Samson H. Hain - papers, 1903-1952

MLMSS 7645

fonds

1903 - 1952

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Drawings

447717

1 box - 0.17 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Clippings
Clippings - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (printed)
Drawings

Samson Henry Hain (1871-1952), the son of a grazier, grew up in Cooma, N.S.W.. He attended The King's School, Parramatta, 1888-1889. He was principal pastoral respresentative for the Sydney stock and station agents, Pitt, Son & Badgery, 1904-1919. In 1928 he published Looking On (1928), a series of reflective essays on sundry topics. His son, William, was the Supervising Architect during the building of the Mitchell Library.

1907, 1928-1950; Correspondence, being mainly letters received, with, among others, Len Flint, 1947-1948; G. Spencer Oakes, 1928; H. C. Killen, 1937, 1948; M. Hylda Summerbell, 1948-1949, J. W. Shand, 1948; H. W. Moffitt, 1949; B. C. Harkness, 1946, 1950; E. H. Burgmann, 1948; Howard C. Russell, 1943; J. B. Chifley, 1946, 1949; and Mitchell Library, 1943-1946; with enclosed newscuttings, and notes concerning rainfall records, water supply and Hain's watercolour, 'The Roof of Australia', concerning the Snowy Mountains (Call No.: MLMSS 7645/1/1)
1946-1949; Letters received from family, including children, nephew and niece (Call No.: MLMSS 7645/1/2)
1928-1948; Papers, being mainly letters received, concerning Looking On (1928), and including proof drawings for the book and photocopied newscutting reviews. Correspondents include Arthur Rickard, W. Charles Pritchard, W. S. Forbes, A. B. Triggs, A. J. Cotton, Ethelbert Falkiner, G. W. Simpson, T. Waddell, B. Stevens, Arthur Bragg, W. J. Cleary, John H. Coghill, Arthur J. Litchfield, Joseph Hamlet, A. T. Walker, Frances Isherwood, R. W. D. Weaver, A. J. Nichol, Amy Johnson (circular letter), W. McCormack, W. M. Hughes, J. B. Chifley, P. Fraser and J. H. Scullin (Call No.: MLMSS 7645/1/3)
1926-1952; Papers concerning King's School Old Boys' Union, including letters received (2), 1949, 1952; autographed annual dinner programmes, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932-1934; and circular: Retention of the King's School in the Parramatta District (10 July 1947) (Call No.: MLMSS 7645/1/4)
1903-1950; Photocopies, including papers concerning legal dispute between Hain and Sir Sidney Kidman, 1916-1924 (Call No.: MLMSS 7645/1/5)

Author/Artist entries:
Bragg, Arthur
Burgmann, E. H. (Ernest Henry), 1885-1967
Chifley, J. B. (Joseph Benedict), 1885-1951
Cleary, W. J. (William James), 1885-1973
Coghill, John C.
Cotton, A. J. (Alfred John), b. 1861
Falkiner, Ethelbert
Flint, Len
Forbes, W. S.
Fraser, Peter, 1884-1950
Game, Philip, Sir, 1876-1961
Hamlet, Joseph
Harkness, B. C.
Hughes, W. M. (William Morris), 1862-1952
Isherwood, Frances
Johnson, Amy, 1903-1941
Killen, H. C.
King's School (Parramatta, N.S.W.). Old Boys Union
Litchfield, Arthur J.
McCormack, William, 1879-1947
Mitchell Library (N.S.W.)
Moffit, H. W.
Nichol, A. J.
Oakes, George Spencer, 1855-1932
Pritchard, W. Charles (William Charles)
Rickard, Arthur, Sir, 1868-1948
Russell, Howard C.
Scullin, J. H. (James Henry), 1876-1953
Shand, John Wentworth, 1897-1959
Simpson, G. W. (George William), 1867-1939
Stevens, Bertram, Sir, 1889-1973
Summerbell, M. Hylda
Trafford-Walker, A. (Arthur)
Triggs, A. B. (Arthur Bryant), 1868-1936
Waddell, Thomas, 1854?-1940
Weaver, Reginald Walter Darcy, 1876-1945

In 1943 Hain donated to the Mitchell Library a watercolour drawing: The Roof of Australia: Fifty-Two Miles of Sky Line View of the Snowy Alps from the Victorian Border to the Township of Kiandra; with Heights of Mountains, followed in 1944 by another watercolour drawing: The Second Roof of Australia: Fifty-Two Miles of Sky Line View of the Snowy Alps from Ram's Head in the South to Alpine in the North; with Heights of Mountains. Both drawings are located at XV1B/SNOM/1-2.