Elisabeth Curtis family papers and research material, including Loneragan, Todhunter, Rooke and Tompson family papers, ca. 1840s-ca. 1990s

MLMSS 9128/Boxes 1-16
PXE 1823

fonds

ca. 1840s-ca. 1990s

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

455938

2.9 metres of textual material (16 boxes)
2 photographs (1 box)

Elisabeth Curtis (nee Loneragan), 1917-1999, was a family and historical researcher who published two biographies relating to her ancestors. The first, Where Honour Guides the Prow : a story of early settlers of Sydney Cove, Norfolk Island and the Murrumbidgee, was co-written with her cousin Gillian Doyle in 1987. It is the story of Charles Tompson, poet and public servant, who was Curtis's maternal great, great grandfather. Her second book, James Loneragan : The Golden Years, published in 1991 is about Curtis's paternal grandfather, a retailer and entrepreneur from Mudgee.

Reference
James Loneragan : the golden years / Elisabeth Curtis. [Sydney], Elisabeth Curtis, c1991

The Todhunter family papers in this collection were acquired by the Loneragan family following the deaths of spinsters Bessie and Judy Todhunter of Collaroy. The two families were connected through their sister, Edith Todhunter, who had married a member of the Loneragan family.

Family and historical research by Elisabeth Curtis (nee Loneragan). Includes material on the Heaton, Loneragan, Tompson (including the poet Charles Tompson), Rooke and Todhunter families.

BOXES 1-3
Records, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and research material relating to James Loneragan and family, ca. 1889-1995. Box 3 includes 'Edith's story: the story of Edith Loneragan' published by EC, 1995 and 'The History of Cullen Bullen' published by EC, [undated]

BOXES 4-5
Research material and photograph albums relating to Charles Tompson and family, ca. 1890s-1980s

BOX 6
Research material, correspondence and photographs relating to James Macartney Rooke and family, ca. 1910s-1980s

BOX 7
Records, correspondence, cookbooks, research material, photographs, postcard album related to Edith Todhunter (later Loneragan) and family, ca. 1840s-1980s

BOXES 8-11
Postcard and photograph albums collected by Todhunter family, ca. 1840s-1920s?

BOX 12
Postcards, photographs, correspondence, research relating to Tompson, Todhunter and Loneragan families, ca. 1840s-1980s

BOX 13
Research, correspondence and records related to EM's thesis 'The History of Mudgee, 1821-1899, ca. 1890s-1980s

BOX 14
Research and typescript drafts relating to James Loneragan and history of Mudgee, ca. 1960s-1990s

BOX 15
Research material, newspaper cuttings, pictures, floppy disk, relating to Loneragan and Todhunter families, including typescript draft of James Loneragan: The golden years, ca. 1920s?-1990s

BOX 16
Photographs and negatives relating to Todhunter and Loneragan families, ca. 1880s?-1960s


PXE 1823
Two large format photographs:
- Miss Clarke's school, Abbotsleigh, 1895
Contains typed list of known pupils at Parramatta, 1890's (aka Abbotsleigh, as noted on envelope [discarded]);
- Frederick Charles Tompson (1836-1909), portrait ca. 1880s

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Copyright status:: In copyright - This manuscript collection has multiple rights owners. Out of copyright - Applies to photographs created before 1955
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which the author has been deceased for more than 50 years
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