Letters received by C.H. Bertie, 1909-1938

MLMSS 8549

fonds

1909-1938

Textual Records, Photographs

980075

0.05 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript

Charles Henry Bertie (1875-1952), librarian and historian, was born at Lionsville, Clarence River, New South Wales. From about 1904 Bertie contributed articles on literature to Sydney newspapers. In 1909 he was appointed first librarian of the new Sydney Municipal Library.
Long before retirement for health reasons in 1939, Bertie had become a notable collector of Australiana. In 1912 he had been appointed editor of a proposed historical and biographical record of Australia, an enterprise never completed, but which became the starting point of the first edition of The Australian Encyclopaedia (1925-26). After a visit to England in 1913 he worked to have historic sites identified and marked.


Reference:
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bertie-charles-henry-5222 (accessed 13 June 2012)

27 letters, handwritten and typed, received by Charles Henry Bertie between 1909-1938. Correspondents include George Robert Nichols (the younger); Captain John Glossop; George McCrae; Joseph Michael Forde; Arthur G. Foster and Herbert John Rumsey.
The letters refer to lectures being given by Charles Bertie or to articles he has written for newspapers and magazines. Some letters contain biographical information regarding well known individuals within Australian society.
Also included in this collection is (1) the Probate of the Will for John Henry Black, dated 29 July 1867; the document is damaged but still contains the seal; (2) several handwritten and typed biographical sketches of various well known individuals within Australian society.

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