MANUSCRIPT
Selwyn family : Papers
- Date
- 1836-1904, 1920
- By
- Selwyn familySelwyn, George Augustus (Bishop), 1809-1878; Selwyn, Sarah Harriet, 1809-1907
- 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
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 46 folder(s), 3 volume(s), 0.60 Linear Metres, Autobiographies, Drafts (Documents), Family papers, Manuscripts, Pastoral letters and charges, Personal correspondence, Mss, printed matter
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Copyright
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Inward letters SEL010/1.00/1 to SEL010/1.00/5
Date: 1842-1844
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-02A
Description: Letters to Selwyn from Samuel Wilberforce, Charles Marriott and Henry Venn. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to his mother
Date: 1893-1897
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-30B
Description: Written from Selwyn College, Cambridge, describing life and work at Selwyn College. The letters become shorter as the decade proceeds, with Annie Selwyn doing much of the writing Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers on Melanesian labour trade
Date: 1867-1871
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-17A
Description: Papers relating to the labour trade not listed in the SEL010 inventory Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to his mother
Date: 1898-1899, n d
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-30C
Description: Written from Selwyn College, Cambridge, describing life and work at Selwyn College. The letters become shorter as the decade proceeds, with Annie Selwyn doing much of the writing Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to his mother
Date: 1881-1884
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-29A
Description: Written from Norfolk Island and `at sea', the letters describe life on Norfolk Island and travels among the islands; many of the letters are lengthy and are almost in the form of a diary; they give a vivid picture of missionary life and politics in the Solomon and Vanuatu islands and his opinions on Church government. The letters also reveal his reading, philosophical musings, and his own family life Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Journey to India
Date: 1836
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-04
Description: Handwritten account, titled 'Journey to India'. Covers only the the journey from Corfu through Greece to Constantinople. Comprises 5 unbound booklets, numbered 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9. 'The last' is pencilled on the 9th booklet. Location of the missing booklets is unknown, as is the identity of the writer. Internal evidence shows that the writer is classically educated, is interested in Turkish and Greek law, and refers to 'Sasa', who may be Sarah Selwyn (nee Richardson). Possibly the writer is the judge, John Richardson, father of Sarah Quantity: 1 volume(s) 5 items.
Papers regarding Taranaki land question
Date: 1860-1863
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-16
Description: Letters and papers regarding the Taranaki land question, originally bound together under that title; however, one of the letters relates to the Waikato War (1864) and missionary movements. The original partial list lists them as SEL010/5.00 - Miscellaneous material relating in some way to G A Selwyn. One of the items has not been located, while there is a substantial collection of papers relating to blackbirding, which have been placed in a seperate folder Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to his mother
Date: 1890-1891
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-30A
Description: Written from Norfolk Island and Sydney, describing life an work at the Melanesian Mission. Some of the letters written by Annie Selwyn Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letter SEL010/7.00/5
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-14A-05
Description: [missing] Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letter and other papers
Date: 1838-1904
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-10105-1
Description: letter from Sir John Patteson to Rev Edward Coleridge (1838); inventory of estate of late Maria Hudson (n d); inventory of contents of Kendal Hall, Richmond (1904); sketch plan of the house, Besham Abbey, not dated Quantity: 1 folder(s).