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W L Crowther Library

Contact Details
Street Address
91 Murray Street, Hobart 7000
Postal Address

As above

Phone
(03) 6233-7474
Fax
(03) 6231-0927
Email
Heritage.Collections@central.tased.edu.au
Website
http://www.tased.edu.au/library/heritage/cropage.htm
Archive Information
Officer in Charge
Senior Librarian (Heritage Collections)
Enquiries to
Senior Librarian (Heritage Collections)
Hours & Facilities

Open Mon-Wed and Fri 9:30am-6:00pm, Thurs 1-9pm. General reference assistance available. Copying services include photocopying, photography, microfilming and scanning.

Acquisition Focus

The W.L. Crowther Library was developed by Sir William Crowther and presented by him to the State Library of Tasmania in the period 1964-1981. The relatively few new acquisitions relate principally to whaling and seafaring.

Quantity
40m (100% collecting)
Major Holdings
  • Crowther Family: Business, Medical, Personal Papers c.1825-1980 (5m).
  • Various: Logs of Whaling and Other Vessels c.1813-1910 (5m).
  • Clark, Carrel Inglis: papers c.1900-1950 (2m).
  • Kelly, James (Captain): Business, personal papers c.1810-1860 (1m).
  • Derwent Bank/Charles Swanston: Business Records c1828-1850 (20m).
Guides
  • Voyage Summary Data for Whaling Logbooks and Journals (Unpublished).
  • Records for some material are available on TALIS (Tasmanian Automated Library and Information Service) (telnet://talis.tased.edu.au).
References
  • Crowther, WELH, "Survey of logs", Royal Society of Tasmania papers and proceedings, 1971-74 (3 parts).
  • Nicholson, I, Log of Logs. Aranda ACT: Roebuck 1990 and Log of Logs Volume 2. Woden ACT: Roebuck 1993.
  • Sherman, S.C, Whaling Logbooks and Journals 1613-1927. New York: Garland 1986.
  • Von Oppln, Caroline, "Sir William Crowther: a biographical sketch", in Tasmanian Insights: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Thomas Stilwell. Hobart: State Library of Tasmania 1992.
See Also
Last Updated
8 June 2005