Terence J. Purcell papers, ca. 1890-2006
Terence J. Purcell papers, ca. 1890-2006
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Date
ca. 1890-2006
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Physical Description
Contents
6.45 metres of textual material and approximately 400 photographs (43 boxes)
2 sound cassettes
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Fonds
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Partly restricted
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Copyright status : In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This collection comprehensively documents Father Terence Purcell’s military experiences on the homefront, and his post-war religious life as a seminarian and parish priest. It includes personal diaries, correspondence, theological notes, lectures, study materials on Church history, subject files, sermons and homilies, photographs and a sound record...
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Full title
Terence J. Purcell papers, ca. 1890-2006
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Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by the Reverend Father Terence Joseph Purcell in 2006
Administrative / Biographical history
Terence Joseph Purcell (1922-2006), Catholic priest, was born in Enmore, NSW, on 11 February 1922, only son and eldest of five children of Thomas Joachim Purcell and Frieda May Elizabeth, nee Von Holdt. His mother was a Catholic convert, received into the Church by Monsignor Tom Harrington at Guildford, NSW, where the family lived. The Purcell fami...
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Record Identifier
9yM6kkp9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6kkp9
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949883
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