Norman family papers, ca. 1870-1989

MLMSS 8132/Box 1X

fonds

ca. 1870-1989

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

118215

0.70 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - manuscripts, photocopies, typescripts

Richard Leonard Norman (1850-1917), was Arthur Leonard Norman’s grandfather. Richard left England 24th September 1870 on sailing ship Zealandia for New Zealand, arriving in Lyttleton on 24th December 1870, the furthest trip ever for a sailing vessel up to that time. He left Lyttleton 3rd July 1871 on the steamship Allambra, called at Wellington, Greymoth in New Zealand and arrived in Melbourne 29th July 1871. On 31 July 1871 he entered Sydney Heads in S.S. Hero.

Reference:
Library Correspondence File
Compiled from the collection

Richard Leonard Norman's diary of a ‘Journey from Derby, England to New Zealand in Ship Zealandia’, 20 September 1870-18 May 1872, describes the weather, ocean conditions, ships seen, his health and passengers on board, with poems and newscutting ‘The Catalan Forge’.

Biographical notes relating to Richard Leonard Norman (1850-1917), by his grandson Arthur Leonard Norman, with annotated photocopies and typed transcripts of sections of Richard’s diary, and a typed transcript of letter from Nagasaki, Japan by Arthur Norman to his older brother Richard Leonard in Australia, 1 May 1876.

Typed proofs of unpublished poems by Brian Robson attached to covering autograph letter signed from Arthur Leonard Norman to the Mitchell Library, December 1968-16 September 1989, relating to a dispute over the inclusion of an illustration by Norman Lindsay. Also includes autograph letter signed from Brian Dobson to his publisher Walter Stone, 25 September 1963, relating to a suggestion for the title page.

Mounted photographic copies of Grand View Hotel in Wentworth Falls and Blue Mountain Hotel, including copies by Dorothy Dupain, ca. 1910-1969

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which the author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Out of copyright: Photographs created before 1955

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2011-2012