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a. Letters received, 1894-1902. b. Other correspondence, 1897-1902;  correspondents include William Wentworth Bucknell, Secretary, Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia, Walter Harper and A.C.R. Bowler. c. 'The Aborigines of Australia and Tasmania' by Georgina King, 1900. d. 'Wirra' Athoorree'. Wirrai' Yarrai'. Wirrach' aree'. Wirra' jerree' 'by C. Richards, 1902. Paper re Aboriginal language for The Science of Man. e. Lists of Aboriginal words and meanings. These lists are part of the Aboriginal vocabularies in the records of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia (MLMSS 7603/5). f. Miscellaneous papers, 1868-1902

Alan Carroll papers, 1868-1902

BOX 1:
FOLDER 1: MINUTES OF MEETINGS, FOUNDATION DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, 1895-1908
Includes minutes of meetings, 5 Dec. 1895-10 May 1904; circular letters, 3 Sept. and 21 Oct. 1895, inviting 'certain gentlemen' to join a Society founded 'for the study of the Aboriginals of Australia and neighbouring Islands and comparing them with the Ancient Peoples'. The invitations were issued by William Wentworth Bucknell, Honorary Secretary, and Dr Alan Carroll, Founder, Manager and Director; rules of the Society (incomplete); list of corresponding members, 1895; circular letter asking for information about Aboriginal names, words, ceremonies, photographs and relics, 1896; preliminary prospectus of the Anthropometrical, Psychological and Psychiatrical Laboratory Association of Australia. 

FOLDERS 2-7: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1895-1903
Being mainly letters received with a few drafts of letters sent. Arranged chronologically. Letters mainly concern subscriptions, receipt and non-receipt of  the Journal by individuals and overseas societies, and the Society's financial position. 
Most letters concerning Aboriginal names were removed from this sequence by the Secretary and placed with papers concerning the Journal, so that relevant extracts could be printed in the Journal. Correspondents include Frank Farnell; A.W. Howitt, 1902; R.H. Mathews, 1890s; Constance C. Petrie, 1902; Eugene F. Rudder, 1902. 

BOX 2:
FOLDERS 1-5: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (continued), 1904-1914 

FOLDER 6: FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1908-1910

BOX 3:
JOURNAL MANUSCRIPTS AND CORRESPONDENCE, 1885-1911
Comprises manuscripts edited for publication, correspondence with authors, newscuttings, and letters selected for publication. Longer lists of Aboriginal words sent with letters were generally extracted by Hon. Sec. W.W. Bucknell and added to lists of Aboriginal words and place names in boxes 4-7. Some letters include information which was not published. Correspondents and authors of manuscripts include Yang Anyut (Cecil Fabris), A.T. Archibald, Daisy Bates, Elsdon Best, A.C.R. Bowler, Joshua Bray, F.N. Bucknell, W.W. Bucknell, A.L.P. Cameron, Alan Carroll, J.R. Chisholm, John H. Close, William P.F. Dorph, W.J. Enright, M. Fox, A. Fraser, Rev. C.C. Greenway, Walter R. Harper, W.W. Hassall, William R. Henderson, W.G. Ivens, William Jardine, Georgina King, Rev. D. Macdonald, A.C. McDougall, Robert Mackie, Rev. John Mathew, W.S. Murdoch, G.C. Nash, J.G.B. Nerdrum, Mrs Ranken, C. Richards, W.E. Roth, John S. Skeet, Howard Slater, J. Malbon Thompson, Taylor White and John G. Withnell.  

BOXES 4-5: 
ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES
Survey forms and correspondence received by the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia regarding Aboriginal place names, 1899-1903, 1921-1926

BOXES 6-7:
ABORIGINAL VOCABULARY
Survey forms, lists and correspondence received by the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia regarding Aboriginal vocabulary, 1893-1902, 1922

BOX 7/FOLDER 4: PAPERS OF ALAN CARROLL, 1886-1892

Author/Artist entries:
Archibald, A. T.
Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951
Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931
Bingham, Hiram, 1831-1908
Bowler, A. C. R.
Bray, Joshua
Bucknell, F. N. 
Bucknell, William Wentworth, 1858-1926
Cameron, A. L. P.
Carroll, Alan, ca. 1823-1911
Carruthers, J. H. (Joseph Hector), 1857-1932
Chisholm, J. R. 
Close, John H.
Dorph, William P. F. 
Enright, W. J.
Farnell, Frank, 1862-1928
Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907
Fox, M.
Fraser, A. 
Greenway, Charles Capel, 1818-1905
Gribble, E. R. B. (Ernest Richard Bulmer), 1869-1957
Harper, Walter R
Hassall, W. W.
Henderson, William R.
Howitt, A. W. (Alfred William), 1830-1908
Ivens, W. G. (Walter George), b. 1871
Izett, D.
Jardine, William
King, Georgina
Macdonald, D. (Daniel), 1846-1927
McDougall, A. C.
Mackie, Robert
Mann, John F. (John Frederick), 1819-1907
Mathew, John, 1849-1929
Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918
Murray, A. W. (Archibald Wright), d. 1892
Nash, G. C. 
Nerdrum, J. G. B.
Parkes, Henry, Sir, 1815-1896
Petrie, Constance Campbell
Ranken, Mrs
Richards, C.
Richardson, T. L.
Roth, Walter Edmund, 1861?-1933
Rudder, Eugene F.
Skeet, John S.
Slater, Howard
Stow, Catherine, 1856-1940
Thompson, J. Malbon
White, Taylor
Withnell, John G

Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia records, 1885-1914, with additional material, 1921-1926, 1991, and papers of Alan Carroll, 1886-1892

MLMSS 144/BOX 1

Papers regarding various organisations with which Carroll was associated:
Commercial Pastoral  and Agricultural Association of New South Wales: Annual reports 1888-1889
National or Union-Democratic League: notes and leaflet listing objectives, with rough copies of letters sent 1891 and rough minutes 1891-1893
Australian Land-Users' Union League: notes regarding objectives of the League, and rough copies of letters, 1899.
Royal Anthropological Society: letters and notes 1899-1900
Child Study Association of Australia: letters, notes and prospectus 1902-1904.
Universal Agency Company: notes, with notes on a newspaper to be called 'Australian'.

Notes by Carroll including 'A non-political Agriculture Department,' and a proposal for Land-Users' League.

MSS Collected by Carroll including: 'Information obtained from Shoalhaen Aboriginals', author and date unknown; incomplete MS by Rev. L.E. 

Threlkeld of St. Matthew's gospel in the Awabakal language 1837; incomplete grammar by Threlkeld (?) of an aboriginal language.
Notes made by Carroll from anthropological/ethnological sources 

MLMSS 144/BOX 2
Notes made by Carroll from anthropological/ethnological sources, No date 
Includes 5 albumen photographs: 2 photographs of carved trees, one captioned on verso “Carved tree at Wellington NSW”; three full length studio portraits of an unidentified Aboriginal man, one captioned on verso “N.S. Wales – probably Illawarra district”

Dr Alan Carroll papers, 1837-ca. 1904

Series 01
Papers relating to the Child Study Association of Australasia, later known as the Child Study and Adult Health Association of Australia and the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales

Series 02
Papers relating to Anthropology

Series 03
Other papers relating to Federation, political reform, Theosophical Society, Australian Home Reading Union, Horticulture, The Pastoralists of Australia, Northern Australian Settlement Company Ltd., an essay on Dramatic Art and a short story entitled ‘Morning in the Asylum’

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Alan Carroll papers, 1868-1902

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Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia records, 1885-1914, with additional material, 1921-1926, 1991, and papers of Alan Carroll, 1886-1892

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Dr Alan Carroll papers, 1837-ca. 1904

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Alan Carroll further papers, 1855-1911, together with further records of the Child Study and Adult Health Association of Australia, 1897-1927

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