William Strutt autobiography and papers, 1778-1955
William Strutt autobiography and papers, 1778-1955
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1778-1955
Call Numbers
MLMSS 867
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
8 volumes and 1 portfolio of textual material
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Photocopy : Open access: CY MLMSS 867/1-3: Xerox copy of his 'Autobiography': Vol. 1, 1825-1856 (pp.1-313); Vol. 2, 1856-1897 (pp.314-527); Vol. 3, 1825-1861 (pp.528-853).
Microfilm : CY 195, frames 1-853 (MLMSS 867/1-3).
Microfilm : CY 4852, frames 1-190 (MLMSS 867/5).
Microfilm : CY 4854, frames 1-525 (MLMSS 867/6).
Microfilm : MAV/FM3/263: Selected letters, 1819-1883, from the collection.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
MLMSS 867/1-2: Autobiography, 1825-1897; holograph draft, includes years up to end of New Zealand period (1856) and later years in Melbourne and England.
MLMSS 867/3: Autobiography, 1825-1861, in draft form, partly revised and typed and much in author's hand.
Correspondence and Papers:
(i) 1819-1918 re land: MLMSS 867/4;
(ii) 1840...
Alternative Titles
Full title
William Strutt autobiography and papers, 1778-1955
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Selected letters 1819-1883. Available on microfilm at MAV / FM3 / 263
Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-97B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
William Strutt came to Australia on the Culloden in 1850 and worked as a lithographer and painter recording many events of historical interest in Victoria during the 1850s. He visited New Zealand in 1855, returning to Melbourne in 1856, and went back to England in 1862
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 867
Record Identifier
9AL4jojY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4jojY
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Reference code
423026
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