William Sandford - papers, 1880-1932
William Sandford - papers, 1880-1932
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Date
1880 - 1932
Call Numbers
MLMSS 350
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Physical Description
Contents
2 boxes - 0.34 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (carbon)
Textual Records - (typescript)
Photographs
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Diaries/notebooks, 1886-1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1901, 1903-1904 (Call No.: MLMSS 350/BOX 1)
2. Correspondence, 1880-1881, 1901-1932: letters received by William Sandford together with drafts and letter book copies of letters sent; correspondents include Sir Joseph Carruthers, James Ryan (editor, Lithgow Mercury), his son John (Jack) Sandford,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
William Sandford - papers, 1880-1932
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Ryan, James : editor and publisher (Lithgow Mercury)
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Miss Clarice Sandford in 1956
Administrative / Biographical history
William Sandford was born in England in 1841; he arrived in Sydney in 1883 to establish a wire-netting plant at Chiswick for John Lysaght Limited, Bristol. In 1886 he was appointed manager of the Eskbank ironworks at Lithgow for which he soon after obtained a seven-year lease. He purchased the entire Esbank Estate in 1892 and, with a government con...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 350
Record Identifier
Yj7Vb7m9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7Vb7m9
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Reference code
402426
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