Guide to the Keast Burke collection on the history of photography, c.1827- c.1965, 1827-1965

Summary

Collection number:

PIC/P721; PIC/P742; PIC/P748.PIC/P754; PIC/P758; PIC/P766. PIC/19021; PIC/13562

Creator:

Burke, Keast, 1896-1974

Extent:

ca. 1000 photographs : b&w ; 24 x 28.9 cm. or smaller.61 negatives : acetate, b&w ; 10 x 12 cm. and smaller.4 slides : glass, lantern, col., wood ; slides 7.3 x 16.2 cm., in frame 10.2 x 17.8 cm.2 invitiations, 9 brochures, 1 poster, 1 newsletter, 2 photocopies, 1 serial, 1 newspaper, newspaper clippings, 2 envelopes, 1 notebook, 2 booklets

Language:

English and English

Availability:

Available

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice:

Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.

Background

Content Summary:

Keast Burke collected examples of all types of photographic processes and equipment, and works by Australian photographers. The collection includes specimens of daguerreotype and ambrotype photography; lantern slides; albums of photographs; stereographs; negatives and glass negatives; experimental processes; portraits; landscape and pictorialist photographs; as well as cameras and other equipment.

Also includes a notebook with description of lantern slides, prints, negatives and scrapbook cuttings ; Booklet for a photographic exhibition in Denmark: Den IX Internationale udstilling af fotografisk kunst i Danmark, Charlottenborg i København, 1957 ; Booklet for photographic exhibition in Paris: XIXe salon international de photographie : du 3 au 14 octobre 1924 / organisé par la Société française de photographie et le Photo-Club de Paris.

Patrons are advised this finding aid is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Related

Existence and Location of Originals:

The material listed in this Finding Aid is available at the National Library of Australia. To request this material, please visit the collection catalogue record here.

Conditions Governing Access:

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1585460)

Conditions Governing Use:

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1585460)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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