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A.L.P. 1921 Including Robert Cosgrove.

Material relating to the collectors of specimens - (a) Letters, 1938-1940. (b) Record of equipment used and returned.

Articles and reports, including: "marketing of fruit" read to Agricultural Conference, Launceston 16 June 1911, lemon curing (1911-1912), co-operation (1913), packing sheds (1913), fruit export (1913), fruit pickers' wages (1916), apples in England (1929), organisation of fruitgrowers, storage of apples (1931-1932), carriage of apples (1932-1933), fruit drying methods, lemon production (1932).

Applications and correspondence

Letters from William Knibb Morris to his brother Thomas John Morris dated 6 September 1872-June 1877. Fingal: store business, cost of transport and import of goods, elections, parents at Mangana, Willie [William James Morris, son of James] helping, Annie Ashton [sister] in hospital at Melbourne - skin graft on leg, Collis schoolmaster on Islands [ie Furneaux Islands], family: wife Sarah, son Percy, baby Thomas (April 1872), daughter Celia Sarah born 27 March 1876 (April, May 1976), brother James and his family, visit of Anthony Trollope to Hobart - "they make quite a lion of him" (January 1872), gold mining, gold at Mangana (1872), Wesleyan chapel built (1872), telegraph across Australia from Adelaide to Darwin, talk of railway (September 1872), bought large building in centre of town formerly Highland Inn (February [1873]), Governor's visit, coal mines - Mt. Nicholas, Seymour, transit of Venus (November 1874), telegraph coming - learning alphabet in preparation (November 1874, August-October 1875, April 1876), death of father Thomas Morris (December 1874), description of district and journeys, Clifford the photographer visited Fingal - William had views taken - borrowed C's camera to take views of parents' house Mangana (October 1875), measles (September-November 1875), "little single needle instrument" [?electromagnetic telegraph], description of St. Helens (April 1876), death of mother (20/12/1876) and Mary Marshall [daughter of James Morris] (December 1876), scientific experiments, papyrograph [copying] process (1876-77), business quiet - thinking of looking for another occupation (February 1877), business closed, creditors treated him kindly except P.O. Fysh (April 1877).

Letter about land purchase dated 1 April 1840. Signature illegible.

Diary of the Don Store, 6 June 1886 - 31 October 1886. In February 1886 Wells was appointed manager of the Don branch store of the Don Trading Company by John Henry, the owner, and about 1888 he took over the store, which became William Wells & Co

Assignment F.E.D. Browne to Adam Beveridge 27 June 1833
Assignment for £45 from Francis Edward Douglas Browne of Hobart, gent, to Adam Beveridge of Launceston, merchant, of allotment in Launceston, William Lushing Goodwin of Launceston, gent., (the second party) waiving interest in an earlier agreement
to purchase for £50 not executed. Signed, sealed and witnessed.

Folder headed 'A.C. Black'. This contains several letters to and from the publisher about Sansom's proposed book of story rhymes and about the publisher's rejection of his book of poems 'This Happy Breed'.

Diary belonging to Steward James Anderson of Black River, Stanley, dated 1921.

Housekeeping accounts kept by a Hobart housewife for the period April 1970 to June 1974 entered in a 1970 desk diary

Journal articles and off-prints sent to Atkinson including:
• W.H. Nicholls, articles in Victorian Naturalist etc.1925-1940;
• H.M.R. Rupp, articles in Australian Naturalist and other journals 1926-1945;
• G. Weindorfer: "Two botanists in the Cradle Mountains Tasmania, Victorian Naturalist 1912;
• R.S. Rogers, VictNat. 1918, 1924, "South Australian Orchids" from J.M. Black Flora of South Australia 1922;
• N.A. Wakefield 1941;
• Edwin Cheel, Roy.Soc. NSW 1929;
• Mrs Edith Coleman, VictNat. 1928;
• D. Martin, J. Roy. Hist. Soc. 1950;
• Winifred M. Curtis, "A census of the orchids of Tasmania" P & P Roy Soc. Tas 1953;

1 letter (originally numbered as no.9) dated 15 September, 1824 (3rd page is torn)

Annual reports for:

1. T.S.A.R.S.A. (Northern Branch) 1948, 1957-1961.
2. South African Returned Soldiers Association (Tas.) 1946 (no date).

Photocopy of printed poems in the memory of King Billy, the 'last of the aboriginal race'

'Report of Backhouse and Walker of a visit to the V.D.L. Cols establishment, 1833'. Copy of letter to Governor Arthur. 1833. Typescript. Also copy in A.L. Meston's hand.

Research material on Van Diemen's Land Company including:
• Brochure advertising land for sale, ca.1920;
• Sydney Stock Exchange, Investment Service. [Report] on Emu Railway Co., 1938;
• Mining Services [Report] on Mount Lyell Mining &Railway Co., Nov. 1939;
• copies of letters from J. Norton Smith, V.D.L. Co. to James Smith re Mt. Bischoff Tin Mine, 1873-79;
• Transcripts from Bigge's Report, 1820;
• Baptist Magazine, 1832; "Authentic Information regarding Van Diemen's Land Company" by F. Boucher, 1859 (Ferguson no. 7296).

Typed copy of 'Narrative of the Overland Journey of Sir John and Lady Franklin and Party from Hobart to Macquarie Harbour' by David Burn

Lantern Slides – 4 up children’s coloured magic lantern slide sets & theatre advertising slide

Copy of bye laws, Dr G.M.Parker Captain, Fred Shaw President. See also P1/50-62

Permit to be on a small vessel issued to L.J. Haynes for the period 1942-43

Press cuttings collected by Robert Mackenzie Johnston, including some of his correspondence to the press. Undated.

Order & delivery book of Duncan Loane Pty. for the years 1943-1948. Includes names and address of buyers.

Autograph book with signatures of friends, some with addresses and brief descriptions. 19 December 1889 - 26 March 1914 and no date.

Copy of the journal Good Speech (April-June 1937) containing an article by Sansom titled 'Speech Rhythm'.

Membership card of Zinc Workers' Union issued to P. Taylor, patrolman dated 1963

Material relating to the whaling barque "Derwent Hunter" 1871 - 1881 including the will of John Bull, chief mate of the whaling barque "Derwent Hunter", Charles Bayley owner appointed executor (1871); papers relating to claim from NSW Govt. for refund of expenses paid on behalf of John Doherty, a seaman who was injured while serving on the "Derwent Hunter" and left ashore on Lord Howe Island to recuperate, including extract from log book (Capt. Richard Sparkes) and letter from Richard R. Armstrong, Commander RN. retired, Magistrate Lord Howe Island (1879¬ 81).

Sheep account - shearing for the Riccarton and Morningside Estates dated 1863-1876

Summons dated 1891 to A.E. Risby, S.W. Risby and C.W. Risby to appear at the suit of Charles James Barclay.

One pamphlet entitled "The World at War" dated 25-26 Sept. 1918. Reprint from Parliamentary Debates

Correspondence with A.B.C. letters concerning broadcasts, also scripts (including scripts by George Evans - pseudonym for W.E. Fuller as bookseller).

Photograph of Mt. Bagana volcano from the Torokina River - Heyward photo dated Sept. 1945.

Education for peace - Honora Deane Memorial Lecture, 19th July 1990.

Photograph of the Australian Labor Party Conference delegates undated but possibly 1935 or 1937 . Barnett photograph Hobart.

Letters and notes of the Library Association of Australia : Tasmanian Branch. Dated 1968

Fifteen scripts of ABC 'Communication' radio broadcasts for schools, written by Sansom, sometimes with Ruth Sansom's assistance. Sansom recorded most of these with the assistance of his colleagues from the Speech Education Centre.

Wedge, J.H. "Official Report of Journies ... in the North-West Portion of Van Diemen's Land ... 1828". (Parl. Paper 186?).

Letts diary 1978, red

Photograph of Mrs Mary Margaret Haynes ( nee Crane) and Mrs G Hayns at Loch Lomond

Personal book of inspirational quotations, in poor condition - loose pages and inserts, stained edges.
Inscription in front cover: 'Margaret S. Thorp, with loving wishes for June 12.1906. from E.B. Emmott'.
Miscellaneous writings and notes, inspirational verses.
Interfiled is letter from ABC Chairman, March 14, 61 re compensation cheque for eight pounds - money stolen at Canberra hotel

File contains 13 items:
Wilcox, Smith & Co.'s 1935-36 Postage & stamp album price list
Small red pass to Government House, Shillong, Assam dated 28.3.50
Newspaper cutting (undated) Uni. lecturer in L'ton tonight ... as part of the 1973 winter series of lectures
ANZAAS Conference, Hobart, 10-14 May, 1976 - name card 26
2 photocopied sheets - University of NZ BA, MA and newspaper cutting from Wellington Evening Post 1/11/49
Black & white photo of Wilson standing beside Max Angus portrait commissioned by Hytten Hall Old Scholars' Association 1974; purchased by University and hung in the Malcolm McRae tutorial room, Dept. of History, Humanities Building for many years; now hanging in the research room of Special & Rare Collections
CD of memorial service, Stanley Burbury Theatre on 6/6/91
Photocopy of cutting 4/3/91 - Asian Studies Assoc of Tasmania inviting nominations for inaugural George Wilson Prize
Invitation to George Wilson Presentation Dinner on Friday 22/5/92
Article 'George Wilson was here' by Madeline Milford in Alumni News June 2001
Typescript 'George Wilson, University of Tasmania, 1945-1974' by Elaine McKay (undated)
Black notebook 17 x 10 cm - empty except for entry on back page: Dr N.H. Rutledge, 22 Douglas St. New Town
Undated Christmas card from Mrs Hatsell (housekeeper at Hytten Hall)

Glamorgan and East Coast associations & institutions : Library - Rules & regulations, report and catalogue of books of Glamorgan Public Library

"God is a spirit", "Duty of the Church" (1920), "Christianity and unemployment" (1933) (tyepscript)

Originally published for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the late 1940s: letter from LAMDA asking if it could be republished (October 1977): duplicated typescript, draft, notes, correspondence with Bodley Head.

Photograph of Maxwell Hayns on right and unknown man on the left

Cotton, Francis , Invoices and letters, Kelvedon, Tasmania, 1830s https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9817/

"The quality of language" off-print from Spoken English (Journal of the English Speaking Board) London, vol. 7 no. 2 May 1974, and shortened version for New Zealand Education magazine; "Australian speech" (typescript, no date); "We the Murderers: a study in poeticide" (typescript - lecture to teachers, no date); "Why read faster?" (1970); "Professor Higgins - imposter". Also (b) foreword by Clive Sansom for Bruce Proverbs' book "Business Communication and correspondence".

1 album covered in brown paper and inscribed: M.S. Watts. Autograph Album.
Margaret S. Thorp inscribed on inside cover.
Spine in poor condition.
Inscription opposite title page (Writing Album) says: 'June 1906. Margaret S. Thorp with best wishes from Freda Brunskill'.
Includes inscriptions, cuttings, letters, watercolour paintings, pen and ink drawings and photos.
Autographs include Roald Amundsen (1911), poet Kath Walker, pianist Eileen Joyce, feminists Adela Pankhurst and Vida Goldstein, Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, politicians and many Quakers met on her travels.

File contains 3 postcards:
Seychelles, from Surgeon Lieut. Scott Bell RAN, dated 5/7/76 - representing Australia in independence celebrations
Moorea, from Gerald & Maggie, dated 23 Aug 1976
Heraclion, from Gerald & Maggie, dated 24 Nov 1976 (Professor Gerald Firth was a UTAS colleague (Economics). The families were good friends and spent numerous Xmas lunches together)

Letts diary 1976, red

"A trip to Papua"; "Papua and its possibilities" (typescript)

Business correspondence and accounts dated 1831 to 1883. Including:
*(47) invoices for goods sent from London By Thomas Cotton, including desks, work boxes, watch springs, Robert Braggs' account for and note about guns, shingle nails from William Peacock, W. Naylor's printing inks and varnishes for sale, proceeds of sale of Dr. Story's house to pay Lowe & Johnson, and also note about grass seeds, paint, wharfage etc, and letter from William Allen (1835) that dead cows might have been poisoned by a fungus in damp grass, suggests feeding on lucerne, clover, rye etc. (1831-1836, 11 papers);

*(48-65) bill for gun (1837); payment note: R.Wells (1842}, John Allen (1843); notes of produce sent, clothing; Francis Smith, Attorney General's Office 19 July 59: liability for road rates owed by former owner; payment note: boots David Hynes (1863); letter (signature missing): Haynes claim for debt v. G. Cotton (1871); E. Theobald, London: sent two telecopes and catalogue, Greenwich changed (1880); William Smith: apples, skins sold, wheat market low, wheel for repair (31.5.1882); A.C. Douglas, General Post Office: under paid letters or packets between U.K. and Tasmania (7.11.82, 15.11.82); A.W. Smith, Swansea: postage stamps (23.12.82); letters: bank: cheques received, shares, W. Crosby: freight, wool bales, bottle of medicine from Messrs Newell (1882-3).

William and Bessie Wells to Thomas and Lizzie dated 1885 – 1888. William to sister and brother in law, with notes and one letter enclosed from Bessie: Baby 12 weeks old, Frank and Edith attending Miss Johnson's school, wishes Edith could go to Ackworth school with Fanny, Father & Prissie (September 1885); Hobart house with sketch of verandah railings and "frieze" made by William L. Wells., Edward Octavius Cotton, Mr Henry's business offer, Thomas Lidbetter and son staying after birth of another son for T.L. (18.10.85); family life; birth of fourth son Hugh, business (24.1.88); Miss Greer to be married (5.9.88).

Photograph of a n unidentified lady

Collins 1975 diary, blue

1 folder of loose papers: letters, lists of patrons, appeals, photos, pamphlets, newspaper cuttings

Letters to newspapers on temperance reform (1917-18); the Licensing Act (1931); six o'clock closing (1934).

Spurling photo

Letter from the Warden to Albert Morris agreeing to call a public meeting to assist the widow of Thomas Carpenter