GROUP

Tyne and Wear Archives Department : Miscellaneous collections

Date

1852-1929

By

Rendel, Stuart Rendel, Baron, 1834-1913; Jervois, William Francis Drummond (Sir), 1821-1897; Watson, Mabel Spence, 1860-1907; Harle, William L, 1801-1878; Hutt, William (Sir), 1801-1882; Merz, Charles H, 1874-1940; Swan, Joseph Wilson (Sir), 1828-1914; Swan, George Henry, 1833-1913; Miller, John, active 1852

Reference

Micro-MS-Coll-20-1831-1833

Description

Selected records relating to Australia and New Zealand. Includes papers of Stuart Rendel of the armaments firm Sir W G Armstrong & Co, re purchase of arms and gunboats for the Australian colonies 1878-1881; letters of Elizabeth Spence Watson re emigration of industrial girls to Queensland 1881-1884; records of the Newcastle Guardians of the Poor re emigration of paupers 1923-1929; papers of Charles H Merz and William McLellan re electrification of railways in Australia and New Zealand (including photograph albums) 1908-1926; correspondence between William L Harle and Sir William Hutt 1835-1849; records relating to the North British Australasian Company 1855-1860; papers of the Swan family re Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1882-1885; letters of John Miller, an emigant to Victoria, 1852-1853.

Source of title - Transcribed

Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s).

Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1983

Photograph albums, mainly relating to Australian railways.

Access restrictions

No access restrictions

Part of

Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Format

3 microfilm reel(s), Business correspondence, Personal correspondence, Business records, Manuscripts, Microfilms, Illustration: Photograph albums, mainly relating to Australian railways.

There are 3 items in total.

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