Guide to the Papers of Charles Valentine T. Wells
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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
Series 3. Guinea Gold
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)
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.
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)
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)
"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)
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)
"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)
"Is there no future for Guinea Airways Ltd. as an operating Company" 11p. pamp. "Company Practice" 1V. (File 4)
Circular letters and memos to shareholders 28/4/1945 - 4/2/1946 re proposed merging with A.N.A. (File 4)
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)
Guinea Airways Limited: Its history, 3/10/1943 10p. [3 copies - typ. + dup. + corrected draft]. (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)
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.