NRS-15499 | Royal tours memorabilia

This series appears to be a collection of record items relating to railway arrangements for Royal Tours of New South Wales. It is likely that some of these items were removed from existing series, for example, correspondence series, to document all aspects of a Royal Tour.There are specific transport documents including timetables plus train and ticket arrangements along with schematic diagrams of Royal train carriages. Tour programmes, luncheon and dinner menus, souvenirs, staff instructions, press clippings, details of street decorations, and correspondence have also been included in the series. The Royal tours documented include:T.R.H The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, May, 1901 H.R.H The Prince of Wales, June- August, 1920The Duke and Duchess of York, 1927H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, 1934 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, 1954Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1980 Some material included is undated. Custody HistoryFrom 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R513. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R513 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.

本系列为与新南威尔士州（New South Wales）王室巡游铁路筹备相关的档案藏品集合。为完整记录王室巡游的全流程，部分藏品或从现有档案系列（如信函类档案系列）中析出并入本系列。
馆藏包含专项交通文件，涵盖行程时刻表、列车与票务安排，以及王室专列车厢的示意图。本系列同时收录巡游行程单、午宴与晚宴菜单、纪念品资料、工作人员指令、新闻剪报、街道装饰细节档案及往来信函。
本系列记录的王室巡游包括：1901年5月的康沃尔与约克公爵及公爵夫人殿下（T.R.H）；1920年6月至8月的威尔士亲王殿下（H.R.H）；1927年的约克公爵与约克公爵夫人；1934年的格洛斯特公爵殿下（H.R.H.）；1954年的伊丽莎白二世女王陛下与爱丁堡公爵殿下（H.R.H）；1980年的伊丽莎白二世女王陛下。部分馆藏资料未标注日期。

保管历史
1955年至2000年，新南威尔士州铁路局（State Rail Authority of New South Wales）设有内部档案馆，馆藏涵盖该局及其前身机构、政府接管的私营铁路公司的档案记录，档案时间跨度为1849年至2000年。在决定关停“州铁路档案馆”后，符合州档案标准的馆藏藏品被移交至新南威尔士州档案管理局（State Records Authority of NSW）。该批档案系列被纳入州档案管理体系并重新编号。
本系列原隶属于州铁路档案馆馆藏，当时编号为R513系列。该系列在州铁路档案馆期间或曾以R513系列编号供查阅，且此前可能已被该馆研究人员在笔记、出版物或未刊作品中以此编号引述。