Sir Henry Parkes - Papers, 1685-1932
Sir Henry Parkes - Papers, 1685-1932
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Date
1685-1932
Call Numbers
A 871-1052 , MLMSS 6426 , SAFE 3/138 (A 998)
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12.2 metres of textual material (182 volumes) - manuscript, typescript, printed, clippings, ephemera
0.01 metres of textual material (1 envelope) - paper currency
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Issue Copy
Photocopy : CYA 871 - CYA 934 (Ref.1 - open access): 76 xerox copyflo volumes of the original 64 manuscripts. Microfilm copies are also held at Ref. 1, open access. Many letters are indexed in the Manuscripts Index Catalogue (on cards).
Microfilm : Ref.1/MAV/FM6/330 (74 microfiche): A.W. Martin's Index to Sir Henry Parkes' correspondence, ca. 1803-ca. 1896 (MLMSS 4312), with notes on the use of the Index. (Another copy is available at the stack location MAV/FM6/330).
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Contents
CONTENTS:
VOLUME 1:
Correspondence, A, [1803-1896]
VOLUME 2:
Correspondence, A-B, [1803-1896]
VOLUME 3:
Correspondence, B, [1803-1896]
VOLUME 4:
Correspondence, B, [1803-1896]
VOLUME 5:
Correspondence, B, [1803-1896]
VOLUME 6:
Correspondence, B-C, 1852-1895
VOLUME 7:
Corresponden...
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Full title
Sir Henry Parkes - Papers, 1685-1932
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Notes
General note
See also the Allan William Martin index to the correspondence of Sir Henry Parkes, 1803-1896, located at Mitchell Library call no. MLMSS 4312...
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Source
The following volumes were bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907: A 871 - A 916, A 936, A 939 - A 943, A 947, A 950 - A 956, A 958, A 960, A 961, A 963, A 964, A 966, A 967, A 969 - A 978, A 979, A 981 - A 1005, A 1008, A 1010, A 1014 - A 1016, A 1018, A 1024, A 1025, A 1027 - A 1030, A 1032, A 1034, A 1036
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Administrative / Biographical history
Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896), journalist and parliamentarian, was born at Warwickshire, England, youngest child of Thomas Parks and his wife Martha, nee Faulconbridge. After limited formal education Parkes was apprenticed as a bone and ivory turner. In 1836 he married Clarinda Varney and after his business failed Parkes and his wife departed Engl...
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Call Numbers
A 871-1052 , MLMSS 6426 , SAFE 3/138 (A 998)
Record Identifier
9NaAyObY
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404818
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