13. Correspondence about 1920 visit of Prince of Wales, 1919-1920

Containers:

Box 6

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Series

Content Summary:

Correspondence from 1919-1920 with those planning the tour and details of the tour itself. Not in chronological order. Subjects are all arrangements for the tour; its conduct and success; strain on the Prince's health due to tour; problems of procedure; Sydney's request that Prince land in Sydney first rather than Melbourne; two letter from the Prince to Novar about the tour. Comprises Items 4131-4427.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were received in 1961 from Mr A.B.L. Munro Ferguson and the Trustees of the late Viscount Novar. Thirty photographs copied from the Novar albums in the possession of Mr Munro Ferguson were added to the collection in 1985. Subsequent additions include five illuminated manuscripts purchased from a dealer in 1990 and transcripts of extracts from Novar's diaries donated by Professor John Poynter in 1997. Six volumes of diaries, on long-term loan from Mr Ronald Munro Ferguson (great nephew of Lord Novar), were added to the collection on 12 January 2004. The diaries were kept by Lord Novar while he was Governor General of Australia between 1915 and 1920.

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