Letters from Myrtle Ward to 'Blue Bell' and materials relating to Pitcairn Island
Letters from Myrtle Ward to 'Blue Bell' and materials relating to Pitcairn Island
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
approximately 1938-1960
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10556
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder), includes photographs - manuscript, typescript
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Includes six handwritten and typed letters from Myrtle Ward to 'Blue Bell'; handwritten note by Myrtle Ward; 2 photographs; typed poem by Roy Clark; handwritten letter from Robert Christian to “Blue Bell”; manuscript, 'Story of Pitcairn Island' possibly by Blue Bell.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Letters from Myrtle Ward to 'Blue Bell' and materials relating to Pitcairn Island
Notes
Date note
Earliest date (1938) from item; latest date (between 1950 and 1960) supplied by vendor in relation to manuscript titled, "The story of Pitcairn Island".
Object History
Acquired by vendor from Melbourne bookseller, John Dean in 2018.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, December 2020
Administrative / Biographical history
Myrtle Ward (nee Marrett) and her husband, Frederick Ward served as Seventh-day Adventist missionaries on Pitcairn Island from 1938 to 1944.
Reference:
"Ward, Frederick Percival (1891-1991) and Myrtle Lewis (Marrett) Ward (1894-1987)". Encyclopedia of Seventh-Day Adventists. Accessed 7 June 2021. https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=587D#fn15...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10556
Record Identifier
1JkOpeqY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkOpeqY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9657964
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