Bethia Foott further papers of the Anderson family, 1824-1870, 1981-1995

MLMSS 5294 ADD-ON 2042/Box 1
MLMSS 5294 ADD-ON 2042/Item 2X
VT 662

fonds

1824-1870, 1981-1995

Textual Records, Clippings, Photographs, Moving Images

100057

Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Clippings
Photographs
Moving Images - video recordings
1 box and 1 outsize item of textual material

Bethia Foott (1907-1995) was born Grace Gwendoline Bethia Anderson, the daughter of Brigadier A.T. and Ethel Anderson. As a writer, she contributed articles to The Bulletin and other journals as well as publishing several books including We drove the Americans (1944), Dismissal of a premier (1968) and a biography of her parents, Ethel and the Governors' General (1992). She married Colonel T.H.B. (Allan) Foott in 1931 and after his death in 1952 she married Herbert Ogden.

BOX 1
1981-1995; General correspondence. Mainly letters received by Bethia Foott.
1988-1993; Letters received by Bethia Foott from Heather Johnson
1992, undated; Material relating to Ethel and the Governors' General by Bethia Foott. Includes bound proof copy together with various extracts and drafts. Also includes newspaper cuttings of reviews and photograph of Ethel Anderson which appeared in the book.

ITEM 2X
1824; Degree in medicine from the University of Edinburgh (in Latin) presented to James Anderson
1870; Address (in French) presented to William Mather Anderson, member of the Legislative Council and Director of the Oriental Bank in Mauritius, on the occasion of his departure from Mauritius.

VT 662
c.1990; Video depicting the restoration of the mural in the Children's chapel in St James' Church, Sydney.

English, French, Latin