Guide to the Papers of David Blair
MS 302
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- David Blair
- Title
- Papers of David Blair
- Date Range
- 1833-1890
- Collection Number
- MS 302
- Extent
- 0.9 metres (3 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box)
- 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-vn1814821) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 David Blair, National Library of Australia, MS 302, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Personal correspondence, including letters to his wife, Annie and from Henry Parkes, 1876-1890 (File 1)
Copies of The beaten side by Paris Nesbit and History: a lecture by the Reverend A.M. Henderson (File 1)
Correspondence, including letters from John Dunmore Lang, H. Grove, J. Kingston. Notes by Blair. Convict certificate for John Gaining, 1853 (File 4)
Two cuttings albums containing copies of newspaper articles written by Blair, and some articles about geological surveys of Victoria (File)
Cuttings book (File)
Including 1) Cutting from newspaper of report of meeting at Ballarat before the Eureka Stockade at which Blair spoke; 2) Articles by David Blair 3) Articles from London signed "A Victorian Girl" were written by Blair's daughter. Florence (later Mr. A.B. Baverstock) when on a visit abroad; 4) Articles including leaders, written by Florence Blair when a journalist in Melbourne. Added July 1982