John Walter Forsyth papers and card indexes, ca. 1948-1963
John Walter Forsyth papers and card indexes, ca. 1948-1963
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1948-1963
Call Numbers
MLMSS 979/Boxes 1-39 , MLMSS 979/Item 40X
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Maps
Physical Description
Contents
39 boxes and 1 outsize item of textual material
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : MAV/FM4/2227 (Prints at MLMSS 979/28); MAV/FM4/2228 (Prints at MLMSS 979/25); MAV/FM3/674-675, 678, 700
Microfilm : MAV/FM3/662 (MLMSS 979/19)
Microfilm : MAV/FM3/671 and MAV/FM3/699 (MLMSS 979/21)
Microfilm : MAV/FM4/ 2226 (MLMSS 979/23)
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Collection consists of research material and indexes to it (22 boxes) and of manuscript notes or photocopies of documents, notes, correspondence etc. These are principally concerned with early navigators, their ships, the Dutch East India Company, maps, the early history of Sydney, maps, Arab navigation. Mention is made of Prof. Manning Clark, Prof...
Alternative Titles
Full title
John Walter Forsyth papers and card indexes, ca. 1948-1963
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Available for reference
Microfilm held: MAV/FM4/2227, MAV/FM4/2229; MAV/FM3/674-675, 678, 700
Detailed contents list in Mitchell Library 15 pages
Keyword subjects:
Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- Dutch
MLDOC 1044 transferred from MLMSS 979
Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (2-79B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Solicitor by profession, an amateur historian and Trustee of the Public Library of New South Wales. He was mainly interested in early voyages in the Pacific and the history of the cartography of the Australian region
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 979/Boxes 1-39 , MLMSS 979/Item 40X
Record Identifier
nM7lQPAY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lQPAY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
423035
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