C. H. Bertie newspaper cutting books, between approximately 1874 and 1909
- Bib ID:
- 7093165
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bertie, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1875-1952
- Access Conditions:
- Available for public use. In generally good condition, although displaying some of the degradation characteristic of chemical wood pulp papers. Please handle any fragile folded oversize newspaper clippings with particular care.
- Description:
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- [between approximately 1874 and 1909]
- 1.5 m (79 volumes).
- Summary:
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A collection of newspaper clippings compiled by the historian, librarian, and author C. H. Bertie, who was a friend of (Sir) John Ferguson and other figures such as George Mackaness and T. D. Mutch. The clippings appear to have been uniformly bound into mostly foolscap sized volumes after their arrival in the Library with the Ferguson collection. Some of the original volumes are bound together, and a few smaller sized volumes were left unbound. Some volumes include a listing of their contents, and a handwritten ‘index’ appears in volume 78. Pictorial material, mainly in the form of newspaper illustrations, but occasionally as original photographic reproductions, is pasted in alongside the textual content.
- Biography/History:
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Charles Henry Bertie (1875-1952), librarian and historian, was born at Lionsville, Clarence River, New South Wales, but grew up in Sydney. He attended evening lectures at the University of Sydney as an unmatriculated student and trained as a metallurgical chemist at Sydney Technical College. About 1899 he joined the Sydney Municipal Council as a junior under the city surveyor and rose to be chief clerk. From about 1904 Bertie's interests took an increasingly literary bent and he contributed articles on literature to Sydney newspapers. In 1909 he was appointed first librarian of the new Sydney Municipal Library, where he supported the children's library movement and in 1918 established within the Municipal Library the first public lending library for children in Australia. Long before retirement for health reasons in 1939, Bertie had become a notable collector of Australiana. A member of the (Royal) Australian Historical Society from 1909, he served in senior positions and worked in the 1940s with (Sir) John Ferguson, the noted bibliographer, to reorganize the society's library. Elected an 'original fellow' in 1916, Bertie contributed extensively to its Journal and Proceedings and other periodicals, published many books, and was well known as a lecturer on early Sydney. Bertie died on 19 July 1952 at Cremorne. He was a prominent member of the Sydney group of zealots who gave initial impetus to the systematic study of Australian history and the collection of Australiana.—Abridged from http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bertie-charles-henry-5222.
- Related Material:
- Charles H. Bertie papers (5 boxes of textual material); Bertie Collection of World War I newspaper clippings, cards, posters, memorabilia and collectables dating from 1915 to 1919 (2 volumes); and a card index compiled by C.H. Bertie to the newspaper clippings relating to old Sydney compiled by J. H. Watson from Truth, the Sydney newspaper, are held in the State Library of NSW Mitchell Library.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Sir John Ferguson Collection.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 2022 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1952
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1909
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