MANUSCRIPT
Moore family : Papers
- Date
- 1860-1965
- By
- Forbes, Josephine Knyvett, 1917-2005Moore, Francis Edward, 1853-1908; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965; Moore, Sophia Augusta, 1862?-1945; Lysaght family
- Reference
- MS-Papers-1189
- Description
Correspondence between Francis Moore and his wife Sophie (nee Lysaght) and with various family members, particularly those of Francis' family in England. Includes correspondence with his brother Arthur W Moore, an Admiral in the British Navy, and his sister Evelyn Moore, a Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria. Also papers relating to their son John Lysaght Moore, artist. Some reference to the Chatham Islands where Moore farmed in the 1880s and 1890s.
Relationship complexity - Further Moore family correspondence at 81-041
Quantity: 26 folder(s). 0.26 Linear Metres.
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Sketches by Mary and Frances Lysaght.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 26 folder(s), 0.26 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Manuscripts
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Letters from family members and miscellaneous papers
Date: 1889-1907
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-09
Description: Includes letters to his brother, Edward Moore; his parents-in-law and sister-in-law; his daughters; Commissioner of Property Tax, 1889; telegram from Wallich, 1907; various rough sketches Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1900, n d
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-16
Description: Contents include: Essay on `My garden', 1900; rough note of invitation to a flower exhibition; list of wedding presents of F E Moore and S A Moore (undated); page of pencilled homilies. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from Sophie Augusta Moore to her father and other family members
Date: 1885-1889, n d
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-12
Description: Correspondents include her father, sisters Mary, Frances amd Louie (Tubby), daughter Evelyn, and Harriet. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from various correspondents
Date: 1920, 1926, n d
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-20
Description: Correspondents include: James Houston, 1920; George, 1926; Nancy and Kathleen, undated Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from his sister, Evelyn Moore
Date: 1881-1890
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-02
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from Sophie Augusta Moore to her mother
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-11
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to his sister Evelyn, and miscellaneous papers
Date: 1912, 1950, n d
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-21
Description: Letters to his sister written from Pipiriki House, Wanganui River, and from Raetihi, 1950; list of confirmation candidates (Wanganui School Chapel), 1912; sketch of coat of arms (motto - Bella horrida bella). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to Sophie Augusta Moore from her daughters and granddaughters
Date: 1897-1940
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-15
Description: Correspondents include daughters Phyllis Marion Moore and Marjorie F Whitehorn; granddaughters Josephine and Gabrielle Whitehorn Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from his sister, Evelyn Moore
Date: 1881, 1901
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-04
Description: These letters relate especially to Queen Victoria. Also negative photocopies of the letters. Notes explaining why these letters were kept apart from Evelyn's other letters to Francis (by Marjorie F Whitehorn nee Moore) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters to Walter Moore
Date: 1890, 1897
From: Moore family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1189-22
Description: Letters from Arthur W Moore, 1890; Evelyn Moore, 1897 Quantity: 1 folder(s).