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Series 19: Family papers, 1804-1975

The series comprises correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, notes, a notebook, personal documents, photographs, souvenirs, programs, press clippings and other printed material. The correspondence is primarily between family members, including a large exchange between Deakin and his son-in-law Herbert Brookes. There are papers of Pattie Deakin, including material relating to returned soldiers, the 'ANZAC Buffet' and the opening of Parliament in Canberra in 1927, together with reminiscences of Alfred Deakin by members of his family, material relating to Deakin family history and other papers.
Deakin's letters to his sister from America and England, written in 1885 and 1887, were transcribed into notebooks with the family references excluded. These can be found in Series 2. The papers of Deakin's sister Catherine are held in the Manuscript Collection at MS 4913, and in the papers of Deakin's daughter Stella Rivett at MS 9057. The papers of Deakin's daughter and son-in-law, Ivy and Herbert Brookes, are at MS 1924, while those of his daughter Vera White and her husband Sir Thomas White are at MS 9148.
This series contains Items 19/1 - 19/615. The family photograph albums in Subseries 19.7 have been digitised, and are available online through this finding aid. The photographs in these albums have also been individually catalogued (http://nla.gov.au/catalogue).

 

Subseries 19.1 Correspondence, 1883-1917
Primarily between Deakin and his immediate family, including several letters sent from England and America. A large exchange of letters between Deakin and his son-in-law Herbert Brookes is also present. This subseries contains Items 19/1 - 19/274.
Subseries 19.2 Miscellaneous family papers, 1906-1975
Reminiscences by Pattie Deakin and Ivy Brookes, the form of service for Wilfred Brookes's christening, 1906, the 'Testament' Deakin prepared for his daughters in 1890, a play written by either Stella or Ivy Deakin, a review of Professor Walter Murdoch's Alfred Deakin translated from the German, and other papers. This subseries contains Items 19/275 - 19/356.
Subseries 19.3 Forbears, 1804-1909
Correspondence, including letters of Catherine A. Deacon and Dora Ballantyne, printed material, family history notes, the Deakin family coat of arms, a letter by Deakin's grandfather John Deakin to his wife Catherine, 1804, documents of Deakin's father, William Deakin, 1855 and 1892, and a notebook containing a work by Mary Ann Smith (William Deakin's elder sister) titled 'An account of my brother's voyage to Australia', 1849. This subseries contains Items 19/357 - 19/400.
Subseries 19.4 Pattie Deakin, 1900-1940
Correspondence, programs, invitations, material relating to the 'ANZAC Buffet', press clippings, Hansard reports, the Roll of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem for 1915 and 1924, a typescript of a broadcast dealing with Pattie Deakin's life and a memorial pamphlet on her death in 1934. Also included are papers that Mrs Deakin collected while attending the opening of Parliament in Canberra in 1927. They include invitations, programs, official souvenirs and several press reports of the event. This subseries contains Items 19/401 - 19/525, 19/615.
Subseries 19.5 Letters to Lady Rivett, 1935-1966
Letters of James Ashton and Harold White concerning family photographs. This subseries contains Items 19/526 - 19/530.
Subseries 19.6 Press clippings, c.1926-1956
Relating to the dedication of memorials in Deakin's honour, as well as activities of various family members. This subseries contains Items 19/531 - 19/539.
Subseries 19.7 Photographs
Several loose photographs, including many of Deakin, and two large family photograph albums. The family photograph albums have been digitised, and are available online through this finding aid. The photographs in these albums have also been individually catalogued (http://nla.gov.au/catalogue). This subseries contains Items 19/540 - 19/614.
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