Guide to the Papers of the Saloway Family
MS 6442
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Saloway Family
- Title
- Papers of the Saloway Family
- Date Range
- 1856 - 2013
- Collection Number
- MS 6442
- Extent
- 1.59 metres (3 archive boxes + 1 ms box + 2 medium folio boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises family correspondence, postcards to the family from Olive Saloway during WWI, photograph album, World War I memorabilia, autobiographical sketch of Mary Kirby Reeves, an account of the voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne in the Queen of the West in 1856 written by J.W. Reeves, scrap book, account book, diary and family tree scroll.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2167444) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 the Saloway Family, National Library of Australia, MS 6442, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'
Item Descriptions
Class 1. Original Consignment, 1856 - 1979
This consignmentllection comprises the Saloway family's World War I memorabilia; family correspondence and diaries; an autobiographical sketch of Mary Kirby Reeves; an account of the voyage to Australia in the 'Queen of the West', 1856 (Liverpool to Melbourne) by Mary K. Reeves' husband, J.W. Reeves; postcards to the family from Olive Saloway during WWI; accounts books and the Saloway family tree
Letters to friends in England; letters to Aunt Henriette re her voyage to Australia, 1864-1868 (File 2) - Box 1
Letters written by Mary Reeves to her daughter Annie and to Henry, 1870-1879; letter from W. Reeves, father of Annie and other letters to the family in Oak House, West Bromwich, Bridgnorth, England, 1870-1879 (File 3) - Box 1
Letters relating to Oak House, West Bromwich; postcards of West Bromich; printed brochures on the history of West Bromwich; typescript on history of Mayers Green Congregational Church, West Bromwich, 1931-1943 (File 6) - Box 1
Letters from Ben Saloway in Bridgnorth, England to his son Henry in Australia, 1851-1875 (File 7) - Box 1
Henry Saloway's first sermon; Letters between the Saloway family members - (Henry and Anne) and Ruby, Percy, Edie, Ivy, Olive, Leila, Charlie and Dora, 1888-1910 (File 12) - Box 1
Mary Reeves letters to her husband, 1863, at time of the death of her daughter Laura, 1863 (File 13) - Box 2
A collection of letters written by Nurse Annie King (later Cox) to her parents (Mr & Mrs J. F. King of Melbourne) during a trip to England and Europe, 1952-1955, 1952-1955 (File 16-23) - Box 2
Documents relating to Olive E. Saloway's Nursing Service, 1916-1919; Letters from Olive Saloway to her parents; Olive Saloway's Australian Imperial Force Soldier's Pay Book, 1916-1919 (File 24-25) - Box 3
Letters to Mr and J. F. King from Miss D. A. King - Scotland - London - Himalaya, September - December 1955 (File 27) - Box 3
The Sunday Times newscutting, 30 December 1979; Diary of Henry Saloway, 1870, 1870- 30 December 1979 (File 28) - Box 3
Diary of Mary Kirby Reeves (mother of Annie Saloway) - (typescript); Account of voyage to Australia in the 'Queen of the West', 1856 (Liverpool to Melbourne) by Mary K. Reeves' husband, J.W. Reeves; Grazier's Will, 1818-1882 (File 30) - Box 3
Diaries of Anne King (now Anne Cox), 1953-1955; family letters including correspondence of Ruby Saloway, 1888-1939; 'Tributes to Mother', 1921; newscuttings and photographs, 1888-1939 (File 31) - Box 3
Letters from Miss D. A King, London to Mr & Mrs J. F. King in Victoria, Australia, 1953 (File 32) - Box 3
Letter to Annie from Aunt Henriette re her voyage to Australia, 14 November 1863 (File 34A and 34B) - Folio-Box 5
Letters to Annie in Australia from Aunt Ellen at Oak House, 1863-1864 (File 35 and 36) - Folio-Box 5
Certificate of Australian Army Nursing Service Appointment to Olive Emma Saloway, 6 March 1919 (File 40) - Folio-Box 5
Photograph album titled 'Melbourne to Mesopotamia, 1916-1919, with The 1st Australian Signal Wireless Squadron'. Album documents Joseph Freebury King's servicce with the Squadron. Album bequeathed by J.F. King to his grandson William Richard Cox, 1916-1919 (File 41) - Folio-Box 4
Class 2. Consignment received January 2019, 1895-2013 (Bulk Dates 1895-1919)
This collection comprises the Saloway family's World War I memorabilia, family correspondence, photographs and diaries.