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Parliamentary Record Series Entry

Classification

Creating Agency Library
Series PRS 0270.L, Correspondence - Miscellaneous
Date Range 01/04/1860 - 01/04/1962
Description These papers were also extracted from (or never replaced in) the Main Series (PRS 268.L). They are a miscellaneous collection relating to the Library collection, administration, staffing, and reference inquiries. A detailed Item List is attached. 1 1889 - 1962 2 1862 - 1883 3 1860 - 1904 CONTROL/RELATED RECORDS: PRS 268.L

Item List

Item No. Description
      Item 1: 1889 - 1962
      1. Manuscript poem signed E. Young. Speaker Maher, 10 October 1962
      2. Members correspondence relating to loan of books, February 1924 - May 1949
      3. Commonwealth and other government departments correspondence relating to loan of books, May 1923 - November 1954
      4. General correspondence relating to loan of books, November 1925 - May 1948
      5. Introductory letters from students for purposes of access to Library, 1937 - 1952
      6. Letter from Catherine Wahlberg re death of Ernest (husband) and Superannuation Fund, 12 December 1924
      7. Circular re testimonial to Lt A. R. Cutler, 13 January 1942
      8. Circulars to Trade Unions from the 'Labor Daily', 25 September 1924 and 14 October 1924 (in 2 envelopes).
      (Donated by Hon. J. Weir MLC, January 1966)
      9. Transcript of 5 pieces of propaganda material placed in pay envelopes by employers during the Lang Government, c. 1930; and 1 original.
      (Donated by Hon. J. J. Moloney MLC, January 1968)
      10. Dodger re the 'Age' Special on the Elections 13 February 1889
      11. Liberal Party/Opposition Policy Leader's Speech (C. A. Lee), as printed in the 'Daily Telegraph', 17 May 1901
      12. Notes by W. J. Monfries (General Secretary United Licensed Victuallers Association) on the Tied Houses Bill, n.d.
      13. List of books for the consideration of the Library Committee, 1927
      14. Appointment and tenure of office of Standing Committees in the Australian Parliaments in pursuance of Standing or Sessional Orders, n.d. (4 copies)
      15. Report by the Librarian on the Proposed New Standing or Sessional Order, 10 September 1896. With manuscript annotations.
      16. Information Sheet on the time limit to speeches, 1 July 1897

      Item 2: 1862 - 1883
      1. Printed map of "Exploration in Western Australia", by C. C. Hunt, 1864 (2 copies)
      2. Library accounts - amounts available for expenditure, 1884
      3. References to election of Joint Library Committee, n.d.
      4. Two letters (9 October 1882 and 27 March 1883) relating to the acquisition of the Victorian Hansard'
      5. Letter and prospectus relating to the purchase of 'The Survey of Western Palestine', 1882
      6. Letter and prospectus relating to the purchase of the 'Journal of the Philosophical Society of Great Britain', 1882
      7. Circular thanking the Library for a book donation, 1882
      8. Letter from a book agent relating to the purchase of the 'Collected Journals of the House of Lords', 6 August 1873
      9. Two letters (14 and 17 November 1882) relating to the purchase of letter copying presses
      10. Letter from the Ontario Legislative Library forwarding a set of the Ontario official documents for 1882, 29 September 1882
      11. 'List of Books wanting to complete Orders to end of 1877', n.d.
      12. 'Memorandum relative to supply of Books from England for the Parliamentary Library', n.d.
      13. Printed Report of the Library Committee on Alterations in Library Arrangements, 1862

      Item 3: 1860 - 1904
      1. Letter and prospectus relating to purchase of work 'The Basilica of Saint Mark in Venice', 1882
      2. Letter to the Treasury, with reply annotated on it, requesting the size of the amount available to the Library, 26 March 1886
      3. Questionnaire from the authors of the article on "Libraries" for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, February 1881
      4. Memorandum re the proposed increase in Estimates for 1884
      5. Voucher for purchase at auction of early Australian newspapers, May 1860
      6. Voucher for purchase of map of Parramatta, 12 June 1861
      7. The following are bound into the volume on lined paper:
      - Plans of Members Drawers, Labour (sic) Party, n.d. (c. 1901 - 1904)
      - Plans of Members Drawers, Opposition Room, n.d.
      - Plans of Members Drawers, Government Room No. 1, n.d.
      - Plans of Members Drawers, Government Room No. 2, n.d.
      - Plans of Members Drawers in the Assembly Reading Room, n.d.

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