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Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
- Date
- [ca 1810-1884]
- By
- Swainson, William John, 1824-1887
- Reference
- 87-162
- Description
Handwritten transcripts of letters, diaries and other papers relating to the Swainson and Parkes families. Most were copied between 1874 and 1884, but some of the volumes are contemporary copy letter books.
Source of title - Supplied by Library.
Many are indexed and illustrated with maps, plans, drawings, printed matter and photographs.
Relationship complexity - See qMS-1962, MS-1759, MS-2106 and MSY-6859-6862, Micro-MS-0102 and Micro-MS-0064 for copies of extracts of the volumes
William John Swainson 1824-1887, the eldest son of William John Swainson 1794-1855, the naturalist, undertook to transcribe the entirety of the Swainson and Parkes family papers. He included notes, contemporary newspaper cuttings, maps and other material. The location of the originals is unknown
Quantity: 18 volume(s). 0.66 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, photographs
Finding Aids: Volumes with an index included are noted as such.
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 18 volume(s), 0.66 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Diaries, Manuscripts, Photographs, Mss, printed matter, photographs
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Letter book
Date: 1873-1875
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8862
Description: Original letter book of William John Swainson, writing from Rangitikei to his brother Henry Gabriel Swainson Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Journals of tours
Date: 1810-1815, 1874
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8847
Description: Copy of journals of tours made by William Swainson in Italian state, the Sicilies and Greece, copied by William John Swainson. Includes poetry composed by William Swainson Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Letters from the Parkes family and associated papers
Date: 1815-1875
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8856
Description: Transcripts of letters from John Parkes, together with notes and transcripts of other papers related to the Parkes family. Includes photographs, clippings, map of Birmingham and some loose sketches. Index provided Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Journal of expedition to Brazil and other journals
Date: 1816-1818, 1828, [1874]
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8848
Description: Transcriptions of William Swainson's journal of his travel to Brazil as a member of Henry Koster expedition 1816-1818; journal of tour of Lake Country and Scotland, by Frederic Parkes, together with a letter by Mary Parkes 1818; journal of tour of France by Mary and William Swainson 1828, including letters by Mary Swainson to her parents, and a memoir of an emigre French nobleman, the Marquis de Lys, who was connected to the Parkes family. Includes pencil sketch and loose notes on Brazil by William Swainson, tipped in newspaper cutting and sketch of a piper by Henry Swainson. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Letters from Henry Gabriel Swainson
Date: 1847-1873
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8855
Description: Transcripts of letters from Henry Gabriel to Mary Frederica and William John Swainson, while in England and serving with the Royal Navy. With notes recording Henry's career in the Navy, newspaper clippings and copies of sketches. Index supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Letter book
Date: 1870-1873
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8863
Description: Original letter book of William John Swainson, writing from Rangitikei, to Henry Gabriel and Edwin Swainson, Mary De Lys and other family members. Indexed Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Swainson and Strickland families - Memoranda and accounts
Date: 1835-1874
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8859
Description: Transcripts of accounts, memoranda, genealogies and other family material relating to the Swainson and Strickland families. Includes newspaper cuttings, photographs and sketches. With index Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Letters from Mary Swainson to her parents - Vol 3
Date: 1833-1835, 1870-1871
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8851
Description: Transcriptions of letters from Mary Swainson to John and Martha Parkes. Includes notes provided by W J Swainson, newspaper cuttings, a loose letter from a Mrs Corrie, and copies of other correspondence between Mary Swainson's brothers. Also map of England showing main routes Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Letters from family and friends in England and elsewhere
Date: 1874-1884
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8857
Description: Letters from Henry Gabriel and other members of the Swainson, Parkes and other related families in England. Includes photographs, silhouettes, clippings and an incomplete index Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Letters from Mary Swainson to her parents - Vol 1
Date: 1819-1830, 1869-1870
From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters
Reference: MSX-8849
Description: Transcripts of letters from Mary Swainson to John and Martha Parkes. Includes map of London, tipped-in sketches and newspaper cuttings. Indexed by name. Copied by J W Swainson 1869-1870, who also provided notes to letters Quantity: 1 volume(s).