Guide to the Papers of the Jevons Family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1850-1925

Summary

Collection number:

M2632 - M2633

Creator:

Jevons (family)

Extent:

45 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: Papers of the Jevons Family, Series JA/3: Thomas Jevons 1854-1855, The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-815343776/findingaid#nla-obj-903909145).

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Letters 1854-1868 of W.S. Jevons to his family in England describing his voyage to Australia and life in Sydney, including his work at the Mint.

Journal 1854-1858 and diaries 1856-1858 of W.S. Jevons, including a diary kept on a journey to the Sofala diggings in 1856.

Notebooks and cashbooks of W.S. Jevons, kept in Australia.

Letters 1862-1868 of Herbert Jevons to W.S. Jevons describing life in Sydney, Forbes, Nelson and Dunedin, including employment by Bank of New South Wales, and gold diggings.

Photographs of Sydney and Braidwood.

Biographical / Historical:

Willian Stanley Jevons (1835-1882), educated at University College, London. In 1854 he was appointed assayer at Sydney Mint and arrived in Sydney in October 1854. In addition to his professional work, he made detailed meteorological recordings, wrote several articles on the Australian climate, land and railway policy and became interested in wet-plate photography. He returned to England in 1859 and soon established a lasting reputation as an economist and logician. He was a Professor at Owens College, Manchester, 1863-1876 and at University College, London 1876-1880.

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-vn1067311] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, England.

Collection reference: GB 133 JA.

For further information see Jevons Family at the University of Manchester [https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/manchesteruniversity/data/gb133-ja].

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 John 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: Papers of the Jevons Family, Series JA/3: Thomas Jevons 1854-1855, The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-815343776/findingaid#nla-obj-903909145).

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

Contact us