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

Cuttings of Roy Bridges serial published in the Saturday Evening Mercury 14 August 1954 to 13 November 1954 entitled ''Youth
Triumphant"

Young men on ship waving N.D. Age photo.

Collection of 3 photographs. A young man, wearing high collar and lilies of the valley in buttonhole; young lady with long hair, sailor type hat with flower and feather, white collar; young lady with hair combed back from face, white front on dark dress with bunched shoulders, tucked sleeves and bodice.

Correspondence, President's Report 1916, 1934 (4 documents)

Letters, W.W. & Maud Lamb to Frank and Mrs Allison dated 1911. From Victoria about Maggie: unwilling to let her stay longer owing to the awkwardness and scandal of her position, her baby a seven months and so too delicate to be removed from its mother but not expected to live, references to the nurse and undertaker.

Folder marked 'Written English' containing many articles on the topic including one by Sansom, and copies of Sansom's letters to the Principal of Launceston Technical College and Sister Canice of Thomas Moore's School.

Manila Folder headed 'Clive - writings and letters answered in scribbled handwriting'.
• Typed script of 'Nightmare Abbey' prepared by Sansom and based on Peacock's novel for an ABC broadcast 'Journeys into Bookland'.
• 'This Damned Hypocrisy', a handwritten nine-page essay written in response to the public furore about the proposed marriage of Mrs Simpson and King Edward.
• 'Last pages for "Fenley Green"', written in 1932 as part of a short story or novel.
• "'Macbeth" Retold by Dr. Fox'. Clive Sansomhaexcell's 'spoof' on Shakespeare's play.
• Typed copies of Sansom's poems: 'Saved (A Bride and Groom to the Rescue)', 'Our Party', 'Brenda Hean: Memorial Service, Scots Church, September 26th 1972', 'This little one ... '. Handwritten poems: 'Oxford, 1938', 'The Ballad of Midnight', 'Inscription for an Old Tomb', 'A Winter Entertainment' (written in a Christmas Card).
• Two personal documents (typewritten), one outlining Sansom's career as a lecturer and writer and listing referees, the other providing a case history of Sansom 's health problems prepared for Dr Greenward in 1972.
• Letters to and from Sansom: to Jim [?] providing a summary of Sansom 'straining, teaching and writing career,
• David Higham about the inclusion of his poem 'Ladybird' in an anthology,
• The Countryman about the inclusion of one of Sansom's poems in a publication,
• Patricia Wrightson seeking permission to include Sansom's 'The Intruder' in a collection of short stories and poetry for children and Sansom' s reply.
• A collection of material headed 'For Diary 1939' that includes notification that Sansom had passed examinations conducted by St John Ambulance Brigade, Southgate Division,
• handwritten copies of Sansom's poems 'August Holiday', 'The Old Road, Condicote' (three copies) and 'After the Raid',
• typed copies of 'Words Under Grass' and 'In the Midst of Death is Life ... '
• Six articles associated with rhythm in speech: two handwritten notes and a handwritten summary of material drawn from a work by F.E. Halliday, a photocopied page from a text by Robert Speight and two typewritten pages, one an extract from Samuel Selden' s The Stage in Action and the other a series of brief quotations.
• A brochure on the Spicelands Training Centre (Society of Friends).
• A photograph of a lady and a pig with the caption 'The attack repulsed'.
• A typed list of the Patrons of the Speech Fellowship.
• A collection of material relating to Clive Sansom's autobiography that includes handwritten drafts, photocopies of sections from books, reminder notes and Sansom's autobiographical article 'My Job, Poet, etc' that appeared in The friend (August 32, 1973).

Typescript of a work titled "Writing in Australia" by Alice D Baker

Notes made while reading histories, reference books, articles, newspapers and various records, with notes of memoranda and queries, mostly roughly written. No.10 includes notes on schools, pages from statistical returns 1869, notes from the Glamorgan Council minutes 1860 - 1908 and some letters in answer to queries 1923 - 1928;No.5 includes an extract from the Hobart Town Courier 23 Jan. 1850, describing St. John's Church, Prossers Plains and its consecration (another copy is in No.8), part of the will of Robert Hepburn of Roys Hill, Fingal and rough notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries and accounts in the Mitchell Library; No. 7 consists of rough notes of events arranged chronologically, 1821 - 1921;
No. 9 includes a typescript article: ‘some notes on the history of Swansea and district’ (2 copies, uncorrected) c. 1930 -40, and notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries (1867-68, 1873-4, 1876-7) and other papers at Kelvedon; No.8 includes rough notes on Buckland, Prossers Plains and Maria Island; Nos. 1 - 4 are merely small 'reminder' notebooks
Notes made while reading histories, reference books, articles,newspapers and various records, with notes of memoranda and queries, mostly roughly written.No.10 includes notes on schools, pages from statistical returns 1869, notes from the Glamorgan Council minutes 1860 - 1908 and some letters in answer to queries 1923 - 1928;No.5 includes an extract from the Hobart Town Courier 23 Jan. 1850, describing St. John's Church, Prossers Plains and its consecration (another copy is in No.8), part of the will of Robert Hepburn of Roys Hill, Fingal and rough notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries and accounts in the Mitchell Library; No. 7 consists of rough notes of events arranged chronologically, 1821 - 1921;
No. 9 includes a typescript article: ‘some notes on the history of Swansea and district’ (2 copies, uncorrected) c. 1930 -40, and notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries (1867-68, 1873-4, 1876-7) and other papers at Kelvedon; No.8 includes rough notes on Buckland, Prossers Plains and Maria Island; Nos. 1 - 4 are merely small 'reminder' notebooks

Notebooks noting time, labour, materials, miscellaneous notes, sometimes costing, some draft letters, etc. (most in old school exercise books).

14. "Leeta May" (T.H. Spaulding), "Stanley", "Westward" 1917-1924
15. "Marina" renamed "Miena" (Jones & Boxall), "Alice" renamed "Kintail" 1933-5
16. "Alice M" ("Kintail"), "Iolanthe", "Gladys S"
17. "Iolanthe" (R. Hickman) and repair of "Ventura" including costing details
18. "Mistral III" (G. Rex), "Jean Nichols" (W. Nichols) c1940
19. "Jean Nichols" c1940
20. "Sir John Franklin" & other vessels 1941-1945
21. "Derwent Hunter" (A.J. Drysdale) 1943-1945
22. Proposed vessel for A.J. Drysdale (not built) 1946, 1949
23. Rough notebook of measurements, no date, possibly for "Sir John Franklin"
24. Notes of weights and measures, displacement, ballast, sail area

Two letters to Alfred Harrap from Robert Brooks & Co., London, about wool consigned to them by Harrap for the executors of the late A. I. Horne - no improvement in prices owing to the large quantity of wool on the market, with bill of lading (in duplicate) and insurance policy (in duplicate).

Papers, 1826-1832 relating to wool and the transport of bales, one bale shipped to London 1832.

Photograph taken by George Musgrave Parker. See also book Chap. 13

Women's employment 1931-1933. Girls in offices, women's work.

Three copies of typescript of school broadcast titled "Women and Freedom" dated 6 April 1944 by Alice D Baker

Notes on women in the Churches of Christ, Congregational Church, Methodist Women's Federation of Tasmania, Interchurch Fellowship.

Unidentified daguerreotype in a plain leather and velvet case of a woman, seated, wearing bonnet with white ribbons and flowers, holding parasol, background of classical pillars, head lightly coloured.

Ambrotype in case of a woman, seated, youngish, hair straight, drawn back off face, lace collar, gold chain, background drapery and vase of roses. Head, chain and background lightly coloured. in a case of tooled imitation leather, lined with red velvet.

Ambrotypes in case of two unidentified portraits. Woman in left side of case and on right side man, seated, thin face, side -burns, white shirt. Background of drapery and mountain view. Head lightly tinted, shirt front painted white. two portraits in oval frames in one case.

Correspondence relating to the production and sale of Tasmanian wolfram and scheelite for the production of tungsten metal and contract for sale to United Kingdom, some written by John Reynolds as Commerce Officer, Department of Agriculture & Industry . Dated 1939 to 1940

Suit for debt of £250 owed by Francis Cotton to William Woollett of Waterloo Point dated August 1838; sale contract: stock, farm equipment and household furniture (listed) from William Woollett to Francis Cotton for £115

Letter from William R. Deeble to Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmania, 27 September 1905, regarding employment prospects for Clark's son in the Tamanian Government Railways, and application form

Letter, William R. Allison to brother Frank, dated 5 May 1916. Emita, Flinders Island: wreck of "Toroa" on reef - passengers saved but it should have been possible to save livestock and cargo. [W.R. Allison was Warden of Flinders Council]

Letters from sons and daughters: William May, son in law, dated 23 August 1866. Incomplete letter to "Father" from Wanstead, S.A. (? William May husband of Mary nee Cotton): loss of Henry and Lavinia's baby, Francis, Yearly Meeting, Adelaide Friends, price of wheat below a remunerative one, copper also low, S.A. importing beef from Queensland, wool sales reasonable, Joseph did not have the experience to manage a distant interior run on the Darling - brother Frederick took new manager, Waugh, to the run but dismissed him as intemperate, Joseph Barritt may sell - 450 sq. miles with 25 miles frontage on the river.

Letters from Sophia Summerfield to William Mawle dated 10 September 1828. This typed copy was made by owner of original letter, Gordon Nanscawen, Burnie

W.K. Morris and son Robert James (Rob or Bob) dated Morris 3 April 1905 -1907. Letters and picture postcards from Robert in England and letters to Robert from father in Hobart.

Photograph of William Hudson aged 76 years, taken in 1881 at Greenwich

Correspondence from William Henry Nicholls dated 1925 - 1948. Notes, letters, sketches.

Diary of William Gore Elliston 1829 - 1864 as transcribed by J.N.D. Harrison - consists of a typed carbon copy on flimsy paper

Notes on William Clark

Entries for most days, sometimes including much detail, referring to his daily work (both farm work on his property and later his architectural work), also his travels, visits to and from neighbours, elections and political activities etc. Also an additional fragment of a 'private diary' for 1848 including references to his reading and botanical study. Note: Other diaries (1856-58, 1862-74) were in the possession of Mrs. L. Boyd in New Zealand in 1959 and a microfilm copy was made of these.
• (1) Mar. - Dec. 1847
• (2) (a) Jan. 1848 - Jan. 1856
(b) Jan. - July 1848
( + loose leaf incomplete private diary)
• (3) June 1858 - May 1859
• (4) May 1859 - Oct. 1860
• (5) Oct. 1860 - Nov. 1862

Letters dated 1861-1864 & 1868, William and Frances Gunn to daughter Margaret Allison. William Gunn: bad eye, minor news, letters written in sloping illegible hand (1861, 1862, 1864); Frances H. Gunn: Kitty's fall but baby the largest and fattest seen; the children - Willie, Iss, Frank, Amy; Margaret's room would be kept until she came home (1863). Also statement by Mrs F.H. Gunn that she had given her husband's regimental sash to her daughter Margaret.

Correspondence dated 6 October 1960 from William (Bill) Cowen thanking Morris Miller for the copy of his occasional papers

Letter regarding Clark's appointment as Attorney-General.

Will of R. C. Gunn 1879. Typed copy by T. E. Burns.

Will of Joseph William Story of Eastern Marshes, Oatlands, farmer. Dated 1855, codicil 1864. Annuity of £100 to Ann Story otherwise called Ann Beams "who now resides with me" from £2000 capital to be invested (annuity increased to £130 on capital investment of £2800 by codicil of 1864); interest on £2000 to Martha Beams daughter of Ann Beams (then aged 10) and principal at age 21 or when married; £2000 to Emma Story daughter of J.W. Story by Ann, legacies to both daughters reduced to £1600 by codicil of 1864);
remainder and residue to be divided between son Joseph William Story of Hobart, butcher, (omitted from codicil of 1864[deceased]); son George Arthur Story of Melbourne; daughter Ann Liardet wife of Frederick Liardet of Sandbridge near Melbourne coach and boat proprietor; daughter Elizabeth wife of Samuel 0.Lovell of Hobart corn dealer; children of daughter Mary Ann deceased wife of John Petrie of Hobart, gent., deceased, at age 21, (Petrie children omitted in codicil of 1864). Also bill from Allport & Roberts for advising on alterations and codicil 1864.

Will of John Grant dated 10 December 1825 also copy of will of John Grant of the firm of Bethune & Grant of Hobart, merchants, leaving £50 pa. to parents James and Margaret Grant of Nairn, North Britain all remaining property to brother James Grant who was to make provision for sisters Ann and Janet. Also bill for legal fees for probate due to George Cartwright 1826-1827.

Wildflowers of Australia, Shell Company of Australia.

Folder, includes classwork, handwritten and typed formulas, reports. Approximately 60 pages. Includes analysis of "The Wien Bridge Oscillator"

Solomon, A. K. (1945). Why smash atoms. Harmondsworth [etc.]: Penguin Books.

One typescript titled "Why I am a Catholic" by Alice D Baker

Publication entitled "Information for school leavers Who can help? : there are many people who can help you find your way". A joint project with the Tasmanian Education Department, Hobart Chamber of Commerce and Apex Clubs of Tasmania. Undated.

Folder titled 'What Does it Mean?' containing material Sansom collected and used for teaching the topic.

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).

Correspondence dated between 6-15 December, 1893, relating to a quarrel: Alexander McGregor accepted William George Gibson's apologies for "your cowardly action. The injury ... might have been more serious" and £25 donation to the Benevolent Fund.

Gardner, C. A.,
Western Australian Wildflowers. Perth,, W. A. Government Tourist and Publicity Bureau.

3 sketches

Photograph of the wedding between Lawrence John Hayns and Mary Margaret Hayns (nee Crane).

Photograph of a group of people from the Hayns wedding, none of them are named

W.E. Shoobridge's electoral statements.

Newpaper cutting from the Mercury newspaper about Wauba Debar's grave at Bicheno Tasmania. Article includes image of the grave of Wauba Debar (1792–1832) a female Aboriginal Tasmanian.

Copy of catalogue and letter from Rolf Hennequel, Newnham Tasmania, also copy of translation of Italian poem on Trucanini (Truganini) and letters to the University Librarian urging its publication in Togatus.

Mr Davidson (surveyor), A.T. Mayson, P. Watson. Beattie Hobart. Print by J.W. Beattie of old photograph, photographer unknown? G.F. Story.

Two small oval watercolour paintings of birds – pink cockatoo and sulpher crested cockatoo

Watercolour of heath like plant painted at Sydney in 1914

One watercolour painting of the view of Mt Gillen from Reserve

Water colour painting by H A Southern, 'Paperbark trees on Swan River bank, East Perth', 1910. Given to Mr A Greatonex? By Olive Pink, 1972.

Photograph of the town of Waratah, Tasmania (visited by J B Walker 1887) c1878-88

Five folders regarding letters and document to do with the war tribunal and Spiceland Camp'