Ramsay Photo Works records and further papers of J.S.P. (John Simeon Pierson) Ramsay, 1901-1985

MLMSS 11750/Boxes 1-8
MLMSS 11750/Box 9X

fonds

1901-1985

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Clippings

9630883

1.81 metres of textual material (8 boxes, 1 outsize box) includes photographs

John Simeon Pierson Ramsay (1884-1981) was the son of Dr Edward Pearson Ramsay, the curator of the Australian Museum from 1874-1894. J.S.P. Ramsay adopted bird photography as a hobby and became one of Australia’s leading bird photographers. He also established a photographic business, Ramsay Photo Works, in 1925. The company ceased trading in June 1970.

Source: Compiled from collection

Detailed contents listing and brief history of Ramsay Photo Works written by J.P. Ramsay in Box 1

Boxes 1-4 Ramsay Photo Works material
Boxes 5-9 John Simeon Pierson (J.S.P.) Ramsay bird photography material

Box 1
Minute book 1928-1974
Balance sheet 1928
Journal 1925-1927, 1925-1927, and 1927-1928

Box 2
Private ledger 1927-1928, 1934-1947
Certificate of incorporation 1937
Journal 1933-1947

Box 3
Two notebooks written by ‘Keene’ a business associate of J.S.P. Ramsay 1912
Photocopy of a painting by C Sinclair Smith depicting staff members of Ramsay Photo Works
Series of caricatures depicting J.S.P. Ramsay and contemporaries
Three glass plate negatives depicting Ramsay Photo Works party, with inscriptions from J.S.P. Ramsay
Private journal and ledger 1947-1954, 1963-1985

Box 4
Lease from Harringtons Limited to J.S.P. Ramsay trading as Ramsay Photo Works regarding properties on George Street and Harrington Street 1925, 1927
Department of labour and industry, record of employees in a factory 1925
Agreement between J.S.P. Ramsay and David Julius Davis to dissolve their partnership 1927
Document acknowledging J.S.P. Ramsay as the owner of the copyright of ‘Portrait salesman’s colour chart’ 1927, accompanied by ‘Artists colour chart’
Purchase orders and receipts 1928, 1933-1934, 1937, 1942, 1947
Ramsay Photo Works Limited certificate of incorporation 1928
Memorandum and articles of association 1928
Certificate of registration for the business name ‘Carl Varna’ 1930
Balance sheet 1929 and overhead expense statement 1933-1934
Correspondence regarding Wallace R. Livingstone 1926-1928
General correspondence 1931, 1937-1949, 1961, 1966, 1970
Application to register factory 1938
Housing Commission of NSW deed of lease 1964, 1970
Journal on Australian birds 1901-1905

Box 5
Field notebooks 1902-1905, 1912-1916, 1919, 1921-1923, 1932-1933, 1935-1957

Box 6
Field notebooks 1958-1972

Box 7
Photographs of various birds including the eastern shriketit, tawny frogmouth, lyre bird, penguin, seagull, rufous fantail, tern, fairy martin, restless fly catcher, black swan, red capped dotterel, brush turkey, little fern, grebe, and white fern. Includes photos of Macquarie marshes 1908-1934
List of Tasmanian birds
Photographs and notes relating to logging
'National Geographic' vol. 140, no. 3 September 1971 with annotations and notes

Box 8
Photographs of various birds including the black swan, stilt, flying fox, kangaroo, possum, red capped dotterel, bowerbird, egret, and spoon bill. Includes a portrait of J.S.P. Ramsay and landscapes 1907-1966
Photographic negatives of honeyeater 1966
Newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to bird watching 1914, 1959, 1965
Article ‘Three generations of Ramsays’ from the Australian Bird Watcher

Box 9x
Large photographic prints shown at Royal Ornithological Union jubilee photographic exhibition 1950, contains descriptive notes

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