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Series details for: A3560

Series number	A3560
Title	Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives
Accumulation dates	01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1935
Contents dates	01 Jan 1913 - 31 Dec 1935
Items in this series on RecordSearch	7815 Click to see items listed on RecordSearch. Please contact the National Reference Service if you can't find the record you want as not all items from the series may be on RecordSearch.
Agency/person recording	01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1924 CA 14, Department of Works and Railways, (Central Office) - Accounts Branch, Federal Capital Territory 01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1935 CP 491, William James MILDENHALL 01 Jan 1925 - 01 May 1930 CA 226, Federal Capital Commission 01 May 1930 - 31 Dec 1931 CA 756, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Branch, Department of Home Affairs [II] 12 Apr 1932 - 31 Dec 1935 CA 757, Civic (ACT) Administration Branch (a) Department of the Interior [I] (to 1939) (b) Department of the Interior [II] - FCT, Department of the Interior [I]
Agency/person controlling	18 Sep 2013 - 20 Dec 2017 CA 9427, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Central Office 20 Dec 2017 - CA 9579, Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Central Office
Quantity and location	88.22 metres held in ACT 0.45 metres held in NSW
System of arrangement/ control	Single number per plate (SUPERSEDED partial system of single number per box ofplates)
Range of control symbols	1 - 7791 (SUPERSEDED Box Nos. 1 - 759 with gaps)
Predominant physical format	PHOTOGRAPHS
Series note	This series consists of over 7,000 glass plate negatives mainly of Canberra and the surrounding area. Most of them were taken by William James Mildenhall who was employed in the Federal Capital Territory from 1921 in various capacities - as a clerk in the Accounts Branch, then the Federal Capital Commission, then as Information Officer for the Commission, then as a clerk in the FCT Branch of Home Affairs, then the Civic Branch of the Department of the Interior. Most of the photographs seem to have been taken during his time as Information Officer when his duties appear to have included recording photographically the growth of Canberra. In 1930, apparently due to complaints by a commercial photographer, he was transferred but continued to do a limited amount of official photographic work. This series is the result of his official work, his personal collection of plates being held by the National Library of Australia. The series also includes some earlier plates, thought to date back to c.1913. Some of these show the development of the nurseries at Acton and Yarralumla, and were probably taken by Mr. Weston, first Superintendent of Parks and Gardens, who came to Canberra in 1913. The greater part of the series, when transferred to archival custody, consisted of unnumbered boxes of plates, controlled by a Register with index (CRS A3561). The remaining 30 or so boxes were unregistered. These have been amalgamated to form one series, and a single number has been imposed on each plate. A subject index to the plates was prepared by an Archives Officer in 1965. The plates have now been removed from the original boxes for storage in containers more suitable for their preservation. Samples of the original boxes have been retained and are controlled as AA1980/231 - Original containers of CRS A3560, Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives, c.1921-1935. The plates have been copied by the National Archives of Australia. These copy prints are available for public reference in the Orientation Room of the National Office Parkes ACT. Related series unregistered AA1980/231, Original 4 containers of CRS A3560, Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives, c.1921-1935
Related series	01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1931 A3561, Register [for boxes only] with index to Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives - A3560 is no longer controlled by A3561 01 Jan 1923 - 30 Jun 1928 A5342, Albums containing photographic prints of early Canberra 1927 - 1927 A3348, Glass Lantern Slides of the 1927 Opening of Federal Parliament and other contemporary Canberra Scenes 01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1930 A8875, Lantern slides of scenes in Canberra 01 Jan 1932 - 31 Dec 1935 A3800, Alphabetical index to Mildenhall Collection of glass plate negatives - A3800 no longer controls A3560
Visibility & availability indicator	32 . Not to be issued (reference copy available) 76 . Item charge: Photographic
Date registered	01 Jan 1800

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