Guide to the Papers of Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey
MS 10376
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2017
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Cawsey, Katherine Stirling Kerr
- Title
- Papers of Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey
- Date Range
- 1769-2013 (bulk 1880-1960)
- Collection Number
- MS 10376
- Extent
- 7.66 metres (25 ms boxes + 3 archives boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 3 medium folio boxes + 4 card index boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises notes and alphabetical index cards relating to Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey's books on the Kerr Brothers, an Anglo-French distributor of goods including copra and cocoa; original papers and diaries of her father Graham Lennox Stirling Kerr; Cawsey's notebooks and diaries; correspondence; business records relating to the Kerr Brothers Ltd and the East Santo Plantations Ltd in the New Hebrides (now the nation of Vanuatu); photographs; and scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings.
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-vn6421300).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey, National Library of Australia, MS 10376, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
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Item Descriptions
Class 1. Original consignment received 2013, 1769-2013 (bulk 1880-1960)
This consignment includes notes and alphabetical index cards relating to Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey's books on the Kerr Brothers, an Anglo-French distributor of goods including copra and cocoa; original papers and diaries of her father Graham Lennox Stirling Kerr; Cawsey's notebooks and diaries; correspondence; business records relating to the Kerr Brothers Ltd and the East Santo Plantations Ltd in the New Hebrides (now the nation of Vanuatu); photographs; and scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings.
Series. Chronological notes
The chronological notes in this series form the basis of Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey's (KSC) books, The Making of a Rebel and Kerr Bros History, and provide an important organising principle for her work. For Kerr Bros History the notes constitute a rough first draft. The chronological notes refer to various folders, coloured notebooks and other documents in KSC's archive. The notes are in the order found in a number of shoe boxes used by KSC for her research and where possible bundled as she indicated by rubber band or clip separators. Please note: At the time of preparing this archive the book here called A history of the Kerr family and Kerr Bros in the New Hebrides or, abbreviated, Kerr Bros History had not been published. The name Vanuatu was not used in the title as both books were set in a time when Vanuatu was known as the New Hebrides.
Series. Alphabetical index cards set 1
This series comprises names and information relevant to Captain Donald Macleod and The Making of a Rebel. The index cards refer to many documents such as notebooks, envelopes, plain and coloured folders and other documents and to parts of the KSC archive relevant to Captain Macleod's history.
Series. Alphabetical index cards set 2
The index cards refer to many documents such as notebooks, envelopes, folders and other documents also to parts of the KSC archive relevant to Graham Kerr's history (and Captain Macleod's).
Series. Graham Lennox Stirling Kerr (GLSK) papers and diaries
Muriel Kerr's account of trip around the islands north of Vila, 1909 (File 121) - Box 9
Enclosed in a small cardboard box. Muriel and Graham Kerr married 21/4/1909 and this was her second trip around the islands.
Late diaries until Graham Kerr's death on 16 August 1960, 1944-1960 (File 122) - Box 9
Enclosed in a small cardboard box.
Annotated map relevant to Kerr family travel, plantations, Sakau Island, Hogg Harbour and other Kerr Brothers' interests in New Hebrides (File 128) - Box 9
The map is important background to the books and all other documents.
Small box owned by GLSK, 1950s (File 144) - Box 10
Includes letters and newspaper cuttings on the conflict between Kerr Brothers and the Société Francaise des Nouvelles-Hébrides (SFNH) Kerr Brothers' perspective on SFNH.
Certificates - cancelled, 1928 (File 156) - Box 11
KSC refers very frequently to Hébridais in her books and other documents.
Series. Notebooks set 1
Notebooks (File 160) - Box 12
Notebooks 1 - 12 (13 - 14 missing), 15 - 15A (16 missing), 17. Notebook 17 is also relevant to the Kerr Brothers' story.
New Zealand diaries and notebooks, 1982-1990 (File 161) - Box 12
Diary March 1982 & Notebook 1982; Notebooks 3A and 3B about 1983 (3B contains an early photo of Levuku, Fiji); Diary 1986; Diary 1990.
Diana McManaway, Whangarei Heads: 125 Years - contains loose leaves of Whangarei Heads cemetery, 1983-1984 (File 162) - Box 12
Annotations by KSC.
Series. Notebooks set 2
Notebooks, 1995-2004 (File 165) - Box 13
Little Red Book, Pink Notebooks 1 - 2, Yellow Notebook 1 - continuation of Pink Notebook 2, Pink Notebooks 3 - 13 (14 missing), 15 - 17. KSC visits to Vanuatu: 1st trip 2 -14 August 1980; 2nd trip 29 July - 8 August 1992; 3rd trip (book launch) 20 - 27 October 1999.
Series. Correspondence and papers of GLSK
Original records 1 - 14, 1892-2010 (File 172) - Box 14
Numbered by Anne Cawsey (AC) following order found in KSC's study. (1) Key correspondence by G.L.S. Kerr defending Donald Macleod against passages in Neil Robinson, Lion of Scotland. This correspondence inspired KSC to find out the truth about Donald Macleod and write The Making of a Rebel; (2) Accounts and inventories e.g. goods supplied to Kerr Bros shop in Vila; (3) "Odd correspondence in Europe"; (4) Employment documents for both 1909 and 1928 Kerr Brothers companies: Krasker, Adcock, Millar, Louis Vautier; (5) Correspondence re Gus Petersen's waterfront property in Vila sold to A. Noel; (6) Labour agreement for Etablissement Ballande; (7) Documents of "Authority given"; (8) Banque de l'Indochine, Paris; (9) Historic matters of N.H. & R.P. O'Reilly correspondence including notes by GLS Kerr about New Hebrides and New Caledonia that list names of people and boats and history known to him plus diary notes; (10) East Santo Plantation Taxation matters and government returns (NSW Government); (11) East Santo Plantations Labour ledger contains names and places of origin of Indigenous New Hebridean workers; (12) GLSK personal folder with diary notes and records for reference; (13) Copy of Neil Robinson, Lion of Scotland, 1952 (annotated by KSC pp. 128 - 137); (14) GLSK "New Hebrides Business" documents. (Unnumbered) East Santo Plantation Balance Sheets. (15) Certificate of Incorporation of East Santo Plantation. (16) Correspondence between KSC and John McLean on his book Sailors and Settlers where KSC takes exception to Macleod excerpts.
Series. Kerr Brothers ledgers and minutes
Kerr Brothers trading ledger, 1909-1928 (File 173) - Box 15
Leather bound volumes with handwriting (mostly written by Agnes Kerr)
Kerr Brothers Ltd minute book, 1909-1929 (File 174) - Box 15
Leather bound volumes with handwriting (mostly written by Agnes Kerr)
Series. East Santo Plantations Ltd ledgers and minutes
Series. Reference material
White envelopes Nos 1-5, 1907-1994 (File 184-188) - Box 17
Key primary documents such as correspondence relevant to the writing of Kerr Bros History.
White envelopes Nos 6-10, 1902-1994 (File 189-193) - Box 18
Key primary documents such as correspondence relevant to the writing of Kerr Bros History.
White envelopes Nos 11-12, 1905-1936 (File 194-195) - Box 19
KSC notes that White Envelope 12 is very important to her. Includes East Santos plantation labour roll 1936.
Book of KSC's notes on Kerr Bros Archive relating to the original papers in the White Envelopes, 1996 (File 196) - Box 19
KSC says that the archives were found in the shed at 19 Chiltern Road, Willoughby, Sydney (originally Muriel Kerr's home given by her father, and on her death, her daughter, Margaret Kerr's home till the 1980s).
KSC's Paris Notebooks 1-4, 1983 (File 197) - Box 19
Mostly relevant to Kerr Bros versus SFNH "Affaire Kerr" i.e. relevant to Kerr Bros History.
Copies of Le Neo-Hebridais, 1934-1936 (File 198) - Folio-Box 38
Periodical issues Aug 1934, Jan 1935, Aug 1935, Oct 1935, Dec 1935, March 1936, Apr 1936, June 1936, July 1936, August 1936 & Sept 1936.
Orange clipped folder 1: Correspondence between Andre Joyer and GLS Kerr, 1931-1947 (File 200) - Box 19
Green Clip Folder: Ballard (Barrister and Marseilles Solicitors) letter file, 1937-1940 (File 202) - Box 19
Ledgers, 1890s-1950s (File 203) - Box 19
Orange and Red ledgers are translations of letters between SFNH Board in Paris and its lawyer in Noumea and relate to the Paris Notebooks.
Yellow folders Nos 1 - 5, 1898-1955 (File 204-208) - Box 20
Yellow Folders: 1. Turtle Bay and Matu-Wulu Plantations Land Claims; 2. "Tathra Papers": official account of the 'Wreck of the S.S. Tathra'. This contains statements from, amongst others, Graham, Muriel and Flora Kerr. It was the wreck where Graham and Muriel lost their first child Jean; 3. Correspondence; 4. Liquidation papers Kerr Bros Ltd and KSC notes on these; 5. Neo Hebridais.
Yellow folders Nos 6-11, 1889-2003 (File 209-214) - Box 20
6. Material on Corletto, James Fysh, Tom Harrisson, etc.; 7. Friends of Vanuatu Newsletters; 8. Material on Graf Felix von Luckner, Martin Johnson and Mikloukko-Maklai; 9. History of Vysuch Estate; 10. Material and diary notes relevant to G Kerr, Ralph Vennes, the ship Hector, ANH Co. till take over by Burns Philp in 1897; 11. Correspondence, Reece Discombe, Miles Dillon, Ted Costolloe, Harold Morrison and Gordon McLean; photocopy of a single page of a 1889 report on trade in the New Hebrides.
References, 1980 (File 216) - Box 21
Books and theses in the Library of Vila, New Hebrides; catalogue of the Mitchell Library on New Hebrides; articles from The Sun.
Red folders Nos 1-5, 1874-2003 (File 217-221) - Box 21
Red Folders: 1. Correspondence; 2. Photocopies of photographs relevant to books and to Miscellaneous Files 1 and 4; 3. Material and photographs relevant to R.J. Fletcher and family, Zeitler and Hagen. Includes article by KSC for Australian Friends of Vanuatu on Fletcher, Adolphe Zeitler and Lizzie Zeitler; 4. Includes Acts of Parliament and Royal Commission on Mail Services and Trade development between Australia and the New Hebrides; 5. Correspondence various incl. KSC.
Series. Coloured folders
Blue folders 1-4, c.1840-1986 (File 230) - Box 23
Blue folders contain important and relevant information for both KSC's books: No. 2 contains Nancy Eling's (nee Kerr) New Caledonia Notes; and key information on William Lockhart Bell provided by Kathleen Bell.
Purple folder, c.1886-c.1892 (File 231) - Box 23
Purple folder contains confidential British Foreign Office Records.
Pink folder, c.1897-1926 (File 232) - Box 23
Pink folder contains Xeroxes from Great Britain Colonial Office - reports Co 225/series and Co 537/ series.
Maroon folder, 1871-1970s (File 233) - Box 23
Maroon folder contains photocopies of birth, death and genealogical information about the lives of characters in KSC's books e.g. Cronstedt, Facio, Champion, Sarginson etc.
Pink folder No 1, 1899-1935 (File 234) - Box 23
Pacific Manuscript Bureau (PMB) No. 1091, Adolphe Zeitler correspondence (also see Pink Notebook No 13 in Box 13).
Green folder 1, 1925-1960 (File 235) - Box 23
Green Folder 1 contains (a) original letters from W.T. Robertson to Kerr Bros re Hog Harbour plantation (b) parts of PMB MSS Series No 50 W.T. Roberson papers.
Green folder 2 (File 236) - Box 23
Green Folder 2: Papers on Edward Jacomb and translation by KSC of extracts from Otto Riedel, Der Kampf un Deutsch which refers to Apia Hurricane 15 - 16 March 1889.
Folders 1-3, c.1866-1980 (File 237) - Box 24
Writings on New Hebrides - notes and extracts from books referred to by KSC.
Folders 4-5, c.1866-1986 (File 238)
KSC's analysis of Donald Macleod's movements and travel through shipping reports: vital to refuting arguments on Macleod's and others whereabouts in The Making of a Rebel.
Folder 8, 1892-2006 (File 240) - Box 24
KSC says, "used for Graham Kerr's story - continuation of Captain Macleod's story". Includes photocopy of extracts from GLSK's diary.
Folder 10 (File 242) - Box 24
(a) KSC says" important for the second part of my book on New Hebrides - Dad's story". Letters and papers in chronological order; (b) includes letter from Donald Macleod to John Higginson and other correspondence relating to selling property in New Hebrides. KSC notes that the information is important background for the story of Kerr Bros.
Blue folder, 1998 (File 243) - Box 24
Book extract - Denyse-Anne Pentecost, L'appel du Pacifique Recit, 1998 - KSC comments, noting that Pentecost's grandfather is Dal Gubbay, a partner of Kerr Bros.
Articles and book extracts, 1937-2002 (File 244) - Box 24
(a) contains article by KSC on Tom Harrisson in Australian Friends of Vanuatu Newsletter 1/2002 plus related correspondence; (b) article by KSC on Thomas Harrisson (1911 - 1976) and Alan John (Jock) Marshall (1911 - 1967); (c) extracts from Marshall's and Harrisson's books where KSC has written marginal notes; (d) information on L'appel du Pacifique and correspondence. KSC's father GLSK met Harrisson and Marshall while they were working in Santo as part of the Oxford University Expedition of 1933-34 and formed views of them. Both published books in 1937 about their experience and their ideas on New Hebrides: A.J. Marshall, The Black Musketeers; Tom Harrisson, Savage Civilization.
Folders 12-13, 1892-1989 (File 245) - Box 25
Folder 12: Correspondence re study trips to New Zealand, Nova Scotia and Scotland; Folder 13: translated documents on New Hebrides history.
Folder 14, c.1875-1989 (File 246) - Box 25
Biographies including H. Le Chartier, La Nouvelle Caledonia et les Nouvelles Hebrides, 1885 plus comments and translations.
Folder 15, c.1872-1990 (File 247) - Box 25
Articles and translations [Photocopies of articles and publications].
Mrs GLS Kerr (nee Murial Hutton) cuttings file, 1894-1916 (File 249) - Box 26
KSC says, "contains articles about the Islands and other subjects dear to the heart of Mother and Dad": e.g. Bulletin Notice dated 26.5.1984 on the death of Captain Macleod, volcano eruptions, shipwrecks, French-British matters, tennis, Sydney Brickworks matters, the approaching WWI.
Folders 19-20, 1894-c.1994 (File 250) - Box 26
No 19: Kerr and Macleod family in New Zealand; No 20: Various articles e.g. on James Goodenough; correspondence incl. Reece Discombe, Alex Jenkins, House of Memories (Waipu Museum), Flora Kedgley etc. AC added KSC article on Goodenough plus University of New England reviewer's notes on article (found loose among personal papers).
Folders 21-23, c.1875-1996 (File 251) - Box 26
No 21: Charles W. Dunn, Highland Settler: A portrait of the Scottish Gael in Nova Scotia and KSC's notes. University of Toronto Press; No 22: Xeroxes of Des Granges papers; No 23: E.N. Imhaus, Les Nouvelles Hebrides, 1890; extracts and translations of Nouvelles-Hebrideas.
Series. Original letters about Kerr Bros Business
Series. Expanding file
This series comprises a mix of personal and historical material and contains items that amplify the themes of KSC's books. The items under letter K Parts 1 & 3 link to Box 34. Note that the papers in Box 34 were found scattered through KSC 's house while papers, such as those in the Expanding File (Box 28), were in her study and associated with research.
Expanding file compartment A-L, 1889-2001 (File 259-266) - Box 28
Expanding File with alphabetical compartments: A contains New Hebrides British Association Gazette vol.1, nos. 1-2; D contains article by Donald Hugh Macleod on Captain Macleod; E contains Aoba and other land claims; G contains newspaper articles related to Vanuatu Independence (KSC says these are "for Kerr Bros story but not used'); K (Parts 1 and 3) Kerr family history and photos, numerous articles and draft stories written by KSC (e.g. about Osborne Boarding School in the Blue Mountains where she and her sisters and brothers lived while her parents travelled until they had to be removed, her life after she had been disinherited by her father, the process of writing The Making of a Rebel etc); L contains Kerr and Kerr extended family photos.
Series. Scrapbook files
Miscellaneous file 1, 1800s-1980s (File 269) - Folio-Box 29
Background and numerous photos used for The Making of a Rebel: Captain Macleod of the New Hebrides, 1(1) Newspaper Articles (e.g. Reformed Presbyterian Magazine) and Documents, 1(2) Macleod family history incl. photographs, 1(3) visits by KSC to explore background for her work in Fiji (1983), Nova Scotia (1983), Scotland (1983), and New Zealand (1982, 1986 and 1990).
Miscellaneous file 2, 1865-1880 (File 270) - Folio-Box 29
Newspaper articles; sources for and background to The Making of a Rebel: Captain Macleod of the New Hebrides: 2(1) Empire, Sydney; 2(2) Brisbane Courier; 2(3) Maryborough Chronicle; 2(4) Melbourne Argus; 2(5) The Field; 2(6) Sydney Evening News; 2(7) Fiji Gazette, 2(8) Town and Country Journal etc. E.g. the articles are relevant to recruitment and treatment of Indigenous workers from New Hebrides, and to the unpredictable conditions of white settlers and traders in the absence of formal or principled British and French interest in the Islands. An index of the articles is provided on the back of the front cover.
Miscellaneous file 3, 1880s-2006 (File 271) - Folio-Box 29
3(1) Maps and Plans (e.g. from Western Pacific High Commission (WPHC) documents) and numerous miscellaneous articles and photos (e.g. about The Pacifique, Tathra, Countess of Ranfurley; buildings; and family members and residences) mostly relevant to Kerr family history, Kerr Brothers and Kerr Bros History. 3(2) A number of feature articles from Australian newspapers relevant to Western Pacific issues. 3(3) Letters to the editor by GLS Kerr and articles on him.
Miscellaneous file 4, 1905-1990s (File 272) - Folio-Box 29
4(1) series of articles from SMH on 'Life in the New Hebrides', many photographs of people from the Macleod and Kerr stories (some are missing from their places in the file).
Miscellaneous file 5, 1830s-2012 (File 273) - Folio-Box 29
Kerr Family Documents plus Hutton Family - Personal. 5 (1) Articles, photocopies: (a) family trees of Kerr family, (b) 'Kermadec' Sydney home of Graham Kerr and family. The house was built by Billy Hughes (PM) who lived in it from 1906 to 1920 when it was bought by Graham Kerr and named 'Kermadec'; 5(2) Articles, Hutton family history and photographs esp. These are of relevance to Muriel Kerr's father Sydney Edward Hutton, Manager, NSW Brick Works, his work and his family connections.
Black visual art file, 1914-2013 (File 274) - Folio-Box 29
Miscellany of family original share documents, articles on the SFNH, Graham Kerr's death notices, gravestones, photos of 'The Beachfront Incident' in Vila (re attempted takeover of Annie Petersen's land) with KSC's notes and GLSK's poem, etc.
Photo folders (3 volumes) (File 275) - Folio-Box 29
Photo Folder 1: photos (possibly sent to the University of South Pacific in Fiji) for Making of a Rebel. KSC says "Important. Here are the originals of the photos used."; Photo Folder 2: photos that are to be included in the Kerr Bros (Kerr Bros. History Book); Photo Folder 3: Some photos that could have been used in Kerr Bros History. All photos have descriptions on their backs.
Small Kodak album, c.1913-1918 (File 276) - Folio-Box 29
Album sent as a present by Muriel and Graham Kerr to Clara Hutton and includes photos in New Hebrides and Sydney of Clara Hutton and the Kerr babies.
Negatives (File 277) - Folio-Box 29
The negatives are of some of the photos in the books and there are handwritten notes on the box.
Series. Newspaper cuttings files
Series. British Foreign Office papers and books directly related to KSC's studies
Foreign Office papers, 1876-1896 (File 285-287) - Folio-Box 31
Foreign Office Papers F.O. 27-2186 (1876), Reel 3615: Strong plea for legitimate trade and its benefits. Exposé of New Caledonian, Queensland and Fijian recruiting practices; F.O. 27-2819 (1886), F.O. 27-2843 (1886), F.O. 27-2897 (1887), Reel Nos. 3642-3647: Includes articles from Independent de la Nouvelle-Caledonie; (Note - names like Layard, Thurston and Rason are very relevant) (a) F.O. 27-2922 (1888) Reel Nos. 3648-50, (b) F.O. 27-2944 (1888) Reel Nos. 3649-50. (c) F.O. 27-2945 (1888) Reel 3651, (d) F.O. 27-2945 (1888) Reel Nos. 3652 & 3654, (e) F.O. not given (1890) Reel 3656, (f) F.O. 27-3113 (1891) Reel 3659, (g) F.O. 27/3213 (1891-1893) no Reel No. (g) F.O. 27-3376 (1896) no Reel No.
Books, 1886-1923 (File 288-291) - Folio-Box 31
Robert James Fletcher, Isles of Illusion: Letters from the South Seas, ed. Bohun Lynch, London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1923. Edward Jacomb, France and England in the New Hebrides: The Anglo-French Condominium, Melbourne, George Robertson & Company, 1914. H. A. Robertson, Erromanga: The Martyr Isle, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1902. Julian Thomas (The Vagabond), Cannibals & Convicts: Notes of Personal Experiences in the Western Pacific, Cassell & Company, Limited, London 1886
Series. Admiralty Reports
Admiralty Reports envelope 1, 1872-1897 (File 292) - Folio-Box 32
Envelope 1: Issues such as kidnapping in the Pacific Islands, Pacific Islands Protection; people such as Goodenough, Thurston; and Boats such as HMS Basilisk, HMS Miranda, Forest King, Renard, HMS Tauranga, HMS Dart.
Admiralty Reports envelope 2, 1885-1905 (File 293) - Folio-Box 32
Envelope 2: 2(a) Royal Navy Australia Station (RNAS) Reports Vol 1, Rosario; Vol 3, Wilson's Report on Labour Trade; Vol 5, Mary Anderson Case. 2(b) RNAS printed New Hebrides reports: RNAS Heading: "Correspondence respecting Outrages by Natives, Disturbances and etc that have been Subject of Inquiry". These cover particular years and certain periods within years.
Series. KSC's correspondence with Captain Henry Mangles Denham
Correspondence, 1986-1993 (File 294) - Folio-Box 33
When KSC visited London in 1983 she met once with Captain Henry Mangles Denham (1897 - 1993) whose great-grandfather, Sir Henry Mangles Denham (1800 - 1887), surveyed the South Pacific from 1852 - 1861 (including New Hebrides and New Caledonia - and parts of Australia); and who served as Commander in Chief, Pacific Station from 1864 to 1866. This led to an exchange of correspondence and information on the Pacific and more wide ranging matters that lasted until a little before Captain Denham's death in 1993.
Correspondence, 1915-1993 (File 295-296) - Folio-Box 33
Correspondence originally in purple folders. Also includes a gift to KSC of an original Record of Cruise of H.M.S Renown conveying H.R.H The Prince of Wales on his tour to Australia, New Zealand and the Colonies in the Atlantic and Pacific: H.M.S Renown in Australasia. File 295 contains undated black & white print annotated "A Maori Prince & Princess"; black & white prints "1915 aboard HMS Agamemnon one week before the Anzac landings, the band of the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade."
Gifts, 1981-2013 (File 297) - Folio-Box 33
Gift to KSC of H.M. Denham, Dardanelles: A Midshipman's Diary that contains a postcard with portrait by Rupert Bunny of H.M. Denham's Australian wife, Madge nee Curry; Gift to KSC of Oliver Warner, Marshal Mannerheim and the Finns, which is relevant to H.M. Denham's celebrated WWII experiences. (Having married a soldier, George Cawsey, and lost friends in WWII, this period was of abiding interest to KSC too).
Series. Personal correspondence and memorabilia
Writing, 1919-1996 (File 298) - Box 34
Overview of Year 1919: the year of the Flu epidemic in Australia; Memories of a 1920 Childhood.
Postcard album, 1929-1939 (File 299) - Box 34
Given to KSC by her Grandmother and containing KSC's mother's travel notes during her trip the Europe with GLS Kerr and little sister Nancy in 1929
Katherine Kerr Scrap Book, 1930s (File 300) - Box 34
Indicating many of her interests and, at the back, containing a set of cuttings of Goebbels and family, sent to her by her German penfriend, Ingeborg Kunkel.
Letters from Ingeborg Kunkel, 1935-1937 (File 301) - Box 34
Translations done in 2009 by KSC of Ingeborg Kunkel's letters. The translations contain parallel notes by KSC of what she was thinking and doing at the time. Including letter from French pen friend, Francine Gleyze.
Letters from Dorcas Ling, 1935-1937 (File 302) - Box 34
Letters and photos with little notes from KSC's penfriend Dorcas Cassandra Ling who lived in the French Concession in Shanghai where her father was a professor of English. KSC believes she was killed during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai late in 1937 as correspondence ended at that time. Includes a small embroidered patch.
Correspondence from 1941, the year of KSC's marriage to George Francis Cawsey, 1941-1950 (File 303) - Box 34
Invitations, photographs and realia including 1941 sixpence coin, pressed flowers, textiles. Including early family life as Katherine Stirling Cawsey.
Ingeborg Kunkel, 1935-1950 (File 304) - Box 34
Album of photos of life in Rinteln, Germany, including photos referred to in the letters.
Letters from Ingeborg Kunkel, 1947-1964 (File 305) - Box 34
Resumption of correspondence and parallel notes by KSC in her translations. Includes Katherine and Anne Cawsey's visit to Germany in August 1951.
Correspondence from England, 1950-1955 (File 306) - Box 34
Information about the hostel for intellectually disabled girls (run by Edith Cawsey M.B.E. - George Cawsey's mother) at Moorakyne, (Nos. 6, 8 and) 10 Lisson Grove, Hawthorn, Melbourne, where Katherine, George, Anne and Margaret Cawsey lived for several years on return from England in 1952.
Series. KSC's diaries
Set 2 (15 volumes), 1997-2011 (File 310) - Box 36
KSC was still writing and researching to the age of 94 (late 2011) when she completed a 'final' draft of A History of the Kerr Family and Kerr Bros in the New Hebrides. At this time(2013) she continues to be involved with Chris Ballard in preparation for the publication of her book. KSC often notes that her life started in the year of the Russian Revolution (1917) and has spanned almost a century of change.
Series. Personal correspondence and memorabilia continued from Box 34, varied papers, book launch photo book, and miscellaneous correspondence on Captain Macleod
Correspondence and memorabilia, 1917-1998 (File 312) - Box 37
KSC article 'A Trip to Japan'; KSC's letters to AC (in Latin America); Handwritten book with photos of KSC's life story concentrating on the period from birth to 1947 and using her father's diaries as a stepping off point.