Kew Collectors Series: correspondence and lists 1800-59; specimens collected by John Amstrong, George Barclay, George Caley, Allan Cunningham, William Grant Milne and Berthold C. Seemann, Correspondents include Sir Joseph Banks, William T. Aiton and James Bowie.
As well as papers concerned with the religious activities of the missionaries, much of the material in this collection includes writings, and incidental observations, on exploration, anthropology, linguistics, trade and economics, education, publishing, agriculture and social conditions. Political events closely affected the mission stations and are documented in the Society's records, including the proclamation of a British Protectorate in eastern New Guinea in 1884.
General and scientific correspondence (ca. 4500 letters), the 850 correspondents including John Tyndall, Sir Joseph Hooker, Michael Foster, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles Lyell, Alexander Agassiz, Rev. Benjamin Jowett and Herbert Spencer (arranged in alphabetical order); nearly all the letters exchanged between T.H. Huxley and his wife from 1847-1895; letters written to Mrs Huxley and to his son, Dr Leonard Huxley; notes, drawings and photographs used in the preparation of scientific papers and lectures; diaries and sketchbooks kept on the voyage of Rattlesnake; manuscripts of a number of his books and contributions to journals; engagement diaries; newspaper cuttings and other printed material.
The papers comprise correspondence, memoranda, addresses by Hughes, William McMahon and other ministers, press releases, case transcripts, parliamentary speeches and questions, committee reports, subject files, newspaper cuttings and other papers.
Post 34. Selections from minutes 1828-1900 from the Secretary of the Post Office to the Postmaster-General dealing with overseas mail services, including legislation, contracts, rates, international agreements and shipping routes.
Papers 1893-1929 of anthropologist and curator Henry Balfour. They include diaries June-November 1914 of a visit to Sydney, Queensland, Bali, Java, Singapore and Malaya, and papers on Easter Island and Tasmanian archaeology. Correspondents include Kathleen S. Routledge, W. Scoresby Routledge, T.R. Johnson and C.M. Woodford.
Correspondence, speeches, articles, notes, press cuttings, receipts, income tax returns, electoral returns, an account book, leaflets, a 1900 pocket diary and photographs. The correspondence includes material on political and trade union matters, most of which falls within the period of Watson's term in Federal Parliament from 1901 to 1910. Subjects include the choice of a site for a federal capital, progressive land tax, conscription, and Watson's retirement from the position of leader of the Labour Party in 1907. Correspondents include Sir Edmund Barton, Sir John Langdon Bonython, Alfred Deakin, Henry Bournes Higgins, Sir Isaac Isaacs, Sir George Houston Reid, Thomas Price, William Morris Hughes, George Beeby, J.S. Collings, Sir Joseph Carruthers, William Dyson, Lord Novar, B.R. Wise, J. Ramsay MacDonald, S.M. Mowle, R. Jebb, J.W. Gregory, and J.M. Toomey. Also included are various speeches, articles and notes relating mainly to Watson's political career, press cuttings (mainly relating to Watson's retirement), receipts, income tax returns, electoral returns, an account book, leaflets, a pocket diary for 1900, and photographs.
The collection comprises correspondence, printed materials, notebooks, notes, business papers, photographs, menus, programs, and invitations relating to Hall's career and his book The Manufacturers.
Committee and sub-committee meeting minutes 1799-1884. The minutes contain extracts from and summaries of reports, letters and decisions reached. The correspondence includes letters from aspiring missionaries and letters addressing missionary activity. The minutes include lists of expenses, supplies to be forwarded to the mission stations, bequests and donations.