Guide to the Papers of Earl Ewers, ca. 1880-2007

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9060, MS Acc06.127, MS Acc07.119
Creator:
Earl Ewers
Extent:
3.15 metres and (9 ms boxes + 1 carton + 1 map folio)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Earl Ewers, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The Ewers Papers include correspondence, diaries, notebooks, photographs, family documents and publications relating to several members of Ewers' family. The main focus of the papers is Latvian migration to Australia, but there is also a good deal of general information Australian social life and economic conditions. Much of this is revealed through documents of Ewers' grandfather, J.S. Anderson, who owned several businesses. Also significant are papers of William M. Nixon, Ewers' great-great grandfather, who was an early Australian photographer.

The families mentioned in the papers include Ewers, Anderson, Nixon and Ludlow.

Collection Retrieval Advice:

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

Provenance:

In 1994 the National Museum of Australia transferred to the Library some material which Earl Ewers had offered first to the Mitchell Library in Sydney and then to the Museum. It consisted of documents, photographs and objects which remained after the two previous institutions had made a selection. The National Library in turn made selections of items for its manuscript and ephemera collections. Earl Ewers made a small addition to the papers in July 2003 (Series 6, Pieces 2-4) and a further addition in July 2006 (Series 6, Folder 5).

Indexed terms

Names:
Earl Ewers

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn564400).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Papers of Earl Ewers, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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