A. H. (Arthur Henry) Garnsey - papers, 1885-1944, together with associated papers, 1873-1986

MLMSS 7101

fonds

1873 - 1986

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

414243

13 boxes and 2 folders - 1.8 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (typescript, processed)
Textual Records - (printed)
Clippings
Photographs

Arthur Henry Garnsey (1872-1944) was born at Windsor, N.S.W., son of the Reverend Charles Frederick Garnsey (1828-1894). He graduated B.A., 1894, and M.A., 1896 from the University of Sydney. Ordained priest in 1898, he was chaplain at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, 1899-1905, and canon of St. Peter's Cathedral, Armidale, N.S.W. He served as warden of St. Paul's College, University of Sydney, from 1916 until his death. Concurrent with the wardenship Garnsey was co-founder and scribe of the interdenominational Heretics' Club, 1920-1944; examining chaplain to the archbishops of Sydney from 1918; a canon of St. Andrew's Cathedral from 1928; and vice-president of the Friendship with Russia League, 1941-1944. His son, David Arthur Garnsey, a former Bishop of Gippsland, wrote the biography Arthur Garnsey: A Man for Truth and Freedom (1985). A. H. Garnsey married twice: first, in 1901, Bertha Edith Frances Benn, who died in 1919; and secondly, in 1922, Ann (Nance) Stafford Smairl.

I. A. H. (ARTHUR HENRY) GARNSEY

A. Commonplace book, 1905-1944 (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/1/1)

B. 'The Travels of A. & N. / or / The New Innocents / Abroad', an account of Canon and Mrs Garnsey's overseas trip, 1930, being mainly diary entries and copies of letters sent to their family (2 vols). Include photographs and printed material. Vol. I: 18 Feb.-7 Aug. 1930; Vol. II: 14 Aug.-19 Dec. 1930, with 'A Summary Account of The Warden's Travels' (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/1/2-3)

C. Sermons, addresses and lectures, 1916-1944

1916- ; 'Register of Sermons Sydney 1916- ', arranged alphabetically by title of sermon with each one individually numbered (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/2/1)
Sermons, 1-180 (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/2/2)
Sermons, 181-347 (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/2/3)
Sermons, 348-554 (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/2/4)
Sermons, 563-762 (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/3/1)
Sermons, 765-834 (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/3/2)
Sermons, 839-881, with notes mainly on the New Testament and the Gospels and a transcription of 'Jesus and the Gospel of Love' by C. E. Raven, Canon of Liverpool (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/3/3)
Date unknown; Notebook for lectures on St. John and the Book of Revelations (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/3/4)
1919-1943; Papers presented at the Heretics' Club, no. 2, 1 May 1919 - no. 19 [1939+]; no. 21 [?] - no. 23, 19 Oct. 1943 (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/4)

D. The Warden, St. Paul's College, University of Sydney

1921, 1923-1928; Office diaries (7) (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/5)
1929-1933; Office diaries (5) (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/6)
1934-1937, 1943; Office diaries (5) (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/7)
1921-1929, 1931-1937; Office diaries' enclosures extracted by Bishop D. A. Garnsey (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/8)
1937-1939; Correspondence: A-Y
(Folders F, I-J, T were empty on receipt in the Library) (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/9/1)
1938-1940; Correspondence: A-W (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/9/2)
1939-1940; Correspondence: A-Y (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/9/3)
1941; Correspondence: A-Z
(Folders G, O, X, Y were empty on receipt in the Library) (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/10/1)
1942; Correspondence: A-W
(Folders O, Q, V were empty on receipt in the Library) (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/10/2)
1941-1943; Correspondence: A-W
(Folder J was empty on receipt in the Library) (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/11/1)
1938-1944; Correspondence mainly with and concerning St. Paul's College students on active service during World War II (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/11/2)
1938-1944; Correspondence on public affairs, assembled by Bishop D. A. Garnsey. Correspondents include Australian Civil Rights Defense League, Australian Friends of the Soviet Union, Central No-Conscription Committee and Jessie Street (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/11/3)
1923-1934; Miscellaneous correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent or subject and assembled by Bishop D. A. Garnsey (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/11/4)
Warden's files, 1908-1944:
1924; 'Carillon - 1924' concerning Sydney University War Memorial Carillon (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/1)
1922-1924; 'Chapel Attendance - Regulations' including lecture notices (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/2)
1908-1932; 'College Commemorations' including correspondence, invitation lists and photographs (2) of Commemoration, 17 Oct. 1932 featuring Sir Philip Game, Warden Garnsey, Mrs Garnsey, Archbishop J. C. Wright, Archbishop F. W. Head and Bishop J. S. Moyes; and of garden party for Bishops during General Synod (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/3)
1926-1944; 'Re - College Property' (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/4)
1933-1934; 'College Scholarships' (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/5)
1923-1933; 'Commemoration Week, 1923-1932 [1933] / also Great Hall Service [1924-1931]' (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/6)
1924-1926; 'Fete' (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/7)
1934-1938; 'Furniture' (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/8)
1924-1934; 'Grounds / Tree Planting' (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/9)
1928; 'St. Paul's College Students' Club Constitution 1928' (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/10)

E. Printed material, 1918-1943

Includes pamphlets (5) of lectures on the topic 'The Problem of Social Unity' presented for the Social Problems Committee of the Diocese of Sydney at the Chapter House, Sydney, 29 July-26 Aug. 1918, including 'Social Unity and the Responsibility of Citizenship' by the the Reverend A. H. Garnsey, 29 July 1918; New South Wales Parliamentary Debates, no. 48, 13 Apr. 1943, including 'University of Sydney : Advancement of Religion', pp.2317-2355, concerning address given by Professor John Anderson; issue of Progress: The Voice of State Labor, 24 July 1942; issue of The Sydney Jewish News, 24 July 1942 and publications on Australian Jewry; and a copy of Memorandum re the Australian Palestine Committee (1943) (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/12/11)

F. Holy Bibles (4), 1885-1898

Mainly annotated copies presented to or acquired by Canon Garnsey, 1894-1907 (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/13/1-4)

II. M. E. DE BURGH GRIFFITH

1944-1946; 'Garnsey Memorial' concerning proposed Garnsey Professorship of Biblical Languages and Patristics (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/13/5)

III.ANN (NANCE) STAFFORD GARNSEY

1873-1956, 1984; 'A.H.G. / Milestones and Memories', being album compiled on the life of A. H. Garnsey, with index compiled by Bishop D. A. Garnsey, ca. 1984. Includes obituaries and letters of condolence received by Mrs Garnsey from, among others, Emergency Committee for European Jewry, Friendship with Russia League, H. M. Green, Norman Jeffrey (Australian Communist Party Central Committee), Abram Landa, Archbishop Howard Mowll and Sir George Edward Rich; and photographs of Canon Garnsey and family, and of his father, the Reverend C. F. Garnsey, 8 Feb. 1873, and paternal grandmother, Elizabeth (Mrs Thomas Rock) Garnsey, Date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/14)

IV. D. A. (DAVID ARTHUR) GARNSEY

1931-1932; Letters received from A. H. Garnsey (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/15/1 (RESTRICTED))
1933-1934; Letters recived from A. H. Garnsey (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/15/2 (RESTRICTED))
1935-1936; Letters received from A. H. Garnsey (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/15/3 (RESTRICTED)3)
1937-1938; Letters received from A. H. Garnsey (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/15/4 (RESTRICTED))
1940-1944; Letters received from A. H. Garnsey, with letters (2) from D. A. Garnsey to A. H. Garnsey, 29 July 1943 and 1 Sept. 1943 (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/15/5 (RESTRICTED))
1986; Index to letters received from A. H. Garnsey, 1931-1934, being summary of topics and people mentioned in the letters (Call No.: MLMSS 7101/15/6 (RESTRICTED))

Partly restricted: Applies to box 15