Henry William Clark papers, 1891-1929

MLMSS 1210

fonds

1891-1929

934383

5 volumes and 4 boxes of textual material

H. W. Clark, born in Bristol in 1865, was a mining engineer. He was associated with the cotton, timber and gold industries in New Guinea and the copper and tin industries in Australia from the early 1900's until about 1930. Concurrently he was involved in federal politics and state politics in New South Wales

Series 01: Business papers, 1902-1929, being mainly correspondence between H. W. Clark and his agents in Australia concerning interests in New Guinea
Vol. 1
a. Cotton growing, 1915-1929
i. Correspondence, 1915-1929

Box 2
Items 1-3
ii. Out-letterbooks, 1923-1925
Item 4-6
iii. Related business papers, 1923-1924

Box 3
b. Timber industry, 1913-1923
i. Correspondence, 1913-1923

Box 4
Items 1-4
ii. Out-letterbooks, 1914-1922
Item 5
iii. Related business papers, 1914-1921

c. Copper and tin mining, 1904-1928, in various areas of Australia
Item 6
i. Correspondence, 1906-1928
Items 7-10
ii. Out-letterbooks, 1904-1912
Item 11
iii. Related business papers, 1913-1926

Vols. 5-6
d. Gold mining, 1902-1929
i. Correspondence, 1902-1929

Box 7
Items 1-7
ii. Letterbooks, 1910-1929

Vol. 8
iii. Related business papers, 1913-1929

e. Tyre manufacturing, 1928

Series 02: Personal papers, 1891-1929
a. Correspondence, 1891-1929

Box 9
b. Miscellaneous papers, 1910-1928, including passport, 1915, bank passbooks, 1910-1926 and cash books, 1907-1927

This collection includes pictorial material. For location and description of this see PXA 7342 (Pic.Acc.699 in Pic. Source File)

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-457B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Keyword subjects:
Cotton growing -- New Guinea
Timber -- New Guinea
Copper mines and mining -- Australia
Tires
Mining engineers, Australian