422306
- TitleBlanche Mitchell papers, 1850-1861
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 1611
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1850-1861 - Type of material
- Reference code422306
- Issue CopyPartly Digitised
- Physical Description1 box of textual material
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Blanche Mitchell, born 4 Jan. 1843, was the youngest child of Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Surveyor General and explorer - Collection historyPurchased from Sotheby's by Maggs Bros. (3 diaries) from the estate of Mrs M. Symes great grandaughter of Sir T.L. Mitchell. Sydney Morning Herald article, 22 January1968 mentions the estate sale.
- Scope and ContentItem 1
A Notebook, 1850, containing poems and cuttings
Items 2-4
B. Diary, 28 Jan. 1858 - 7 Nov. 1859, 5 June 1860 - 27 Feb. 1861, mostly written at Craigend Terrace, Woolloomooloo, N.S.W., describing her social life. - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Published InformationBlanche: an Australian diary, 1858-1861' : the diary of Blanche Mitchell / with notes by Edna Hickson, and illustrated by Jill Francis. Sydney : John Ferguson, 1980.
- General note
Typed transcript of diary at MLMSS 3738
Microfilm copy available at: CY 461, frames 1-376 - Name
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