Guide to the Papers of Edward Stokes

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MS 7764, MS Acc99.175, MS Acc06.009

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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

Final mss (File 1-4) - Box 1 (MS 7764)
Summary transcripts, 1982 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 7764)
General notes, 1982 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 7764)
ABC "Living History" broadcasts, 1987 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS 7764)
Oral history (File 8-11) - Box 2 (MS 7764)
Synopsis, newspaper photos, 1908-1911 (File 12) - Box 2 (MS 7764)
Correspondence, 1982-1983 (File 13) - Box 2 (MS 7764)
Amendments; Wooler Exhibition, 1983; Bartley diary transcript; Barrier Daily Truth, 1982 (File 14) - Box 2 (MS 7764)
James Wooler diary, 1907(photocopy); proofs, 1983 (File 15) - Box 2 (MS 7764)
Newspaper mss, 1982; reviews, 1983 (File 16) - Box 3 (MS 7764)
Edited oral history (File 17-19) - Box 3 (MS 7764)
Summary of Broken Hill history, 1883-1922 (File 20) - Box 3 (MS 7764)
Page content (File 21) - Box 3 (MS 7764)
Book content (File 22) - Box 3 (MS 7764)

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)
Various research notes for TTIS (File 35) - Box 5 (MS 7764)
ES's diary of his 1984 Sturt Retracing Expedition (File 36) - Box 5 (MS 7764)
Annotated copy of Sturt's Arrowsmith chart (File) - Box 5 (MS 7764)
Photocopy of charts used by ES in locating sites of TTIS's excerpts (File) - 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)
TTIS book synopsis prepared to seek publisher (File 37) - Box 6 (MS 7764)
Specimen excerpts from Sturt's field journal submitted to publishers (File 37) - Box 6 (MS 7764)
ES correspondence with TTIS publisher, Century-Hutchinson - agreements, editorial, production aspects (File 38-39) - Box 6 (MS 7764)
Various ES notes to publisher (File 40) - Box 6 (MS 7764)
Structure of TTIS, pre-writing notes (File 41) - Box 6 (MS 7764)
Linking historical content for TTIS (File 41) - Box 6 (MS 7764)
TTIS first draft (File 42-43) - Box 6 (MS 7764)
TTIS revised draft (File 44-45) - Box 6 (MS 7764)
TTIS Final Mss., excluding journal excerpts (File 46-47) - Box 7 (MS 7764)
TTIS 'Penultimate Mss' (File 48-51) - Box 7 (MS 7764)
TTIS galleys, with corrections (File 52) - Box 7 (MS 7764)
TTIS reviews and publicity (File 53) - Box 7 (MS 7764)
Feature articles based on TTIS (File 53) - Box 7 (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)
Certificate of death of Anthony Ashley Cooper on 13 April 1886. Certificate issued, 2 July 1886 (File 54) - Box 8 (MS 7764)
Land titles of Lord Ashley, C.N.J. Oliver and Lord Colin Campbell for the Byron Lodge Estate at Randwick, 1853-1882 (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)

Papers, including drafts and research material for works by Edward Stokes (File [various]) - Box (Various - 7 MS boxes + 1 MS carton + 2 A3 cartons)(MS Acc99.175)

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.

Manuscript Summary : Hong Kong's Wild Places (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.009)

HK : Preface : 1 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Geology : 2 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Centre : 3 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Origins : 4 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Southern : 5 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.009)

A. Synopsis and Chapter Plans : Hong Kong's Wild Places (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Colony : 6 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : HKI : 7 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : 1900- : 8 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Lantau : 9 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : 1945- : 10 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Sai Kung : 11 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : 1970- : 12 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Plover : 13 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : 1990- : 14 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Mai Po : 15 (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : Conclusion : 16 (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc06.009)

Wild HK : End : 17 (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc06.009)

B. Last Manuscript : Before Galleys : Hong Kong's Wild Places (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc06.009)

C. Production Documents : Captions, Cover Designs, OUP, Sponsor Letters : Hong Kong's Wild Places (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc06.009)

D. Publicity and Feedback : Letters, Cuttings, Reviews : Hong Kong's Wild Places (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc06.009)

Hong Kong's Wild Places : Translation Copy 2 : Preface, Introduction, Future Challenge (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc06.009)


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