Guide to the Papers of Honor and Michael Thwaites
MS 8534, MS Acc06.126, MS Acc09.071, MS Acc13.060.MS Acc20.002
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Thwaites, Honor
- Title
- Papers of Honor and Michael Thwaites
- Date Range
- 1832-2019
- Collection Number
- MS 8534, MS Acc06.126, MS Acc09.071, MS Acc13.060.MS Acc20.002
- Extent
- 11.13 metres [74 boxes + 3 audiovisual carriers + 1 digital file (00.1 GB) + 1 folder]
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 8534 comprises: 1. Photocopies of letters, photographs, news cuttings and pamphlets, 1832-1892, which relate to Honor Thwaites' ancestors Hastie and Alexander Dennis of Colac, Victoria, and Andrew and Celia Scott of Buninyong, near Ballarat. Also included in these two folders of family history are some photocopies of correspondence and genealogy charts, 1971-1992, relating to Honor Thwaites' ancestors. 2. Correspondence, news cuttings, leaflets, accounts and other papers, 1977-1992, which document the work of the Thwaites in ensuring the creation and preservation of the Remembrance Nature Park on the slopes of Mount Ainslie, Canberra. 3. Disc with the title "Memoirs-Honor Thwaites". 4. Musical scores of Michael Thwaites' poems: "Easter hymn" by George Fraser, 1947 (published score) and "Colours" by Terence A. Williams, 1944 (manuscript score) (1 box).The Acc06.126 instalment consists of papers accumulated by Michael Thwaites during the course of his life and career. There is correspondence, poetry manuscripts and notes, lecture notes, financial records, cuttings and biographical material. Also included are diaries and correspondence of his wife Honor Thwaites and papers relating to the establishment of the Remembrance Nature Park (70 boxes).The Acc09.71 instalment comprises correspondence, mostly from 1993, notes and notebooks, three microcassettes and papers relating to Michael Thwaites' funeral and memorial service (2 boxes).The Acc13.060 instalment comprises a collection of notebooks, notes and drafts of writings by Michael Thwaites, loose personal correspondence, an album of postcards and two sketchbooks (1 box).The MS Acc20.002 instalment comprises an edited and corrected transcript of Honor Thwaites memoir by M.R. Thwaites (before 2005), P.R.W. Thwaites and R.N.Thwaites (2019). Original transcript of memoir held at MS 8534, series 3 file 1 (1 folder)
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2708323).
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 Honor and Michael Thwaites, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Born Digital Content - Access Arrangements
Born-digital content is found in MS 8534/Series 3/File 1. Access to this content is available on-site in the Special Collections Reading Room via the Virtual Reading Room.
Requests to access born-digital material must be made to the Pictures & Manuscripts Branch at least 2 working days in advance of any visit through theĀ Ask A Librarian Service
Finding Aid Source(s)
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Collection Retrieval Advice
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Item Descriptions
Class MS 8534. Original Consignment
Papers include 1. Photocopies of letters, photographs, news cuttings and pamphlets, 1832-1892, which relate to Honor Thwaites' ancestors Hastie and Alexander Dennis of Colac, Victoria, and Andrew and Celia Scott of Buninyong, near Ballarat. Also included in these two folders of family history are some photocopies of correspondence and genealogy charts, 1971-1992, relating to Honor Thwaites' ancestors. 2. Correspondence, news cuttings, leaflets, accounts and other papers, 1977-1992, which document the work of the Thwaites in ensuring the creation and preservation of the Remembrance Nature Park on the slopes of Mount Ainslie, Canberra. 3. Disc with the title "Memoirs-Honor Thwaites". 4. Musical scores of Michael Thwaites' poems: "Easter hymn" by George Fraser, 1947 (published score) and "Colours" by Terence A. Williams, 1944 (manuscript score).
Comprises 1 box.
Series 1. Family History: Dennis of Colac and Scott of Buninyong, 1971 - 1992
0.03 metres,Photocopies of letters, photographs, newscuttings and pamphlets, 1832-1892, which relate to Honor Thwaite's ancestors Heastie and Alexander Dennis of Colac, Victoria, and Andrew Celia Scott of Buninyong, near Ballarat. Also includded are photocopies of correspondence and genealogy charts, 1971-1992.
Series 2. Remembrance Nature Park, 1977 - 1992
0.12 metres,Corresondence, newscuttings, leaflets, accounts and other papers, 1977-1992, which document the work of the Thwaites in ensuring the creation and preservation of the Remembrance Nature Park on the slopes of Mount Ainslie, Canberra.
Honor Thwaites was the driving force behind the establishment of Canberra's Remembrance Nature Park, which links the rear of the Australian War Memorial to the slope of Mount Ainslie behind it. Remembrance Nature Park was declared in 1978. It commemorates the signing of the armistice on 11 November 1918 and the Indigenous Australians who served in the armed forces.
Series 3. Memoirs of Honor Thwaites
File contains print out of the transcript of the memoirs produced by NLA staff in 1994 along with a print out of the edited and corrected version of the transcript completed by by M.R. Thwaites (before 2005), P.R.W. Thwaites and R.N.Thwaites (2019).
Access to the digital content in MS 8534/Series 3/File 1 is available on-site (upon request) in the Special Collections Reading Room via the Virtual Reading Room.
For the audio tapes see MS Acc09.071
[Transcript of audio recording (Memoirs: Honor Thwaites)] [Digital] (File 1) - Digital-Carriers-Box 3, Piece NLA.MS-DM000114
Transcript of memoirs recorded by Honor Thwaites, recorded on audiotapes, during her illness in 1993. The transcript was last modified by a Library staff member on 25 May 1994.
The transcript was created by the National Library in 1994 from the original audio tapes (1 Word 2.0 File, 0.001 GB).
Born Digital Content - Access Arrangements
Born-digital content. Access to this content is available on-site in the Special Collections reading room via the Virtual Reading Room.
Requests to access born-digital material must be made to the Pictures & Manuscripts Branch at least 2 working days in advance of any visit through theĀ Ask A Librarian Service
Class MS Acc06.126. Consignment Added 2006
Papers accumulated by Michael Thwaites during the course of his life and career. There is correspondence, poetry manuscripts and notes, lecture notes, financial records, cuttings and biographical material. Also included are diaries and correspondence of his wife Honor Thwaites and papers relating to the establishment of the Remembrance Nature Park.
Comprises 70 boxes.
Biographical Michael Rayner Thwaites (MRT) - Thwaites-Nelson family docs.; family letters (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.126)
Correspondence and travel notes. Honor Mary Thwaites (HMT) letters to mother, 1972-c.1975 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.126)
"Poetry Notebook" ; Poetry readings, Unsorted correspondence; poetry, MRA, ASIO, war, 1953-1971 (File) - Box 5 (MS Acc06.126)
MRT poetry clippings, notes; HMT Colonial History; Tregurtha photo, c.2002 (File) - Box 17 (MS Acc06.126)
Order of Australia; Manning Clark; Keith Hancock; Drafts of correspondence [from MRT study] (File) - Box 19 (MS Acc06.126)
MRT bio/autobio dfarts; "Conversations for life" etc. "Father and Mother Dear" (File) - Box 28 (MS Acc06.126)
MRT - Letters on "For Australia". Papers on Security (Ball book, Petrova) (File) - Box 30 (MS Acc06.126)
MRT letters 1940 - 46. Diary 1945. HMT letters written and received 1939 - 43, 1939-1946 (File) - Box 36 (MS Acc06.126)
Class MS Acc09.071. Consignment Added 2009
0.3 metres,Correspondence, mostly from 1993, notes and notebooks, three microcassettes and papers relating to Michael Thwaites' funeral and memorial service.
Comprises 2 boxes.
Comprises largely papers of Honor Thwaites. (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc09.071), Box 2 (MS Acc09.071)
Includes correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks and papers relating to Honor Thwaites' and Michael Thwaites' funerals.
Class MS Acc13.060. Consignment Added 2013 - Box 1 (MS Acc13.060)
Notebooks, notes and drafts of writings by Michael Thwaites, loose personal correspondence, an album of postcards and two sketchbooks.
Comprises 1 box.
Class MS Acc20.002. Consignment Added 2020 - Box 1 (MS 8534 and MS Acc20.002)
Edited transcript of memoirs recorded by Honor Thwaites on audiotape during her illness in 1993. The original transcript was created by National Library staff in 1994 and is held at MS 8534, Series 3, File 1. Edited and corrected transcript by M.R. Thwaites (before 2005), P.R.W. Thwaites and R.N. Thwaites (2019).
Note that a PDF version of this edited and corrected transcript is available online (see the link under 'Related Documentation' in this finding aid).