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Andrew Sergeant Andrew Sergeant i(A130495 works by)
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1 Untitled Andrew Sergeant , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Script and Print , September vol. 35 no. 3 2011; (p. 180-182)
— Review of Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
1 The Centenary of the Petherick Collection Andrew Sergeant , 2011 single work biography
— Appears in: The National Library of Australia Magazine , September vol. 3 no. 3 2011; (p. 25-27) Andrew Sergeant tells the story of a remarkable collector and how the library acquired his impressive collection.
3 The Braidwood Literary Institute : Some Historical Notes and Analysis of Its Subscribers and Their Borrowing Records, 1858-1862 Andrew Sergeant , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 79 2009; (p. 21-38)
— Appears in: Collections, Characters & Communities : The Shaping of Libraries in Australia and New Zealand 2010; (p. 107-120)

'This paper will firstly give a brief overview of the history of the Braidwood Literary Institute, concentrating on the issues it faced in its early years. It will also examine some of the records of the Institute, which have rather fortuitously survived and are now housed in the Braidwood and District Museum.

'The records include committee minute books, annual reports, account ledgers, visitors' books, and borrowing records. The Borrowers' Register for an eighteen-month period in the early 1860s has been analysed and has revealed the reading habits of its subscribers.

'A profile of the membership in the early years is being developed using existing biographical information from a variety of sources, which, together with the members' reading habits, will allow some conclusions to be drawn about the success or otherwise of the Institute's stated aims.' (Author's abstract)
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