Open Air Campaigners (Australia), pictorial material, ca. 1920-1960

PXD 1153/Boxes 1-5

fonds

ca. 1920-1960

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs

909530

1 volume (textual material and approx. 260 photographs) - black and white; 33 x 22 cm; (bound) - manuscript
25 folders (approx. 1700 photographs, collages) - various sizes. - black and white
68 photographs - various sizes. - mounted

PXD 1153
BOXES 1-2

68 mounted photographs of Open Air Campaigners at evangelical revival meetings in Sydney, Melbourne, Wollongong and Katoomba. Images show evangelists preaching to crowds, and groups of children in Sunday School. Some scenes are at Sydney beaches. Includes marches through towns, some are outside the Mitchell Library, Sydney. Most have captions and some are dated.

BOXES 3-5

24 folders cover subject matter on Overseas photographs, Wagons, Tent meetings, Scenery, O.A.C. Staff and Council, Adult meetings (street), Adult meetings (wharf), Adult meetings (factories), Adult meetings (park), Children's meetings (beach), Children's meetings (street), Children's meetings (tent), Children's meetings (parks, playing grounds), Children's meetings (Sunday schools, churches), Indoor meetings, Processions, Personalities, Personalities (O.A.C. Staff), Rail and harbour cruises, Special efforts (Hyman Appelman), Special efforts (The Macaulay's), "Campaigner" proofs, Old photographs, Miscellaneous. [Subject arrangement of the folders had been done by O.A.C. staff - cataloger].

Bound volume of textual material and photographs, titled, 'Voluntary Workers, Reports'. Contains manuscript and shorthand notes of daily reports of evangelical meetings throughout Sydney. Most pages have photographs pasted over text. Dates range from 1926-1941.

Evangelists include Dr. Hyman Appelman, Rev. Homer Britton, and J.A. Duffecy, and Billy Graham.

Forms part of Open Air Campaigners (Australia) at MLMSS 2951

Copyright holder:: Library Council, State Library of New South Wales
Rights and Restrictions Information:: May be copied for reference and publication
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Open Air Campaigners (Australia)

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