McDonnell & East Records

Series 1: Financial and business records (1901-1993)

Series number
1
Series title
Financial and business records
Date
1901-1993
Scope and content

Collection of financial and business records relating to McDonnell & East including:

  • stock books
  • registers
  • ledgers
  • journals
  • wage books
  • cash books
  • certificates of transfer and notices to shareholders
  • dividend books
  • agreements, contracts, memorandums and articles of association
  • annual reports
  • department reports
  • superannuation fund records
  • tax returns
  • invoices
  • receipts and cheque stubs
  • financial statements
Author / Creator
McDonnell & East
Description
60 boxes
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Copyright status
In copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Items in this series:

Stock books (1940-1953)

Unit ID
R 1094/1
Item title
Stock books
Date
1940-1953
Scope and content

Inventory stock books including:

  • Stock book (1940-1953) [Item 1] - Box 7653
  • Stock of firearms and ammunition - 1 folder (1940-1946) - Box 7625
Description
2 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7625; 7653

Registers and journals (1906-1982)

Unit ID
R 1094/2
Item title
Registers and journals
Date
1906-1982
Scope and content

Various registers and journals including:

  • Transfer register (1931-1961) [Item 2] - Box 7609 O/S
  • Call register (1920-1921) [Item 3] - Box 7610 O/S
  • Transfer register (1961-1965) [Item 4] - Box 7612 O/S
  • Transfer register (1965-1968) [Item 5] - Box 7614 O/S
  • Transfer register (1968-1971) [Item 6] - Box 7611 O/S
  • Transfer register (1906-1952) [Item 7] - Box 7608 O/S
  • Transfer register (1979-1982) [Item 8] - Box 7615 O/S
  • Transfer journal (1971-1976) [Item 9] - Box 7632 O/S
  • Transfer journal (1976-1979) [Item 10] - Box 7631 O/S
  • Call register (1960-1968) [Item 11] - Box 7613 O/S
  • Private journal (1959-1964) [Item 17] - Box 7653
  • Financial journal (1911-1913) [Item 18] - Box 7622
  • School uniform register (1958-1972) [Item 20] - Box 7598 O/S
  • Share register (1936-1952) [Item 23] - Box 7605 O/S
  • Share register (1952-1954) [Item 24] - Box 7603 O/S
  • Share register (1920-1936) [Item 25] - Box 7604 O/S
  • Share register (1944-1952) [Item 26] - Box 7591 O/S
  • Advertising register (1921-1923) [Item 29] - Box 7607 O/S
Description
18 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7622; 7653
OMOSBOX Boxes 7591 O/S; 7598 O/S; 7603 O/S-7605 O/S; 7607 O/S-7615 O/S; 7631 O/S-7632 O/S

Registers and journals (1903-1993)

Unit ID
R 1094/3
Item title
Registers and journals
Date
1903-1993
Scope and content

Various registers and journals including:

  • Register of mortgages and charges (1903-1964) [Item 30] - Box 7653
  • Register of Directors holdings (1962-1989) [Item 32] - Box 7616
  • Company register (1984-1988) [Item 37] - Box 7622
  • Risk register (1960-1962) [Item 38] - Box 7622
  • Debtors register (1910-1913) [Item 57] - Box 7606 O/S
  • Dissected sales register (1961-1962) [Item 67] - Box 7589 O/S
  • Dissected sales journal (1939) [Item 68] - Box 7639 O/S
  • Advertising register (1920-1940) [Item 72] - Box 7628 O/S
  • Dissected purchases journal (1929-1937) [Item 73] - Box 7637 O/S
  • Company register of North Quay Investments Pty. Ltd. (1982-1984) [Item 106] - Box 7647
  • Company register of North Quay Investments Pty. Ltd. (1989-1993) [Item 107] - Box 7588 O/S
  • Company register of Mayfair Hotels International Pty. Ltd. (formerly Sigrid Pty. Ltd.) (1986-1993) [Item 108] - Box 7588 O/S
  • Register of directors, managers and secretaries (1972-1985). Includes deed between Peter Ludwig Roubicek and McDonnell & East (1984) [Item 112] - Box 7649
  • Company register of M & E Projects Pty. Ltd. (formerly Driton Pty. Ltd.) (1985-1993) [Item 113] - Box 7588 O/S
  • Company register of McD & E Projects Pty. Ltd. (formerly Tempy Pty. Ltd.) (1985-1993) [Item 114] - Box 7588 O/S
  • Register of charges for North Quay Investments Pty. Ltd. - 1 folder (1985-1989) - Box 7648
  • Members' register of shareholders (1940-1990) - Box 7656
  • Members' register of shareholders (1940-1980) - Box 7657
Description
14 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7616; 7622; 7647-7649; 7653; 7656-7657
OMOSBOX Boxes 7589 O/S; 7606 O/S; 7628 O/S; 7637 O/S; 7639 O/S; 7588 O/S

Ledgers and accounting books (1901-1977)

Unit ID
R 1094/4
Item title
Ledgers and accounting books
Date
1901-1977
Scope and content

Various accounting ledgers and books including:

  • Accounts ledger (1913-1914) [Item 14] - Box 7652
  • Accounts ledger (1914-1925) [Item 15] - Box 7652
  • Salary book (1901-1902) [Item 16] - Box 7652
  • Postage book (1969-1977) [Item 19] - Box 7652
  • Petty cash book (1964-1966) [Item 21] - Box 7592 O/S
  • Private ledger (1914-1916) [Item 22] - Box 7599 O/S
  • Accounts ledger (1925) [Item 27] - Box 7647
  • Wages book (1922-1925) [Item 36] - Box 7597 O/S
  • Dividend book (1951-1955) [Item 56] - Box 7590 O/S
  • Petty cash book (1957-1964) [Item 58] - Box 7593 O/S
  • Wages book (1918-1922) [Item 60] - Box 7596 O/S
  • Department expense ledger (1916-1923) [Item 61] - Box 7640 O/S
  • Paid out cash book (1928-1930) [Item 62] - Box 7594 O/S
  • Debts book (1921-1927) [Item 63] - Box 7595 O/S
  • Wages book (1952-1954) [Item 66] - Box 7643 O/S
  • Ledger P-Z (1918-1924) [Item 69] - Box 7746 O/S
  • City and country accounts ledger (1920-1922) [Item 70] - Box 7644
  • Sales ledger Bl-Bz - individual and company accounts (1918-1923) [Item 71] - Box 7627 O/S
  • Capital expenditure for Garden City store at Mt. Gravatt (1969-1970) - Box 7617
  • Cash book (1965-1970) - Box 7617
  • Empty credit book - Box 7625
  • Check book butts - 1 folder (1917-1919) - Box 7625
  • Invoice book (1914-1923) - Box 7625
  • Share certificate issue books (1925-1927; 1945-1948) [Item 154 Vol. 1-3)] - Box 7641
Description
18 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7617; 7625; 7641; 7644; 7647; 7652
OMOSBOX Boxes 7590 O/S; 7592 O/S-7597 O/S; 7599 O/S; 7627 O/S; 7640 O/S; 7643 O/S; 7746 O/S

Shareholder records (1901-1993)

Unit ID
R 1094/5
Item title
Shareholder records
Date
1901-1993
Scope and content

Various records relating to shareholders including:

  • Shareholders' attendance book (April 1955-December 1993) [Item 28] - Box 7656
  • Certificates of transfer - 2 volumes (1916) [Items 33-34] - Box 7616
  • Certificates of transfer - 1 volume (1901) [Item 35] - Box 7622
  • Certificates of transfer - 1 folder (1920-1953) - Box 7617
  • Stock transfer forms, share certificates and correspondence regarding expansion proposals - 1 folder (1972-1976) - Box 7618
  • Certificates of transfer and notices to shareholders - 1 folder (1934-1951) - Box 7618
  • Share transfer forms - 2 folders (1976) - Box 7619
  • Notice to shareholders and notes re: history of the company and Employees' Mutual Benefit Society balance cards - 1 folder (1920-1963) - Box 7622
  • Share issues - 1 folder (1951-1959) - Box 7622
  • Summaries and returns of capital and shares - 1 folder (1919-1951) - Box 7657
  • Notice to shareholders (1922-1958) - 1 folder [Items 116-148] - Box 7641
Description
8 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7616-7619; 7622; 7641; 7656-7657

Agreements, memorandums and articles of association (1920-1988)

Unit ID
R 1094/6
Item title
Agreements, memorandums and articles of association
Date
1920-1988
Scope and content

Various agreements, memorandums and articles of association including:

  • Memorandum of association of Sigrid Pty. Ltd. (1985) [Item 109] - Box 7636
  • Articles of association of McDonnell & East Limited (1988) [Item 110] - Box 7636
  • Lease agreement between David Jones Limited and McDonnell & East Limited for Garden City Store at Mt. Gravatt (1969) - Box 7618
  • Lease agreement between David Jones Limited and McDonnell & East Limited for Garden City Store at Mt. Gravatt and a report on the computer project of Lewis's and Selfridges (1964-1969) - Box 7618
  • Lease agreement between David Jones Limited and McDonnell & East Limited for Garden City Store at Mt. Gravatt and records of bonus shares issued (1969; 1976) - Box 7618
  • Memorandums and articles of association of McDonnell & East (1920; 1959) - Box 7618
  • Lease agreement between David Jones Limited and McDonnell & East Limited for Garden City Store at Mt. Gravatt - Box 7619
  • Memorandums and articles of association of Francis Knitting Mills Limited (1928) and Retailers Association of Queensland annual report (1977-1978) - Box 7620
  • Affidavit appeal to the Supreme Court between McDonnell & East Limited and Elsie Maud McGregor (1932) - Box 7621
  • Lease agreements between Margaret and Ida May Holmes and McDonnell & East Limited (1923-1930) - Box 7621
  • Agreement between Stelos Re-Knit (Aust.) Ltd. and McDonnell & East (1929-1930) - Box 7621
Description
5 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7618-7621; 7636

Agreements, memorandums and articles of association (1901-1990)

Unit ID
R 1094/7
Item title
Agreements, memorandums and articles of association
Date
1901-1990
Scope and content

Various agreements, memorandums and articles of association including:

  • Agreement between Hubert Frazer East and Francis John McDonnell (1955) - Box 7621
  • Agreements between McDonnell & East and Peter Murphy (1912) - Box 7621
  • Purchase agreements - 1 folder (1930-1934; 1962) - Box 7621
  • Agreements, correspondence, ephemera and clippings - 1 folder (1916-1951) - Box 7623
  • Various agreements, contracts and insurance policies - 1 folder (1912-1943) - Box 7624
  • Company prospectus, memorandum of association of Farlanee Pty. Limited and certificates of incorporation of proprietary company - 1 folder (1920-1990) - Box 7648
  • Agreement between McDonnell & East and Peter Murphy, Frank McDonnell and Hubert East, correspondence and financial statements - 1 folder (1920-1929) - Box 7648
  • Memorandum of association and valuation reports/correspondence re: George Street property - 1 folder (1951-1952) - Box 7648
  • Agreements, notices of extraordinary general meetings and accounts - 1 folder (1927-1955) - Box 7648
  • Pigott & Co. Pty. Ltd. lease arrangements - 1 folder (1983) - Box 7654
  • Leases for Whitchurch Bros (1928-1934); Memorandum of agreement for Sarah Dan (1925-1928); Lease for Southern Electric Authority of Queensland (1963); Federal income tax (1917) - 1 folder - Box 23149 O/S
  • Memorandums of articles of associations - 1 folder (1901-1963) [Item 115] - Box 7641
Description
7 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7621; 7623-7624; 7641; 7648; 7654
OMOSBOX Box 23149 O/S

Superannuation fund records (1956-1970)

Unit ID
R 1094/8
Item title
Superannuation fund records
Date
1956-1970
Scope and content

Records regarding staff superannuation funds including:

  • W.R.J. Riddel Superannuation Fund records - 1 folder (1964-1970) - Box 7617
  • McDonnell & East Ltd. Staff Superannuation Fund records - 1 folder (1956-1967) - Box 7617
  • Wales Superannuation Funds Limited records - 1 folder (1970) - Box 7617
Description
3 folders
Locate
OMBOX Box 7617

General financial statements and reports (1902-1991)

Unit ID
R 1094/9
Item title
General financial statements and reports
Date
1902-1991
Scope and content

General financial statements and business reports including:

  • Departmental financial statements - 1 folder (1925) [Item 149] - Box 7641
  • Statements of importation - 1 folder (1959) [Item 151] - Box 7641
  • Departments report (1935) [Item 152] - Box 7641
  • Statistics - 1 folder (1954-1958) [Item 157] - Box 7641
  • Tax returns - 1 folder (1966-1974) - Box 7617
  • Country order progress report (1956-1959) - Box 7618
  • Financial statements, sales results, sundry matters and newspaper articles about price fixing - 1 folder (1913-1958) - Box 7618
  • Directors' report (1934) - Box 7621
  • Cost of reference and invoices re: 90th anniversary - 1 folder (1991) - Box 7621
  • Invoices - 1 folder (1915-1930) - Box 7621
  • Reports to directors from departments - 1 folder (1935) - Box 7621
  • Financial reports, Managing Directors' reports, hiring agreements, minutes and correspondence - 1 folder (1928-1959) - Box 7621
  • McDonnell and East 70th Annual Report, property valuation and list of customers and ephemera - 1 folder (1924; 1959-1971) - Box 7623
  • Organisational plan, correspondence and clippings. Includes photograph of the opening rush in the footwear department summer sale January 1975 - 1 folder (1970-1975) - Box 7623
  • Sales comparisons - 1 folder (1943-1957) - Box 7623
  • Papers re: presentation of International Community Service Award (1966) - Box 7623
  • Annual reports and financial statements - 1 folder (1902-1919; 1927-1933) - Box 7624
  • Workers' compensation renewal certificates - 1 folder (1926-1953) - Box 7624
  • Receipts and cheque stubs - 1 folder (1920-1957) - Box 7624
  • Rate notices, tax returns and cash order licences - 1 folder (1940-1953) - Box 7624
  • Stock records, specification of work and materials required in erection of George Street premises, and general correspondence - 1 folder (1913-1975) - Box 7625
  • Land tax forms and list of shareholders - 1 folder (1932-1952) - Box 7625
Description
7 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7617-7618; 7621; 7623-7625; 7641

General financial statements and reports (1902-1985)

Unit ID
R 1094/10
Item title
General financial statements and reports
Date
1902-1985
Scope and content

General financial statements and business reports including:

  • Financial balance sheets - 1 folder (1929-1951) - Box 7625
  • Mail orders - 1 folder (1945) - Box 7630
  • Westmorelands accounts - 1 folder (1930) - Box 7630
  • Income tax and related correspondence for H. Fraser East and Enid East - 1 folder (1937-1951) - Box 7630
  • Profits and standing charges insurance - 1 folder (1918-1953) - Box 7646
  • Financial statements: profit and loss and balance sheets - 1 folder (1902-1919) - Box 7646
  • Income tax for Frank and Mary McDonnell - 1 folder (1932) - Box 7646
  • Income and land tax for Mary McDonnell - 1 folder (1920-1951) - Box 7646
  • Income tax for Alma Mary McDonnell - 1 folder (1934-1950) - Box 7646
  • Income tax for Desmond McDonnell - 1 folder (1930-1942) - Box 7646
  • Income tax for H. Fraser East - 1 folder (1921-1936) - Box 7646
  • State land tax - 1 folder (1930-1952) - Box 7646
  • Financial statements, historical notes, reports of the McDonnell & East Horticultural Society and purchase of Tank Street property - 1 folder (1944-1954) - Box 7648
  • Lists of purchases and departmental cost sheets - 1 folder (1922-1929) - Box 7648
  • Various departmental reports - 1 folder (1935-1958) - Box 7650
  • Financial statements and correspondence - 1 folder (1923-1962) - Box 7650
  • Financial statements and clippings - 1 folder (1922-1960) - Box 7650
  • Documents re: Grace Brothers Holdings Ltd. takeover court action - 1 folder (1982) - Box 7654
  • Documents re: Pine Vale Investments Limited takeover - 1 folder (1984) - Box 7654
  • Documents re: purchase of Piggot & Co. Pty. Ltd. - 1 folder (1983) - Box 7654
  • Papers including: income tax returns, correspondence, agreements and financial statements - 1 box (1915-1985) - Box 7655
  • Papers including: income tax returns, correspondence, agreements, financial statements and property valuations - 1 folder (1919-1964) - Box 7656
  • Financial statements - 1 folder (1928) [Item 150] - Box 7641
Description
9 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7625; 7630; 7641; 7646; 7648; 7650; 7654-7656
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Series 2: Minutes (1901-1994)

Series number
2
Series title
Minutes
Date
1901-1994
Scope and content

Various minute books and folders of loose minutes relating to McDonnell & East. 

Author / Creator
McDonnell & East
Description
15 boxes
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Copyright status
In copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Items in this series:

Minute books (1916-1994)

Unit ID
R 1094/11
Item title
Minute books
Date
1916-1994
Scope and content

Various minute books including:

  • Minute book (May 1920-Aug. 1920) [Item 12] - Box 7616
  • Minute book - Board meetings (Jul. 1977-Jul. 1982) [Item 13] - Box 7653
  • Minute book - General Board meetings (Mar. 1973-May 1977) [Item 31] - Box 7653
  • Minute book - North Quay Ltd. (Jan. 1987-Jan. 1994) [Item 39] - Box 7657
  • Minute book - Meeting of Directors for McDonnell & East Finance Limited (Jul. 1984-Dec. 1992) [ Item 40] - Box 7642 O/S
  • Minute book - Annual general meeting of shareholders (Apr. 1965-Dec. 1993) [Item 41] - Box 7636
  • Minute book - Board meetings (Jun. 1973-Mar. 1980) [Item 42] - Box 7636
  • Minute book (Aug. 1985-Feb. 1993) [Item 43] - Box 7616
  • Minute book - Meeting of Directors (Nov. 1964-Nov. 1983) [Item 44] - Box 7649
  • Minute book - Board meetings (Mar. 1980-Dec. 1986) [Item 45] - Box 7635
  • Minute book - Board meetings (Jul. 1951-Nov. 1964) [Item 46] - Box 7635
  • Minute book (Nov. 1916-Oct. 1923) [Item 48] - Box 7616
  • Minute book (Nov. 1923-Apr. 1930) [Item 49] - Box 7616
Description
13 minute books
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7616; 7635-7636; 7649; 7653; 7657
OMOSBOX Box 7642 O/S

Minute books (1901-1985)

Unit ID
R 1094/12
Item title
Minute books
Date
1901-1985
Scope and content

Various minute books including:

  • Minute book - Meeting of Directors (Apr. 1930-Nov. 1937) [Item 50] - Box 7647
  • Minute book - Meeting of Directors (Jan. 1928-Dec. 1942) [Item 51] - Box 7649
  • Minute book - Annual general meeting of shareholders (Mar. 1943-May 1951) [Item 52] - Box 7644
  • Minute book - Minutes of Management (Sep. 1927-Jan. 1929) [Item 53] - Box 7644
  • Minute book - Meeting of Directors (Oct. 1928-Mr. 1929) [Item 54] - Box 7644
  • Minute book - Meetings of shareholders and company directors (Dec. 1901-Oct. 1916) [Item 55] - Box 7647
  • Minute book - Board meetings (Dec. 1964-May 1973) [Item 59] - Box 7654
  • Minute book - Meeting of Directors (1923-1928) [Item 64] - Box 7622
  • Minute book - Meeting of Directors (Dec. 1922-Nov. 1924) [Item 65] - Box 7649
  • Minute book - Meeting of Directors (Jun. 1982-May 1985) [Item 111] - Box 7636
  • Minute book - Departmental meetings (1940-1941) - Box 7621
Description
11 minute books
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7621-7622; 7636; 7644; 7647; 7649; 7654

Loose minutes (1928-1990)

Unit ID
R 1094/13
Item title
Loose minutes
Date
1928-1990
Scope and content

Folders of loose minutes including:

  • Managing Directors' minutes and reports (1928-1953) - Box 7621
  • Minutes and correspondence re: McDonnell & East's 75th Anniversary (1975-1976) - Box 7623
  • Minutes of Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders (Jan. 1984) - Box 7648
  • Minutes and reports re: Farlanee Pty. Limited (1982-1990) - Box 7649
  • Minutes, reports, clippings, correspondence and notices to shareholders (1932-1958) - Box 7650
Description
5 folders
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7621; 7623; 7648; 7649; 7650
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Series 3: Business correspondence (1901-1987)

Series number
3
Series title
Business correspondence
Date
1901-1987
Scope and content

Correspondence relating to McDonnell & East including:

  • Shareholders correspondence and probates (1953-1983) - Box 7618
  • Correspondence, sales catalogues and ephemera (1935-1987) - Box 7620
  • Correspondence and documentation re: corporate structure, incorporation and directorships (1901-1920) - Box 7621
  • Advertising letters to customers (1957-1961) - Box 7621
  • Correspondence, list of proxies and application for employment and ephemera (1956-1959) - Box 7623
  • Correspondence, clippings and ephemera relating to the Queensland Room art gallery (1965-1976) - Box 7623
  • Correspondence and policies re: Canton Insurance Office Limited (1942-1952) - Box 7624
  • General correspondence (1921-1951) - Box 7624
  • Correspondence and documents re: Margaret Hoskings (1918-1938) - Box 7625
  • National Bank of Australasia correspondence and receipts (1941-1962) - Box 7625
  • General correspondence and lists of shareholders and employees (1923-1959) - Box 7629
  • General correspondence and agreements (1901-1956) - Box 7629
  • Correspondence re: orders, insurance and electric lights (1917-1921) - Box 7630
  • Correspondence and indenture re: mortgage of William Aldrick Forth (1932-1937) - Box 7630
  • Correspondence re: marine policies (1940-1943) - Box 7630
  • Correspondence and leases re: Eagle Heights Hotel (1932-1934) - Box 7630
  • General correspondence (1922-1923) - Box 7630
  • Correspondence re: lane in Tank Street (1920) - Box 7646
  • Australian Mutual Provident Society correspondence and bonus certificates (1937-1947) - Box 7646
  • Correspondence re: lane in Tank Street (1950-1958) - Box 7648
  • Correspondence and financial records re: Francis Knitting Mills Limited (1927-1928) - Box 7648
  • Correspondence, minutes and reports re: acquisition, stock and assets of Pigott & Co. Pty. Ltd. (1983) - Box 7651
  • Correspondence re: Tweed City Shopping Centre (1982-1983) - Box 7651
Author / Creator
McDonnell & East
Description
23 folders
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7618; 7620-7621; 7623-7625; 7629-7630; 7646; 7648; 7651
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Copyright status
In copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
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Series 4: Cutting books and clippings (1907-1987)

Series number
4
Series title
Cutting books and clippings
Date
1907-1987
Scope and content

Cutting books and loose newspaper clippings relating to McDonnell & East.

Author / Creator
McDonnell & East
Description
10 boxes
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Copyright status
In copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Items in this series:

Advertising cutting books (1966-1987)

Unit ID
R 1094/14
Item title
Advertising cutting books
Date
1966-1987
Scope and content

Collection of advertising cutting books including:

  • Advertising cutting book (1987) [Item 98] - Box 7626 O/S
  • Advertising cutting book (1970-1981) [Item 99] - Box 7633 O/S
  • Advertising cutting book (1966-1970) [Item 100] - Box 7639 O/S
  • Advertising cutting book (1979-1984) [Item 101] - Box 7634 O/S
Description
4 volumes
Locate
OMOSBOX Boxes 7626 O/S; 7633 O/S; 7634 O/S; 7639 O/S

Newspaper clippings (1907-1981)

Unit ID
R 1094/15
Item title
Newspaper clippings
Date
1907-1981
Scope and content

Collection of newspaper clippings relating to McDonnell & East including:

  • Newspaper cuttings re: Irish Question (1907-1965) - Box 7620
  • Clippings (1926-1981) - Box 7623
  • Clippings and ephemera relating to the opening of Garden City Shopping Centre at Mt. Gravatt (1970) - Box 7623
  • Clippings (1926-1966) - Box 7648
  • Clippings re: George Street car park (1960-1968) - Box 7650
  • Clippings and ephemera (1921-1967) - Box 7650
  • Clippings (1918-1956) - Box 7652
  • Newspaper advertisements for opening of McDonnell & East Garden City (1970) - Box 10496 O/S
Description
8 folders
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7620; 7623; 7648; 7650; 7652
OMOSBOX Box 10496 O/S
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Series 5: Ephemera and posters (1905-1991)

Series number
5
Series title
Ephemera and posters
Date
1905-1991
Scope and content

Ephemera and posters relating to McDonnell & East including:

  • McDonnell & East cloth tape [Item 155] - Box 7641
  • 75 years stickers and badges (1976) [Item 156] - Box 7641
  • Ephemera including post cards, collapsible coat hanger, badges, Christmas cards, docket book, cheque books and brochures - 5 folders (1924-1991) - Box 7620
  • Poster for McDonnell & East's opening in Garden City and clipping re: 75th year celebrations anniversary sale (1970-1976) - Box 7623
  • Ephemera (1905-1976) - Box 7629
  • Ephemera - Box 7645
  • Ephemera (1980-1981) - Box 7648
  • Ephemera including William Riddel's retirement presentation (1929-1981) - Box 7648
  • Design for McDonnell & East George Street store sign (1960) - Box 10496 O/S
  • Four large McDonnell & East 75 years anniversary signs (1976) - Box 10496 O/S
  • Sketch of a proposed McDonnell & East illuminated plastic sign - Box 7642 O/S
  • Poster for Rowe & Son Ltd Furniture, Toowoomba - Map Cabinet
Author / Creator
McDonnell & East
Description
8 boxes
Locate
OMBOX Boxes 7620; 7623; 7629; 7641; 7645; 7648
OMOSBOX Boxes 7642 O/S; 10496 O/S
OMCABINET Map Cabinet
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Copyright status
In copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
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Series 6: Publications and staff newsletters (1954-1976)

Series number
6
Series title
Publications and staff newsletters
Date
1954-1976
Scope and content

Publications and staff newsletters relating to McDonnell & East including:

  • Scrapbook containing staff newsletters [Item 47] - Box 7642 O/S
  • Bills of Exchange by F.W. Strack, Architecture in Australia (Feb. 1969), Elliott, Donaldson & Douglas Ltd. product catalogue, Agenda for Consideration by the Forty Third Trade Union Congress (1967). Also includes a list of employees and a Report on 75th Anniversary Celebrations (1976) - Box 7629
  • Talking Point - McDonnell & East staff newsletters and Brisbane Chamber of Commerce newsletters and annual reports (1965) - Box 7648
  • Talking Point: McDonnell & East staff newsletter (Vol. 1, No. 2, August 1965; March 1976; July 1976); Finneys: 90 years of progress, 1864-1954; Annual report of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce (1963); Retailers Digest (Vol. 1, No. 12, September 1954); David Jones sales catalogues (Autumn/Winter 1967-1968); Two McDonnell & East sales catalogues without covers (undated) - Box 5276
Author / Creator
McDonnell & East
Description
4 boxes
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OMBOX Boxes 7629; 7648; 5276
OMOSBOX Box 7642 O/S
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Copyright status
In copyright
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Series 7: Photographs (1909-1978)

Series number
7
Series title
Photographs
Date
1909-1978
Scope and content

Photographs relating to McDonnell & East including:

  • Photographs of interior refitting and of exterior of George Street building (1964-1977) - Box 7645
  • Photographs of staff and George Street building - 4 folders (1909-1976) - Box 7645
  • Photographs and clipping re: 1st Anniversary of Pacific Fair (1978) - Box 7648
  • Two panoramas of McDonnell & East staff (1930-1940) - Box 10496 O/S
  • Photograph of McDonnell & East footrace at the corner of Wellington Road and Stanley Street, Woolloongabba - Box 10496 O/S
  • Photograph of McDonnell & East store in George Street - Box 10496 O/S
  • Photographs, ephemera and Young Executives' Seminar material (1967-1971) - Box 23149 O/S
Author / Creator
McDonnell & East
Description
4 boxes
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OMBOX Boxes 7645; 7648
OMOSBOX Boxes 10496 O/S; 23149 O/S
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Unrestricted access
Copyright status
Multiple copyright statuses
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Series 8: Architectural plans (1951-1967)

Series number
8
Series title
Architectural plans
Date
1951-1967
Scope and content

Architectural plans of planned alterations and additions to McDonnell & East Ltd. at the corner of George and Tank Streets, Brisbane. Architects: Conrad & Gargett:

  • Roll 1: 14 plans (1959-1964)
  • Roll 2: 8 plans (1955-1961) - includes air conditioning
  • Roll 3: 28 plans (1958-1962) - includes drawings and plans for a proposed service station at North Quay for the Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd. by architects: Briggs, Peterson & Burnett.
  • Roll 4: 7 plans (1961-1964)
  • Roll 5: 5 plans (1960-1963)
  • Roll 6: 31 plans (1962)
  • Roll 7: 9 plans (1951-1965)
  • Roll 8: 12 plans (1951-1966)
  • Roll 9: 7 plans (1960)
  • Roll 10: 29 plans (1959-1965) - includes a plan for a proposed drive-in shopping centre in South Station Road, Booval for Sales Finance Pty. Ltd. (1961) by architect: V. Gzell and plans for a new office building in Rocklea for Frigate Qld Pty. Ltd. (1962)
  • Roll 11: 6 plans (1961-1967) - includes basement ducting layout, additional garage, riverside expressway and sprinkler installation
  • Roll 12: 14 plans (1963-1967)
  • Roll 13: 6 plans (1960-1961)
  • Roll 14: 10 plans (1955-1964)
  • Map Cabinet: 1 plan (1925)
Author / Creator
Conrad & Gargett
Description
14 rolls
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 23936 O/S
OMCABINET Map Cabinet
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Unrestricted access
Copyright status
In copyright
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Series 9: Miscellaneous papers and items (1939-1981)

Series number
9
Series title
Miscellaneous papers and items
Date
1939-1981
Scope and content

Collection of miscellaneous papers and items relating to McDonnell & East including:

  • Second World War poetry (1939-1945) - Box 7621
  • Sketch of Francis (Frank) McDonnell - Box 7623
  • Speeches, lecture notes and clippings (1960-1979) - Box 7623
  • Historical notes (1976-1981) - Box 7629
  • Two audiocassettes consisting of a sales promo for 75th anniversary sale and a recording of the Extraordinary General Meeting re: Pine Vale takeover - Box 7630
  • Talks on retailing - 2 folders (1947-1973) - Box 7650
  • Historical notes (1976) [Item 153] - Box 7641
Author / Creator
McDonnell & East
Description
6 boxes
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OMBOX Boxes 7621; 7623; 7629; 7630; 7641; 7650
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Copyright status
In copyright
Conditions of use
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