Reverend Adolphus Peter Elkin papers, ca. 1900-1977, together with papers of William Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle, NSW, 1847-176, and Josiah Brown Pearson, Bishop of Newcastle, NSW, 1880-1883, and miscellaneous papers, ca. 1840-1905

MLMSS 3704

fonds

ca. 1840-1977

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings

913370

Microfilm : CY 2568, frames 1-310

1 box of textual material - manuscript, typescript, photocopy, printed

Reverend Adolphus Peter Elkin, Anglican clergyman and anthropologist was born on 27 March 1891, in West Maitland, NSW. In 1915 he was ordained a minister in the Church of England. In 1929 he accepted an invitation by George Merrick Long, Bishop of Newcastle, to become the rector at Morpeth, NSW. In 1934, he was appointed Professor of Anthropology at Sydney University, a post which he held until his retirement in 1956. Due to his increased commitments at the University and other institutions, Elkin was forced to resign from his incumbency at Morpeth, NSW, on 31 March 1937. He died at the age of 88 on 9 July 1979

William Tyrrell, 1807-1879, was the first Anglican bishop of Newcastle, NSW. Prior to accepting this position in 1847, Tyrrell had been rector of Beaulieu in Hampshire, England, since 1839. On the 18 September 1847, Tyrrell embarked on the Medway, arriving in Sydney on 16 January, 1848. He was installed at the Newcastle Pro-Cathedral on 31 January 1848, and during his entire episcopate resided in Morpeth, NSW. In 1859, the diocese of Newcastle was subdivided to form the new diocese of Brisbane and eight years later a further sub-division was effected when the diocese of Armidale, NSW and Grafton, NSW was formed. Bishop Tyrrell died at Morpeth, NSW, on 24 March 1879

Josiah Brown Pearson, 1841-1895, succeeded Bishop William Tyrrell in 1880. Like Bishop Tyrrell, Bishop Pearson resided at Morpeth, NSW. In 1886, Pearson suffered a severe mental breakdown and resigned his see in 1889. He later returned to England

The bulk of this collection is comprised of the Tyrrell and Pearson papers. There is considerable evidence which suggests that Elkin acquired these papers in the course of researching two of his books. Morpweth and I which was published in 1937 refers directly to the Tyrrell papers. The Pearson papers were given to Elkin by Lucy Pearson, and it is probable that he received these while writing the history of the Diocese of Newcastle, published in 1955, because the papers are cited as sources in the bibliography of the work

Series 01: Reverend Adolphus Peter Elkin, ca. 1900-1977
Item 1
Contain letters received, 23 February 1937-27 September 1937 relating to the Reverend G. A. Middleton and newspaper cuttings, ca. 1900-1977

Series 02: William Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle, NSW, 1847-1876
A. Part of diary, 1847-1848, kept prior to departure from England on board the ship Medway, during the passage to Australia and up until installment as Bishop of Newscastle.
Item 2
B. Part of letter to unidentified correspondent, 15 May 1876
Item 3
C. Address presented by parishioners of Beaulieu, Hampshire, England, on the occasion of his departure for Australia, June 1847, with typescript copy
Address filed at MLMSS 1055X, Item 28
D. Address presented by the clergymen and lay members of the Church of England of the northern part of diocese of Newcastle, NSW regarding the formation of Armidale, NSW and Grafton NSW, as a separate see, ca. 1867
Filed at MLMSS 1055X, Item 29
Item 4
E. Illuminated address from the synod of the diocese on the completion of the 25th year of his episcopate, 1873

Series 03: Josiah Brown Pearson, Bishop of Newcastle, NSW, 1880-1883
Item 5
A. 'Report of Coles Child, the Vicar General, during the vacancy of the see of Newcastle to the second Bishop of Newcastle, 30 September 1880
Item 6
B. Newspaper cutting scrapbook, 1883

Series 04: Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1840-1905
Items 7-9
Includes letter to Mrs. Pearson from George Henry Stanton, Bishop of Newcastle, NSW, 1903, relating to the honorary life membership of diocese and cathedral and statement of duties of sexton at St. James Church, Morpeth, NSW, 1848

Series 05: Incidental papers, 1866-1867
Item 10
'Analysis of the shooting of the members of No. 1 Company S.B.V.R. during the year 1866 - prepared by Corporal Lord' being a statistical record of shooting averages

This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.5074 in Pic. Source File

Manuscript, typescript, photocopy, newspaper cuttings, printed

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-326C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Keyword subjects:
Church of England--Bishops--New South Wales--Newcastle
Church of England--Dioceses--New South Wales--Newcastle