Guide to the Papers of Edward Stokes
MS 7764, MS Acc99.175, MS Acc06.009
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Stokes, Edward, Dr
- Title
- Papers of Edward Stokes
- Date Range
- 1844-1997
- Collection Number
- MS 7764, MS Acc99.175, MS Acc06.009
- Extent
- 4.45 metres
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises three consignments received between 1989 and 2006.
The first consignment includes research notes, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, drafts, transcripts, reviews and oral history interview notes relating to Stokes's book, United we stand: impressions of Broken Hill, 1908-1910, recollections and photographs from the period (1983). Includes transcripts of the diaries of James Wooler and Frank Bartley. Also available: Research notes, correspondence and drafts relating to Stokes's book on the Sturt expedition, To the inland sea: Charles Sturt's expedition 1844-45 (1986). Also included is a typescript transcript of Sturt's field journal, 1844-1845 and excerpts from his narrative of the expedition. Also included: Card title documents of Lord Ashley, C.N.J. Oliver and Lord Colin Campbell for the Byron Lodge Estate, 1853-1882; marriage certificate of H.M. Robinson and M.P. Oliver, 11 May 1882; death certificate of A.A. Cooper, 2 July 1886.
The second consignment includes drafts and related material for Stokes's published works, United we stand: impressions of Broken Hill, 1908-1910, recollections and photographs from the period (1983), To the inland sea: Charles Sturt's expedition 1844-45 (1986), The photography book (1990), The desert coast: Edward Eyre's expedition 1840-41 (1993), Innocents abroad: the story of British child evacuees in Australia, 1940-45 (1994), and, Across the Centre: John McDouall Stuart's expeditions, 1860-62 (1996).
The third consignment comprises manuscript drafts of Stokes's book, Hong Kong's wild places: an environmental exploration (1995), together with drafts of the synopsis and chapter plans, production documents (including cover design and correspondence with sponsors and Oxford University Press), publicity and feedback (including reviews and personal and official letters of congratulation, 1995-1996) and a copy of the published work with extensive text revisions in preparation for a second edition.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1388894) 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 Edward Stokes, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 7764. Consignments received 1989 and 1993
Including research notes, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, drafts, transcripts, reviews and oral history interview notes relating to Stokes's book, United we stand: impressions of Broken Hill, 1908-1910, recollections and photographs from the period (1983). Includes transcripts of the diaries of James Wooler and Frank Bartley. Also available: Research notes, correspondence and drafts relating to Stokes's book on the Sturt expedition, To the inland sea: Charles Sturt's expedition 1844-45 (1986). Also included is a typescript transcript of Sturt's field journal, 1844-1845 and excerpts from his narrative of the expedition. Also included: Card title documents of Lord Ashley, C.N.J. Oliver and Lord Colin Campbell for the Byron Lodge Estate, 1853-1882; marriage certificate of H.M. Robinson and M.P. Oliver, 11 May 1882; death certificate of A.A. Cooper, 2 July 1886
Series 1. Papers re United we stand: impressions Broken Hill, 1908-1910
Series 2. Papers re To the inland sea
'This is a full listing of all the manuscript material of Edward Stokes'. To the Inland Sea, pub. Century-Hutchinson 1986. This material was added in December 1989.
Note are abbreviations used in the following list: ES = Edward Stokes and TTIS = To the inland sea.
Complete photocopy of Sturt's Narrative, with ES's historical and navigational annotations (File 23-25) - Box 4 (MS 7764)
Excerpts selected by ES from Sturt's Narrative for inclusion in TTIS (synopses and cross referencing of all excerpts) (File 26-28) - Box 4 (MS 7764)
Photocopy of Daniel Brock's To the Desert with Sturt (ed. Peake-Jones), with ES annotations (File 29) - Box 4 (MS 7764)
Verbatim typescript of Sturt's unpublished daily field journal of 1844-1845, based on 1985 reading by ES of microfilm in NL (File 30-33) - Box 5 (MS 7764)
Residue material from Sturt's unpublished field journal (above); this material not included in TTIS (File 34) - Box 5 (MS 7764)
1:1,000,000 charts used in the field by ES while retracing Sturt's routes; charts have Sturt's routes and excerpt sites marked (File) - Box 5 (MS 7764)
ES correspondence with TTIS publisher, Century-Hutchinson - agreements, editorial, production aspects (File 38-39) - Box 6 (MS 7764)
Marriage certificate of Henry Musgrove Robinson and Mary Paul Oliver, married 11 May 1882, 23 July 1896 (File 54) - Box 8 (MS 7764)
Class MS Acc99.175. Consignment received 1999
Including drafts and related material for Stokes's published works, United we stand: impressions of Broken Hill, 1908-1910, recollections and photographs from the period (1983), To the inland sea: Charles Sturt's expedition 1844-45 (1986), The photography book (1990), The desert coast: Edward Eyre's expedition 1840-41 (1993), Innocents abroad: the story of British child evacuees in Australia, 1940-45 (1994), and, Across the Centre: John McDouall Stuart's expeditions, 1860-62 (1996)
Class MS Acc06.009. Consignment received 2006
Including manuscript drafts of Stokes's book, Hong Kong's wild places: an environmental exploration (1995), together with drafts of the synopsis and chapter plans, production documents (including cover design and correspondence with sponsors and Oxford University Press), publicity and feedback (including reviews and personal and official letters of congratulation, 1995-1996) and a copy of the published work with extensive text revisions in preparation for a second edition.