Guide to the Papers of Jennie Scott Griffiths

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MS 1071 et al.

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Collection Summary

Creator
Jennie Scott Griffiths
Title
Papers of Jennie Scott Griffiths
Date Range
c.1875-1993
Collection Number
MS 1071 et al.
Extent
1.41 metres 1.11 m (7 boxes + 2 folders + 1 small folio box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

MS 1071 comprises memoirs of Jennie Scott Griffiths' childhood and early married life in the United States and Fiji, and two books of newspaper cuttings relating to her involvement in feminist and socialist causes (2 folders).The Acc02.050 instalment comprises correspondence, drafts of articles, short stories, plays and other writings, scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings and other papers (4 boxes).The Acc08.058 instalment includes two scrapbooks, the first containing writings of Griffiths (indexed), which contain, One Out of Ten, Ciwa Griffiths, and the second (indexed) marked "literary cuttings" containing cuttings from newspapers (many concerning the Red Flag prisoners) with handwritten notes (1 box).The Acc10.211 instalment comprises photographs, poems, correspondence and realia relating to the life of Jennie Scott Griffiths. Of particular interest are membership cards of various leftist organisations in the USA and Australia. Also includes references and material relating to the last years of the Fiji Times and small items of realia (1 box).The Acc11.064 instalment comprisies poems, manuscripts, transcripts and memiors by Jennie Scott Griffiths (original and copied material), correspondence, newcuttings and articles. Also included is a typescript of Aurthur Brown's 'Recollections of Fiji', and photocopies of Military Intellegence Reports (1917-1919) issued by the National Archives to Gerry Whitmont, Jennie Scott Griffiths' great-granddaughter, in 1983 (1 box).

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1440105).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Jennie Scott Griffiths, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.

Collection Retrieval Advice

Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 1071. Original Consignment

Memoirs of Jennie Scott Griffiths' childhood and early married life in the United States and Fiji, and two books of newspaper cuttings relating to her involvement in feminist and socialist causes.

Comprises 2 folders.

Class MS Acc02-050. Consignment Added 2002

Correspondence, drafts of articles, short stories, plays and other writings, scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings and other papers.

Comprises 4 boxes.

Scrapbook of cuttings (File 1) - Box 1

Autograph book (File 2) - Box 1

Handwritten journal (File 3) - Box 1

Scrapbook of cuttings (File 4) - Box 1

Scrapbook of cuttings (File 5) - Box 2

Scrapbook of cuttings (File 6) - Box 2

Scrapbook of cuttings (File 7) - Box 2

Scrapbook of cuttings (File 8) - Box 2

Scrapbook of cuttings (File 9) - Box 2

Scrapbook 'Writings about Mum' (File 10) - Box 2

Scrapbook relating to the National Women's Party of California (File 11) - Box 3

Manuscript and typescript story 'Bolila of Fanning' [sp?] (File 12) - Box 3

Unlabelled partial manuscript - starts chapter 9, p45-p98 (File 13a) - Box 3

Typescript beginning chapter 1, page 1 'Dusk is, in itself, sinister'. 65p. (File 13b) - Box 3

Plays JSG' (File 14) - Box 3

Small folder various items including naturalisation certificate (File 15) - Box 3

Articles 'Texasfarmer' (File 16) - Box 3

Texas diary (File 17) - Box 3

Tom Mooney (File 18) - Box 3

Miscellaneous [letters, ephemera, publications, partial manuscript] (File 19) - Box 3

JSG's correspondence 1923-1951 (File 20) - Box 3

Life experiences - autobiographical [typescript + manuscript. Includes 'Ring down the curtains'] (File 21) - Box 3

Short stories JSG (File 22) - Box 3

Other writings (File 23) - Box 4

Typescript articles and stories by JSG (File 24) - Box 4

Writings about JSG (File 25) - Box 4

Writings JSG liked (File 26) - Box 4

Newspaper articles JSG (other) (File 27) - Box 4

'To be sorted' (File 28) - Box 4

Stories and correspondence relating to submitting manuscripts (File 29) - Box 4

Photocopy of handwritten journal, untitled (File 30) - Box 4

Work projects administration (File 31) - Box 4

Class MS Acc08-058. Consignment Added 2008

Two scrapbooks, the first containing writings of Griffiths (indexed), which contain, One Out of Ten, Ciwa Griffiths, and the second (indexed) marked "literary cuttings" containing cuttings from newspapers (many concerning the Red Flag prisoners) with handwritten notes.

Comprises 1 box.

Class Ms Acc10-211. Consignment Added 2010

Photographs, poems, correspondence and realia relating to the life of Jennie Scott Griffiths. Of particular interest are membership cards of various leftist organisations in the USA and Australia. Also includes references and material relating to the last years of the Fiji Times and small items of realia.

Comprises 1 box.

Class MS Acc11-064. Consignment Added 2011

Poems, manuscripts, transcripts and memiors by Jennie Scott Griffiths (original and copied material), correspondence, newcuttings and articles. Also included is a typescript of Aurthur Brown's 'Recollections of Fiji', and photocopies of Military Intellegence Reports (1917-1919) issued by the National Archives to Gerry Whitmont, Jennie Scott Griffiths' great-granddaughter, in 1983.

Comprises 1 box.

Class MS Acc14.033. Consignment received 2014, 1919 - 1921 - Folio-Box 1

This consignment comprises a handbag with a dedication plaque presented to Jennie Scott Griffiths by the Red Flag Prisoners in 1919 with a letter and photograph which were kept in the handbag. Included is a dedicated book of the "Memoirs of Mary A. Maverick, San Anotonio's First American Woman".


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