Guide to the Papers of Lady Jane Franklin
MS 114
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Lady Jane Franklin
- Title
- Papers of Lady Jane Franklin
- Date Range
- 1837 - 1859
- Collection Number
- MS 114
- Extent
- 0.6m metres (3 ms boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Manuscript notes by Lady Franklin on a visit to South Australia, 1840 and manuscript diary of an overland tour to Sydney 1839. Extracts from letters to Sir John describing an overland trip from Melbourne to Sydney in 1839 (manuscript copy). Extract from letter to her sister, Mrs. Simpkinson, describing visit to South Australia, 1841, with an account of the Flinders memorial (4 p.).Material by Sir John Franklin includes: manuscript copy of letter to Mrs. Simpkinson, 14 April 1839. Handwritten letter, 24 May 1842, to Count Strzelecki (4 p.) re. trip to Macquarie Harbour, 1842. Handwritten letter to Lady Franklin, 1 Jan. 1841 (6 p.). Handwritten letter, Launceston, Feb. 1837, to Sir Richard Bourke. Letter to his sister. One page from Ferguson Bibliography.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2794983) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Lady Jane Franklin, National Library of Australia, MS 114, [series and file/item number]'.
Item Descriptions
Series A. Journey from Port Phillip to Sydney
Original diary: Book 1: Port Phillip to Sydney, 3 April 1839 - 19 April 1839 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 114)
pp. 1-68.
Original diary: Book 2: Port Phillip to Sydney 20 April-6 May, sheet page 7-8 May 1839, 20 April 1839 - 8 May 1839 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 114)
pp. 69-203.
Original diary: Book 3: Port Phillip to Sydney, 10 May 1839 - 21 May 1839 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 114)
pp. 204-257. Contains unnumbered pages not written on.
Series C. Correspondence
Correspondence: originals, extracts and copies (File 8) - Box 2 (MS 114)
Primarily between Lord and Lady Fraklin. Some originals, some later hand-written extracts.
Letter from Sir John Franklin in bound volume (File 9) - Box 2 (MS 114)
1 letter from John Franklin to sister. Bound into leather volume with blank pages likely in 1919 by the Commonwealth Parliament Library.