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Guide to the F.L.S. Bell Collection, 1933

Descriptive Summary

Collection Number:	RB009
Title:	F.L.S. Bell Collection
Collection Dates:	1933
Creator:	F.L.S. Bell
Languages Represented:	English
Extent:	2 boxes
Repository:	University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections
Abstract:	The F.L.S. Bell Collection comprises the anthropological notebooks of F.L.S. (Frank) Bell, compiled in the Tanga Islands (near New Ireland) in 1933

Administrative Information

Provenance

Donated from the estate of the late Gwendoline Mary Bell, September 1983

Access

The F.L.S. Bell Collection is available for research in the Rare Books and Special Collections reading room, Fisher Library.

Copyright Information

The status of copyright of materials described in this guide and other collections of papers in the custody of the University of Sydney Library is governed by copyright law in Australia. Special provisions, access conditions and restrictions apply governing the use of, photoduplication or publication of the items described. Readers should consult with Rare Books and Special Collections Library staff for further information concerning these conditions.

Preferred Citation

F.L.S. Bell Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney Library.

Biographical Notes

F.L.S. (Frank) Bell was an anthropologist and a graduate of the University of Sydney (1932)

Scope and Content Note

The F.L.S. Bell Collection comprises expedition proposal notes, ethnographic and specimen diaries, a photographic diary and photographs, field notebooks, a botanical register, and a guide to zoological and botanical specimens. The material relates to an expedition by Bell to the Tanga Islands in 1933.

Local Subject Headings

Bell, Frank Lancelot Sutherland.

Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Tanga Islands.

Description of Series

Description of Series

Box			Contents
1			Ethnographic diary, Tanga Islands, 20 May 1933 - 1 November 1933 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB009 F.L.S. Bell Collection Description of Series Ethnographic diary, Tanga Islands, 20 May 1933 - 1 November 1933 contained in Box: 1 Manuscript, 6 volumes Letters enclosed, dated 19 May 1933 - 7 July 1933
1			Rough notes, object and scope of the expedition, undated University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB009 F.L.S. Bell Collection Description of Series Rough notes, object and scope of the expedition, undated contained in Box: 1 1 volume
1			Specimen diary, Tanga Islands, 1933 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB009 F.L.S. Bell Collection Description of Series Specimen diary, Tanga Islands, 1933 contained in Box: 1 Manuscript, 1 volume
1			Guide to zoological and botanical specimens, Tanga Islands, 1933 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB009 F.L.S. Bell Collection Description of Series Guide to zoological and botanical specimens, Tanga Islands, 1933 contained in Box: 1 Manuscript, 1 volume
1			Botanical register, Tanga Islands, 1933 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB009 F.L.S. Bell Collection Description of Series Botanical register, Tanga Islands, 1933 contained in Box: 1 Manuscript, 1 volume
1			Photographic diary, Tanga Islands, 1933 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB009 F.L.S. Bell Collection Description of Series Photographic diary, Tanga Islands, 1933 contained in Box: 1 Manuscript, 1 volume Index to photographs in Box 2
2			Photographs, Tanga Islands, April - November 1933 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB009 F.L.S. Bell Collection Description of Series Photographs, Tanga Islands, April - November 1933 contained in Box: 2 4 volumes 402 prints
2			Field notebooks, Tanga Islands, 1933 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB009 F.L.S. Bell Collection Description of Series Field notebooks, Tanga Islands, 1933 contained in Box: 2 28 volumes Volumes numbered 0 - 27

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