Thursday, June 2, 2011

Recording the past: Harry Boyle and Andrew Burg collections

From the Maitland Mercury report:
The research and papers of historians Harry Boyle and Andrew Burg represent a lifetime of work. The Harry Boyle and Andrew Burg memorial collections were launched at Maitland City Library on Saturday after “a number of years” had been spent sorting and cataloguing the material for easy access and use.

The extended Boyle and Burg families joined a who’s who of local historians, including representatives from Maitland Historical Society, at the event. The mayor of Maitland, Cr Peter Blackmore, who launched the collections, said the information contained within the folders would be integral to the Maitland local studies collection.

Full article by Briony Snedden availabe at Maitland Mercury, 30 May, 2011.