Wood family and Whitfeld family further papers, ca. 1857-1976

MLMSS 8917/Boxes 1-4
MLMSS 8917/Box 5X

fonds

ca. 1857-1976

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Ephemera, Objects, Photographs

414256

1.15 metres of textual material (4 boxes, 1 outsize box)

George Arnold Wood (1865-1928), the eldest child of George Stanley Wood, was educated at Owens College, Manchester and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1891 he became the first Challis Professor of History of the University of Sydney, a position he held for the remainder of his life. His major research work was ‘The Discovery of Australia’ (London, 1922) and he also wrote ‘The Voyage of the Endeavour’ (Melbourne, 1925). In 1898 he married Eleanor Madeline Whitfeld (1873-1967), a former student of his at the University of Sydney. She later taught at Ascham School and became prominent in the Peace Movement. They had one daughter and three sons, one of whom, Frederick Lloyd Whitfeld Wood, became Professor of History at Victoria University in New Zealand.

References:
Compiled from the collection
R. M. Crawford, 'Wood, George Arnold (1865–1928)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wood-george-arnold-9170/text16193 (accessed 15 April 2013)

The collection comprises papers of the Wood and Whitfeld families, in particular concerning Professor George Arnold Wood and his wife Eleanor Madeline Wood (née Whitfeld)

BOX 1
Envelope containing typescript carbon copy of lecture by R.M. Crawford entitled ‘George Arnold Wood’, 1946
Envelope labelled ‘Mrs Danvers Power – A Socialist Farm’ containing material relating to farming communities at Richmond, NSW, 1943-1945
Envelope containing British newscuttings of reviews of G.A. Wood’s books ‘Voyage of the Endeavour’ and ‘The Discovery of Australia’, 1922
Envelope containing typescript carbon copy of an account by Sgt A.E. Matthews, 3rd Battalion, AIF, entitled ‘The Campaign on the Somme in the Winter of 1916-17’, with book of cartoons entitled ‘The Bystander’s Fragments from France’
Envelope containing obituaries of and tributes to G.A. Wood, 1928
Papers mainly relating to the deposit of G.A. Wood’s papers in the University of Sydney Archives, 1899-1983, with an envelope containing family trees of the Wood and Whitfeld families, undated
Envelope containing newscuttings mainly relating to World War II, 1940s
Envelope containing reviews, letters and comments relating to R.M. Crawford’s book ‘A Bit of a Rebel: the Life and Work of George Arnold Wood’, 1973-1976
Album entitled ‘Whitfeld Scrapbook’ containing photographs of English and German locations, including Henry Whitfeld’s house at Ashford, Kent, undated

BOX 2
Notebook possibly kept by Edwin Whitfeld, ca. 1880s
Books (4) of newscuttings, 1895-1929
Various printed books belonging to E.M. (Whitfeld) Wood

BOXES 3-4
Various printed books belonging to E.M. (Whitfield) Wood, C.A. Whitfeld, G.S. Wood, G.A. Wood and others

BOX 5X
E.M. Whitfeld’s diaries: birthday book used as diary, 1888-1898; pocket diaries, 1934, 1938; notebook
Black & white photographs (2): group of women including E.M. (Whitfeld) Wood; unidentified man
Bundles of postcards (2), ca. 1900s
University of Sydney medals (5) of E.M. Whitfeld, 1889-1895
Book ‘Wayside Thoughts from Tennyson’; envelope of Stratford-upon-Avon photographs; cross-stitch sampler; book cover
2 books of cartoons by John Leech: ‘Pictures of life and character from the collection of Mr Punch’, published 1857 and 1858

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2012-2013

Bishop D. A. Garnsey was married to Evangeline (Evanne) Eleanor Wood (1909-1987), daughter of Professor George Arnold Wood (1865-1928) and Eleanor Madeline Whitfeld (1873-1967)