Guide to the Papers of Guillaume Daniel Delprat

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MS 1630

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Collection Summary

Creator
Guillaume Daniel Delprat
Title
Papers of Guillaume Daniel Delprat
Date Range
1819-1960
Collection Number
MS 1630
Extent
0.25 metres (2 boxes)
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-vn2571696) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Guillaume Daniel Delprat, National Library of Australia, MS 1630, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Photograph of G.D. Delprat. (Item 1)

B.H.P. Review 1937. Printed. (Item 2)

Includes obituary and article on G.D. Delprat.

Haagsche Hobjes. Fly-leaf and contents page only. Marked "Mrs Delprat". (Item 3)

"Epilogue". Typescript, short biography of G.D. Delprat, by Neville R. Wills. 10pp. (Item 4)

Page from The Bulletin 1937, "Personal Items" page, including write-up on Delprat. (Item 5)

"Fifty years of Industry and Enterprise". B.H.P. Review Jubilee No., 1935. Printed. (Item 6)

B.H.P. Printed booklet; anti-B.H.P. propaganda. (Item 7)

Souvenir of the French Mission to Broken Hill. (Item 8)

Six photographs c.1890's mainly Broken Hill, and Ferny Creek. (Item 9)

"Correspondence de F.A.T. Delprat avec sa famille," 1823-1841, in French. Printed in 1903 at The Hague for private circulation. 2 vols. (Item 10)

"Correspondence de I.P. Delprat avec sa famille," 1829-1840, in French. Printed in 1905 at The Hague for private circulation. 1 vol. (Item 10)

B.H.P. 75 Years. Printed. 1960. (Item 11)

B.H.P. Half-yearly Reports. Nos. 15-19, 30 November 1892-30 November 1894. 1 vol., printed. Specially bound. (Item 12)

Folder inscribed "G.D. Delprat Esq. from Broken Hill Proprietry Company". Official document conveying appreciation. Folder also contains various other certificates, booklets and loose papers, including G.D. Delprat's birth certificate and an accompanying letter, genealogical notes etc. (Item 13)

Library folder containing loose papers, mainly genealogical notes and family trees of the Delprat family and the family of G.D.Delprat's wife. Includes "Pedigree of the Delpratts in Holland, 1819". (Item 14)

Diaries of G.D.Delprat, 1902-1920 (Item 15)

19 volumes, two for 1909. The diaries are pocket-sized, and contain brief, factual entries for almost every day for these nineteen years, on both business and personal matters. They refer to events at the B.H.P. works, such as the firing of a new kiln or the death of a workman, to the people Delprat has talked with during the day and the topics discussed, and to the people and places he has seen on overseas business trips. He mentions many of the leading figures of the day connected in various ways with heavy industry, including Charles Hoskins, H.V. McKay, Sir George Beeby (Chief Judge of the Arbitration Court) and B.R.Wise (attorney-general and later agent-general for N.S.W.).


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