IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 6
Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Title: GÜNTHER, James: Wiradhuri vocabulary
Date(s): 1839-1871
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Günther | James | fl 1839-1871 | clergyman
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
James Günther was a clergyman in Australia, c 1839-1971. In 1871 he was curate of St John's Parsonage, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Vocabulary of the Indigenous Australian dialect, Wiradhuri, collected by James Günther, 1839, including notes on grammar, added by Günther, in 1840 and 24 Aug 1871.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and Wiradhuri
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Physical characteristics:
19 x 12 cm; marbled paper boards, leather spine and corners.
Finding aids:
Hand list available in the Institute's Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of copies:
1 positive and 1 negative microfilm copy.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2008