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Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks
- Date
- [1828-1984]
- By
- Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951
- Reference
- MS-Group-1565
- Description
Three scrapbooks created by Archibald Duncan, comprising printed photographs, newspaper extracts, charts and other printed material relating to Australia and the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The material is dated between 1928 and 1951. A further three scrapbooks were donated in 2009. These were also created by Archibald Duncan and added to after his death by his children. They contain notes on his family and printed material relating to the Duncan and related families, including invitations, examination results, marriage notices, obituaries, etc. Also material relating to World War 1 & 2. Explanatory notes prepared by Gordon Duncan and Margaret Butler accompany these three scrapbooks.
Source of title - Supplied by Library
Quantity: 6 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Printed matter with ms annotations
Provenance: Three scrapbooks were donated by Margaret Butler in 2006 & a further three scrapbooks by Gordon Duncan in 2009. Formerly owned by Archibald Duncan, father of Gordon and grandfather of Margaret.
Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated, Margaret Butler, 2006 & Gordon Duncan, 2009
Transfers: Transferred from Photographic Archive; the main collection is with the Photographic Archive PH-2006-160 - From Photographic Archive - Three scrapbooks.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 6 volume(s), 1 folder(s), 0.30 Linear Metres, Scrapbooks, Family histories, Manuscripts, Printed matter with ms annotations
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Scrapbook - Family matters
Date: [ca 1896-1949]
From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks
By: Duncan family
Reference: MSX-8288
Description: No 1 Scrapbook `Archibald Duncan - Family matters' begins with brief details of his family and his career with the Customs Department, including examinations he passed. Also invitations, examination results, marriage notices, obituaries, letters of condolence, etc relating to the following families - McMurrich, Anderson, Cruickshank, Duncan, Easton, Osborne, Richardson, Telfer, Walker, Corr, Dobbie, Crosbie, Tait, Lawson, Cranstoun. Names and places mentioned have been added to Name & Place fields. Other - Explanatory notes for the scrapbook, compiled by Gordon Duncan (son), are in MS-Papers-9224 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter
Scrapbook - Family and miscellaneous old papers
Date: 1828-1965
From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks
Reference: MSY-6689
Description: Scrapbook entitled `Archibald Duncan - Family and miscellaneous papers' appears to have been commenced by Archibald Duncan, and added to after his death in 1951 by his son Robert John Duncan. Commences with a 17 page family history of Robert McWilliam Duncan and his wife Jessie (nee Cruickshank) who arrived at Port Chalmers on the `Wellington' in 1878 with two children, and family history of Archibald Cruickshank and his wife Helen (nee Douglas). Helen arrived in NZ, a widow' on the `Marlborough' in 1880 with two of her children and lived with her daughter Jessie Duncan at Wyndham. Compiled by Robert and Harold Duncan in 1960s. Also extract from the Bible of Robert McWilliam Duncan; letters, cards and lists of those who sent wreaths on death of Mary Ann Duncan, 1957; papers relating to John Corr and members of the Corr family; papers re Archibald Duncan's estate; papers relating to Keith Douglas Duncan (1926-1945); letters from the Controller of Customs on occasion of Archibald's retirement in 1935; remedy for lumbago and rheumatism; papers relating to phrenology; certificates from Wyndham School; correspondence with the Public Trust Office and family members about the estates of Robert McWilliam Duncan and James Duncan. Other - Detailed explanatory notes for the scrapbook, compiled by Gordon Duncan (son), are in MS-Papers-9224 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter
Africa - Scrapbook
Date: [ca 1928-1951]
From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks
Reference: MSX-7888
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Explanatory notes relating to scrapbooks of Archibald Duncan at MSX-8288, MSX-8289, MSY...
Date: [2008]
From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks
Reference: MS-Papers-9224
Description: Detailed explanatory notes on the contents of three scrapbooks relating to the Duncan family. They were compiled by Gordon Duncan, son of Archibald Duncan and typed by Margaret Butler Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript
Australia and the Pacific - Scrapbook
Date: [ca 1928-1951]
From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks
Reference: MSX-7886
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Scrapbook - Family matters
Date: [ca 1949-1984]
From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks
By: Duncan family
Reference: MSX-8289
Description: Scrapbook `Archibald Duncan - Family matters' begun by A Duncan, added to by his family after his death in 1951 up until 1984. Includes his obituary and letters of condolence (pp 14-15). Also invitations, examination results, birth, marriage and death notices, obituaries, letters of condolence, telegrams, etc relating to the following families - McMurrich, Shirley, Anderson, Barry, Cruickshank, Duncan, Easton, Osborne, Richardson, Simon, Nuttall, Telfer, Lawson, Tait, Pudney, McClellan, Sinclair, Patton, Dick. Names have been added to Name field. Other - Explanatory notes for the scrapbook, compiled by Gordon Duncan (son), are in MS-Papers-9224 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter
America - Scrapbook
Date: [ca 1928-1951]
From: Duncan, Archibald, 1875-1951 : Scrapbooks
Reference: MSX-7887
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).