Guide to the Papers of Lister and Edna Hopkins, 1841-2007

 

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Summary

Collection number:
MS Acc09.065, MS Acc24.064, MS Acc24.093
Creator:
Hopkins , Lister George and Hopkins, Edna Mary (1920-1996)
Extent:
(27 ms boxes + 11 audiovisual carriers + 2 digital carriers)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Lister and Edna Hopkins, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

MS Acc09.065 comprises papers accumulated separately by Lister and Edna Hopkins during the course of their careers. There is also extensive correspondence, both family and business, including a number of letters written while on various postings, providing a picture of life in the British Colonies at that time. There are diaries of Lister Hopkins, narrative in style, from his time in Palestine, Jamaica, Lebanon and following his retirement together with a number of subject files he created. There are early family history papers relating to a biography written by Lister Hopkins of his father, entitled Francis Lister Hopkins 1878-1926.

MS Acc24.064 comprises two large envelopes consisting of correspondence between the couple. The first envelope includes 107 letters and telegrams between Edna and Lister leading up to their wedding in Jerusalem from July 1940 to April 1941. The second envelope includes 129 letters and telegrams from Edna to Lister in Jamaica, 1948-1949.

MS Acc24.093 comprises more correspondence between the couple. One folder included the letters between Edna and Lister Hopkins over the span of two decades. Also featured are photographs on Edna Leven in her early years to early 1941 and records of her later impressions, then as Edna Hopkins, of Jamaica and Lebanon.

Collection Retrieval Advice:

Please note: each class in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Reading Room Access Note:

For preservation reasons, we are unable to deliver digital and audiovisual carriers to the Special Collections Reading Room. Please contact Ask a Librarian to enquire about access.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4608094).
Conditions Governing Use:
Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4608094).
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Lister and Edna Hopkins, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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