Guide to the Transcripts, 1919-1927

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 74
Creator:
Mathilde Elizabeth Deane
Extent:
1.6 metres and (10 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], [Transcripts], National Library of Australia, MS 74, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Biographical Note:

Mathilde Elizabeth Deane was the daughter of the notable engineer Henry Deane. In 1913 she moved with her father from Sydney to Melbourne and for some years worked for publishers, including Critchley Parker and Thomas Lothien. In May 1919 she was engaged by the Public Library of New South Wales to make typescript transcripts of the despatches of the Governor of Victoria for the period 1851-60, in the Public Library of Victoria. She completed the task in 1922 and then compiled an index to the despatches, as well as transcribing letters of Matthew Flinders. In 1926 Deane emigrated to England, where she remained permanently. She transcribed Victorian despatches and other papers not held in Melbourne or Sydney, at the Public Record Office in London, but gave up the work on account of ill-health in 1930.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The transcripts were purchased from Miss Deane in 1921-30. Further transcripts and other family papers acquired from Miss Deane in 1958 are held at MS 60.

Indexed terms

Names:
Mathilde Elizabeth Deane

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-vn2911409).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], [Transcripts], National Library of Australia, MS 74, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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