Series 01: E. H. (Edward Herbert) Farmer files 1-14, 1825-1993

MLMSS 7703/Boxes 1-14

series

1825-1993

861705

Partially Microfilmed : CY 4961, frames 1-633 (MLMSS 7703/Box 6/File 5 A-C, F-G)

BOX 1

File 1: A. - Letters received from J. M. (Milt) Barry, 1937-1965, and Sylvia Barry, 1968
File 1: B. - Letters received from, and related to, Harry Rembert, 1948-1964, Date unknown
File 1: C. - Correspondence, 1937-1944, Date unknown, being mainly letters received, with Norman R. Robertson
File 1: D. - Letters received from John B. Colbourn, 1938-1957, and Kathleen Elizabeth Colbourn, 1945-1957
File 1: E. - Correspondence, 1952-1990, being mainly letters received, with the Yeap family, mainly Kee Yeap, 1952-1990, and Rosemary Yeap, 1970, Date unknown
File 1: F. - Correspondence, 1947-1952, 1990, being mainly letters received, with Buff [A. A. Fraser]
File 1: G. - Correspondence, 1948-1988, with Browne family, being John H. L. Browne, 1948-1971, with eulogy by Farmer, 22 Sept. 1980, and letters received from Dick Weight, 1964-1965; Gillian Wyatt Browne, 1950, 1965, 1985, 1988, Date unknown; Clemency Browne, 1961, Date unknown; and Rollo [Roland Browne], 1964-1968
File 1: G. (Continued) - Letters received from Brian Courtney, 1960-1963, 1971
File 1: H. - Letters received from Aunt Lucy [?], 1923, 1952-1958
File 1: I.-J. - Letters received from Alice Peel, 1958-1980, Date unknown
File 1: K. - Letters received from Thomas family, 1928-1976, mainly Annie Thomas, Ethel M. Thomas and Phoebe Thomas
File 1: L. - Letters received from C. Douglas Smith, 1950-1967
File 1: M. - Letters received from fellow residents and ex-residents of Lansdowne Guest House (Neutral Bay, N.S.W.), 1938-1978
File 1: N.-O.- Correspondence, 1937-ca. 1970, being mainly letters received, with staff and ex-staff of Leighton Irwin, Architects, including, T. S. Brammall, 1941-1942; Joyce Green, 1938; Joyce Graham, Date unknown; Leighton Irwin, 1952, Joan Russo, 1968, Date unknown; and Charles Weatherburn, 1961?; with letter from Leighton Irwin to Cobden Parkes, 1951
File 1: P.-Q. - Correspondence, 1942-1990, being mainly letters received, mainly with staff and ex-staff of Government Architect's Branch, N.S.W. Department of Public Works. Correspondents include Harry R. Bailey, 1971; Peter Bridges, 1979?; Jack Clayton, 1966-1968; A. L. (Leslie) Fielding, 1967; Joyce Graham, 1950-1989; Peter Hall, 1959; John G. King, 1942, 1958; Guy Tasman Lovell, 1947-1948, 1952; A. McKnight, 1966; Joyce Mills, 1952, Date unknown; Harold R. W. (Bob) Orr, 1945; John R. Paynter, 1965-1966; Codben Parkes, 1944, 1949; Joan Russo, 1968, Date unknown; Val Valentine, 1963, 1968; Charles Weatherburn, 1965-1966, 1986; and Peter Webber, 1959-1961, 1967
File 1: S. - Correspondence, 1956-1984, concerning the University of New England (Armidale, N.S.W.), mainly with Zelman Cowen, T. C. Lamble, R. B. Madgwick, Tony O'Farrell and W. M. (Bill) Robb
File 1: T. - Letters received from friends in the Northern Territory, being Jim Dewey, 1956-1964; Marjorie Dewey, 1961; and Anson Gilchrist, 1949

BOX 2

File 2: A. - Letters received from Betty Perry (De Mole), 1939-1990, and Denis De Mole, 1954-1957, Date unknown, with enclosed photo of Farmer, 1928
File 2: B. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1958
File 2: C. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1959
File 2: D. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1960
File 2: E. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1961
File 2: F. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1962
File 2: G. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1963, with letter received from Jenny Hudson, nee De Mole
File 2: H. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1964
File 2: I.-J. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1965-1967, with letters received from Pat De Mole, 1976, 1982
File 2: K. - Correspondence, 1928-1969, being mainly letters received, with Charles E. Moorhouse, with related letters received from Dorothea M. Topp, 1938-1939; Catherine Moorhouse, 1939, Date unknown; and Jane Moorhouse, 1965, 1968
File 2: L. - Correspondence, 1971-1993, Date unknown, being mainly letters received, with Charles E. Moorhouse, 1971-1993; Joyce Havyatt, 1991; Jane Moorhouse; and Owen Hannaway, 1972 (Photographs enclosed with Charles E. Moorhouse's letters of 26-27 Oct. 1978, 22 June 1991 and 1 Oct. 1992)
File 2: M. - Letters received from cousin, Effie [Ethel T. Stoneman], 1938-1973, with copy of The Psyching of Oz: A Photographic History of Psychology in Australia (1989) received from co-author, Alison Turtle
File 2: X.-Y.-Z. - Letters from Farmer to Denis De Mole, 1928-1975, returned to Farmer as enclosures in letter received from Pat De Mole, 11 Feb. 1977, with other letters received from Pat De Mole, 1978, 1980

BOX 3

File 3: A. - 'Historic bits & pieces', being miscellaneous papers, 1910-1980, including copy of the will of Alice May Farmer, 20 Nov. 1956; accounts, bills and receipts; plans; and correspondence mainly with Professor Hans Bach (Aarhus, Denmark), 1965, 1969; Cobden Parkes, 1956; and J. L. J. Wilson, 1967
File 3: B. - 'Miscellaneous letters', being correspondence, 1924-1980, mainly with Hanna Bacon, 1978; Beryl Chapman, 1965; Sir Raphael Cilento, 1965; F. A. Bland, 1949; Lorna Byass, 1954, 1967; A. L. (Leslie) Fielding, 1967; Isabel L. Imes, 1941; Percy W. Kernot, 1938; Vilhelm Lassen Jordan, 1980; Margo Lewers, 1962; Norman Macgeorge, 1938; W. L. Macgowan, 1938; Henry Roberts, 1968; Charles Weatherburn, 1972; Bruce Williams, 1980;
File 3: C. - 'Miscellaneous cards', 1941-198-, being greeting cards received mainly from Norman Allan, Lorna and Clive Backhouse, Tom and Lenore Bass, Isabel L. Imes, Margo Lewers, Mick Lewis (Ove Arup & Partners), and Christmas cards from the Government Architect's Branch
File 3: D. - 'Children's early drawings and letters', 194--1990, being from Farmer's children and grandchildren, including school reports, greeting cards and letters received
File 3: E. - 'Early receipts', ca. 1940-1974

BOX 4

File 3: G. - 'My letters home 1964', being letters, including transcripts, from Farmer to his family during his trip to England, Europe and the United States, 22 Apr.-2 Sept. 1964
File 3: H. - 'Letters to me in 1964', being letters received from Farmer's wife and children and, among others, Beryl Chapman, Sir Raphael Cilento, A. Grove Day, R. A. (Allan) Johnson, T. C. Lamble, A. S. Luchetti, John H. McClemens, A. H. McDonald, E. H. (Harry) Rembert, R. N. Walker (Director, National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.)), Charles Weatherburn and Kee Yeap
File 4: I.-J. - Miscellaneous papers concerning overseas trip, 1964, including letters of introduction from A. S. Luchetti, and cash book of expenses; correspondence with John H. McClemens, (President, Natonal Trust of Australia (N.S.W.)) and H. J. Russell (Secretary, Australian National Advisory Committee for UNESCO); and papers concerning 2nd International Congress of the Architects and Technicians of Historical Monuments, Venice, May 1964
File 3: O. - 'Special Christmas cards', 1958-1990, including other greeting cards, from, among others, Norman Allan, Harry R. Bailey, Joyce Graham and John Kerr
File 3: P.-Q. - 'Cards by Bill Gale', 195--196-
File 3: R. - Cards by and from Dr Douglas J. Anderson, 1947-1969, with letters received from him, 1966, 1970

BOX 5

File 4: A. - 'People', 1927, 1954-1989, being mainly newscuttings, including articles, death notices and obituaries, concerning friends and associates, among others, J. M. Freeland, Ron Kesssler, Robin Boyd, Tom Bass, Norman Allan, Morton Herman, Margo Lewers, Jack Farrington, Professor G. P. Webber, David Saunders, Leighton Francis Irwin, Professor John Read, E. H. Rembert, Sir John Goodsell, Sir Herbert Schlink, Arthur Norman Baldwinson, Alec Lazenby and Max Hatherly, with photograph of Government Architect's Office [?] cricket team, Nov. 1927, including Frank Irwin, Cobden Parkes and Harry Rembert
File 4: B. - 'People', 1960-1980, including Sir John Loewenthal, Ross King, Max Hatherly, Alan Bruce Lilley, G. D. Richardson, Nicholas Parkinson and John Henry McClemens
File 4: C. - 'People', 1952-1980, including Albert Montefiore Lake, John Henry McClemens, Walter Ralston Bunning, Arthur Norman Baldwinson, David Surrey Littlemore, Eric Alexander Dickson, Sir Zelman Cowen, Ken Wolley, Bryce Mortlock and Russell C. Jack
File 4: D. - Correspondence, 1970-1981, being mainly letters received, with australian diplomats, M. L. Johnston, 1974; Nicholas F. Parkinson, 1970-1981; and A. A. Parsons, 1974
File 4: E. - Letters received from Joe S. Rowe, 1975-1991, and his wife Bubbles Rowe, 1974, 1989-1993
File 4: H. - 'Letters to me when abroad in 1928', including letters received from Isabel L. Imes and Dr J. A. Smeal
File 4: I.-J. - Letters received from Bob Orr (Harold R. W. Orr), 1971
File 4: K. - Correspondence, 1986-1987, with State Library of New South Wales
File 4: L. - Correspondence, 1977-1986, with N.S.W. Department of Public Works concerning history project

BOX 6

File 5: A. - Letters from Edith S. Thistlethwaite, 1914-1923, to her mother and sisters, 14 May 1915-26 Dec. 1916; testimonials received for job applications; and personal documents, 1913-1921 (Issue microfilm : CY 4961, frames 1-227)

File 5: B. - Letters from Edith S. Thistlethwaite to her mother and sisters, 1 Jan. 1917-9 Apr. 1918 (Issue microfilm : CY 4961, frames 228-430)

File 5: C. - Letters from Edith S. Thistlethwaite to her sisters, Isabella Thistlethwaite, 22 Feb. 1915-9 Oct. 1917, and Alice Farmer, 1915-1916, with other letters received mainly from her mother, Mrs Isabella Thistlethwaite and Charles H. Copp, 1914-1918 (Issue microfilm : CY 4961, frames 431-541)

File 5: D. - Postcards received from Edith S. Thistlethwaite, 1912-1918; C. Barrie, 1914; and Charles H. Copp, 1915

File 5: E. - Photographs received from Edith S. Thistlethwaite, mainly of her war service as a nurse, and postcards received by her from Robert Henley, 29 Dec. 1918, and M. Ramsay, Date unknown. Part of State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I papers

File 5: F.-G. - Letters from Edith S. Thistlethwaite to her sister, Ethel Jane Thistlethwaite, 20 June 1915-26 Apr. 1917, 31 May 1921 (Issue microfilm : CY 4961, frames 542-633

BOX 7

File 6: A. - Letters from Farmer to his family, mainly his mother, Alice Farmer, with letter from Dorothie Farmer to her mother-in-law, 1937-1941
File 6: B. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, with letters from Dorothie Farmer to her mother-in-law, 1942
File 6: C. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1943
File 6: D. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1944
File 6: E. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, with letters from Dorothie Farmer to her mother-in-law, 1945
File 6: F. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1946
File 6: G. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1947
File 6: H. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, with letter from Dorothie Farmer to her mother-in-law, 1948
File 6: I.-J. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, with letters from Dorothie Farmer to her mother-in-law and Edith S. Thistlethwaite, 1949
File 6: K. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1950
File 6: L. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, with letters from Dorothie Farmer to her mother-in-law and Edith S. Thistlethwaite, 1951
File 6: M. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, with letters from Dorothie Framer to her mother-in-law and Edith S. Thistlethwaite, 1952
File 6: Mc - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, and aunt, Edith S. Thistlethwaite, with letter from Dorothie Farmer to her mother-in-law, 1953
File 6: N.-O. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, with letter from Dorothie Farmer to her mother-in-law, 1954
File 6: P.-Q. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, and aunt, Edith S. Thistlethwaite, with letter from Dorothie Farmer to Edith S. Thistlethwaite, 1955
File 6: R. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, and aunt, Edith S. Thistlethwaite, 1956
File 6: S. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, and aunt, Edith S. Thistlethwaite, 1957
File 6: T. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, and Uncle Bill [?], with letters from Dorothie Farmer to her mother-in-law and from Anne Farmer to her grandmother, 1959
File 6: U.-V. - Letters from Farmer to his aunts [Thistlethwaite] and Uncle Bill [?], with letter from Isabella Thistlethwaite to her great-nephew, Peter Farmer, containing photograph of Ted Farmer and his drawings completed when five-years-old, 1959
File 6: W. - Letters from Farmer to his aunts [Thistlethwaite] and Uncle Bill [?], with letter from Dorothie Farmer to Thistlethwaite sisters, and letter from Peter Farmer to great-aunt, Isabella Thistlethwaite, 1960
File 6: W.-Y.-Z. - Letters fro Farmer to Uncle Bill [?], with letter from Dorothie Farmer to Isabella Thistlethwaite and letters from Peter and Anne Farmer to great-aunt, Isabelle Thistlethwaite, 1961-1962

BOX 8

File 7: A. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1928, Date unknown
File 7: B. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1929
File 7: C. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1938
File 7: D. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1939
File 7: E. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1940
File 7: F. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1941, with letter received from Betty De Mole
File 7: G. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1943
File 7: I.-J. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1944
File 7: K. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1945
File 7: L. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1946
File 7: M. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1947
File 7: Mc - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1948
File 7: N.-O. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1949
File 7: P.-Q. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1950
File 7: R. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, with letter from Pat De Mole to Dorothie Farmer, 1951
File 7: S. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1952
File 7: T. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, with letter from Pat De Mole to Dorothie Framer, 1953
File 7: U.-V. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1954
File 7: W. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1955
File 7: X.-Y.-Z. - Letters received from Denis De Mole, 1956, 1963, with letter from Pat De Mole to Dorothie Farmer, 1956
File 8: A. - Newscuttings, 1928-1983, concerning family and friends, including birth, death and marriage notices
File 8: B. - Newscuttings and magazine excerpts, 1963-ca. 1990, concerning, among others, Leslie Wilkinson, Robin Boyd and Fisher Library (University of Sydney)
File 8: C. - Copies of Callan Park Mental Hospital Cerebral Surgery and Research Unit Annual Report, no. 1, 3 Dec. 1958-30 June 1959, and 1 July 1959-30 June 1960, both signed by Harry R. Bailey, with newscuttings concerning Callan Park and Dr Harry R. Bailey
File 8: D. - Correspondence, 1947-1953, being mainly letters received, with F. A. Bland, concerning tenancy of rental property, 'Rosslyn' (Cox Street, Glenbrook, N.S.W.), owned by Bland and his wife, Lillian Victoria Bland
File 8: K. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1929
File 8: L. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1930
File 8: M. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1931
File 8: Mc - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, with letter received from Robert O. Ellis, 1932
File 8: N.-O. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1933
File 8: P.-Q. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1934
File 8: R. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1935, with extracts from his diary, 26 Dec. 1934-14 Jan. 1935
File 8: S.-T. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1936-1937
File 8: U.-V. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1938
File 8: W. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1939
File 8: X.-Y.-Z. - Letters from Farmer to his mother, Alice Farmer, 1940

BOX 9

File 9: A. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings, 1970, with memorandum from Government Architect's Branch, 18 Aug. 1970, concerning visit of Yehudi Menuhin
File 9: B. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings and printed material, 1971
File 9: C. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings and printed material, 1972, with media release, 28 Aug. 1972, concerning selection of John Olsen to paint mural for Concert Hall
File 9: D.-E. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings and printed material, 1973, with letters received from G. F. Freudenstein, R. Gilling and Asher Joel
File 9: F.-G.-H. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings and printed material, 1973, with correspondence with Stuart Barton Babbage and G. Jonker (Editor, Bouw, Netherlands)
File 9: K. - Sydney Opera House - Planning Schedule for Official Opening, 20 Oct. 1973
File 9: M. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings and printed material, 1972-1989, with correspondence with Niels Vilhelm Jordan, 1983, and Lloyd Martin, 1980-1986
File 9: Mc (1) - Sydney Opera House - Papers, 1992-1993, concerning enclosed drafts of 'Twenty Years at the Sydney Opera House' by the Hon. Sir Davis Hughes, received for comment (Located at MLMSS 7703 BOX 26)
File 9: Mc (2) - Sydney Opera House - Papers, 1986-1992, concerning Sydney Opera House Oral History Project, including correspondence and corrected transcript of Ruth Thompson's interview with Farmer, 28 Mar. 1988 (Located at MLMSS 7703 BOX 27 : RESTRICTED)
File 9: N.-O. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings and notes, 1992-1993
File 9: P.-Q. - Sydney Opera House - Photographs from Jorn Utzon's Office, including Farmer and Utzon, 196-; correspondence mainly with Roy Grounds and Charles Moorhouse, 1967; and miscellaneous papers, 1959-1973, being newscuttings, printed material and copy of letter from Farmer to Asher Joel, 1973

BOX 10

File 10: A. - Sydney Opera House - Printed material, including Conditions of Competition [1955], reports, notes and newscuttings, 1962-1963
File 10: C. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings, 1964-1965 and extracts from Hansard, 29 Apr. 1964
File 10: D. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings and notes, 1966; and letter received from Peter Hall en route from Boston to New York, 24 June 1966
File 11: E. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings and notes, 1966; and letters received from Charles Moorhouse, 1966
File 10: F. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings, reports and notes, including 'Discussion with Roy Grounds of Melbourne', 11 Feb. 1967; correspondence, 1967, being mainly letters received, with, among others, Charles Weatherburn, S. Haviland, Davis Hughes and Peter Hall
File 10: G. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings, notes, printed material, photographs and 'Transcript of a tape recorded message from Mr Jorn Utzon played at a lunch hour Public Meeting in the Sydney Town Hall on Mon. 19th February 1968'
File 10: H. - Sydney Opera House - Newscuttings, notes and printed material, 1969

BOX 11

File 11: A. - Farmer and Thistlethwaite families - Papers, 1825-1960, being mainly correspondence and photographs, including carte de visite
File 11: B. - Farmer and Thistlethwaite families - Genealogical research papers, 1927-1989
File 11: D. - Farmer and Thistlethwaite families - Sympathy cards received on the death of Alice Mary Farmer, 1958; pocket notebooks (3) of Ted Farmer, 192-, 1938-1940, 1958- ; Birthday Register of Ethel Jane Thistlethwaite, 1859, 1885- ; papers, 1893-1919, of Edith S. Thistlethwaite, including letters received, 1893-1919, and photographs of her, colleagues and patients during her service as a nurse in World War II and at Woodman's Point Quarantine Station, W.A., 1919; and autograph book, 1907-1913, and pocket diary, 1948, of Edith S. Thistlethwaite
File 11: G. - Farmer and Thistlethwaite families - Financial and legal papers, 1873-1960
File 11: H. - Farmer and Thistlethwaite families - Correspondence of, among others, Edward Thistlethwaite, 1860, 1894, with letters from Margaret Abbott to her sister [?], 1851-1866
File 11: I.-J. - Farmer family - Papers, 1907-1927, including photographs (2) of Ted Farmer as a child, with his genealogical research papers, 1971-1985
File 11: K. - Genealogical research papers, 1934, 1988-1991, concerning the Farmer family, including correspondence with Beryl Parnell
File 11: L. - Letter received, with enclosures, from Pat Jackes, 3 Sept. 1991, concerning the Farmer family

BOX 12

File 12: A. - Letters from Farmer to his wife, 'Dod' [Dorothie Farmer], 1941-1981
File 12: B. - Letters received from 'Dod' [Dorothie Farmer], 1941-1988
File 12: C. - Letters received from family and friends, 1941-1966
File 12: D. - Letters received by Dorothie Farmer from family and friends, 1941-1969, with copy of her Intermediate Certificate, 1933
File 12: E. - Letters received by Dorothie Farmer from her brother, Bill Gibb, 1941-1945

BOX 13

File 13: 'Letters re Awards to me':
File 13: A. - Imperial Service Order, 1970, including congratulatory letters received
File 13: B. - CBE, 1976, including congratulatory letters received
File 13: C. - Doctor of Architecture honoris causa, University of Melbourne, 1976, including correspondence and photograph of Farmer
File 13: D. - Gold Medal, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, 1972, including congratulatory letters received
File 13: E. - Appointment as Government Architect, 1958, including congratulatory letters received from Tom Bass and Cobden Parkes
File 13: F. - Retirement, 1973, including correspondence, 1973-1975, with Marshall Green (U.S. Ambassador to Australia), Peter Hall, John W. Goodsell, and John H. McClemens
File 13: G. - Miscellaneous papers, 1958-1979, including newscuttings of personal mentions, notes, correspondence, pen and ink sketch of Farmer, and photograph of him receiving the RAIA Fellowship Diploma, 1970
File 13: H. - Curriculum Vitae, ca. 1960-1992, including historical notes on the Colonial Architect's Department

BOX 14

File 14: A.-B.-C. - 'My lectures, speeches, papers...', 1958-1967
File 14: D.-E. - 'My lectures, speeches, papers...', 1960-1980
File 14: F. - 'References for people'