Fielding family further papers, 1906-1990

MLMSS 7676

fonds

1906 - 1990

Textual Records, Clippings

449063

6 boxes - 1.08 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (printed)
Clippings

Sydney Glanville Fielding became an Anglican minister in 1882 and was Rector of St Matthias' Church (Paddington, N.S.W.), 1907-1923. He wrote novels, verse, sermons and tracts on masonry, some of which were published. In 1886 at Dubbo he married Lucy Frances Johnson, youngest daughter of Richard Johnson, a solicitor at Mudgee and Wellington. The Fieldings had six surviving children, five daughters and a son.
Una Fielding was a distinguished neuroanatomist who went to work in England in 1923; she was Acting Professor of Histology and Neurological Anatomy at the American University of Beirut, 1927-1928.
Erica Fielding was a teacher, family housekeeper and President of the N.S.W. Women's Hockey Association.
Morris Glanville Fielding was educated at the King's School, Parramatta, before going onto study at Oxford. He served with the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant during World War I. Ordained deacon in 1919 and priest in 1920, he was Rector of St Aidan's, (Longueville, N.S.W.), 1924-1954.
Daisy Fielding was a teacher, mainly in England.
Enid Frances Fielding worked in advertising and travelled to London, where she lived after marrying Henry Izod Rogers in 1926.
Winifred Ruth Fielding was a teacher and dietitian. Further biographical information can be obtained in 'A Johnson Family History' by Ruth Fielding located at MLMSS 5582/5.

SYDNEY GLANVILLE FIELDING
The relation of ancient masonry to modern science and religion : three addresses by Rev. S.G. Fielding, 1906; Letter received re Form of Commission in the Commonwealth Military Forces, 1908 (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/1)
LUCY FRANCES FIELDING
Estate of Lucy Frances Fielding, 1935-38 (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/1)
Dr UNA LUCY FIELDING
Biographical information; obituary; correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/1)
ERICA FIELDING
Passport; newscutting; correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/1)
WINIFRED RUTH FIELDING
Confirmation certificate, 1915 (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/1)
FIELDING FAMILY - MISCELLANEOUS
Recipe book; cards; book on vegetable gardening (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/1)
MORRIS GLANVILLE FIELDING
The King's School - code of regulations, 1908; Correspondence while at Oxford University, 1911-14; The Merton Society -7 booklets, 1935-55; Theological and logic examinations, 1912-1920?; addresses given on his experiences in France and Flanders during World War I; business cards; prescriptions, 1927-30; repatriation comission card, 1936; clothing ration card, 1945; drivers's licences, 1936-50 and other items; Memorandum & articles of association of The Alpha Club Ltd, 1946; Lane Cove Historical Society, 1957-62; correspondence, 1955-66. (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/1)
Military handbooks, pamphlets, notebooks, 1906-24; World War I British Army Pouch containing correspondence, cards, ca. 1916-19; Army identity and service card; notes on trench warfare, instructions for officers, plan of German trenches and British frontline - St Riquier and Gapennes; orders, correspondence, notebooks and other items (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/2)
Notebooks for sermons; notebooks with translation of words in Homer's 'The Illiad'. (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/3)
ERICA FIELDING
Diaries, 1911-25 (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/4)
WINIFRED RUTH FIELDING
Diaries, 1934-90 (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/5)
MORRIS GLANVILLE FIELDING - ST MATTHIAS' CHURCH, PADDINGTON
Paddington Superior Public School - supervision of examinations, 1920-21; Christian Healing Mission, 1923; applications for intercessions, ca. 1923; miscellaneous papers, 1922-23; order for household furniture, 1924 (Call No.: MLMSS 7676/6)

Other collections of papers of the Fielding family are located at MLMSS 7285, MLMSS 3024, MLMSS 1857, MLMSS 1871X and PXE 669.