423147
- TitleClarke family papers, 1789-1951
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 139
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1789-1951 - Type of material
- Reference code423147
- Issue CopyPhotocopy : 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 - Physical Description74 vols., 32 boxes, 7 folders, 4 portfolios
- Collection historyIn 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 Government House. The Garden Palace had been built specifically to house the Sydney International Exhibition, 1879-1880, after which it was used for concerts and storage of government records. however, in 1882 the building was destroyed by fire and with it the scientific records of the Rev. W. B. Clarke which had been purchased in 1878. In 1929, 1935 and 1948 the Library acquired some papers of Reverend W. B. Clarke from his grandson, W.B. Clarke. Further transfers were concluded between 1944-1961 with other members of the family, Lindsay Clarke and Barbara Chapman nee Clarke. Owing to the nature of their separate transfers to the Library, the apers were accessioned and catalogued as different collections. As they share the same provenance these papers have now been brought together and are all filed at MLMSS 139. Previous location numbers: MLMSS 141, MLMSS 368, MLMSS 454, MLMSS 490, MLDOC 1395, C 130, B 57, Ac 63
- Scope and ContentCollection 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, 1839-1951, mainly relating to his clerical charges. Also correspondence, 1839-1908, including letters from W. G. Broughton. Papers re St. Thomas' Church. Papers re geology of N.S.W., 1831-1902, including papers re publication of Southern Goldfields. Also account book, list of books etc.; Papers of M. W. S. Clarke, 1856-1897. Academic Degrees, 1856-1866; commissions and papers, Volunteer Artillery N.S.W. 1866-1876; miscellaneous papers, 1856-1897, including miner's rights, correspondence and hunting register.
This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.834
SERIES 01
Reverend William Branwhite Clarke papers, 1789, 1810-1878
SERIES 02
Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke papers, ca. 1822-1917
SERIES 03
Maria Moreton Clarke nee Stather papers, 1833-1879
SERIES 04
Georgina Alice Clarke nee Mann papers, 1855-1870
SERIES 05
William Clarke papers, ca. 1806
SERIES 06
Sarah Clarke nee Branwhite papers, 1838-1855
SERIES 07
William Branthwaite Clarke papers, 1838-1855
SERIES 08
Miscellaneous papers, 1833-1941
SERIES 09
Associated papers
SERIES 10
Incidental papers, 1932 - Language
- Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Finding AidsRead the transcription of MLMSS 139/55 here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D00195/a1841.htm
- 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.) - Open Rosetta viewer
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