Guide to the Papers of the Towle Family (as filmed by the AJCP)

Collection Summary

Creator

Towle, Edward
Towle, Benjamin

Title

Papers of the Towle Family (as filmed by the AJCP)

Date Range

1852 - 1858

Collection Number

M2345

Extent

18 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

Diaries and correspondence. The diaries were kept by Edward Towle, describing the journey from Liverpool to Australia in 1852 and a visit to Java and Singapore in 1853. The letters of Edward and Benjamin Towle to their mother and sister contain news from the goldfields at Creswick and Ballarat.

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 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Filmed at the private residence of Commadore N Towle, England, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1989 (AJCP Reel: M2345). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Previously held at the private residence of Commadore N. Towle. Southhampton, England. The papers are now held by the National Library of Australia Collection Reference: MS 9576 (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2692809)

Existence and Location of Copies

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-vn7893829] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding Aid Note

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Subjects

Ballarat, Victoria; Creswick, Victoria; Great Britain, SS; Australia: immigration to; Liverpool, England; Towle Family; Towle, Benjamin; Towle, Edward; Gold and goldfields: Victoria; Singapore: visits; Java: visits to

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 463, p. 181.