Grant of Arms – The University of Newcastle’s Declaration of Independence

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Gionni DiGravio

This historic document, along with Autonomy Day celebrates the University’s emergence as an autonomous institution in 1965.

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Windows to another time – Ralph Snowball’s Glass Negatives

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Gionni DiGravio

Originally more than 8,000 glass negatives were stored in the cellar of Ralph Snowball’s Clarence Rd house. Most had not seen the light of day since Snowball’s death in 1925………

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Theatrical and Cinema Archives in the Hunter Region

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Gionni DiGravio

Cultural Collections in the University of Newcastle Auchmuty Library holds records relating to the history of theatre and cinema in the Hunter Region. Whilst not a distinct collection as such, but rather a component of many separate collections that have been deposited with us, we hold quite a variety of material.

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Our new blog

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan

Hi and welcome to Archives Outside: A meeting place for people who manage archival collections around New South Wales. State archives are stored, not only at the State Records Authority of New South Wales, but in regional centres around the state. This is called ‘distributed management’ of State archives, or in other words, management of State archvies outside of its custody.

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