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Sydney City Council

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Indexes to Lord Mayor's Outgoing Correspondence

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Parks and Recreations Department

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Jensen,Henry Frederick

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Lord Mayor's Outgoing Correspondence

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Unique IDAS-0067Start dateBetween 4th September 1958 and 28th October 1982Start date qualifiercircaFormatVolume - Leather BoundShort descriptionThis series contains bound volumes of copies of the Lord Mayor's Outgoing Correspondence 1958-1982 (and Chief Commissioner's Outgoing from 1967 to 1969).DescriptionThis series contains bound volumes of copies of the Lord Mayor's Outgoing Correspondence 1958-1982 (and Chief Commissioner's Outgoing from 1967 to 1969). The volumes are labelled with gold lettering on the spine.

The correspondence is indexed by the Indexes to Lord Mayors Outgoing Correspondence (AS-0068) for the period 04/09/1958 to c. 31/12/1971.

As each letter was sent, a pink copy was filed and assigned a single number. The numbering system carries over from one volume of correspondence to another, although at irregular intervals, the numbering system started again from 1. Sometimes this corresponds with the term of a new Lord Mayor. The numbering stopped with letter 1552, on 30 October 1981.

Many of the letters deal with invitations to attend social and official functions, but it also deals with a wide range of subject matters, including the following: thank you letters for gifts, invitations to address meetings, introductory letters for acquaintances travelling overseas; requests to attend meetings; requests for tours of the Town Hall; petitions; requests for assistance in migrating to Australia; party political letters and information on where to buy boomerangs.

Some letters were signed by the Lord Mayor, and some by his Secretary. At the time of the creation of this series, the Lord Mayor had a secretary, but no administrative office as such. The Director of the Parks and Reserves Department, RD Stringer, provided this sort of assistance through his department (AG-0010).
Relationship summaryRELATED TO: Records and archives management AY-0068 (4/9/1958 to 28/10/1982)
RELATED TO: Jensen, Henry Frederick PE-0009 (04/09/1958 to 04/12/1965)
RELATED TO: Deputy Chief Commissioners Correspondence AS-0204 (14/11/1967 to 26/09/1969)
RELATED TO: Lord Mayors Correspondence and Subject Files AS-0917 (04/09/1958 to 01/01/1982)
RELATED TO: Party or factional political interests AY-0078 (04/09/1958 to 28/10/1982)
RELATED TO: Ceremonial events and civic occasions AY-0056 (04/09/1958 to 28/10/1982)
RELATED TO: Publicity and public relations AY-0024 (04/09/1958 to 28/10/1982)
RELATED TO: Support services to the Mayor/Lord Mayor AY-0027 (04/09/1958 to 28/10/1982)
LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Lord Mayor Sutherland's Alphabetical Correspondence

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Public access statusOpen to public access

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Digitisation statusNot digitised

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Authenticity & integrityThis is the original Lord Mayor's Correspondence created by the City of Sydney. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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OrganisationSydney City CouncilControlled by seriesIndexes to Lord Mayor's Outgoing CorrespondenceRelated seriesLord Mayors' Correspondence and Subject FilesDeputy Chief Commissioner's CorrespondenceCreating agenciesParks and Recreations DepartmentRelated personsJensen,Henry FrederickRelated activitiesSupport services to the Mayor/Lord MayorPublicity and public relationsCeremonial events and civic occasionsParty or factional political interestsRecords and archives management

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