Guide to the Papers of Marina Tyndale-Biscoe

My Family Story - by Marina Tyndale-Biscoe, 2021 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 10762)

Includes family history report and findings of D Zelekovski.

Genealogy of Szokoloczi and Gmeiner families, 1834 - 1980 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 10762)

Julius Szokoloczi's will, 1921 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 10762)

Includes original will and translation. Also includes material on Rosa Gmeiner and 3 b&w photographs.

Photographs, 1912 - 1947 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 10762)

Includes 8 b&w photographs of Otto and Fritz Szokoloczi and other family photographs at Horka.

Horka property - deeds - floor plans - photographs, n.d. (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 10762)

Includes tourist map of Slovakian mountain range Považský Inovec, original and copy of deeds and protocols in Slovak and 5 b&w photographs.

Otto Szokoloczi's birth certificates, 1906 - 1942 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 10762)

Certificate that "Otto Szokoloczi is not a Jew".

Otto Szokoloczi - papers and education, 1920 - 1925 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS 10762)

Includes various papers and certificates related to education.

Otto Szokoloczi - passports, 1939; 1941; 1942; 1947 (File 8) - Box 1 (MS 10762)

Includes five passports and a standalone passport photograph.

Social life - Otto and Molly Szokoloczi's guest book - Horka and Kopanica, 1949 - 1979 (File 9) - Box 1 (MS 10762)

Includes signatures, sketches, a b&w photograph, invitations and names list.

Fritz Szokoloczi and family - Venezuela - notes on family history, n.d. (File 10) - Box 2 (MS 10762)

Fritz Szokoloczi's letters to his mother Rosa [Omi] in Slovakia, 1950 - 1954 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS 10762)

Includes letters, postcards and two b&w photographs.

Fritz Szokoloczi's letters to Otto Szokoloczi in Australia, 1955 - 1973 (File 12) - Box 2 (MS 10762)

Includes letters and postcards.

Fritz Szokoloczi's letters to Otto Szokoloczi in Australia, 1974 - 1980 (File 13) - Box 2 (MS 10762)

Includes letters and postcards.

Fritz Szokoloczi's letters to Kyra and Marina Tyndale-Biscoe, 1955 - 1993 (File 14) - Box 2 (MS 10762)

Letters from Fritz Szokoloczi's daughters [Renata and Daniela] to Marina Tyndale-Biscoe, 1968 - 2001 (File 15) - Box 2 (MS 10762)

Includes letters and postcards.

Genealogy papers - Hedda Laszlo's ancestry - Ferri Laszlo's ancestry, 1860 - 1970 (File 16) - Box 3 (MS 10762)

Includes correspondence, marriage certificate of Phillip Franz Georg Laszlo and Hedvig Therese Schlenker and Omama's birth certificate with Hungarian translation. Also includes a b&w photograph.

Hedda Laszlo - stage career – papers from Budapest archives, 1890 - 1907 (File 17) - Box 3 (MS 10762)

Includes material related to scholastic results the Hungarian National Theatre pension scheme, a scrapbook and research from the Budapest archives.

Hedda Laszlo's diaries, 1904 - 1911 (File 18) - Box 3 (MS 10762)

Includes two small diaries. Content in German.

Hedda Laszlo's stage photographs, 1900 - 1907 (File 19) - Box 3 (MS 10762)

Includes 11 albumen prints/ stage photographs and a paper copy of an oil painting of Hedda by Arthur Von Ferraris.

Hedda Lazlo's passports, 1952 - 1958 (File 20) - Box 3 (MS 10762)

Includes three passports and Australian citizenship certificate.

Ferri Laszlo - various, 1920s-1940s (File 21) - Box 3 (MS 10762)

Includes passport, wartime movements, photographs, letter to Kyra and Marina in Salzurg from Budapest and part of a wallet that belonged to Ferri.

Hedda Laszlo's letters to her daughter Hedvig in Austria, 1948 - 1954 (File 22) - Box 3 (MS 10762)

Hedda Laszlo's letters to her daughter Hedvig in Austria, 1955 - 1957 (File 23) - Box 3 (MS 10762)

Hedda Laszlo's letters to her daughter Hedvig in Austria, 1958 - 1960 (File 24) - Box 4 (MS 10762)

Hedda Laszlo's letters to her daughter Hedvig in Austria, 1961 - 1963 (File 25) - Box 4 (MS 10762)

Hedda Laszlo's letters to her daughter Hedvig in Austria, 1964 - 1969 (File 26) - Box 4 (MS 10762)

English translation of excerpts of Hedda Laszlo's letters by Marina Tyndale-Biscoe, n.d. (File 27) - Box 4 (MS 10762)

Also includes photograph of the Schmitt ancestral tree.

Hedda Laszlo's letters to Kyra in London, 1955 - 1968 (File 28) - Box 4 (MS 10762)

Hedvig' Hedvig Kam Schmitt's early papers - family photos - marriage to Nori Schmitt, 1926 - 1946 (File 29) - Box 4 (MS 10762)

Includes correspondence, personal papers including Nori's driver's licence and service pass and 7 b&w photographs.

Letters from Hedvig to sister Molly Szokoloczi, 1955 - 1956 (File 30) - Box 4 (MS 10762)

Letters from Hedvig to niece Kyra, 1983 - 1985 (File 31) - Box 4 (MS 10762)

Includes a wedding invitation to her marriage to Marc Kam.

Letters from Hedvig Kam-Shmitt to niece Marina, 1980 - 2000 (File 32) - Box 4 (MS 10762)

Includes death notice of Marc Kam.

Photograph - Baby [Hedvig Schmitt] and Helen Kam, 1945 (Item 33.2) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Photograph - Baby [Hedvig Schmitt] and Helen Kam, 1957 (Item 33.3) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Group photograph. Further details in German on the back of the photograph.

Photograph - Baby [Hedvig Schmitt] and Helen Kam, 1956 (Item 33.4) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Photograph - Den Haag, August 1961 (Item 33.5) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Group photograph of two men and a woman.

Autobiography by Hedvig Kam-Schmitt - photographs, 1912 - 1965 (File 33) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Includes autobiography, four b&w photographs and one colour photograph.

Norber Schmitt's correspondence with his mother and sister in Austria, 1945 - 1954 (File 34) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Includes letters, postcards and three b&w photographs.

Norbert Schmitt's correspondence with friends in Europe, 1952 - 1958 (File 35) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Includes letters and postcards.

Norbert Schmitt's correspondence with family in Australia, 1951 - 1954 (File 36) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Norbert Schmitt's correspondence with Marina and Kyra in Australia, 1951 - 1992 (File 37) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Includes letters and postcards.

Preparation and travel to Australia, 1952 - 1955 (File 38) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Includes travel tag, M.S. Heemserk pamphlet, a b&w photograph of a group of men on board the M.S. Heemserk and official papers for leaving Austria for Australia. Also includes two b&w photographs and one colour photograph.

Norbert Schmitt's correspondence with his mother and Marc Kam from Australia, 1955 - 1968 (File 39) - Box 5 (MS 10762)

Hedvig Schmitt's letters from Austria to her son in Australia, 1955 - 1968 (File 40) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Norbert Schmitt's flying career in Australia - photographs, 1955 - 1991 (File 41) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Includes curriculum vitae, aeronautical background information, reference letters, examination results, certificates, including Certificate of Naturalisation and newspaper article relating to Norbert's naturalisation. Also includes 5 b&w photographs.

Molly Laszlo - birth certificate - education in Ireland and Sorbonne, 1908 - 1929 (File 42) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Includes official documents, birth certificate, passports, notes on family history and material related to education. Also includes several b&w passport photographs.

Laszlo's family arrangement - will - passing over power of attorney to Ivan, 1949 (File 42.1) - Folio-Box (Shared)

Molly Laszlo - notes on family history - photographs, 1914 - 1947 (File 43) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Includes notes on Molly's family history/pedigree and 7 photographs.

Molly Laszlo's marriage to Otto Szokoloczi - photographs, 1920 - 1930 (File 44) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Includes 5 photographs and an invitation.

Ivan Laszlo - letters from boarding school, 1920 - 1922 (File 45) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Letters possibly written in Hungarian.

Ivan Laszlo - passports - official papers - letters, 1931 - 1952 (File 46) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Also includes Hungarian newspapers.

Photograph - Ivan Laszlo, n.d. (Item 47) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Photographs - Ivan Laszlo, 1928 - 1966 (File 48) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Includes 23 b&w photographs of Ivan, his wife Mico and his two step daughters. Also includes a souvenir of a silhouette.

Ivan Laszlo - correspondence, January 1966 (File 49) - Box 6 (MS 10762)

Letters from relatives at death of his wife Mico. Includes one from his niece/goddaughter Marina Tyndale-Biscoe

Ivan Laszlo - correspondence - Hungarian bank account, 1986 - 2001 (File 50) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Letters from Molly Laszlo to Ivan Laszlo, 1948 - 1977 (File 51) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Letters from Alexa to Kyra and Marina, 1968 - 2009 (File 52) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Photographs - Kyra and Marina, 1938 - 1946 (File 53) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Includes 15 b&w photographs of Kyra and Marina at Horka.

Marina Tyndale-Biscoe - birth and baptismal certificates, and Slovak papers, 1936 (File 54) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Molly Szokoloczi's original wartime diary., 1944 (File 55) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Diary is in Hungarian.

Molly Szokoloczi's account of her wartime experiences, 1943 - 1947 (File 56) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Handwritten account in English.

Molly Szokoloczi - wartime account - oral, 1943 - 1947 (File 57) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Molly Szokoloczi - wartime account - typescript, 1943 - 1947 (File 58) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

With numbered points to Otto's comments.

Otto Szokoloczi - comments on Molly's account, 1943 - 1947 (File 59) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Typescript in English.

Otto Szokoloczi - account of wartime in Slovakia, 1943 - 1947 (File 60) - Box 7 (MS 10762)

Includes contemporary maps.

Molly Szokoloczi - letter and photographs, 1945 - 1948 (File 61) - Box 8 (MS 10762)

Includes a letter from Molly to her parents and Baby, who was visiting them in Budapest and 16 b&w photographs of Molly's bust sculptures done at Horka. Includes possible bust of her brother Ivan done in March-August 1946 (see her notes in File 56 and Guest Book entries - File 9).

Medical and political papers or departure, 1947 - 1949 (File 62) - Box 8 (MS 10762)

Lists, 1948 (File 63) - Box 8 (MS 10762)

Lists of furniture, pictures and books at Horka and distribution to relatives or to Australia.

Travel via Austria to Australia - photographs at Horka en route, 1949 - 1950 (File 64) - Box 8 (MS 10762)

Includes official documents related to travel, a small photograph album and 5 b&w photographs.

Correspondence and photographs, 1947 - 1960 (File 65) - Box 8 (MS 10762)

Includes correspondence with Francis Wollfer in Tasmania and Gabler in Sydney. Photos of Francis.

Correspondence with Gino Bonmarco, 1956 - 1960 (File 66) - Box 8 (MS 10762)

Neighbour in Slovakia. Also includes 1 b&w photograph.

Correspondence - Fruzina Pillar and Marina Tyndale - Biscoe, 1948 - 1978; 1987 - 2002 (File 67) - Box 8 (MS 10762)

Includes some English translations.

Correspondence - Franzi Ehrenheim, 1949 - 2004 (File 68) - Box 8 (MS 10762)

Also includes correspondence with brother Garbor and sisters Romy and Nancy to Kyra and Marina. Also includes four photographs.

Disputes with Slovak Government about Horka, 1949 - 1993 (File 69) - Box 8 (MS 10762)

Confiscated in 1948. See also box 1 for title deeds.

Molly Szokoloczi - Australian Citizenship and civil papers - photographs, 1949 - 1978 (File 70) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Includes Australian Citizenship for Molly Szokoloczi and other civil papers. Also includes two b&w photographs.

Otto Szokoloczi - Australian Citizenship and civil papers - photographs, 1940s-1980s (File 71) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Photographs - Otto Szokoloczi, n.d. (File 71.2) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Includes 2 b&w photographs.

Employment at Hydro-Electricity Corporation, 1963 - 1969 (File 72) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Includes information on corporation and correspondence.

Photographs - Kopanica, Blackwood Creek, 1954 - 1968 (File 73) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Includes 3 b&w and 1 colour photograph of Franzi Ehreheim and Otto Szokoloczi.

Kelham guest book, 1978 - 2001 (Item 74) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Otto Szokoloczi - hunting logbook, 1948 - 1986 (Item 75) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Includes 5 b&w and 1 colour photograph.

Otto Szokoloczi - correspondence, 1955 - 1986 (File 76) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Letters from Otto to Molly and to Kyra.

Otto Szokoloczi - correspondence, 1981 - 1987 (File 77) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Letters from Otto to Marina.

Disbursement of Otto Szokoloczi's estate, 1995 - 2001 (File 78) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Includes correspondence. Also includes material related to the sale of artwork and antique furniture by Christie's, including a Joseph Brunner and two "After Rembrandt" paintings.

Kopanica, Blackwood Creek - Tasmania, 1960 - 2004 (File 79) - Box 9 (MS 10762)

Includes poster for high tea garden tours, a letter and a newspaper clipping.

Molly Szokoloczi correspondence - letters to Kyra and Marina, 1949 - 1954 (File 80) - Box 10 (MS 10762)

Molly Szokoloczi correspondence - letters to Kyra and John Hinman, 1955 - 1959 (File 81) - Box 10 (MS 10762)

Molly Szokoloczi correspondence - letters to Kyra, 1960 - 1978 (File 82) - Box 10 (MS 10762)

Molly Szokoloczi correspondence - letters from Kyra and John to Molly and Otto, 1954 - 1957 (File 83) - Box 10 (MS 10762)

Kyra Hinman - various papers and photographs, 1949 - 2017 (File 84) - Box 10 (MS 10762)

Includes correspondence, speech commemorating Kyra's life, wedding invitation, two "Convent of the Sacred Heart" booklets and 4 b&w photographs.

Why Emigrate? - Memoirs of Otto and Molly Szkoloczi -1938 -1948, Marina Tyndale - Biscoe, 1998 (File 85) - Box 11 (MS 10762)

Includes draft of book with photographs.

Comments on the publication Why Emigrate?, 1999 - 2004 (File 86) - Box 11 (MS 10762)

Comments by Judith Wright, Lado Ruzicka, Julian Davies, Jocelyn Sussman and Manuscript Assessment Service.

Horka publication drafts 2 and 3, n.d. (File 87) - Box 11 (MS 10762)

Drafts 2 and 3. Meredith McKinney's revision and Marina's comments.

Final pre-publication draft of Horka the Home that was: Surviving in Czechoslovakia 1938-1948, Otto and Molly Szokoloczi with Marina Tyndale-Biscoe (Tyndale-Biscoe publishing), 2014 (File 88) - Box 11 (MS 10762)

Includes maps and illustrations.

Post publication correspondence, 2014 (File 89) - Box 11 (MS 10762)

Post war visits to Horka, Austria and Budapest, 2018 (File 90) - Box 11 (MS 10762)

Includes letter and 14 colour photographs.

Early draft of family history, 2021 - 2022 (File 91) - Box 11 (MS 10762)

Includes two drafts of family history titled " My Family History" by Marina Tyndale-Biscoe and a copy of "The Szokoloczi Ancestors".

Official papers, 1936 - 1970 (File 92) - Box 12 (MS 10762)

Includes passports, Australian Citizenship, Birth Certificate and Marriage Certificate.

Correspondence - letters to parents and sister, 1956 - 1977 (File 93) - Box 12 (MS 10762)

Correspondence with parents and sister.

Correspondence - Letters to Kyra, 1955 - 1972 (File 94) - Box 12 (MS 10762)

Letters to Kyra.

Correspondence - letters to Hugh Tyndale - Biscoe, 1963 - 1996 (File 95) - Box 12 (MS 10762)

Education certificates, 1952 - 1988 (File 96) - Box 12 (MS 10762)

Memberships of scientific societies.

Correspondence - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1963 - 1997 (File 97) - Box 12 (MS 10762)

Includes official correspondence with CSIRO administration, and reports on overseas work in Greece, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and other.

Correspondence - Vivienne Rae-Ellis (File 98) - Box 12 (MS 10762)

Letters to Marina from Vivienne.

"Tribute to Mama", 13 December 1989 (Item NLA.SAVA000721) - Item NLA.SAVA000721

1 item, Konica, Consumer formats - VHS etc

VHS

"Dung Beetles", n.d. (Item NLA.SAVA000722) - Item NLA.SAVA000722

1 item, Konica, Consumer formats - VHS etc

VHS

Honours Thesis - University of Tasmania - Studies of Some Tasmanian Chitons, 1958 (Item 99) - Box 13 (MS 10762)

PhD Thesis - An Ecological Study of Two Dung Beetles (Coleopteram, Scarabaeinae With Contrasting Phenologies), March 1985 (Item 100) - Box 13 (MS 10762)

Examiner's reports on thesis, 1983 (File 101) - Box 13 (MS 10762)

Refereed publications, 1962 - 1996 (File 102) - Box 13 (MS 10762)

Final draft of figures and text of booklet - Common Dung Beetles in Pastures of South - Eastern Australia, n.d. (Item 103) - Box 13 (MS 10762)

Common Dung Beetles in Pastures of South - Eastern Australia, Marina Tyndale-Biscoe (CSIRO), 1990 (Item 104) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

Common Dung Beetles in Pastures of South - Eastern Australia, Marina Tyndale-Biscoe (CSIRO), 2001 (Item 105) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

Research figures for age determination of bushflies, n.d. (File 106) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

Research on bushfly migration and age determination, 1968 - 2008 (File 107) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

Includes 1 b&w and four colour photographs of field work.

Papers relating to visit to Mexican dung beetle laboratory, 1981 (File 108) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

Includes correspondence and report related to Mexico trip.

Official visits, 1978 - 1993 (File 109) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

Official visits to Athens, Latin American Zoological Congress in Peru, Cordoba, and Uruguay.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Seminar on dung beetle research, 1995 (File 110) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

International Scarabiology Conference, 1996 (File 111) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

Kruger National Park, South Africa. Also includes correspondence and travel information.

Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia 1967-2007, Penny Edwards, July 2007 (Item 112) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

A Landcare Australia project.

Dung beetle talks to Braidwood Historical Society, 1989 - 1993 (File 113) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

Also includes newspaper cuttings.

Double Helix, CSIRO school program on dung beetles, 1994 - 1996 (File 114) - Box 14 (MS 10762)

Includes handouts and award.

Talks to farmers on dung beetles, 1994 - 1995 (File 115) - Box 15 (MS 10762)

Growing "Shady Lady" Waratah hybrids and propagating Monga Waratah, 2000 - 2004 (File 116) - Box 15 (MS 10762)

Friends of Mongarlowe River - hair tube survey for mammals in Monga state forest, 1996 - 2010 (File 117) - Box 15 (MS 10762)

Includes critical evidence in case for declaration of Monga National Park by the Government of New South Wales.

Shoalhaven conference on farming choices, Braidwood, 2000 (File 118) - Box 15 (MS 10762)

State programs on dung beetle liberations, 2003 - 2008 (File 119) - Box 15 (MS 10762)

Includes a report on "Improving sustainable land management systems in Queensland using dung beetles" and "The introduction of exotic dung beetles to Tasmania".

Interview of Solvig Baas-Becking, weaver, and Braidwood friend, 2006 - 2007 (File 120) - Box 15 (MS 10762)

Introduced dung beetles in Australia 1967-2007 and Dung Beetle Dictionary, (Landcare Australia), 2008 (File 121) - Box 15 (MS 10762)

Colour slides (Items 118.1-6) - Binder MS Cold Store 93

Includes 6 colour slides.