Letter of donation, 1995

The 1995 donation letter from Borivoj Franko-Filipašić, to the then Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Branch Library Manager, Robyn Smit

An interview with Dr Borivoj Franko-Filipasic "Bori" 26 August, 2015, Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA

The files attached are an oral history record of an interview conducted by Jennifer Thomas and Bori Franko on 26 August 2015 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1944, Bori Franko, a US Naval Officer, was invalided from the Admiralty Islands to the US Naval Hospital in Camp Hill, Brisbane. Whilst recuperating in Brisbane, Bori bought an album full of old photos of Brisbane and other areas of Queensland, at a bookstore as a souvenir (see links below). The album was originally donated in 1894 by a class of chemistry students to their chemistry professor and prominent medical doctor in Brisbane, Dr Wilton Wood Russell Love. In 1995, after 50 years of cherished ownership, Bori returned the album to Queensland University of Technology and "to the city that transformed [him] into a Queenslander". The YouTube link https://youtu.be/e3BzxH4BaFw gives a short version of the oral history. Via the files attached you can watch the whole interview