Clarke family papers, 1789-1951
Clarke family papers, 1789-1951
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1789-1951
Call Numbers
MLMSS 139
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
74 vols., 32 boxes, 7 folders, 4 portfolios
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Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Photocopy : Preservation XEROX COPIES are held for most volumes and will be issued in place of the originals.
Microfilm : W.B. Clarke diaries, 1833-1841). Includes a diary of voyage on the barque 'Roxburgh Castle', from Plymouth to Sydney, 1 Jan.- 2 June 1839 (MLMSS 139/7, Item 3: CY 3383, frames 76-265).
Microfilm : Papers, 1851, re a survey of NSW Aboriginal peoples).
Partly Digitised : MLMSS 139/55
Finding aids
Read the transcription of MLMSS 139/55 here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D00195/a1841.htm
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Collection includes: Correspondence and papers, 1835-1934 including 2 letters to Leichhardt, 1844; Geological notebooks, 1829-1868 - on geology of Suffolk, Cape Town, Cherbourg and Queensland; Miscellaneous papers, 1828-1883 includes material on St. Thomas' Church 1872-1877 and Army Barrack stores, Sydney, 1837-1838; Papers of W. B. Clarke, 1839...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Clarke family papers, 1789-1951
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Material previously located at MLMSS 141, MLMSS 368, MLMSS 454, MLMSS 490, MLDOC 1395, C 130, B 57, Ac 63 have been removed from the original locations and now been incorporated into one collection at MLMSS 139, between 1983-1988.
Digital order no:Album ID : 866576
GUIDE: MLMSS 139/1 (a draft Guide and Index to correspondents, 78ff.)
Object History
In 1878 Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke, son of Reverent William Branwhite Clarke, sold a collection of his father's scientific records including notes, specimens, maps etc ... and library of geological works to the New South Wales. Department of Mins for 7,000pds. This material was stored in the newly erected Garden Palace which was located near G...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 139
Record Identifier
Yj7dP439
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7dP439
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Reference code
423147
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