Guide to the Collections held by the John Rylands Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1793-1978

Summary

Collection number:

M2975-2979

Creator:

John Rylands University Library of Manchester

Extent:

342 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Lt James Colnett Journal, 1793-1794, Eng. MS 53. The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester. (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-771813686/findingaid#nla-obj-807052998).

Availability:

Not for loan

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Journal 1793-94 of Lieut. James Colnett kept on whaling and exploring voyages in the Pacific on the Rattler.

Autograph collection of Thomas Raffles 1815-74, including King Kamehameha IV, Queen Emma, Queen Pomare, William Howe, Rev. Samuel Marsden and Rev. Richard Fletcher.

Autobiography of A.H. Gibson, a farmer of Ngaio, New Zealand, 1931.

Papers 1930-88 of the philosopher Samuel Alexander, mostly referring to his early life in Australia.

Correspondence 1940-45 of Sir Claude Auchinleck. Subjects include: difficulties in relieving Australians at Tobruk; situation in Middle East; change of government in Australia; New Zealand troops in Syria and Egypt; Australian troops in Cyprus; Australian and New Zealand troops in Palestine and Syria; and French and Dutch forces in post-war Indo-China and Indonesia. Correspondents include R.G. Casey, Winston Churchill, Sir John Dill, Sir Alan Brooke and Lieut. Gen. N.M. Ritchie.

Records 1943-56 of the Manchester Guardian. They include: correspondence on code of ethics of New South Wales District of Australian Journalists' Association; test matches (cricket); emigration to Australia and New Zealand; David Low's coronation cartoons; Australia's Pacific policy; and 1949 election in Australia. Correspondents include Rohan Rivett, Douglas Wilkie, Sir David Low, M.R. Lamshed and Allan Fleming.

Papers 1954-65 of Hugh Hunt, Executive Officer of Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. Includes a file on a Sydney production of Peer Gynt, correspondence and cuttings.

Papers 1942-67 of Major General Dorman O'Gowan, referring to Australian and New Zealand troops in North Africa and Middle East.

Papers 1912-40 of historian James Tait, including letters of F.L. Wood.

Papers 1889-1929 of historian Thomas F. Tout, including letters of A.A. Finch of Dunedin and Francis Johnstone of Perth.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1721464] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, England.

For further information see The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester (https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/)

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, from The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester.

For more information contact The Johyn Rylands Library, University of Manchester [https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/]

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Lt James Colnett Journal, 1793-1794, Eng. MS 53. The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester. (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-771813686/findingaid#nla-obj-807052998).

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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