Correspondence to, and papers of, James (Kenneth) and Mabel Mackay, 1901 - 1915

Containers:: Box 30
Component identifier:: File 109
Content Summary:: Includes letters to each other and from other family members. Also includes letters relating to the Boer War, including letters from General (later) Birdwood, Brigadier General Chesham and Field Marshall Lord Methuan; and messages of congratulations on 1901 conferral on James of CB and his 1912 gazettal of Command First Light Horse Brigade. Also includes letter from Rudyard Kipling (17/4/1909), and five letters from Jessie Ackermann (social reformer, traveller, journalist)
Immediate source of acquisition:: The papers were acquired from the Mackay Family in 2011.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6859301).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia