Frederick Taylor Whitington papers and printed materials, including papers of Bishop William Grant Broughton collected by Whitington, 1836-1946

MLMSS 9854

fonds

1836-1946

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

1001477

0.16 metres of textual material and 1 photograph (1 box)

Frederic Taylor Whitington (1853-1938) was ordained an Anglican priest in Adelaide in 1879. He was appointed Rector of St John's Church, New Town, and Archdeacon of Hobart in 1895, and remained in this position until his retirement in 1923. Whitington's biography of William Grant Broughton was published by Angus & Robertson in 1936.

The papers were found in a house purchased by the donor's parents, Mr and Mrs Moase. The house was previously the residence of Archdeacon Whitington, the author of the first biography of Bishop Broughton.

FOLDER 01: F.T. Whitington correspondence, 1889-1946
1. Charles Collison, Secretary, Bills Land and Investment Company Adelaide, to Canon Whitington regarding shares he holds, 5 April 1889.
2. Bishop’s Court, North Adelaide, to Canon Whitington, regarding loss to Diocese if he left, 21 June 1890.
3. [?], Diocesan Registry Brisbane, to Canon Whitington, regarding Diocesan matters, 16 December 1890.
4. [?], Diocesan Registry Brisbane, to Canon Whitington, regarding Diocesan matters, 18 December 1890.
5. [?], from Bishopsbourne Brisbane, to Canon Whitington, regarding growing character of Brisbane Diocese and other Brisbane Dioceses, 21 December 1890.
6. Telegram from Brisbane to Canon Whitington at Kapunda, 22 December 1890 [damaged].
7. [?], from Diocesan Registry Brisbane, to Canon Whitington, regarding the possibility of opening in Warwick, 27 December 1890.
8. [?], from Bishopsbourne Brisbane, to Canon Whitington, 4 January 1891.
9. S. French, Parsonage Glenelg, to Whitington, 5 January 1891.
10. Augustus Sturche, Church Office Adelaide, 8 January 1891. [insect damage]
11. Treasury, Hobart, to Archdeacon, 21 June 1897.
12. Wilson, to Archdeacon on Tasmania letter card, 22 August 1901.
13. Richard Going from Glasgow, to the Bishop of Launceston asking for information about his father, a musician, who abandoned his mother and went to Launceston, 29 April 1902.
14. Governor of Tasmania (Capt Sir Arthur Havelock), to Archdeacon, pleased to know that the operation on his wife was successful; concerned that the Church of England drifting towards Buddhism/Unitarianism, 20 March 1904.
15. Governor of Tasmania (Capt Sir Arthur Havelock), to Archdeacon, 30 March 1904.
16. [?], Scottsdale, to Archdeacon, 2 March 1905 [incomplete].
17. J.R., Tasmania, to Archdeacon, in pencil, enclosing 4-page carbon typescript letter from Ewing, Hodgman & Seager, Barristers and Solicitors, to the Bishop of Tasmania, 30 June 1911.
18. Manuscript note on Union Club notepaper in Whitington’s hand, “Merry Christmas to my sweet pal”, Christmas 1919.
19. Senator John Blythe Hayes from Scottsdale to Vicar General, regarding two Synod matters and a bill about grading clergymen, 15 August 1932.
20. [?] from Elizabeth Street, Sydney, to Archdeacon, 14 February 1937.
21. Lettercard from Anne to Miss [Mary] Whitington, 3 July 1946.
22. Postcard to Archdeacon Whitington with cartoon of two men fishing, undated.
23. Whitington to Katie [future wife], 25 January [?], [insect damage]
24. George D[?], incomplete letter, undated.

FOLDER 02: F.T. Whitington miscellaneous papers, 1880-1927
1. Typescript extracts from Archdeacon Scott’s first report to Secretary of State for Colonies (Bathurst) dated 30 March 1824.
2. Typescript of Despatch No.47 from Earl of Bathurst to Sir Thomas Brisbane dated 21 December 1824.
3. Typescript of confidential Despatch from Governor Sir R. Bourke to Secretary of State for the Colonies dated 8 August 1836.
4. Manuscript notes for an address to the Guild of Perseverance at St Jude’s, Brighton, 13 May 1880.
5. Manuscript copy from Register of the Parish of Preston, given to Whitington after preaching in Hove Church, 29 April 1888 [3 fragments].
6. Two receipts from NSW Treasury for purchase of land at Gordon NSW by Thomas Moore, Auction Sale on 25 October 1888, dated 22 November 1890 and 26 October 1891.
7. Typescript copies of letters to Archbishops and the Bishop of Tasmania, concerning resolutions passed at the General Synod about Theological Faculties, including the establishment of a Faculty of Theology at the University of Adelaide, 1926-1927.
8. Manuscript in exercise book ‘Turning points of English Church History by the Rev. Edward L. Cutts: Analysis by C. Dowling’, 74 pages, undated.
9. Manuscript ‘Memo for the Archdeacon’, undated.
10. Manuscript notes by Mrs Harris on ‘S. Thomas of Canterbury’, undated.
11. Manuscript list of fruit trees and berries, undated.
12. Manuscript of sermon, 12 pages, undated.
13. Typescript pages relating to early convict days in Van Dieman’s Land, undated [missing first page].
14. Photograph [of F.T. Whitington?], Mora Studio, Rundle Street, Adelaide, [189-].

FOLDER 03: Drafts of biography of Bishop Broughton by F.T. Whitington, [193-]
Approximately 130 pages, mostly typed but some manuscript.

FOLDER 04: F.T. Whitington printed material collected, 1846-1918
1. ‘Two Journals of Visitation to the Northern and Southern Portions of his diocese by the Lord Bishop of Australia in 1843’, Part 1 and Part 2 (3rd ed), printed London, 1846.
2. ‘A letter from the Lord Bishop of Melbourne [Charles Perry] to the Honorary Secretary of the Special Committee for that Diocese dated November 1849’, printed London, 1850.
3. ‘The Canticles and Hymns of the Church of England’, printed by William Fletcher, Hobart, 1872.
4. ‘Diocese of Tasmania’, 1887 [missing cover].
5. Leaflet ‘The Proposed Bishopric of Rockhampton Endowment Fund (Diocesan Registry, Brisbane), August 1890. Includes 2 page list of subscribers.
6. ‘Digest of Acts and Resolutions passed in the Diocesan Synod of Tasmania’, printed Hobart 1906. Includes one typed and two handwritten notes.
7. Truth newspaper, Sydney, 23 October 1910.
8. ‘An Appeal to Truth: A letter addressed by Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Malines, and the Bishops of Belgium, to the Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops of Germany, Bavaria and Austria-Hungary’, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 24 November 1915.
9. Diocese of Kalgoorlie, WA: Report and Financial Statement, 1917-1918.

FOLDER 05: W.G. Broughton papers and associated research material collected by F.T. Whitington, 1836-1855
1. Printed copy of W.G. Broughton’s address to the Consistorial Court, with two ink corrections, 2 November 1836.
2. Manuscript copy of Church of England Temporalities Act, 6 September 1837, 14 pages.
3. Letter from Judge Burton to Joshua Watson, concerning shortage of church space in Sydney and delay of the construction of St Andrew’s Cathedral, 20 November 1839 [incomplete].
4. Letter concerning visit by Broughton to Bathurst where he consecrated a Church, undated [incomplete].
5. Manuscript copy of extract from Sydney Morning Herald, 27 January 1848, concerning the installation of Broughton as Bishop of Sydney.
6. Draft manuscript notes concerning the ‘proposed division of the Diocese of Australia’, undated.
7. Manuscript note concerning the death of the ‘late revered Metropolitan’, author unknown, undated [fragment]. Pencil note says Bishop of Tasmania (Nixon) 1855.

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Research & study copies allowed: Authors have been deceased for more than 50 years
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