Series 10: Eleanor M. Hinder - papers of A. Viola Smith, ca. 1850-1975

MLMSS 770/Boxes 27-34

series

ca. 1850 - 1975

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

153155

X. PAPERS OF A. VIOLA SMITH, ca. 1850-1975

A. Hinder family genealogy and chronology

196-; 'Compilation of known information concerning the generations in Australia of the Family of Eleanor Mary Hinder O.B.E. (1893-1963). Maternal Line. Vol. 1 : Stephen Tuckerman Line', compiled by A. Viola Smith. Cover is inscribed 'Work Copy A.V.S.' Includes biographical sketch of Smith's career by Hinder, Feb. 1963, with later additions and corrections by Smith (Call No.: MLMSS 770/27/1)
196--1975; 'Maternal Line Vol. 2' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/27/2)
196--1970; 'Compilation of known information concerning the generations in Australia of the Family of Eleanor Mary Hinder O.B.E. (1893-1963). The Paternal Line', compiled by A. Viola Smith. Cover is inscribed 'A.Viola Smith Work Copy Original in EMH Collection - Mitchell Library [located at MLMSS 770/15/2]'. Includes 'Hinder family history 1779-1935 from family bible record and Auntie Lil's [Lydia Hinder Jones] reminiscences', compiled by Marie L. Farquharson, being typescript with MS. annotations and corrections, 1935, and 'A record of the Hinder family in Australia' by Eleanor M. Hinder and Phyllis Hinder Davidson, being duplicated typescript, 1961, with notes by Smith (Call No.: MLMSS 770/27/3)
196--1975; 'Robert John Hinder 1856-1918 and his Family', with note by Smith, May 1964:'This duplicate copy (which does not have the many originals nor picture) is the "working copy" of A. Viola Smith' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/28/1)
196-; 'Boston, Nantucket, New Bedford Line of the Tuckerman Family of Massachusetts' Cover is inscribed 'AVS Work Copy' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/28/2)
196--1974; 'Chronological record [of Eleanor Mary Hinder] 1893-1963', being Smith's file copy, 10 Feb. 1967. Cover is inscribed 'AVS Work Copy'. Includes 'Tributes to Eleanor M. Hinder O.B.E., B.Sc. as expressed in condolences' by A. Viola Smith, June 1963, and her loose revised genealogical notes concerning the Hinder family, 1970-1974 (Call No.: MLMSS 770/28/3)
'Chronological statement of events volume 1 Period 1893 through 1950', with Smith's note concerning this compilation, 21 June 1963 (Call No.: MLMSS 770/29/1)
'Chronological statement of events, Volume No. 2 Period 1951 through 1962' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/29/2)
'Chronological statement of events Period 1963-1964' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/29/3)

B. Correspondence concerning Hinder family genealogy

Apr. 1963-9 Apr. 1975; Correspondence mainly with friends and the friends of Eleanor M. Hinder (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/1)
1962-1963; 'Una Hamlyn Brown, "Blackdown", Bathurst, NSW', being correspondence between Brown and Hinder, 13 Oct. 1962-9 Apr. 1963, and Smith and Brown, 30 Apr.-15 Aug. 1963, with MS. notes by Smith on Langley-Gilmour genealogy. [Una Hamlyn Brown, nee Gilmour was a descendant of David Langley, whose daughter Sophia was a great-aunt of both Eleanor M. Hinder and Brown]. (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/2)
196--1970; 'Clara Ann Mills (Mrs Vivian Cox) daughter of John Joseph Mills, son of Richard Mills', being correspondence, 1965-1966, concerning the Mills and Cox families, including newscuttings, 1965 and 1970, with MS. notes and newscuttings by Smith and others, and typescript notes: 'John Joseph Mills', Date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/3)
2 June 1970-3 Nov. 1974; 'Muriel Sampson Foster, Granddaughter of Mary Ann Mills Sampson, Grt Granddaughter Richard Mills', being correspondence with Muriel Sampson Foster concerning Richard Mills and his descendants (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/4)
10 Oct. 1969-6 Sep. 1975; 'Barbara Laird. Gt. Granddaughter Nancy Mills Gates. Gt. Granddaughter Richard Mills', being correspondence with Barbara Laird mainly concerning her family and genealogical research in England on Mills and Nevell families, among others (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/5)

C. Genealogical subject files - Hinder family - Paternal line

195--1972; 'Cobcroft - John & Sarah. Parents of Mary Ann Cobcroft Ford. Grandparents of Sophia Ford Hinder (Mrs Edward Robert Hinder)', including Smith's correspondence concerning the Cobcroft family, 1972, and the correspondence of Eleanor M. Hinder, 1959-1963 (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/6)
'Parents of John Hinder. Edward Hinder and Ann Pearce Hinder. St. John's on Hackney, Middlesex, England' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/7)
'John Hinder & Ann Fogg (Australia) and sons John Junior and James Stratton Hinder', being mainly Snith's notes, some marked 'Revised 10 Apr. 1965' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/8)
196--1971; 'Edward Robert Hinder (1829-1894) (Son of John Hinder Jnr and Nephew of Capt. Edward Hinder)', including correspondence, 1967-10 Feb. 1971, and A Record of the Hinder Family in Australia by Eleanor M. Hinder and Phyllis Hinder Davidson (1961) (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/9)
195--196-; 'Robert John Hinder & Sarah Florence Mills Hinder. Son of Edward Robert Hinder', including Hinder's MS. notes on her family (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/10)
195--1975; 'Hinder Family, Australia. Miscellaneous Source Material', including correspondence, 23 Mar. 1962-13 Apr. 1965, 25 Aug.-2 Nov. 1975, and Hinder's correspondence, 26 Sep. 1960-28 Nov. 1962, and notebook inscribed: 'Australian Genealogy Hinder: Earliest 1957 notes' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/11)
'Hinder : England', including letter from Hinder, 17 Feb. 1963, with with notes by Smith (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/12)
196--1970; 'Capt. Edward Hinder (Eldest son of John Hinder and Ann Fogg Hinder, Uncle of Edward Robert Hinder)', including material compiled by Smith concerning the graves of Capt. Edward Hinder, Ann Harper Hinder and Ann Adelaide Hinder-Ross (Call No.: MLMSS 770/30/13)

D. Genealogical subject files - Hinder family - Maternal line

'Thomas Arkell. De facto husband of Sophia Langley. Father of Lucy Ann Arkell' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/1)
'Beasley, Charles' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/2)
'Blacket Family. Eleanor Mary Ethel Blacket Ferris, daughter of Edmund Newbold Blacket and Mary Selina L'Estrange' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/3)
'Captain David Langley and Family of Richmond, Sydney, Kelso. Wife : Nancy Langley. Daughters : Ann, Sophia and Elizabeth', being carbon typescript with MS. annotations and corrections; (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/4)
'Capt. David Langley and family of Richmond and Bathurst', being carbon typescript with MS. annotations and corrections (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/5)
'Captain Langley, David & Family. Wife : Nancy Robertson. Daughters : Ann, Sophia & Elizabeth' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/6)
'L'Estrange, Thomas Bernard L'Estrange. First husband of Mary Tuckerman' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/7)
'McPhillamys. Raw material, unsorted and unverified', including Hinder's notes, 25 Mar. 1963, concerning material lent to her by Angus O. McPhillamy (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/8)
'Richard Millage (Milledge) (First Husband of Sophia Langley), including material concerning Bruce Gunness, 1963 (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/9)
'Mills - Arthur Edward Mills, M.D., Son of Thomas E. Mills and Mary Tuckerman Mills' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/10)
'Mary Ann Mills, dau[ghter] of Richard Mills. (1) Mrs Wm. ealy Sampson (2) Mrs William King' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/11)
196--1974; 'Richard Leverett Mills Family. Wife : Ann Langley Mills. Children 11', including correspondence, 4 Nov. 1968-19 Feb. 1974, with, among others, Barbara Laird, Una Brown and Joan Rutherford concerning the Mills family (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/12)
'Children of Richard Mills & Ann Langley Mills' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/13)
196--1970; 'Mills - Thomas Edward Mills and his wife Mary Tuckerman (L'Estrange)', including correspondence, 9 Apr. 1964-1970, with, among others, Barbara Laird, and Smith's notebook : 'Dubbo - Mills' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/14)
'Mills - Walter Wallace Mills. Son of Thomas E. Mills and Mary Tuckerman Mills' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/15)
'John Nevell (1789-1854). Name variously spelt : Neville, Nevill, Nevelle, Nevell' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/16)

E. Genealogical subject files - Tuckerman family

'Stephen Tuckerman J.P. of the Hawkesbury, Sackville Reach NSW' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/31/17)
'Capt. Stephen Tuckerman, "Master of the Caroline", New Bedford & Boston, U.S.A.' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/1)
'Tuckerman. To be re-worked at a convenient time. A.V.S. to do - some future time' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/2)
196-; 'Stephen Tuckerman - Children of - Wife sarah Beazley Tuckerman - Their 13 children', including Smith's correspondence, 22 Nov. 1960-3 Sep. 1966, and Hinder's correspondence, 1 Aug. 1961-16 Oct. 1962 (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/3)
1901-1970; 'Tuckerman's - U.S.A.' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/4)
196-1973; 'Tuckerman's - England - Devonshire', including correspondence, 15 Oct. 1964-7 Jan. 1973, and notebook : 'English line, Mills - Tuckermans' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/5)
'James Vincent (1772-1848) and Daughter Elizabeth Vincent Nevell (Mrs John Nevell) 1798-1878' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/6)

F. General subject files - Oganisations

1973-1975; 'Ashfield & District Historical Society' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/7)
196--1975; Bathurst Historical Society', including publications by Ruby Currie (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/8)
'District Pamphlets Bathurst - Hartley - Mudgee - Gulgong', being mainly pamphlets and newscuttings concerning these places and also Waverley, Orange, Lane Cove, Macquarie Valley, Newcastle, Hill End and Oberon (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/9)
196--1974; 'Gulgong Pioneer Museum & Historical Society' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/10)
195--1974; 'Hawkesbury District Pamphlets ; Pitt Town, Windsor, Richmond, Wilberforce etc.', including pamphlets, 1959-1974, and 'Suggested itinerary around Windsor' by Lady Phyllis Davidson, Date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/11)
196--1970; 'Hawkesbury Historical Society', including letter to Lady Phyllis Davidson from Hawkesbury Historical Society, 22 Jan. 1963, concerning donations to the Society (Call No.: MLMSS 770/32/12)
1961-1975; 'Historical Societies' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/1)
1968-1972; 'Maitland City Library' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/2)
196--1973; 'Maitland Folk Museum - Grossman House (Hunter Valley Trust)', including correspondence, 20 July 1965-26 Apr. 1973, and notes : 'Robert John Hinder and family, Residents of Maitland 1889-1915', being carbon typescript with MS. additions, 1963+ (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/3)
1960-1975; 'Maitland Girls High School' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/4)
1963-1964; 'Mitchell Library - Eleanor M. Hinder Collection' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/5)
196--1971; 'Mudgee Historical Society' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/6)
1960-1964; 'National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.)' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/7)
1964-1970; 'North Shore Historical Society' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/8)
Date unknown; 'St. Thomas - Sackville Reach - Burials', being Smith's notes mainly concerning the Tuckerman family (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/9)
Date unknown; 'Wilberforce St. John's Church - Marriages' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/10)
1959-1975; 'Wilberforce School House', being file concerning the restoration of Wilberforce School House as a memorial to Eleanor Mary Hinder whose grandparents were married there in 1851, including Smith's correspondence, 29 Apr. 1963-10 June 1975 (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/11)

G. Subject files concerning Eleanor Hinder's immediate family

These files were apparently established by Eleanor Hinder, but added to, altered and extracted from by A. Viola Smith.

'Hinder - Dorothy Isabel Hinder Fleck ...younger sister of Eleanor M. Hinder youngest child of Sarah Florence Hinder 1897-1950', being copies of biographical notes with photoprint of Dorothy Isabel Hinder Fleck, Date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/12)
'Hinder - Thomas Carlisle (son of Robert John Hinder)' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/13)
'Hinder - Marie Langley Hinder Farquharson...elder sister of Eleanor M. Hinder and eldest daughter of Robert John and Sarah Florence Hinder', including copy of autobiographical notes by Sheila Wyllie, nee Farquharson, 7 May 1969, and notes concerning the Wyllie family of Aberdeen, Scotland (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/14)
'Hinder - Ronald Butler (son of Robert John Hinder), including copies of biographical notes on Ronald Butler Hinder and his daughter Nora, who married J. E. Thompson, and granddaughter Robyn, 1961+ (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/15)
'Fleck - Bruce and Claude', mainly concerning the redistribution of the effects of Sarah Florence Hinder and Dorothy Hinder Fleck after their deaths [Clude Fleck married Eleanor Hinder's sister Dorothy in 1940. This was his second marriage and Bruce was his son from his previous marriage.] (Call No.: MLMSS 770/33/16)

H. Miscellaneous personal papers

1937, 1974-1975; Correspondence with John L. Rawlinson, 3 Nov. 1974-9 Apr. 1975, with two letters by Hinder, 30 Aug. and 14 Sep. 1937, describing Sino-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai, which were received by Smith from the son of the recipient (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/1)
193-; 'Status of women in China', being a report inscribed by Hinder : 'Prepared by a group of Chinese women lawyers for the League of Nations'. Inserted after 'Prepared by', in Smith's hand, are the words 'A. Viola Smith and'. The date 'April 1939' has been added by Smith. (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/2)
1941-1942; 'Repatriation of E.M. Hinder 1942', being correspondence with Hinder and others, Oct. 1941-9 Dec. 1942, concerning Smith's departure from Shanghai, Dec. 1941, and her efforts to assist Hinder's repatriation from Shanghai (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/3)
1948-1955; File concerning Hinder's attempts to secure U.S. citizenship (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/4)
1951-196-; Papers concerning Hinder's career, with copies of obituaries and tributes (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/5)
1963; 'Sydney University Women's Union', being papers concerning Hinder's donations to the Sydney University Women's Union Appeal for Extensions to Manning House (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/6)
1963; 'Tributes to Eleanor Mary Hinder O.B.E., B.Sc. by her many friends of many lands as expressed in condolences received by her family, and her devoted American friend, A. Viola Smith' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/7)
1967-1971; 'N.S.W. - Registrar-General's Department' (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/8)
1960-1966; Printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/9)

I. Papers concerning the estate of Eleanor Hinder

1950-1974; Include papers concerning Hinder's investments, 1950-1958; Smith's activities as executrix of the estate, 1963, 1973; Hinder family heirlooms, 1964; death duties, 1963; and copies of Hinder's death certificate and will, 7 Oct. 1960 (Call No.: MLMSS 770/34/10-17)