Parliamentary Record Series Entry
Classification
| Creating Agency | Library |
| Series | PRS 0260.L, Manuscript Catalogues of the Library's Collection |
| Date Range | 01/04/1845 - 01/04/1868 |
| Description | After the foundation of the Library in 1840 the first Legislative Council's book collection was added to but not catalogued until after 1843 when a Librarian was appointed. The appointment led to the creation of the first Catalogue, a manuscript volume. Manuscript catalogues were produced from time to time, apparently as preparation for printed catalogues. These catalogues were always arranged alphabetically by author, and some were annotated to indicate the physical location of the books. |
Item List
No. Description- 1. Catalogue of the Library of the first Legislative Council (1824-55), 1845. Alphabetical by author. A list of books which have been presented to the Library is at the beginning.
2. Index to the Library of the first Legislative Council (1824-55), 1851. Alphabetical by author and subject. Comprised of clippings of the printed index of September 1851 pasted in. There are later manuscript additions. Separate copies of the 1851 printed Index are no longer extant.
3. Unfinished manuscript catalogue, c. 1856. "Library Catalogue", printed blank in 1856; only 17 pages filled in.
4. Manuscript Catalogue, n.d. (c. 1858)
5. Manuscript Catalogue - Authors, n.d. (c. 1860)
6. Manuscript Catalogue - Subjects, n.d. (c. 1860)
7. Supplementary Manuscript Catalogue - Authors, n.d. (c. 1864)
8. Manuscript Supplement to Catalogue - Subjects, n.d. (c. 1864)
9. Manuscript Catalogue of Books in the Reading Room of the Legislative Council, 1865. Alphabetical by author.
10. "Catalogue of Books in Manuscript received since the Printed Catalogue 1866", n.d. (c.1868)
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