Guide to the Miscellaneous collections held by the Northumberland Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1652
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Northumberland Record Office
- Title
- Collections held by the Northumberland Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1766 - May 1982
- Collection Number
- M1652
- Extent
- 77 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Autograph collection 1788-1891 of F.J. Brooks, including letters, engravings and photographs of Australian and New Zealand bishops.
Papers 1822-1948 of Ridley Family of Northumberland referring to Dr H. Douglas and other magistrates in New South Wales 1825-1826, and property in Canterbury district of New Zealand.
Records 1875-1885 of mining engineers William Armstrong and Sons concerning mining activities of Australian Agricultural Company.
Journal January-April 1849 of A. McCracken kept on the William Hyde on voyage to Auckland and Port Phillip.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Material selectively filmed at the Northumberland Record Office, Newcastle upon Tyne, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1983 (AJCP Reel: M1652). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
The Northumberland Archives were previously known as the Northumberland Record Office.
Existence and Location of Originals
Northumberland Archives, Woodhorn, QE2 Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, England.
For further information see: Northumberland Archives [https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/].
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2265511] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Subjects
Armstrong, William and Sons; Auckland, New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand: visits to; Australia; Australian Agricultural Company Ltd; Brooks, F.J.; Canterbury, New Zealand; Douglas, H., Dr; Great Britain; Land: New Zealand; McCracken, A.; Melbourne, Victoria; Mines and mining; New Zealand; Photographs; Ridley Family; William Hyde (Ship)
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 354, p136.
Item Descriptions
Fonds M12. Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Manuscripts, 1766 - 1891
31 itemsBiographical / Historical
The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was founded in 1813. It began collecting books, manuscripts and artefacts at an early stage in its history.
Series. Autograph collection of F.J. Brooks of Cambridge, November 1766 - 1891
31 itemsFilmed selectively.
Autographs, letter and engraving, 1788-11-29; 1795-12-04; 1801 (File D2/ff.58-59)
Autographs of J. Fryer, W. Cole, F. Christian and W. Elphinstone (29 November 1788); letter of Elizabeth Bligh to Sir Joseph Banks (4 December 1795); engraving of Captain. W. Bligh (1801).
Three engravings of Caroline Chisholm, 3 April 1850 (File D3/f.91)
Also includes a letter of Caroline Chisholm to Editor; Pictorial Times, 3 April 1850.
Engravings of Captain J. Cook, November 1766 (File D3/ff.190-191)
Including statue by T. Woolner; letter from J. cook to P. Stephens (November 1766).
Engraving of Captain A. Phillip, 2 October 1792 (File E1/ff.132-133)
Also includes certificate signed by A. Phillip and given to Captain P.G. King (2 October 1792)
Two engravings of Bishop C. Perry, 12 January 1848 (File F4/ff.183-83)
Letter of C. Perry to Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge (12 January 1848)
Engravings of Bishop E. Hobhouse, 5 November 1861 (File F4/ff.235-37)
Also includes letter of E. Hobhouse to T. Shaw (5 November 1861)
Photograph of Bishop W. Cowie, 1887 - 1891 (File F4/ff.238-39)
Also includes three letters of W. Cowie (1887-1891)
Fonds ZMI. Middleton (Belsay) Manuscripts, 26 August 1812 - 5 June 1824
2 itemsPapers of Middleton Family of Belsay Castle, Northumberland.
Series ZMI 15. Papers of Sir Charles Middleton Monck, 5 June 1824
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Charles Middleton (1779-1867), 6th Baronet, of Belsay Castle, who assumed the name Monck in 1799, represented Northumberland in the House of Commons from 1812 to 1820.
Series ZMI/S.76. Letters to Thomas Wallace, 26 August 1812
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Wallace (1768-1844), 1st Baron Wallace (created 1828) of Featherstone Castle, Northumberland, was a member of the House of Commons from 1790 to 1828, Commissioner of India Board 1800-1804, 1807-1816, Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1818-1823.
Fonds ZRI. Ridley (Blagdon) Manuscripts, [1822-1948]
3 itemsPapers of Ridley Family of Blagdon, Northumberland.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Matthew White Ridley (1778-1836), 3rd Baronet, was a Whig M.P. 1812-1836. His son, Sir Matthew White Ridley (1807-1877), 4th Baronet, of Blagdon was the Tory member for North Northumberland in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1868. His son Sir Matthew White Ridley (1842-1904), 5th Baronet, 1st Viscount Ridley (created 1900), was elected to the House of Commons in 1868. He held junior offices in the governments of Lord Beaconsfield (1878-1880) and Lord Salisbury (1885-1886) and was Home Secretary in Salisbury's third ministry in 1895-1900.
Series 22. Deeds; other counties, 1862 - 1870
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Deed of settlement between Isaac and Janetta Cookson of Lyttleton, New Zealand, and J.C.W. Russell and J. Hall of Christchurch, trustees of Mildred Ridley of Durham, 1862-06-26; 1862-1870 (File 22/7)
Concerning property in Oxford district of Canterbury. Also a plan and letters of J.Hall, W. Cookson and N.Atkinson, 1862-1870.
Series 25. Public office and public affairs: parliamentary, [c. 1822-1826]
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Papers concerning New South Wales (11 documents), [c. 1822-1826] (File 25/49)
Includes:House of Commons Papers, copy of Sydney Gazette and handwritten notes concerning punishments inflicted by Dr. H. Douglas and other magistrates in N.S.W., 1825-26.
House of Commons Papers containing instuctions of Lord Bathurst to J.T. Bigge on proceeding to N.S.W., 7 July 1823.
House of Commons Paper containing return of shipping to and from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1825.
Fonds NRO 324. Blackett-Ord (Whitfield) Manuscripts, 29 April 1822 - 16 June 1843
2 itemsPapers of Blackett-Ord Family of Whitfield, Hall Northumberland.
Series A/1-105. Papers of William Ord, 29 April 1822 - 16 June 1843
2 itemsBiographical / Historical
William Ord (1781-1855) of Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, inherited his father's estates and coal and lead mining interests. He represented Morpeth in the House of Commons from 1802 to 1832.
Letters of Reverend T.H. Scott, 29 April 1822 (File A32)
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Fonds NRO 725. William Armstrong and Sons Records, 1 February 1875 - 19 November 1885
37 itemsRecords of William Armstrong and Sons, consulting mining engineers of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Biographical / Historical
William Armstrong (1813-1896) was a mining engineer and the first manager of Wingate Colliery in County Durham. He was on the council of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. He was succeeded at Wingate by his son William Armstrong (1846-1910).
Series B3-23. Report Books, 1 February 1875 - 19 November 1885
37 itemsReports of W. Armstrong, monstly addressed to E. Hamilton of the Australian Agricultural company. They comment on the annual reports and despatches of J. Gragson and Turnbull on the mining activities of the Company in New South Wales and refer to particular collieries, engineering equipment, the extension of mining leases, productivity, trading situation, labour relations, and the need for an association of colliery owners. The consultancy was terminated in 1885.
B10-11 contain press copies of reports, some of which are of poor legibility.
Filmed selectively.
Fonds NRO 1376. Journal of A. McCracken, 4 January 1849 - 24 April 1849
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Journal of A. McCracken kept on a journey from Girvan, Scotland, to London and on a voyage on the William Hyde from Gravesend to Adelaide and Port Phillip, 4 January 1849 - 24 April 1849 (File)
The journal contains detailed entries referring to the weather, meals, church services, birds, fishing, music, and the sighting of St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands. (xerox copy, 49pp)