History of the Fryer Library Collection

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Architectural Records

In April 1986 the Library received from the Design Board of the Australia Council assistance in a project to collect Queensland architectural records.

Two collections of records were already held in the Fryer Library - one from the firm A.B. & R.M. Wilson (established in Brisbrane in 1884) and the other from architect Karl Langer. The use made of these collections by architects, social historians and students of the fine arts attests to their research value as social and cultural records. Collections include the plans of Toowoomba-based architect William Hodgen, and Ipswich architect William Haenke. The inter-war period was represented by the plans of firms Chambers and Ford, Atkinson and Conrad, Lange Powell, and E.P. and A.I. Trewern.

Architecture after the Second World War is illustrated in the plans of Hayes and Scott, Vitaly Gizell, Lund Hutton and James Birrell. In addition to demonstrating developments in building design and construction, the records documented broader social and technological change.

Trades and Labor Council Of Queensland Collection

 

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This collection is the largest collection of records in the Fryer Library. Acquisition of records from the Trades and Labor Council Of Queensland (later Queensland Council of Unions) has been ongoing since 1983. The first documents in the collection concern the 1891 Queensland Shearers’ Strike. There are also early account books and minutes of union committees such as the Eight Hour Day Celebration Committee. Files on industrial issues and disputes document twentieth century social and political history in Queensland.

Valuation of the Collection

The valuation of the Fryer Library collection for University asset valuation and insurance purposes first took place in late 1996 and early 1997. It is now valued regularly every four years.

1998 move to the refurbished Duhig Building

Fryer moved out of the Central Library building in June 1997 and spent twelve months in a temporary location within the Law Library while the Central Library and the Duhig Building were refurbished and linked. In June 1998, the Fryer Library moved into the Duhig Building. The collection now included the main microfilm collection from the Library. Facilities for postgraduate students and students with disabilities were added to the Fryer’s services. This was a return for the Fryer Library to familiar territory - the Fryer Library had operated in the Duhig Building from 1954 until the move to the Central Library building in 1973.

 

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