Selwyn family
Correspondence MSS 44239-44320
Date: 1837-1883
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2233
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Selwyn family: Photograph of schooner 'The Ruth'
Date: [ca 190-?]
By: Selwyn family
Reference: PAColl-9990
Description: Photograph of the double masted schooner 'The Ruth' (or 'Ruth' ?) sailing past an island, probably in Melanesia. Photographer unidentified, possibly John Watt Beattie. Source of title - Title supplied by Library A diary was kept by John Watt Beattie (1859-1930), a photographer of Hobart, Tasmania, to record his trip in the 'Southern Cross', between August and November 1906, from Norfolk Island to the Solomon Islands, via the New Hebrides and Santa Cruz islands. He had been asked take photographs of the islands and mission centres, by Dr Wilson, Bishop of Melanesia. In the diary, he mentions a schooner called 'The Ruth' owned by Dr Welchman of Mara-na-tabu Island. (Information from the site below): http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/beattie_journal1906.html Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8 x 13.8 cm, on mount 10.7 x 16.4 cm Provenance: Purchase, 2012 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2077: Selwyn family: Papers.
Selwyn family : Papers
Date: 1836-1904, 1920
By: Selwyn family
Reference: MS-Group-1897
Description: Comprises the personal papers of John Richardson Selwyn, formerly Bishop of Melanesia and Warden of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and those of his parents, George Augustus and Sarah Harriet Selwyn. They include correspondence, diaries, reminiscences and other paper. As well there are some official Church records. Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: A numbering system of the letters and documents, divided into rough series and using a reference SEL010/[series number]/[number of item] was used prior to the purchase of the papers. We have added these references to the titles where appropriate. However large numbers of the papers were never listed under this system. The papers have been placed into three series, according to their origin with George Augustus, Sarah Harriet and John Richardson Selwyn. Many of the folders have been described to piece-level Quantity: 46 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter Provenance: The papers, held by the descendants of John Richardson Selwyn, were sold to the Library in 2010 Transfers: Collection taken into the Manuscripts Section as a whole, transfers made from there. Paintings made by G A Selwyn and others held at Drawings and Prints collection as C-162-003 and A-439-006/008. Photographs transferred to Photographic Section and held at PA-Coll-9823 - To Drawings & Prints Collection - - To Photographic Archive - (PA-Group-00665). Processing information: Letters described to piece level
Selwyn family: Papers
Date: [1880-1898]
By: Selwyn family
Reference: MS-Group-2077
Description: Collection comprises an original letter (with typescript copy) from Sarah Selwyn to Dr Codrington at Selwyn College; photograph of the double masted schooner "The Ruth"; poem by Bishop John Selwyn; publication "Bishop John Selwyn" by F D How; and other printed material. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 3 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase 2012 Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from there to other sections. - To Photographic Archive - Photograph of `The Ruth', a double masted schooner (PAColl-9990).
Selwyn family :Photographs
Date: [ca 1870-1915]
By: Selwyn family
Reference: PA-Group-00665
Description: Photographs of Bishop Selwyn and family, taken ca 1870-1915 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Purchase, 2010 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1897 : Selwyn family : Papers. See also Drawings, Paintings & Prints : C-162-003 and A-439-006/008.
Selwyn family : Papers
Date: [1842-1910]
By: Selwyn family
Reference: MS-Group-1039
Description: The collection comprises 98 letters and some journal portions which may be parts of letters, written mostly by Sarah Harriet Selwyn to her cousins Mary and Caroline Palmer. Some letters are by Bishop Selwyn to his family, his f ather and brother, William, and to friends and colleagues. There are brief notes, some printed material, extracts from letters and a typescript reminiscence by Mrs Selwyn. Mrs Selwyn's letters give long and detailed accounts of their activities, observations about New Zealand and its inhabitants, she expresses concern and interest about her family in England Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - The Library holds other papers relating to the Selwyn family in various collections. Quantity: 14 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Mrs Clark Maxwell's husband is a direct descendant of Bishop Selwyn. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Panorama of the Hutt Valley by Thomas Biddulph Hutton; two drawings by Selwyn of Maori men, one titled `Rawiri - Kaikohe'; and published portrait of Selwyn - To Photographic Archive - Print and negative of ships in harbour; photograph of three Melanesian or Aboriginal men; and negatives and prints of ships relating to Bishop Selwyn and the `Tomatin' - To Book Collections - Several pamphlets not held by ATL and several already held by ATL; these latter may be returned to Manuscripts.
Diary, correspondence, addresses and Selwyn family material
From: Selwyn, George Augustus (Bishop), 1809-1878 : Papers
Reference: Micro-MS-0613-9
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Artist unknown :[Portrait of a boy in collar and cravat. 1830s?]
Date: 1830 - 1840
Reference: A-439-020
Description: A three-quarter length portrait drawing of a youth or boy dressed in trousers, jacket and waistcoat. His shirt has a wide collar and he wears a cravat or wide tie. Both the collar and the tie are highlighted in white pencil. The subject is likely to be a member of the Richardson family or the Selwyn family. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on grey paper, 384 x 275 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a Selwyn family descendant via Dominic Winter Book Auctions, England, in 2010. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is at MS-Group-1897..