Museum Metadata Exchange

Names

Name PrimaryEarly Collection Documentation

IDs

ID LocalAM0020

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionEarly records of the Australian Museum ethnographic and indigenous collections. These records include Letters Received 1838-1888 (AMS7 and AMS8); early collection registers including the Palmer Register (1877-1880) (AMS253) and A/B Register (1887-1940) (AMS52), plus registers of Donations, Exchanges, Purchases and Accession registers and accompanying indexes. This large collection contains a wealth of information on early collectors, dealers, and donors, collecting activities across Australia and the Pacific,and the history and development of the Australian Museum's indigenous and ethnographic collections and its links with collections held throughout the world.

AccessBy appointment Australian Museum - Archives

Subjects

local1888; Collecting; Collectors; Ethnography

pontArchives; Documents; Letters

Coverage Spatial

TextAustralia; Pacific Islands

Coverage Temporal

To1838

Related Collections

Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-08 16:00