Guide to the Papers of Charles Valentine T. Wells

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MS 364

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 1970

Collection Summary

Creator
Charles Valentine T. Wells
Title
Papers of Charles Valentine T. Wells
Date Range
1891, 1908-1947
Collection Number
MS 364
Extent
0.99 metres (6 boxes + 1 folio)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2245827) for the access conditions.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Papers of Charles Valentine T. Wells, National Library of Australia, MS 364, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Newspaper cuttings, May 1926 - 18 December 1941

10 books of newscuttings on New Guinea with emphasis on Guinea Airways Limited

Includes loose newscuttings,, May 1926 - June 1930 (Item 1)

June 1930 - June 1933 (Item 2)

June 1933 - 24 August 1934 (Item 3)

24 August 1934 - 30 October 1935 (Item 4)

24 October 1935 - 3 December 1936 (Item 5)

24 November 1936 - 2 October 1937 (Item 6)

25 September 1937 - 19 October 1938 (Item 7)

20 October 1938 - 11 September 1939 (Item 8)

9 December 1939 - February 1941 (Item 9)

19 February 1941 - 18 December 1941 (Item 10)

Series 2. Australian Air Service

Australian Air Service: 2 books of newscuttings,, 21 January 1937 - 9 December 1941 (Item 1-2)

Adelaide to Darwin in a monoplane "Koranga": a luncheon address by Thomas Ryan,, 23 September 1938 (Item 3)

[Pr.].

Series 3. Guinea Gold

Guinea Gold N.L. file. (File 1)

Gold and the future: extract from Monthly Review 14/8/1935 4p. typ. Guinea Gold N.L. - Chairman's report on New Guinea trip, December 1935 (File 2)

Correspondence 23/3/1943 - 5/12/1947: With Guinea Gold N.L., C.V. Wells and L.K. Carroll Co. Articles of Association of Guinea Gold N.L., 1927 (File 2)

Taxation decisions: extract from Taxation, April 1936 (File 2)

Counsel's address to Shareholders on 10/3/1936 re Guinea Airways. Bulolo Gold Dredging Limited - dredging figures, 1932-1935 (File 2)

Chronological tree of some events in New Guinea in which late C.J. Levien was actively interested, 1920-1932 (File 3)

1p. typ. dup. [2 copies]

Guinea Gold N.L. - Notes on Kason-Jone's discoveries in Territory of New Guinea and Papua,, 1934 (File 3)

5p.

Guinea Gold [pamp] published by Vacuum Oil Company Ltd., 1935 (File 3)

Price of gold by Henry Strakosch, from The Times, 10/5/1937 (File 3)

3p. typ.

Notes on Chairmanship, 1p. typ. dup., 17/5/1938 (File 3)

Proceedings at annual general meetings: extract from Rydges. (File 3)

Guinea Gold N.L. - tentative finance, 23/11/1939 (File 3)

1p.

Correspondence 6/5/1940, 8/5/1940, 18/6/1940, 19/6/1940, 14/11/1940, re Guinea Gold N.L. overdraft; 30/5/1941 with statement of dividends and extract of Minute book; 3/1/1941, 4/1/1941 re minutes. Draft Minutes, 3/1/1941 (File 3)

Notes andmemos re Guinea Gold N.L. Shares, 6/3/1945. Memo and articles of Assoc. [amended to 1939] of Guinea Gold N.L. (File 3)

Guinea Gold N.L. Reports - 28/2/1941, 28/2/1942 [2 copies] 8/5/1942, 29/2/1944 [2 copies], 28/2/1945 and draft report [typ.] 28/2/1946, 28/2/1947. Balance sheets 28/2/1942 [typ.] 28/2/1943 [typ. dup.] 28/2/1945 [typ.] (File 3)

Newscuttings 1929, 1/6/1939, 13/4/1940 - Guinea Airways Ltd. and Bulolo Goldfields (File 3)

Guinea Gold N.L. Taxation judgment of the High Court: Evans v. Commissioner of Taxation, typ. dup. [2 copies] (File 4)

Series 4. Bulolo Gold

Topographic sketch. Correspondence from C.J. Levien 9/6/1929, 12/12/1929. C.J. Levien's diary of trip to Typea Ramu 8/11/1929 - 10/12/1929. (File 1)

Extracts from late C.J. Levien's diaries, typ. and 2 copies dup. with covering letter from C.V.T. Wells, 7/3/1940 (File 1)

Money v. Levien 4p. typ. (File 1)

Bulolo Gold Dredging Limited - statistics; graph. (File 2)

"Mining Transport by Air" from Mining Jl., London, 23/7/1932 3p. typ. dup. "Air transportation of gold dredges in New Guinea": lecture by Charles A. Banks, 20/7/1932, 7p. pr. (File 3)

Paper for discussion on 20/7/1932, (subject to revision): "Air transportation on gold dredges in New Guinea" by Charles A. Banks, 23p. pr. [3 copies] (File 3)

Dust cover of "Gold dust and ashes" by I.L. Idriess. (File 3)

Bulolo Gold Dredging Limited production graph. (File 3)

Letter 12/6/1931 to Cec [C.J. Levien] note 22/7/1931. (File 3)

Prospectus of Bulolo Gold Dredging Limited, 24/12/1929 - 1 processed copy No.2. contains Placer Development Ltd. map of Lower Bulolo leases; 1 pr. copy. (File 4)

Correspondence 26/5/1943 from Guinea Gold N.L. with schedule showing position of Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd. at 31/5/1942. 6 photos. (File 4)

Framed telegram from Cecil J. Levien reporting discovery of Alluvial gold at Edie Creek, 1926 (File 5)

Correspondence 13/2/1928 - 12/6/1931 from "Charles" to C.J. Levien. List of share scripts. Market movements from June 1932 - December 1941 of shares in Guinea Gold N.L., Placer Development Ltd. and Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd. (File 6)

"A few observations on New Guinea" by C.V.T. Wells 7p. typ. Correspondence 27/11/1939 - 23/12/1942 from Bulolo Gold Dredging Limited, Guinea Airways Limited and ors. Guinea Airways Limited report of G.M. 3/5/1940 final draft typ. dup. 4 blue prints: estimates, Bulolo Gold Dredging Limited and Placer Development. (File 7)

Series 5. Guinea Airways

Correspondence 14/3/1939, 1/6/1943, 29/5/1943, 4/6/1943, 24/6/1943, 25/6/1943. 29/6/1943, 3/8/1943, 5/8/1943, 10/8/1943 with Lockheed Aircraft, A.N.A., Guinea Airways Ltd., I.M. Holyman mainly re merger of Guinea Airways Ltd. with A.N.A. Statements re merging by W.P.A. Lapthorne 29/6/1943 re appointment of K.L. Carroll as local Director to Guinea Airways Ltd. Pencilled notes re merging. Australian National Airways Pty. Ltd. - Guinea Airways Ltd. official memo re merging 5p. typ. dup. second memo. Miscellaneous Papers. (File 1)

Correspondence 6/6/1938 - 19/10/1940 with L.V. Waterhouse and C.V.T. Wells. (File 2)

"Aviation developments and their underwriting problems" by Capt. A.G. Lamplugh from Financial Times 20/6/1938 3p. typ. dup. Address by L.V. Waterhouse (Director of Guinea Airways Ltd.) 16/5/1939 at unveiling of Photograph of late C.J. Levien. (File 2)

Correspondence 10/1/1945 - 3/10/1945 with C.V.T. Wells, L.V. Waterhouse, A.J. Hancock, Donald Reid, R.M. Ansett, T. Kermode. (File 3)

Memos and notices of meetings to shareholders of Guinea Airways Limited. Proceedings of Meetings. (File 3)

Proposal to merge Guinea Airways Ltd. and Australian National Airways. Newscuttings. (File 3)

"Is there no future for Guinea Airways Ltd. as an operating Company" 11p. pamp. "Company Practice" 1V. (File 4)

Meeting 5p. typ. dup. (File 4)

Circular letters and memos to shareholders 28/4/1945 - 4/2/1946 re proposed merging with A.N.A. (File 4)

Letter 31/8/1939 to Inter-Departmental Committee, Dept. Civil Aviation 21p. typ. (File 4)

Guinea Airways Ltd: Brief history of achievement and service, pamp. (File 5)

Air routes in Australia, New Guinea and Papua. Prospectus, pr. [2 copies] Operators manual. (File 5)

Memo and articles of Association. "Behind the balance Sheet" from Jobson's Investment Digest, 15/6/1939 (File 5)

"Aviation in Australia" from The Accountant, 10/8/1940 (File 5)

Guinea Airways Limited: Its history, 3/10/1943 10p. [3 copies - typ. + dup. + corrected draft]. (File 6)

Financial statements re dividends 2p. typ. (File 6)

Percentage table of absorption of gross revenue 1p. typ. dup. Memo of a trip to Darwin and return by C.V.T. Wells. 3p. typ. (File 6)

"Air transportation in New Guinea". lecture by L.V. Waterhouse for George Taylor Memorial Lecture in Aeronautics 10/11/1932, In Australia Engineer, 7/12/1938 (File 6)

Lockheed brochure. Pointer, December 1938 (File 6)

"Proposal to merge air companies rejected" from "Advertiser", 13/1/1946 (File 6)

Newscutting 1891? Euston-Mildura coaches, Flying gold-diggers of New Guinea 28/12/1929 and ors. (File 7)

Correspondence from Government House, Canberra 18/5/1932, Government House, Adelaide 17 May, T. Murdoch, 24/1/1939 (File 7)

Photographic record of civil aviation in mandated Territory of New Guinea as an aid to mining development, 1926-1932 (File 7)

12 photos includes one of C.J. Levien.

Speech by Brig. General E.A. Wisdom 21/3/1932 on occasion of starting first dredge, 3p. typ. dup. 15 photos of dredges etc., 14/10/1933 (File 7)

"Gold and world economic problem" by R.N. Brand from The Times 16, 17, 18 June 1937. "Aviation in New Guinea" 5p. reprint from The Aeroplane. (File 7)

Guinea Airways Limited: Report of proceedings of Extraordinary General Meeting 12/1/1945, 24p. typ. dup. (File 8)

Report to Shareholders, 9p. typ. dup. Chairman's address to General Meeting 24/5/1945 4p. typ. dup. (File 8)

Speech by A.J. Hancock at Meeting, 12/1/1945 (File 8)

Report of Extraordinary General Meeting, 2/3/1945 (File 8)

4p. pr.

Report of Extraordinary General Meeting, 8/11/1945 (File 8)

4p. pr.

Address to Shareholders by Donald Reid in Adelaide 2/5/1945, Melbourne 4/5/1945 (File 8)

Guinea Airways Limited. Reports and statements of accounts - 29/2/1940, 28/2/1942 [2 copies] 19/5/1944 [2 copies] + report to shareholders, final copy, typ. dup. 19/5/1944, 24/5/1945, 29/5/1947. (File 9)

Accounts and balance sheets, with chairman's notes,, 31/8/1939 and 31/8/1940 (File 9)

Guinea Gold Limited: business file, contains annual reports, Correspondence etc., 1928-1943 (File 10)

Series 6. Photographs

15 photos, most are of New Guinea 8"×73/4". (File 1)

33 photos, most are of New Guinea 3 1/2" × 5 1/4" (File 1)

24 photos of New Guinea - Bulolo dredges, nature ceremonies, etc. as observed by visiting parties, 1934? 6 3/4" x 10". (File 2)

5 photos in block folder - Bulolo Valley and Wau from Road to Golden Ridges September 1934, 6 1/2" x 9" (File 3)

8 photos in black folder - panorama from Head of Baiuna Pipe line, September 1934 (File 3)

6 1/2" x 9"

Album of photos - Adelaide to Darwin, black cover. (File 3)

Series 7. Diaries and other papers

"Use of heavy transport aircraft in Army Maintenance" by Capt. H.L. Wyndham 15p. typ. (File 1)

Personal correspondence signed D.M.C. 30th August to 6th September, 1908 period of American fleet visit to Melbourne. (File 1)

Negatives of personal photos - 9 folders. (File 1)

Reminiscences by Celia Wyndham (File 2)

Correspondence between R.W. Robson and C.V.T. Wells. (File 2)

Diaries in 2 note books cover 4 trips to New Guinea,, 19/2/1932-3/12/1936 (File 3)

Trips to Darwin 12th - 14th June 1937; 25/9/1937-29/9/1937; 4/7/1939-10/7/1939 (with Lord Gowrie, Gov. General of Aust.) (File 3)

Further notes, 28/9/1937 (File 3)


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