Born on Norfolk Island, the son of Rev John Richardson Selwyn; grandson of Bishop George Augustus Selwyn. Corresponded with the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1923 from Repton, Derbyshire.
Selwyn, Stephen John (Rev), 1875-1960
Reminiscences of Stephen Selwyn
Date: [ca 1922]
From: Selwyn, George Augustus (Bishop), 1809-1878 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0088-7
Description: Born on Norfolk Island, the son of Rev John Richardson Selwyn. Reminscences about his childhood and early years; especially his father and his grandmother Sarah Selwyn, Melanesian Mission, life in Lichfield, and various members of the Church of England, namely - Bishop Maclagan, Rev E Bradley (d 1913), Bishop of London (Winnington Imgram), Canon Lansdale, Archdeacon Iles, Rev Nobbs, and Bishop Abraham. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (58 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Found in the basement of New Zealand House, London in January 1970
Correspondence (Se)
Date: 1920-1932
From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files
Reference: MS-Papers-0181-074
Description: names of correspondents not entered in Name Field include: Ida Searle; Martin Secker; R E Selby; Selections Sequana (Paris); Selwyn College (Dunedin) re books in the library; Selwyn Plantation Board (Christchurch); Miss Dulcie Sexton. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Photographs
Date: [ca 1870-1915]
From: Selwyn family :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9823-1
Description: Photographs of Bishop Selwyn, his father, brothers, their wives and children. Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s).
Inward letters
Date: 1887-1902
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-09
Description: Letters to Sarah Harriet Selwyn from her son, his family and others Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Stephan J Selwyn - Photograph taken by T Jones
Date: [ca 1882]
From: Selwyn family :Photographs
By: Jones, T, active 1872
Reference: PAColl-9823-1-07
Description: Portrait of Stephen J Selwyn as a boy photographed by T Jones, Ludlow, England in about 1882. Inscriptions: Verso - Stephen Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 9.5 x 6 cm, mounted on card
Letter to his mother
Date: Aug [1875]
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-27-03
Description: Letter written to his mother from Norfolk Island. Birth of his son, Stephen Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with his children
Date: 1876-1900
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-23
Description: Letters to John Richardson Selwyn's children and letters from his daughters, Margaret ("Pearlie") and Rebie. Includes short letter from Sarah Harriet Selwyn to her grandson George (n d), and letter to Margaret from Rev B T Dudley, St Sepulchre's, Auckland (1900). Topics mainly those of childhood, and of "duty" letters from children to parents Quantity: 1 folder(s).