Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia - papers concerning Margaret Watts, 1914-1982
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia - papers concerning Margaret Watts, 1914-1982
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1914-1982
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7097
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Physical Description
Contents
0.39 metres of textual material (3 boxes) - manuscript, printed, typescript, typescript, carbon, and typescript, photocopy
Clippings
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Fonds
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Restricted
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1914-1969; Correspondence, being ms. and ts. letters received and carbon ts. letters sent along with miscellaneous notes, cards and ts. reports. Letters sent include carbon ts. letters and reports written by Watts and sent from Germany during 1948 describing conditions in Berlin for the civilian population and describing relief work undertaken by...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia - papers concerning Margaret Watts, 1914-1982
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Braddon, H. Y. (Henry Yule), 1863-1955
Calwell, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1896-1973
Chifley, J. B. (Joseph Benedict), 1885-1951
Coles, Kenneth Frank, Sir
Collings, Joseph Silver
Johnson, Amy, 1903-1941
Stevens, Bertram, Sir, 1889-1973
Watts, Margaret Sturge, 1892-1978
Notes
General note
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State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia in 2001.
Administrative / Biographical history
Margaret Sturge Watts was born Margaret Sturge Thorp in 1892 at Liverpool, England, daughter of James Herbert Thorp a medical practitioner and his wife Anne Sturge, nee Eliot. The Thorp and Eliot families were Quakers and Margaret Watts was brought up and educated in the Quaker tradition. In 1912 Watts travelled to Australia with her parents. Durin...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7097
Record Identifier
9WZMaw0Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZMaw0Y
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Reference code
412088
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