D. Hope Johnston - papers and pictorial material concerning Admiral Arthur Phillip, compiled ca. 192...
D. Hope Johnston - papers and pictorial material concerning Admiral Arthur Phillip, compiled ca. 1924-1939
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1924-1939
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6939 , SLIDES 11
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures, Prints and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
4 boxes - 0.57 Meters
Textual Records
Prints
Photographs
Textual Records - (typescript)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Collection
Arrangement
This collection was originally located at Uncat. MSS Set 440. It was transferred to MLMSS 6939 in 2000.
Access and use
Physical Access Conditions
This material is held offsite and can take up to 4 working days to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to MLMSS 6939
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to SLIDES 11
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
This collection consists of notes and illustrations for a work to be entitled 'The Founder of Australia : Admiral Arthur Phillip, R.N. (1733-1814) his times, work and character' by D. Hope Johnston. Only one memo book, however, together with the captions to the illustrations and a few annotations to the notebooks are in Hope Johnston's hand; the r...
Alternative Titles
Full title
D. Hope Johnston - papers and pictorial material concerning Admiral Arthur Phillip, compiled ca. 1924-1939
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Mrs Jean Hope Johnston in 1957
Administrative / Biographical history
Douglas Hope Johnston was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1874. He was the great grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnston who arrested Governor William Bligh in 1808 and assumed control of New South Wales. He was the founder of the Australian Pioneers' Club in Sydney and the New Zealand Founders' Society in Wellington. He was an avid colle...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6939 , SLIDES 11
Record Identifier
1JkmVyoY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmVyoY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
403637
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