William Clelland - papers, 1870-1987, compiled during research for his book 'Cobar, founding fathers : an illustrated history of the pioneering days in the copper mining district of Cobar, New South Wales'

MLMSS 6645

fonds

1870-1987

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs, Nonmusical Sound Recordings

395484

1.26 metres of textual material (7 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, typescript, photocopy, typescript, carbon, and printed
Clippings
Ephemera
Photographs

1873-1977; 'Cobar Original Documents'[including material collected by Ian Solomon] : Kaleno Station Diary, 1881, kept by William Henry Fletcher [?]; Diary, 1964-1965, kept by Francis Benedict O'Donnell while in Sydney and Cobar; Kenilworth Rain Book, 1884-1972; Cobar Railway Station Goods Delivery Book, Dec. 1894-Sept. 1897 [loose pages]; miscellaneous papers, including : religious tract inscribed to Annie Gudgeon, 1873; certificate of marriage of Sydney Walker and Evelyn Jane Robinson; Louis Bennett's Hawker's Recognizance, 1892; list of Cobar telephone subscribers, 1907; Rules of Cobar Volunteer Fire Brigade, 1908 (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 1)
ca. 1880-1916; Photographs : 29 black & white copies and 2 sepia copies of photographs reproduced in Clelland's book (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 1)
1870-1920s; 1978-1987; Correspondence, 1978-1987, together with related papers, 1870-1920s; correspondents include : libraries and archives in Australia and Denmark, Australia Post, Bureau of Meteorology, various NSW government departments - lands, mines, roads, police, railways, public works, etc., descendants of Cobar pioneers; also includes letters received by William Clelland after the publication of his book [arranged alphabetically by correspondent] (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 2)
1885-1985; 'Cobar Identities A-Z' : alphabetical file concerning Cobar pioneers; includes studio portrait of Sydney Walker (grazier of Nekarboo Station) and photocopies of photographs (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 3)
1878-1984; Newscuttings re Cobar and district mainly from the 'Western Age', including : 'Pen Pictures [of] Cobar Personalities by Sol', 'Cobar Sports by Curly [Ian Solomon]', 'Pages from the Past' compiled and edited by Ian Solomon (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 3)
1882-1983; 'Cobar Mining Research' : file containing correspondence, notes, newscuttings, maps, plans, copies of photographs, copies of printed sources including 'Summary of information on the Great Cobar Mine' by I.R.Thompson, 1969 and NSW Mines Dept. Annual Reports, 1882-1921; together with miscellaneous original material including a Memorandum of Agreement between Great Cobar Ltd and J.J. Gudgeon & Percival Woolcock, Occidental Gold Mining Co. cheques (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 4)
Alphabetical card indexes (2) containing notes about people and places (hotels, mines, stations, etc.) under name headings (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 5)
Chronology of Cobar's history, 1860-1930 (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 6)
Cobar research notes in 5 notebooks (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 6)
Printed material including : 'Back to Cobar week 7-14 Nov. 1959'; 'The Papers presented by members of the Bourke Historical Society on the History of Bourke', Vols I-VIII, 1964-1981; 'Cobar Public School Centenary 1878-1978' (Call No.: MLMSS 6645/BOX 7)

A sound recording by Alfred Moore about his grandfather Charles Campbell, a pioneer of Cobar, is located at MLOH 313/1
A copy of William Clelland's book is located at ML Q994.49/7. Photographs from the collection are all captioned in the publication.