Series 04: Research material related to Australian history, ca. 1944-ca. 2000

MLMSS 9534/Boxes 77-132

series

ca. 1944-ca. 2000

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

1071055

9.24 metres of textual and graphic material (56 boxes)

BOXES 77-81
Documents prepared or gathered by Sue Rosen and Associates, Historians and Heritage Consultants, including 21 folders of reports, collated clippings, conservation plans, mostly regarding Parramatta Park and Old Government House. 1 folder of colour printouts from the Mitchell Library's PICMAN catalogue

BOXES 82-85
Miscellaneous Research material on various subjects, including 35 folders of notes, press clippings, photocopies of articles, correspondence regarding issues raised by research, copies or new prints of photographs either held in institutions, other collections, or books - on subjects and individuals of interest including Annandale/Leichhardt, Bellevue Hill, Centennial Park, Double Bay, Edgecliff Hill, Garden Island, Killarney, Kirribilli House, Rev. Thomas Henry Morgan, Oatlands, Subiaco, The Mint and 'Yaralla'. 1 folder of correspondence and ephemera regarding Caroline Simpson's donations to charities and institutions, 1980s and onwards

BOXES 86-87
Documents relating to Rose Bay Lodge, 1984-1985, including research material including reports, correspondence, press clippings, plans, photographs and notes, mostly from Clive Lucas, Stapleton and Partners, Sydney

BOXES 88-91
Research material relating to individuals and places of interest including Ethel Anderson, Clyde Bank, Francis Greenway, Leonie Kramer, Roy de Maistre, Eirene Mort, Governor Phillip, and Lady Wakehurst. 'A Woman's Memoirs', typescript with corrections submitted to Currawong Publishing Co. many years ago; appears to be the memoir of a Sydney woman who saw the first tram, undated. Includes 15 portrait photographs. 'Leaves from a Life's Story - a Pageant of Personalities', typescript with corrections, author unknown. 'Wheels in the Hand - the Story of Delfosse Badgery' by P.R. Stephensen, carbon draft, 160 pp. plus related correspondence [appears unpublished]

BOXES 92-94
Research material related to Old Government House and Parramatta Park, including correspondence, photocopied articles, journals, reports, 1980s-1990s

BOXES 95-97
Research material related to various subjects, including 16 bundles of photographic prints copied from institutional collections, or books, no originals, approximately 200 prints, mostly historical Australian subject matter. 2 scrapbooks: one 19th century newspaper clippings, the other miscellaneous clippings and loose business records, the latter in poor condition.

BOX 98
Collection of black and white photographic prints reproduced in 1988 of Lord and Lady Wakehurst and Hill View, Moss Vale, ca. 1945.
The collection also includes photographs of the Wakehursts at Government House, Sydney. It is probable the original photographs are held by (John) Christopher Loder, 3rd Lord Wakehurst, who loaned them to Caroline Simpson for copying.

BOX 99
Research material related to various subjects including 2 large envelopes of research material regarding the Uniting Church, Jersey Road and Moncur Street, Woollahra and Pitt Street Congregational Church, Sydney. Box file of research material regarding Aberglasslyn House, Maitland, a John Verge design. Contents include 1922 photographs, 1980s press clippings, National Trust Submission to Heritage Council 1984, Department of Planning and Environment Conservation Analysis 1985 and related correspondence, photocopies and photographs

BOX 100
Research material, 1991-1996, related to Eveleigh Railway Workshops and their transformation into the Australian Technology Park, presumably collected for book published by Simpson on the Workshops, 'Railways, Relics and Romance'. Contents include notes, published reports of e.g. conservation policy and management of the site, Development Application, copies of photographs, copies of correspondence and press releases

BOX 101
Research material related to Claremont Cottage, 1991, collected during efforts to preserve the former gate lodge for Vaucluse house. Contents include notes, copies of maps, published reports, title search, photocopies of archival documents, photographs and copies of correspondence


BOXES 102-106
Sue Rosen and Associates research material including 11 binders and 10 manilla folders of research reports and related material, 1991-1999, containing copies of reports on topics such as Lanyon homestead, Percy Simpson, Old Government House Parramatta and Lieutenant Dawes and Miller's Point. Three of the binders consist entirely of copies of manuscripts in the Mitchell Library. Two of the folders consist of Tax Invoices

BOXES 107-111
Includes 9 folders of the 'Caroline Simpson Collection at Clyde Bank Catalogue'

BOXES 112-120
Approximately 60 items relating to Clyde Bank, a property at Dawes Point which Simpson purchased and turned into a museum. The contents include photographs, building specifications, correspondence, copies of research material about the history of the building and the area, reports relating to the restoration of Clyde Bank and consulting engineers' reports.

BOX 121
10 folders of research material related to various subjects, 1980s and 1990s, including press clippings, reports, photocopies and correspondence, relating to subjects such as Double Bay; the Royal Australian Historical Society; the Greenway Obelisk in Macquarie Place; Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens [includes coloured transparencies]; the Garden History Society; Sydney - A Celebration Book; All Saints Church Woollahra; Trahlee - Bellevue Hill; Classics Scholarship 1998-2000; Elizabeth Bay House; and Retford Park

BOX 122
6 folders of research material related to various subjects, 1980s and 1990s, including press clippings, reports, photocopies and correspondence, relating to subjects such as Treasury Hotel; Treasures from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: An exhibition of paintings by F. G. Simpkinson De Wesselow [1819-1906] which gives a vivid picture of Tasmania's picturesque landscape in the 1840s; Vernon Mount, Ireland; Glenrock, Marulan including photographs of Morrice family at Glenrock, pre-1916 [2 copy photographs, 1 negative]; Redbank, formerly Jugiong, including stables, trees and garden setting; National Parks & Wildlife Foundation; Conservatorium, 1998-1999; The Prevost House; 'The Sir Joseph Banks Polka by John Stevens', 'Bulwarra Waltzes' and 'Birthday Quadrilles' [sheet music copies]; Ascham School, Edgecliff; Ascham School Appeal; Samuel Clayton Medal; Royle House Demolition; Legislative Assembly New South Wales, Hyde Park Improvement Committee, 1858; 'Highlife' Magazine featuring Clyde Bank, April/May 2000

BOX 123
Research material related to Government House, Sydney; 2 'Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife' wooden plaques awarded to 'Mrs Caroline Simpson Founding Member' and 'Caroline Simpson, Throsby Park, 1993'

BOXES 124-125
Obituaries, 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' including 35 folders containing research material and correspondence relating to obituaries written by Simpson and collected for articles for the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' and other publications and for talks given by Simpson. Subjects include Ion Macarthur-Onslow, Nesta Griffith, Rachel Roxburgh, Colonel Ralph Sutton, The De Chairs, David Lloyd Jones, Marion Hall-Best, Paul Jones

BOX 126
Research material relating to Harrington Park, Camden (purchased in 1944 by Fairfax and Sons and used by Warwick Fairfax as his country property), including copy of chronology regarding Captain William Campbell and Harrington Park prepared by Sue Rosen; information collected by Sue Rosen, 1993; photocopies of documents; press clippings

BOXES 127-128
Material collected by Caroline Simpson for the Biography chapter in 'William Hardy Wilson: A 20th Century Colonial 1881-1955', the book companion to the National Trust exhibition of the same name, 1980. Contents include 20 folders and loose items: photographs, copies of articles, correspondences and notes regarding the architect, designer, artist and author Hardy Wilson who has Simpson's great-uncle

BOXES 129-130
Eryldene Trust research material, including documents relating to Eryldene, the house of E.G. Waterhouse, designed by Hardy Wilson. Contents include Eryldene Appeal documents, 1974-1979, Eryldene Foundation Annual Report papers, 1998-2000, Plan of Management, 1987, press clippings, correspondence, brochures, blank letterhead, photographs, 1980-1995, Eryldene Trust Report and Maintenance Schedule, 1983

BOX 131
Documents related to Caroline Simpson's membership of the Organising Committee for the University of Sydney's sesquicentenary celebrations:
Documents relating to exhibition of David Moore photographs, Stones of Learning, University of Sydney, 1999: contact prints, invoices, press clippings, correspondence, guest list. Unbound photocopy of Orwell and Phillips, The Main Quadrangle Conservation Plan, 1995

BOX 132
4 folders relating to Eryldene, 1977, Canonbury, 1986, First Fleet to Federation exhibition and book 1976-1977 and Lindesay exhibition, 1980. Contents include press clippings and copies of magazines with relevant articles