Guide to the Papers of J. R. Elsey

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MS 25

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Collection Summary

Creator
Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey
Title
Papers of J. R. Elsey
Date Range
1855-1857
Collection Number
MS 25
Extent
0.05 metres 1 ms box
Language of Materials
English
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and content

The papers consist of a diary kept by J.R. Elsey while on A.C. Gregory's expedition in North Australia 1855-1856. There are also manuscript and photostat copies of Elsey's correspondence with his relations and with Herman Merivale, together with a photograph of J.R. Elsey.

Access conditions

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

Copying and publishing conditions

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 J. R. Elsey, National Library of Australia, MS 25, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.

Location of originals

Miss H. Fox, England, holds originals of photostats which form part of collection.

Item Descriptions

Photograph of J.R. Elsey (Item 1)

J.R. Elsey to Tom, Victoria River, N.T., 13 April, 1856. ALS 7 p. Photostat copy (positive) (Item 2)

Diary of Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey, surgeon and naturalist to Gregory's Australian Expedition. 31 March, 1855 to 25 January, 1856. Sent to his sister Miss Emma C. Elsey (afterwards Mrs. J.M. Fox). Bound volume. fo. Entries on 72 pages. (Item 3)

Herman Merivale to J.R. Elsey, Downing Street, 19 June, 1857. ALS 2 p. Photostat copy (positive) (Item 4)

Elsey to Tom ... (Cousin, T.Roger Smith), Victoria River, N.T., 13 April, 1856. 11 p. (This is a copy of item 2) (Item 5a)

Elsey to his sisters, Moreton Bay, 12 August-4 September, 1855. 32 p. (Item 5b)

Elsey to his Parents, Victoria River, n.d. 18 p. (Item 5c)


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