Large album

Containers:

Box 8

Component identifier:

File 23

Content Summary:

Photo of Mrs Plabbin (Latvian friend of Anderson family); two coupon books, Sydney; assorted loose papers and ephemera; birthday cards; personal letter to J.S.A. from his daughter, 1925; envelope from USA; letter from daughter to J.S.A announcing her forthcoming marriage (did not eventuate); letter-card from daughter, 1949; letter from Elgar Grissler(?), Grafton; greeting card to Wanda Anderson (daughter - schoolteacher) from a pupil: three envelopes (Lodge?); invitation to attend party for Latvian Consul, 1933; farewell to Wanda Anderson from her pupils, ca. 1928; invitation from Latvian Consul 1923 to attend the Latvian Lihgo (festival); newspaper clipping reporting on the Lihgo; Sydney Latvian Club 1937 donation receipt (J.S.A. was Secretary from ca. 1928 when it began until 1939/40 when it finished(?);press clipping 1930s on Latvian music; carillon recital invitation to above; subscription card to Friendly Society of Nations for Regina Anderson (Earl Ewers' mother); invitation to social dance for above society; newspaper article re Latvian Independence Day celebrations; 1929 Pocket calendar from Loco Hotel, Auburn (one of Anderson's businesses); brochure for 'Stae-on' eyeglasses; house whisky and rum labels for the Loco Hotel, Auburn; 'How to Vote' card for J.T. Lang (Lang lived in Auburn in the 1930s and was a real estate agent); Christmas greeting cards 1951-52 and 1957 from Latvian Consul; Latvian card 1948; Andrys Leepa Repatriation(?) fund - Sydney Latvian Club with list of donors and club members; envelope to J.S.A, Port Kembla, from Latvia; labels with Latvian text; envelope addressed to J.S.A.; Mother's Day greeting card; newspaper cover from Latvia; business card for Emily Ceilava (Latvian music teacher and member of Latvian Club; photo of J.S.A. and Louise's grave; Church of England flower show schedule (Earl Ewers' mother was Secretary); newspaper Ashfield Argus 1951 containing article on Louise's 100th birthday and details of her life and family; envelope from Mildura to Sydney Latvian Club; TV Today guide, 1966; letter-card from Regina to family 1960; two calling cards (possibly Latvian Club members); 1958 diary (unused); 1932 calendar with kangaroo on cover; greetings cards; 1932 invitation letter; letter and photo of motor car; transcript of tombstone for Louise Anderson 1851- 1956; Sunday School book 1950s; letter from Francis Anderson in RAAF, Townsville 1945; invitation to dinner; Intermediate Certificate for Max (cousin of Earl Ewers) who committed suicide in 1965; various newspaper clippings; colour postcard of spinning wheel; timber merchant's sheet written in Latvian; mourning cards, Louise 1908-56; stencils for lion and griffin (Latvia's coat of arms) used for 1938 Australian sesquicentennial celebrations; photograph of J.S.A. taken soon after his arrival in Australia (notes on back by Earl Ewers)

Immediate source of acquisition:

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).

Names:

Earl Ewers

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