Williams family papers and photographs, ca. 1880s-1965

MLMSS 8617

fonds

ca. 1880s-1965

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings

960089

0.15 metres of textual material and 48 photographs

T Williams and Co is a firm of Stock and Station Agents in Cootamundra, New South Wales. The firm was founded by Thomas Williams in December 1898, and traded continuously for over 100 years until it was taken over by Delta Agribusiness in June 2011.
Thomas Williams married Elizabeth Anne Mutch in England and moved to Cootamundra.
They had five children, the oldest being William Ewart Williams.

The letters in this collection range from general descriptions of Australian life, accounts of holidays and camping trips, discussion of the climate, weather conditions and farming, family news, concern about World War I and the Depression, and references to Aboriginal Australians and their tools and customs.

Folder 1
This folder contains letters and postcards written by William Ewart Williams, to his mother's sister, Frances Moore, in Cheshire, England, from 1902-1938.

Folder 2
Letters and letter fragments written by Elizabeth Anne Williams to Frances Moore as well as letters written by mainly by other Williams family members, mostly to Frances Moore and Florrie Knight in England, ca. 1910-1965

Folder 3
Newscuttings some of which have been annotated, probably by William Ewart Williams, ca. 1921-1951

Folder 4
Photographs mostly of the Williams family including studio portraits and snapshots, ca. 1880-1930

Folder 5
Photographs of the Williams family as well as of various locations and events in regional New South Wales including images of aeroplanes, ca. 1920-1930

Folder 6
Applique, probably originally from a postcard showing the flags of the Allies in World War 1, ca. 1916

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which the author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Out of copyright: Photographs created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy copyright holder