Series 01: James Oswald Fairfax family and personal papers, compiled ca. 1946-2016

MLMSS 10309/Boxes 1-7, 9-15
MLMSS 10309/Box 8X

series

ca. 1946-2016

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings, Ephemera

9616481

4.8 metres of textual material (14 boxes, 1 outsize box), some files contain photographs and ephemera items

Includes personal correspondence, greeting cards and ephemera from friends and family including his father, mother Marcie Elizabeth 'Betty', and sister Caroline starting from his early years when he left home for boarding school.
There are also files with other correspondence on most family members including Warwick, Lady Mary, the Gilly, Simpson and Wilson families.

File 01: Marcie Elizabeth "Betty" Fairfax correspondence with James Fairfax, 1921-1983
File 02: Caroline Simpson letters to James Fairfax 1949-1952, including James Fairfax correspondence with publisher regarding book by Louise Dobson, 2015-2016
File 03: James Fairfax personal letters, greeting cards and postcards received from friends, including some personal papers and photographs, 1939-2013
File 04: Letters of congratulations and photographs relating to appointment of James Fairfax to the Order of Australia, 14 June 1993-17 September 2010
File 05: James Fairfax funeral correspondence, condolence letters and photographs, 2017
File 06: Sir Warwick Fairfax literary manuscripts, ca. 1950-1983
File 07: Sir Warwick Fairfax funeral and thanksgiving service condolence letters and photographs, 1987
File 08: Marcie Elizabeth "Betty" Fairfax letters and papers regarding funeral wishes and memorial service, 1985-1995
File 09: Lady Mary Fairfax letters received and invitations to Fairwater, 1993-2009
File 10: Edward Pierre Gilly clippings, condolence letters and correspondence, 1972, 2005
File 11: Condolence letters and correspondence relating to Caroline Simpson, 1933-2007
File 12: Edward Simpson letters received and other personal correspondence, 1999-2013
File 13: Fairfax family research papers and photographs
File 14: Simpson family wedding photographs, 1988 / by Jill White and unknown photographers

This series is arranged into fourteen files. Each file is arranged by correspondent and subject.