Guide to the Journals of Thomas Hodgkin (as filmed by the AJCP), 22 January 1909-January 1910

Summary

Collection number:

M1918

Creator:

Hodgkin, Thomas, 1831-1913

Extent:

9 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Journals kept by Hodgkin on voyage on the Orontes from Tilbury to Melbourne (January-March 1909), and during his trips to Tasmania, New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and journey back to England on the Orontes and Otranto (November 1909-January 1910).

He was accompanied by his wife Lucy Hodgkin, his daughter Violet Hodgkin and his son George Hodgkin. The principal purpose of the trip was to meet Quaker communities in the main Australasian cities and to attend the General Meeting of Australian Friends in Adelaide.

Includes impressions of places he visited, members of the Quaker communities in the main Australian cities, and the General Meeting of Australian Friends in Adelaide.

The journals contain some photographs of people, including the General Meeting at Adelaide, and cuttings, mainly of interviews with Hodgkin.

Biographical / Historical:

Thomas Hodgkin (1831-1913). Banker and historian. Educated at Grove House, Tottenham, and University College, London. In 1859 he helped establish the banking firm of Hodgkin, Barnett, Pease and Spence at Newcastle upon Tyne, and he remained a partner until it was absorbed by Lloyds Bank in 1902. In his spare time he pursued historical and archaeological studies, his most outstanding work being Italy and her invaders, published in 1879-1899. He was an active member of the Quaker community.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2283524] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Special Collections, Robinson Library, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Collection Reference TH A5. For further information see Thomas Hodgkin at the Library of the University of Newcastle (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/collections/collection_details.php?id=151).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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