Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc
Contact
- Street address
- 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne 3000
- Postal address
- As above
- Phone
- (03) 9326-9288
- Fax
- (03) 9326-9477
- office@historyvictoria.org.au
- Website
- http://www.historyvictoria.org.au
- Enquiries to
- Executive Director or Librarian
About
- Officer in charge
- Dr Elizabeth Rushen, Executive Director
- Hours & facilities
- Open Mon-Fri 10am-4pm; closed weekends, public holidays, January and between Christmas and New Year. A fee is charged for use of the collection by non-members. General reference assistance available. Copying services for books, journals, original records to A3, photographs, maps and plans. A modest charge is made for research services undertaken by library volunteers.
- Access
- Proof of identity required.
- Acquisition focus
- Items relating to Victorian and local history and cultural heritage - books, manuscripts, photographs and other images, artefacts. (95% in-house).
- Major holdings
- Individual persons: Personal papers, diaries 1850- (20m); Photographs 1850- (2m).
- Members RHSV: Personal papers, manuscript publications 1911-(10m).
- Government Departments: Maps 1845- (1m).
- Guides
- Entries in National Library of Australia Guide to Collections of Manuscripts Relating to Australia.
- References
- Bowe, Maree, Sources of Victoria's Heritage. History Project Inc, 1985.
Last updated: 2010-10-11