Scott family - papers, being material belonging to Mary Anne Scott, 1880-1893

MLMSS 5076

series

1880-1893

404009

1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)

Mary Anne Scott was the daughter of Helenus Scott and Sarah Anne, nee Rusden. She was a younger sister of Rose Scott, feminist, and was known to her family as 'Millie'. In 1880 she married Canon Bowyer Shaw.
Mary Anne Scott was a cousin of Harriet and Helena Scott, noted artists and naturalists, daughters of Alexander Walker Scott, entemologist, and Harriet, nee Calcott.

1880; Certificate of Marriage, 8 June 1880, between Bowyer E. Shaw and Mary Anne Scott
1889; 'The Heroine of the Hurricane', being Ms. poem with corrections, signed S.A. Scott (Sarah Anne known as Saranna), and dated June 1889
1893; Letter received by Mary Anne Shaw (nee Scott) from J. Shaw mainly concerning family matters
Date unknown; 'The Laughing Jackass', being Ms. notes on the Kookaburra, possibly written by Helena or Harriet Scott, cousins of Mary Anne Shaw

Papers were accompanied by pictorial material now located at PXA 543. The papers and pictorial material were originally included in a folio of drawings by Harriet and Helena Scott, which had been in the possession of their cousin Mary Anne Shaw, nee Scott.