Item 03: George Alfred Norton Russell papers, ca 1850-1910

MLMSS 9671/Folder 3

item

ca 1850-1910

Textual Records, Drawings

1341985

0.05 metres of textual material, includes some drawings (1 folder) - manuscript, drawings

Letter to Beatrice Russell dated Sydney, 18 August 1910 from G.N. Russell. On letterhead of G. Norton Russell, Young’s Chambers, 256 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Letter tells Beatrice why he wrote the diary and that the diary now belongs to Beatrice.

Manuscript poem signed ‘J.M.’ written to Beatrice Russell, dated on board the Brucklay Castle, off Cape Herin, Sunday May 12th 1872. On page 29 of the diary for May 13th this poem is repeated stating that the poem was written by Mr Mitchell off Cape Horn, South America.

Elements of Astronomy. Manuscript in red bound volume. Elizabeth Wilkie, Mrs Tweedies, Woolloomooloo. A school book of Elizabeth Wilkie showing original drawings of astronomical diagrams in coloured pen and ink together with descriptive text. Mrs G.M. Tweedie ran a ladies academy at Premier-terrace, William Street, Woolloomooloo during 1850s-1860s. (Reference: Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), 18 October, 1860, p. 1, viewed 22 May, 2015, in Trove. http://nla.gov.au/nla)

Typed manuscripts giving historical and biographical information on the Russell family, undated.

Copyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales