Guide to the Papers of Christopher Crisp

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MS 743

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Collection Summary

Creator
Christopher Crisp
Title
Papers of Christopher Crisp
Date Range
1877-1916
Collection Number
MS 743
Extent
0.7 metres (various)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of letters from various correspondents, including James Service, Alfred Deakin George Higinbotham. There are also newspaper cuttings and printed material. There is a name index covering the correspondence (see attached appendix).

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2561963).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], MS 743, National Library of Australia, Papers of Christopher Crisp, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Biographical Note

DateEvent
1844May 20th Born in Islington, London.
1857Emigrated with his family to Victoria, and was employed in a Melbourne newspaper office for several years. Was recommended as a journeyman printer for the newly established Bacchus Marsh Express.
1866Became editor of the Express.
1873Married Grace Lane, daughter of his partner, George Lane. During the 49 years of his editorship, he corresponded with many political and literary men and maintained a very active interest in Australian.
1915December 25th Died.
DateEvent
1844May 20th Born in Islington, London.
1857Emigrated with his family to Victoria, and was employed in a Melbourne newspaper office for several years. Was recommended as a journeyman printer for the newly established Bacchus Marsh Express.
1866Became editor of the Express.
1873Married Grace Lane, daughter of his partner, George Lane. During the 49 years of his editorship, he corresponded with many political and literary men and maintained a very active interest in Australian.
1915December 25th Died.

Item Descriptions

C. Crisp correspondence and press cuttings, 1879-1916 (Item 1-42)

Personal correspondence describes the genealogy of the Crisp family, and contains comments on Crisp's editorial policies. The 1916 letters are official and personal congratulations to the Crisp family on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Bacchus Marsh Express. Series also includes obituary notices from various newspapers on Crisp's life and work.

C. Crisp correspondence, 1881-1911 (Item 43-112)

Private and official correspondence to Crisp and others on Bacchus Marsh and Victorian public and local affairs, concerning railways, water supplies and irrigation drainage, agriculture, income tax and the establishment of a population register. Undated notes by Crisp or matters of local government. 1866 lecture by James Young on Irrigation

C. Crisp correspondence, 1877-1911 (Item 113-236)

Letters from various correspondents, mainly on affairs of Victorian and Australian politics, and also including comments on leading articles of the Bacchus Marsh Express. Subjects include Federation; State Socialism; the Labour movement; Trade Unionism and the Trades Hall Council; the current constituencies; the proposed Bacchus Marsh direct railway line, and other local council affairs and proceedings, and theories of government. Included is a letter to the editor by Crisp on the Braddon clause of the Federal Constitution.

C. Crisp correspondence, 1884-1896 (Item 237-268)

17 letters, mainly from James Service, discussing political moves and opinions in relation to the unity of the colonies, State Socialism, industrial disputes and Trade Unionism, the Labour party, the annexation of New Guinea, the New Hebrides Paper and the policies of various Victorian newspapers on party government.

Letters from A. Deakin to C. Crisp, 1880-1911 (Item 269-318)

23 letters, main coverage 1880-1897 Correspondence covers Victorian party politics, religion in State schools, education, Free Trade, irrigation, Customs and Tariff Bills and the development of Bacchus Marsh The 1897 letters discuss the Federation Bill, Deakin also comments briefly on European Parliamentary systems, and there are some letters of a personal mature. (Refer to the Correspondence Index under the Related Documentation tab for a detailed list).

C. Crisp correspondence and printed material, 1889-1910 (Item 319-349)

Material is largely letters from various correspondents, mainly on the subject of Imperial Federation, discussing the movements of the Australasian Federation League, and the Imperial Federation League of Victoria and the spread of its branches. Other subjects include the spread of Republican tendencies. Australian and British defence and the State management of banks. Printed material includes addresses on Imperial Federation and on colonial policy.

Letters by and concerning George Higinbotham, 1879-1894 (Item 350-361)

3 letters by George Higinbotham, commenting briefly on the state of Australian politics, with reference to Federation and the growth of republicanism, and congratulations Crisp on the standards of his political leading articles. 3 letters relating to the preparation of Higinbotham's biography

C. Crisp correspondence, 1883-1911 (Item 362-499)

Mainly personal letters and printed material including an article written by Crisp in 1895 -"Wanted: a Cosmology". Letters are criticisms and discussions on social philosophy, which includes ideas on cosmology theology, agnosticism, atheism, spiritualism, heredity and environment, theories of government, State Socialism and women's rights.

C. Crisp correspondence, 1879-1910 (Item 500-530)

Miscellaneous correspondence, mainly acknowledgements of receipt of literature, and congratulations to Crisp on newspaper articles. Information on domestic and mining affairs.


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