Guide to the Papers of Mary Braidwood Mowle

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MS 7649

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Created: June 2024

Collection Summary

Creator: Mary Braidwood Mowle
Title: Papers of Mary Braidwood Mowle
Date Range: 1764-1990
Collection Number: MS 7649
Extent: 0.15 metres (1 ms box + 1 map folio)
Language of Materials: English
Repository: Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Collection comprises three volumes of diaries (1850-1851 and 1853-1854) of Mary Braidwood Mowle; correspondence between Mowle and her father, husband and children; few miscellaneous publications and photocopies; Daguerreotype of Mary Braidwood Mowle; 1764 indenture, Robert Hodgson to Robert Hobb; family line of Thomas Braidwood Wilson; "So soon forgotten: a story of two Tasmanian families" by Don Norman (1980); "Back to Braidwood celebrations: 22nd November to 29th November 1925" (souviner publication).

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1981796).

Conditions Governing Use

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1981796).

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Mary Braidwood Mowle, National Library of Australia, MS 7649, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'

Item Descriptions

Class. Original consignment

Series 1. Diaries, 1850-1855

'Diary No. 1 of Mary Braidwood Mowle', 30 December 1850 - 2 June 1851 (Item 1) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

'2. A diary of Mary Braidwood Mowle, wife of Stewart Marjoribanks Mowle and only daughter of Dr Thomas Braidwood Wilson, RN', 1 January 1853 - 4 August 1854 (Item 2) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

'3. A diary of Mary Braidwood Mowle, wife of Stewart Marjoribanks Mowle and only daughter of Dr Thomas Braidwood Wilson, RN', 7 August 1854 - 16 March 1855 (Item 3) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

Series 2. Correspondence, 1827-1881

Correspondence, 1827 - 1881 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

The correspondence includes those of Mowle's parents (T. B Wilson), husband (Stewart Mowle) and children. Also includes a b&w portrait of a young child.

Copy of transcripts of some of the correspondence in File 1, 1827 - 1853 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

Series 3. Miscellaneous, 1764-1984

An indenture, 1764 (File 3) - Map-Folio 1 (MS 7649)

Robert hodgson to Robert Hobb.

Miscellaneous notes of the Wilson family and correspondence, 1959 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

Publications, 1925, 1980 (File 5)

"Back to Braidwood" celebrations, 22nd November to 29th November 1925 (1925) (Item) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

So soon forgotten : a story of two Tasmanian families (1980), by Don Norman, (1980) (Item) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

Photocopies and press cuttings, 1964-1984 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

Portrait in frame, n.d. (File 7) - Box 1 (MS 7649)

One daguerreotype portrait of Mary (?) and Stewart Mowle (?)

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