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Acres, Alan Birt, Born c1950

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: Born c1950

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Acres Interview, 22 March 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.9
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape. Alan Acres.

Dates: 22 March 1999

Birt Acres Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0055
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a small amount of archival items and artefacts which belonged to Birt Acres and his son Sidney Birt Acres. The collection also includes books on early cinema, which were used as research material by Alan Acres, while writing ‘Frontiersman to Film-Maker’, and represent the archive created in the process.

Dates: c1870 - 2005

Correspondence, 1897 - 2010

 Series
Reference code: 178F30
Scope and Contents

Various items of correspondence related to Birt Acres' business and correspondence about his life and career.

Dates: 1897 - 2010

Correspondence between Mr and Mrs Alan Birt Acres and Dr. Hauke Lange-Fuchs, 1994 - 2002

 File
Reference code: 178F30.2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Mr and Mrs A. B. Acres and Dr. Hauke Lange-Fuchs regarding the work of Birt Acres, part of Alan’s research for Frontiersman to Film-maker book. Ring binder containing letters and transparencies.

Dates: 1994 - 2002

Letters to Alan Acres, 2000 - 2010

 File
Reference code: 178F30.4
Scope and Contents

Letters to Alan Acres.

Dates: 2000 - 2010

Manuscripts and Research Material, c1995 - 2005

 Series
Reference code: 178B29
Scope and Contents

Research material related to the life of Birt Acres conducted by his grandson Alan Acres, mainly for writing Fonstiersman to Film-Maker book.

Dates: c1995 - 2005

Manuscripts for Frontiersman to Film-Maker Book, c1995 - 2005

 Item
Reference code: 178B29.1
Scope and Contents

Original manuscript for 'Frontiersman to film-maker' the biography of film pioneer Birt Acres 1854-1918 book by Alan Acres, in red ring binder. Typescript.

Dates: c1995 - 2005

Research Material for Frontiersman to Fim-Maker Book, c1995 - 2005

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B29.2
Scope and Contents Research material used by Alan Acres for the production of 'Frontiersman to film-maker' the biography of film pioneer Birt Acres 1854-1918 book. Contains 35 files including correspondence, photographs (including original photographs taken by Birt Acres), guide booklets, national registration cards for Birt and Annie Elizabeth Acres, three letters from Queen Mary to Mrs Birt Acres, copies of Fred Talbot ‘Moving Pictures’ with foreword by Birt Acres, studies and lectures written by Tjitte de...
Dates: c1995 - 2005

Research Material Related to Birt Acres, c1995 - 2005

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B29.3
Scope and Contents

Copies of photographs related to Birt Acres, his life and achievements from Tjitte de Vries’ collection, the Melbourne-Cooper Archive and Kensington Science Museum, 41 lose copies of original photographs by Birt Acres, three small photo albums containing colour and photographs showing people and places and ten photographs of Birt Acres camera.

Dates: c1995 - 2005