Series 05: Papers of Greg Chappell, Nesta Griffiths, Joan Ferber, Valerie Cox, Janet Cosh, and Arthur Westrup Dibley, ca. 1861-ca. 1993

MLMSS 9534/Boxes 133-138

series

ca. 1861-ca. 1993

1071081

3.63 of textual and graphic material (21 boxes)

BOXES 133-138
Greg Chappell papers, 1970s-1990s, including:
1 folder of general business correspondence, 1980s-1990s
1 folder of ephemera, some press clippings and photographs regarding Chappell, most not cricket, i.e. baseball, golf, 1980s
1 folder of correspondence, articles, proposals regarding Cricketers' Association, 1980s-1990s
1 folder regarding Australian Women's Cricket, 1990s
3 folders of business materials containing correspondence - inviting, acknowledging, thanking - remittances for work and appearances, proposals, for business, 1980s-1990s
1 folder of articles, stories, photographs, quotations, press clippings, autobiographial notes regarding cricket, most about and some by Chappell, 1980s
2 folders of general incoming cricket correspondence, controls, tours, politics, 1980s
4 folders of general cricket administrative documents - telegrams, signed photographs from dinners, invitations, tour schedules, 1970s onwards
Approx. 30 loose photographs of Chappell at cricket, most not captioned
Approx. 200 letters from cricket followers, ca. 1970s onwards
1 envelope of cricket memorabilia including Chappell's career statistics, analysis of century innings, questionnaires to players, drafts of articles, notes of pre-season preparation and score sheets
Team sheet of the International Wanderers, signed by 16 players and 2 managers, including Chappell brothers, English, New Zealand and Australian players, undated

BOXES 139-141
Nesta Griffiths papers, including:
General household papers - last will and testament, notebooks, correspondence, road touring maps
Handwritten journal of a trip to Europe, most in English, some in Italian, ca. 1920s
'Sydney to Java', clean typescript, June 1922
1 envelope of sales records from Ure Smith, 1950-1952
1 foolscap notebook marked 'Diary for 1938' containing notes regarding New South Wales historical figures
1 mock up of 'Some Northern Houses of New South Wales' by Nesta Griffiths
Loose prints and maps for 'Some Northern Houses of New South Wales' by Nesta Griffiths
'Some Northern Houses of New South Wales' typescript with corrections

BOXES 142-143
Ms Joan Ferber was a member of the Women's Committee of the National Trust. The contents consist of 4 Women's Committee Invoice Books, 1969, 1976, 1978 and about 50 copies of magazines from the 1970s such as 'Australian House and Garden', 'Australian Womens' Weekly', 'Vogue Living and Woman's Day'. Copies of magazines containing articles about the First Fleet to Federation exhibition at Old Government House, Parramatta, 1976, and folders of documents and correspondence relating to the exhibition and the accompanying book
Material relating to an exhibition at Lindesay

BOX 144
Documents collected by Valerie Cox, including:
Scrapbook with 'Sophy 1861' inscribed on first page; second page has inscription 'Sophia M. Cox from her affectionate brother Alfred H. Stephen June 1852'. Contents include illustrations cut out from journals, drawings of flowers, handwritten copies of poems, postcards. Spine broken.

Springback folder relating to Denham Court, Ingleburn and Blomfield Family. Includes typescript history, copies of documents, press clippings, copies of articles, correspondence.

Springback folder relating to William Cox of Clarendon, including typescript copy of document regarding building of road over the Blue Mountains

Springback folder regarding the Lord Mayor's Ball, Sydney, 1944

Exercise book containing handwritten extracts re William Cox from memoirs of Joseph Holt in possession of Nigel Cox; also typescript book of the handwritten extracts.

1 bundle of documents relating to the Macquarie Regional Council of Historical Societies, 1960s-1970s

BOXES 145-148
Janet Cosh, granddaughter of Louisa Calvert, interested in history and botany of the Southern Highlands and nearby areas. Papers include: Handwritten notes, press clippings, small local histories, reports and copies of journals (e.g. RAHS Journal) re Nepean area, Picton, Kangaroo Valley, Moss Vale, Goulburn, Illawarra and Liverpool. Folder regarding Janet Cosh and her family, including family photographs and copies of her obituary. Publications include: 'A Report on Agriculture and Trade in NSW' and 'Report into the Colony of NSW', facsimile editions of the volumes of the Bigge Report, Libraries Board of SA: Adelaide, 1966, 'An Australian in China' by G. E. Morrison. Binding damaged, pages loose, some missing.

BOXES 149-151
Janet Cosh research material including: 15 issues and 1 folder of issues of the 'Canberra Historical Journal', 1960s-1970s. Handwritten diary, 28 May-20 September 1841, written by a clergyman called Furse who was a relation of Cosh's step-grandfather's mother. Given to Cosh who passed it on to Caroline Simpson because of interesting information it contains about Parramatta. Folder of typescript carbons, possibly chapters from a book, all relating to early European settlement in the Monaro, Illawara and the South Coast, Bowral-Canberra area. Exercise book containing copies Cosh made of Cosh family letters; originals of some have been lodged with the Mitchell Library. Series of watercolour paintings of Berrima district, ca. 1920.

BOXES 152-153
Arthur Westrup Dibley papers, including: Plays and Short Stories written by the late Arthur Dibley, The Sydney Player's Club magazines and
illuminated address given to Arthur Dibley's father on his retirement as Joint Managing Director of Palings, Sydney