Guide to the Papers of Charis Elsé Young
MS 9564
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Collection Summary
- Title
- Papers of Charis Elsé Young
- Date Range
- 1834 - 1978
- Collection Number
- MS 9564
- Extent
- 4.25 metres (15 ms boxes +2 medium folio box + 1 map folio)
- Physical Facet
- (9 ms boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 cylinder roll)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- NLA
Introduction
Content Description
Letters, diaries, certificates, publications, photographs, family papers, papers relating to Australian Association of Occupational Therapists and the Margaret Reid Orthopaedic Hospital. There are also letters from missionaries in China, whom Charis visited in 1929.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1598482).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Charis Young, National Library of Australia, MS 9564, [series/file/items number(s)]'
Provenance
The papers were acquired from Charis Young's Estate, which was administered by her nephew, Peter L. Young. His sister, Patricia Braga, and her husband Stuart oversaw their transfer to the National Library of Australia.
Related Materials
Arrangement
Patricia Braga and her husband, Stuart Braga, arranged and listed the papers before they were deposited with the National Library of Australia. For some groups of papers they have provided additional historical/family information which is included with the papers. They have also provided details for many of the photographs in the collection.
Biographical Note
Occupational therapist, active church member with missionary links, Young also collected papers and documents of her family. Her father, Charles Ernest Young, was a prominent sugar planter. One of her ancestors, Admiral Sir George Young, was one of the first to suggest settlement at Botany Bay. Charis was carer for her sister, Marjorie L. Young.
Item Descriptions
Biographical papers, 1994 (File 1) - Box 1
Biographical note about Charis Young created by by Stuart Braga together with Order of Service for the funeral of Charis Young, 27th May 1994. Charis Young family tree showing three generations of the family together with copies of entry in Debrett's Peerage, 2000 and Burke's Peerage 2000 which identifies relationships between members of a large extended family.
Diaries, 1911-1984 (File 2-3) - Box 1
Charis Young's diaries for the years: 1911, 1912, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1943, 1948, 1962, 1972, 1975 – 1981, 1983, 1984
Correspondence and papers relating to Charles Ernest Young (1855-1927), father of Charis Young, 1892-1926 (File 1) - Box 2
Letters of Charles Ernest Young to John Shedden Adam (father–in-law), 28 Mar 1892; his wife, Margaret, 16 Dec 1912; his brother, Horace Young, 8 Feb 1913; and to Charis Young, 1924-1926. Also included is an invitation to the Katoomba Christian Convention, 2 Dec 1926, a press cutting relating to a car accident involving C.E. Young; and a copy of the 1897 plan by Sulman & Partners for his holiday home at Katoomba (Note: the original of this plan is held in this collection at Map Folio 18)
Papers relating to the death of Charles Ernest Young, 1927; 1951 (File 2) - Box 2
Telegrams received by Margaret E. Young on the death of her husband, C. E. Young, 26 April 1927, together with a press cutting and Return Thanks card. Also included is a Return Thanks card re death of Margaret Elsé Young, 12 December 1951. See also folio box 17 for further letters received following C.E. Young's death (Grey file LETTERS No 2 Sleeve 80 - 1927 Young, ME letters following Ernest's death)
Letters and papers of Margaret Elsé Young (1867-1951), mother of Charis Young, 1889-1903 (File 3) - Box 2
Manuscript describing M.E. Young's visit to Jenolan Caves, 1889 (14pp) and two notebooks in which she copied letters she wrote during the period Feb-Jun 1891. There is also a Queensland Kanaka Mission Hymn Book, 1903, inscribed: 'For dearest Maggie with loving birthday greetings from the compiler, July 1st 1903'. [Florence Young, her sister-in-law, was founder of the Mission] (See also box 10/folder 9)
Correspondence and papers of M.E. Young, c1910-1953 (File 4) - Box 2
Letters from M.E. Young to Charis E Young, ca. 1910 (incomplete), 1 May 1926 and 2 May 1926; letter to M.E. Young from Ruth Adam to her sister-in-law 31 Dec 1947; and letter from Charis Young to Charles Young, 12 Oct 1953 re their mother's tombstone. Also included is the will of Janet Blanche Adam (sister of M. E .Young), 24 Jun 1941, together with a list of Adam's intentions not included in the will. (See also box 10/folder 9)
Children's books written by Julianna Horatia Ewing, c1880s (File 5) - Box 2
Jackanapes, c1884 and The Story of a Short Life, c1896, both published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Papers relating to Marjorie Lucia Young (1897-1971), sister of Charis Young, 1903-1972 (File 6) - Box 2
Exercise book from Sandecotes School, Dorset, England, Summer Term, May 1914; two cards relating to Sandecotes School (see also box 11/folder1). Letters and papers concerning M.L. Young, ca. 1903–1972. A photograph album of a family holiday Dec 1913–Jan 1914 at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, sent by M.L. Young to her father.
Ye Sandecotes Chronicle, 1914-1955 (File 7) - Box 2
Copies of the Sandecote school magazine, Ye Sandecotes Chronicle: 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1952, 1955
Devotional notes, 1915 (File 1) - Box 3
Devotional notes written by Charis Young in a Frensham School exercise book, 1915, together with a copy of Royal Invitation, F.R. Havergal, London, nd
Two music books containing handwritten music, including for Sunday School classes (File 3-4) - Box 3
Notebook and published works, 1881-1952 (File 6) - Box 3
Notebook of lectures on first aid kept by Charis Young, 1915; papers on Health by Prof. Kirk, 1881 (owned by Dr J. Feild Deck, proprietor of the Ashfield Homeopathic Hospital, husband of Emily B. Deck, nee Young, Charis Young's aunt); papers on health by Prof. Kirk, 1921, revised; Pathology, J. Hoets, with many notes by Charis Young; Directory of Social Service Agencies, 1952; Human Physiology, W. Furneaux, 1909; and a pamphlet - V.J. Kinsella, Advice to Students on Work, reprinted from "Sydney University Medical Journal", June 1937
Letters and circulars relating to occupational therapy, 1948-1962 (File 1) - Box 4
Letters to Charis Young from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, London, 1948 and the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists, 1953; and letter from Charis Young to Dr Hamilton, New South Wales Society for Crippled Children, 1951. Australian Association of Occupational Therapists - circulars, 1 Jun 1953 and 29 Oct 1959 and American Occupational Therapy Association courses, 1962
Reports on paramedical education, 1967 (File 2) - Box 4
Heath Report on paramedical education, 1967 and Minority Report on Paramedical Education, L.M. Haynes, 1967
Papers relating to occupational therapy, 1940-1944; 1974 (File 3) - Box 4
Extract from Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation, 'Home Occupational Therapy', Jun 1940; extract from the journal of the Association of Occupation Therapists, 'The Treatment of the Cerebral Palsies', 1943; paper entitled, 'As W.E.D. Sees It', Winthrop Morgan Phelps, 1944; and a copy of the newsletter of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists, Aug 1974
Australian Association of Occupational Therapists, 1949-1953 (File 4) - Box 4
Correspondence and minutes relating to the formation of the Federal body of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists
Australian Association of Occupational Therapists, 1949-1952 (File 5) - Box 4
Memorandum and Articles of Association, undated; Code of Ethics; minutes, correspondence, and circulars, 1950-1952; and bulletin, Aug 1949
Margaret Reid Orthopaedic Hospital, St Ives, Sydney, 1940 (File 6) - Box 4
Medical records - CLOSED until 2090
Handcrafts for occupational therapy (File 7) - Box 4
Charis Young's notebooks with detailed instructions by her for making scarves and other handcrafts together with a pamphlet entitled Warworkers' Woolcraft
Papers and publications relating to occupational therapy, 1936-1988 (File 8) - Box 4
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists, 1936, one heavily annotated by Charis Young; NSW Society for Crippled Children – Report of Progress, 1948-1949; 13th Annual Report and Balance Sheet, NSW Society for Crippled Children, 1942 (p. 3 & 4 – 'Miss C. Young appointed to the Society's staff to give occupational therapy to selected children at the Margaret Reid Hospital and Beverley Park Convalescent Home and to a number of children living at home …' and p. 4 – 'Margaret Reid. Sunday School is given by Miss Young and …'). 14th Annual Report and Balance Sheet, NSW Society for Crippled Children, 1943 (p. 3 – 'Miss Young gave two days to children at Margaret Reid, one day at Beverley Park and two days to children at home.' And p. 5 – 'Miss Young and … continue the Sunday School instruction they have provided for many years.'); Occupational therapist: newsletter of the N.S.W. Association of Occupational Therapists, Jun 1988 (History of Occupational Therapy, pp. 7-8); American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 4 No. 3, May – Jun 1950; Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1974, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1975, Vol. 22, No. 3, 1975, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1976; Pocket Anatomical Atlas of the Human Body, The Scientific Press, London; and You are as young as your spine, E. Hearn, 1968
Frensham School, Mittagong, 1939; 1971 (File 1) - Box 5
Frensham Fellowship, Constitution and names and addresses of members, 1939 together with a copy of the newsletter, Frensham Chronicle, 1971
Papers relating to Constance Young (File 2) - Box 5
Biographical note by Stuart Braga on Constance Young (1892-1924), with copies of material relating to her from Florence S.H. Young's book, Pearls from the Pacific, 1925
Charis Young diary of a trip to China, 1927-1929 (File 3-4) - Box 5
Diary kept by Charis Young of a trip from Sydney to China Aug-Dec 1929, together with her passport and photographs she took on the trip. There is also copy of Summer and Winter by Marshall Broomhall, China Inland Mission, 1927
Letters from missionaries in China, 1892; 1929-1930 (File 5) - Box 5
Letters from missionaries in China to several recipients, including Charis Young, 8 Jan 1929-30 Jun 1930, together with a sheet of paper containing religious writings sent to Mrs Horace Young in Bundaberg in 1892. See some transcriptions in box 9/folder 7
Letters from missionaries, 1930-1935 (File 6) - Box 5
Letters from missionaries in China sent to Charis Young in 1930 and to several other recipients 1930-1935
Papers relating to St Paul's Church, Terrey Hills, 1940; 1968-1988 (File 7) - Box 5
Typewritten notes on the establishment of an Anglican Sunday School by Charis Young in 1940; artwork for stained glass window presented by Charis Young in memory of Canon D.J. Knox; exercise book with details of a Women's Luncheon, Oct 1971; notes on relations between Christ Church, St Ives and St Paul's Church, Terrey Hills, ca 1990; prize giving letter 29 November 1968; and a parish map of Broken Bay, showing details of land holdings in Terrey Hills;. Also included is a copy of The Story of Terrey Hills and Duffy's Forest, 1805-1988 by G. Halstead, 1988, that includes the following quote on p. 68: 'The founding of the Anglican Church in Terrey Hills stems from the dedication and enthusiasm of a Sunday School teacher, Charis Young.'
Notebooks, c1940s-1980s (File 2) - Box 6
Green notebook, 1965, mainly concerned with Terrey Hills church; A-Z 'Where Is It?' index book; and an indexed notebook, c1980s
Australian Nurses' Christian Movement, c1930; 1958-1973 (File 5) - Box 6
Constitution, undated [1930s?]; minutes of Council Meetings, 15 Jan 1958, Jan 1961, and 15 Feb 1965. Letter from Charis Young to Dr Yorke, 29 Sep 1973, re non-urban zoning of 'Hokonui', a Young family property at Katoomba, which had been purchased by the A.N.C.M. together with a pamphlet on 'Hokonui'. The house was built by Florence Young in 1915, and named after the Hokonui Hills in New Zealand which she knew as a girl.
Crusader Union of New South Wales, 1933-1937; 1959 (File 6) - Box 6
Notebook kept by Charis Young containing 'List for prayer notes', 1933-1937 together with sheets of prayer notes; Constitution of the Crusader Union and the Crusader Union monthly report, 1959
Letters to Charis and Marjorie Young, 1914 (File 1) - Box 7
Letters, in French, sent to Charis and Marjorie Young while on holiday in Switzerland. Also includes photographs and postcards.
Letters and photographs, 1923 (File 2) - Box 7
Sent by Charis Young to her mother while on a trip to New Zealand
Letters to Charis Young from Margaret McOmish, c1939-1963 (File 3-4) - Box 7
Margaret McOmish was the daughter of the Presbyterian Minister at Bundaberg
Miscellaneous letters to Charis Young, 1918-1975 (File 6) - Box 7
From Elinor Young, H.C. Arthur Young, Yasnovsky and her brother Geoffrey Young
Letters to Charis Young from her brother Charles Young and his wife, Margery, c1940-1954 (File 6) - Box 7
Fairymead Sugar Company, 1968-1976 (File 1) - Box 8
Correspondence re policies. (See also box 12/folder 3)
Papers and publications, 1940-1952 (File 2) - Box 8
Includes notices aout share dividends from the Fairymead Sugar Company and correspondence re a donation by Charis Young to a Memorial Fund for Miss Grainger Gray for work at the Russell-Cotes Nautical School, Parkstone, Dorset. The fund was set up by the Old Sandecote's Association in recognition of Gray's work for the Dr Barnardo Homes (see also box 11/folder1). There is also a pest control report for a property at 56 Boundary Road, Roseville, NSW.
Papers relating to the estate of Margaret Else Young, 1951-1955 (File 4-5) - Box 8
Financial papers and a list of possessions and their distribution
All His Benefits: The Young and Deck families in Australia by Stuart Braga, 2013 (File 6) - Box 8
Family history of Sir George Young, Sir Samuel Young, Henry and Catherine Young, their children and those great-grandchildren who died before 2013
Henry and Catherine Young The Family Tree seven generations to 2013 by Patricia Braga (File 7) - Box 8
Letters sent to Marjorie L. Young from several correspondents, 1913-1917; 1961-1964 (File 2) - Box 9
Notes relating to Phyllis Deck (File 7) - Box 9
Phyllis Deck was Charis Young's first cousin and one of the missionaries visited in China in 1929. Papers include biographical notes about Deck and extracts from her letters, the originals of which are in box 5/folder 5
Papers (File 2) - Box 10
Copies of the following papers which relate to the Young family history: 'Proposal for a Settlement on the Coast of New South Wales' by Sir George Young, 1785; the memoirs of Admiral Sir George Young, Kt. Admiral of the White by Sir George Young, 3rd Bt. Formosa Place Dec 16, 1927; the 1881 will of (Charles) Ernest Young together with miscellaneous papers, 1882 to 1927 on the history of the Young family; the Deed of Partnership between A., H. & E. Young, 1 January 1882. (Three brothers, Arthur, Horace and Ernest Young set up a partnership to run the Fairymead sugar plantation near Bundaberg, Queensland); Deed executed by Arthur Young, 14 Nov 1896, selling his share of the partnership to his brothers for £21,336.6.8. Of this, £11, 336.6.8 was payable in cash, the balance payable within five years; Admiral Sir George King-Hall - transcript of sections of King-Hall's diary relating to his connection with the Young and Deck families; illus. article on King-Hall in The Christian, 17 Aug 1916, pg 17
Deed, 1882 (File 3) - Box 10
Original Deed of Partnership between A. H. & E. Young dated 1 January 1882
Letters, 1869 to 1894, bulk 1891-1894 (File 4) - Box 10
A large group of letters from Florence Young to Deck and Young extended family members. Subjects include Florence's decision to go to China as a missionary, letters from her postings in northern China at Kwei-k'i and Shan-Ts'ing describing conditions there, advice and encouragement to her nieces and nephews. These letters were used by Florence Young in her book Pearls from the Pacific
China Inland Mission, 1898 (File 5) - Box 10
Original copy of the magazine of China Inland Mission, China's Millions, Australasian edition, 1 Jul 1898. Pages 72-78 list the mission stations and missionaries of the CIM shortly before the Boxer Rebellion. Florence Young (p. 77) was at Gan-ren in Kiang-si province.
Florence Young, 1927; 1940 (File 6) - Box 10
Letter from Florence S.H. Young to Gladys Deck, wife of Northcote Deck, 23 Mar 1927. Copies of Not in Vain from April 1940; Jul-Aug 1940, with a photograph of Florence Young on the cover and the content being a memorial to her; and 1954 There is also a typescript note on Florence Young's estate, sworn for probate at £19,760.
Deck family, 1934 (File 7) - Box 10
Copies of the death certificates of Emily Baring Deck, 1914 and John Feild Deck, 1929. Mounted photograph, Jan 1934, with Florence Young in the centre, surrounded by 26 members of the Deck family. Names are inscribed on the back of the mount.
Booklets (File 8) - Box 10
Story of an Island School Girl, Mrs Norman Deck; Sullivan Wild Warriors of Koio, Violet M. Sullivan, SSEM; The Hunter Hunted, Robert C. Vance ,ca. 1950; and Not in Vain: The Florence Young Story, Logan Uniting Primary School
Margaret Elsé Young, née Adam (File 9) - Box 10
Margaret E. Young (1867-1951), diary of trip to England, written in a copy of Letts's Australasian Rough Diary, 1891. Covers the time of her wedding and honeymoon (See also Box 2/folders 3-4)
Notebooks, 1897; 1938 (File 10) - Box 10
Notebook by Margaret Young, 1897, recounting the birth of their first and second sons, Henry and Charles, and their first daughter, Marjorie Lucia together with M.E. Young's passport (1938). Queensland Kanaka Mission Textbook, 1903 with scriptural texts ( pp 1 to 43) and hymns (pp 44 to 83) which was issued as a devotional aid as well as a handbook for congregational singing. This appears to have been Margaret's personal copy.
Papers relating to Marjorie Lucia Young, 1908-1914 (File 1) - Box 11
Autograph book of Marjorie Young, Fairymead, Bundaberg, 1908. Group photo of Sandecotes with Charis Young, 1914 together with an accompanying note by Stuart Braga on Sandecotes School (see also box 2 folder 6); photograph of Miss A. Grainger Gray, Headmistress of Sandecotes School, Parkstone, England (see also box 8/folder2)
Papers relating to Charis Elsé Young, 1910; 1943 (File 2) - Box 11
Bible given to Charis by her father, Charles Ernest Young, 1910, that appears to have been used regularly by Charis for many years, and has extensive annotations, especially in the four Gospels. Memo book filled with details of patterns for Occupational Therapy, 1943, described by Charis Young as her 'job book'.
Papers relating to Charis Elsé Young, 1899-1915 (File 3) - Box 11
Recipe Book, in which Charis Young pasted recipes over the entries in a leather-bound 'common-place book' of verse, devotional verse and personal notes compiled by her grandmother, Louisa Ann Adam (née Dalgarno), 1899 to 1915, but chiefly 1913-1915.
Women's Voluntary Services (File 4) - Box 11
A general certificate of thanks from the WVS (undated but c1945) together with an accompanying note by Stuart Braga on the history of the WVS
Cuttings book, 1913-1918 (File 5) - Box 11
Cuttings book in which most cuttings are loosely inserted. The early pages are carefully organised with details of an extended family holiday to Europe in 1913-1914. Later loose cuttings (1914-1918) are concerned with the War.
Papers relating to the Fairymead Sugar Company Limited, c1932, 1975 (File 3) - Box 12
Typescript history of Fairymead, undated, unsigned, with pencilled additions ( 5 pp). Typed notes on Fairymead, including letter from Arthur Young to his nephew Charles Young, undated, but ca. 1932 together with pages 7 and 8 only of a longer typescript. Australian Sugar Journal, Vol. 67, No. 5, Aug 1975, with an article 'The Youngs of Fairymead', pp. 232-233, by Charles A.N. Young. The cover illustration includes photographs of the three founders of the firm, Arthur, Horace and Ernest Young. (See also box 8/folder 1)
Papers relating to the Fairymead Sugar Company Limited, c1920s-1955 (File 4) - Box 12
List of some personnel, including C.A.N. Young, Cane Inspector, 1920s; complete run of Directors' Report and Balance Sheet, 1912 (first report) to 1942; Chairman's remarks (Mr W.H. Swanton) to Thirtieth Annual General Meeting, 1942, concerning floods at Bundaberg; Fairymead Sugar Company Limited, Directors' Report and Balance Sheet, 1943 to 1955.
Press cuttings, 1966-c1970 (File 5) - Box 12
Cuttings from the Bundaberg News-Mail, 1966 – c1970. Subjects include Kanaka labourers, payroll robbery 1915
Photograph of Phyllis Deck (File 4) - Box 15
Phyllis Deck was Charis Young's first cousin and one of the missionaries visited in China in 1929.
Family photographs and cuttings, 1739-1935 (File 1) - Box 16
Mostly of Young family members. See also box 7/folder 7
Family photographs and postcards, 1896-1978 (File 2) - Box 16
Includes Young family members and related family properties.
Correspondence and papers, 1906-1951 (File 1-2) - Box 17
A large group of letters from several correspondents to several recipients, mostly between Deck and Young family members. There are also miscellaneous papers interleaved with the correspondence, most dealing with family related matters
Certificates, 1916-1942 (File 3) - Box 17
St John's Ambulance, Association, Bundaberg, 1916; Australian Red Cross Society, Primary Home Nursing Certificate, 1939; Australian, Red Cross Society, Primary First Aid, 1939; Royal Life Saving Society, Resuscitation Certificate, 1942 (Spelling of 'Charis' is 'Chares'); Australian Physiotherapy Association, Diploma in Occupational Therapy, 1942, awarded to Charis Young, Beecroft