Guide to the Diary of John Smith (as filmed by the AJCP)

Collection Summary

Creator

Smith, John, (Surgeon)

Title

Papers of John Smith (as filmed by the AJCP)

Date Range

1809 - 1838

Collection Number

M1135

Extent

9 items

Language of Materials

English

Repository

Australian Joint Copying Project

Sponsor

The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Items filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project include: the Diary kept by John Smith, the surgeon on the barque Clyde, which transported 215 male convicts from Kingston, Ireland, to Sydney, 24 April – 15 September 1838, and correspondence of John Smith and certificates of appointment, 1811-1834.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example:

M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-987654321)

Existence and Location of Originals

Originally filmed at private residence: Mr A Low, West Drayton, Middlesex.

Originals now held by National Library of Australia. Collection Identifier: MS 6169. For more information see John Smith at the National Library of Australia

Existence and Location of Copies

National Library of Australia. Collection Identifier: MS 6169.

A digitised version of the diary is available at the National Library of Australia.

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn725813] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Archival history

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1979. (AJCP reel M1135). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Finding Aid note

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Subject

Convict Ship: Clyde; John Smith; Surgeon; Convicts; Sydney; Cape of Good Hope; Dublin, Ireland;

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 419, p. 163