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George Henry Pitt [B 6193] • Photograph

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Summary

George Henry Pitt, librarian, archivist and historian was born at Norwood and attended Rose Park and Norwood public schools. He won a scholarship to Prince Alfred College. He published 'Alphabetical List of Serial Publications: Scientific, Technical and Historical' in 1914. He listed all the records held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney and the Public Library of South Australia. He was appointed archivist in 1919, the first professional archivist appointed in Australia. In 1942 archival services closed and Pitt was appointed Librarian in Charge of the planned Adelaide Lending Service. He assembled and catalogued 11,000 books and lending began in 1946. Pitt set up libraries in government departments and established services for children.

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.2 cm x 7.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1933

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Pitt, G. H. (George Henry), 1891-1972
Librarians -- South Australia

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Date

12/07/2005

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image/tiff

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2,340 x 3,153 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

7.41 MB

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