Guide to the Guide to Collections held by the Cleveland County Archives (as filmed by the AJCP)
M2854-M2856
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Cleveland County Archives
- Title
- Collections held by the Cleveland County Archives (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1772 - 1988
- Collection Number
- M2854-M2856
- Extent
- 43 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
Records 1880-1950 of Middlesbrough Borough Clerk's Department, including arrangements for Australian cricket match 1880, photographs of sites or monuments associated with Capt. James Cook and celebrations of bicentenary of Cook's birth in 1928.
Papers 1834-1840 of Daniel Wheeler, including correspondence with missionaries in the Pacific and accounts of Wheeler's voyages to Australia and the Pacific.
Records 1865-1917 of Meek, Stubbs and Barnley, solicitors.
Papers 1930-1935 of Pennymen Family of Ormesby Hall, including account of voyages to Australia and Indonesia.
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
Material selectively filmed at the Cleveland County Archives, England, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1992 (AJCP Reels: M2854-M2856). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
Teesside Archives. Formerly Cleveland County Archives, Exchange House, 6 Marton Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS1 1DB, England.
For further information, see Teesside Archives (https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/leisure-events-libraries-and-hubs/teesside-archives/search-teesside-archives-catalogues).
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-vn2353131] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-Aid Notes
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
Australia; Cook, James, Captain; Cricket; Emigrant voyages; Meek, Stubbs and Barnley, solicitors; Middlesbrough, England; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Pennymen Family; Photographs; Solicitors; Wheeler, Daniel
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 103, p.37.
Item Descriptions
Fonds CB/M/C. Council Records: Middlesbrough Borough Clerk's Department, 1904 - 1934
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2854.
Series 10. Photographs, 1904 - 1928
2 items
Photographs of Cook bicentenary birth celebrations, 1928 (File 10/5)
42 photographs, some identified on back and 16 copies of engravings of scenes in Tahiti.
Photographs include: Captain Cook monument at Kurnell, Sir George Fuller, Sir Hugh Bell and Sir C.J. Parr at grave of Captain Cook's family, speeches at Great Ayton at opening of celebrations, Sir C.J. Parr, New Zealand High Commissioner, speaking, Statute of Captain Cook at St Kilda, church at Great Ayton.
Series 19. Events, visits, functions, 1928
1 itemSouvenirs re Cook bicentenary, 1928 (File 19/5-23)
12 itemsIncludes: booklets, periodicals, correspondence, some Australian published material.
Filmed selectively.
Town Clerk (St Kilda) to Preston Kitchen, (Town Clerk, Middlesbrough) requesting copy of souvenir programme, 7 November 1928 (Item 5)
Minutes of meeting of General Executive Committee re Captain Cook Bicentenary Celebrations, (12p.), 1928, 28 June, 1 August 1928 (Item 6)
Minutes of meeting of Rotarians convened to discuss Captain Cook bicentenary celebrations on, 14 June 1928 (Item 7)
Milton Cafe, Saltburn (10p.)
Souvenir issues of Whitby Gazette number 3713, 5 October 1928 (Item 13)
Although listed, this item was not filmed by the AJCP due to its fragile condition.
J. Fairfax-Blakeborough. Captain James Cook: an historical play, 1928 (Item 14)
Script and programme of performance by Marton and Great Ayton players.
(48p. and 4p.)
Descriptive catalogue of the Cook bi-centenary exhibition in the Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby. (10p. printed), 3 October 1928 - 1 November 1928 (Item 15)
Proof and drafts of souvenir booklet (97p.), 6 August 1928 (Item 19)
Includes: 6 August 1928 C.T. Forscutt (London) to Preston Kitchen that members of his party of voluntary workers in Empire Service are anxious to attend celebrations.
Captain Cook Bi-centenary 1928 Souvenir of the Bi-centenary Celebrations arranged in the Cleveland District (24p. printed), 8 September 1928 - 27 October 1928 (Item 20)
Signed by attending dignitaries, including Sir George Fuller, Sir Chris Parr, C.T. Forscutt.
Includes: biography of Cook, programme of events, photographs of sites associated with Cook, rules for essay competition and list of books and newspaper cuttings relating to Cook in Middlesbrough Public Library.
Fonds CB/M/C (2). Council Records: Middlesbrough Borough Council Clerk's Department 2nd Deposit, 1772-c.1950
8 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2854.
Series 19. Events, visits, functions, 1772 - 1938
7 itemsAustralian cricket match. (7p.), 1880 - 1938 (File 19/1)
4 itemsFonds PR/GU. Parish Records: Guisborough, 1803
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2854.
Fonds U/ML. Deposited Collections: Middlesbrough Library Collection, 1833 - 1840
9 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M2855- M2856.
Biographical / Historical
Daniel Wheeler (1771-1840) served in the British Army and Navy before joining the Society of Friends in 1790. He was accepted as a minister in 1816. In 1833, accompanied by his son Charles, he left England on the ship Henry Freeling on a 'voyage of concern' to the Pacific. They visited Hobart and Sydney and then spent two years in the Pacific, staying at the Society Islands, Friendly Islands, Rarotonga and the Sandwich Islands. After again calling at Hobart and Sydney, they returned to London in 1838.
Series 1. Documents re Daniel Wheeler, March 1833 - June 1840
5 items
Loose extracts from the journal of Daniel Wheeler, Quaker missionary to Tahiti, and letters to friends, 24 May 1834 - 1838 (File 1/1)
Subjects include: conduct of other missionaries; trading with natives; voyaging round the islands; correspondence with missionaries in Friendly Islands; visit to Honolulu and other islands in Sandwich Islands; earthquake, 27 September 1836.
Includes: Letters written from Sydney Cove, Hobartown.
(588p., pagination erratic.)
Extracts from the letters and journal of Daniel Wheeler, 26 March 1833 - 29 June 1840 (File 1/2)
Includes: arrival at Van Diemen's Land, 10 September 1834; visits to Morea Island, Oahu, Bay of Islands, Sydney.
Filmed selectively. p.21-30, 1834-1837.
(61p.)
Series 2. Letters, January 1834 - December 1840
4 items
Letters from Daniel Wheeler (Mother Bank, off Portsmouth, Rio de Janeiro, Hobart, Sydney Cove, Moorea, Norfolk Island, Tahiti, Oahu) to his 'dear cousins' Isabel and John Kitching, 10 January 1834 - 29 December 1840 (File 2/12)
Subjects include: voyage in Henry Freeling; sending extracts from his journal; life on board 'Our little floating prison'; relations with Cuthbert Wigham; journeys in Southseas; other missionaries; news of friends in Hobart; trading with the natives.
(62p., some damaged pages and incomplete letters, some items may be undated).
Letters from Daniel Wheeler (Henry Freeling at sea, Hobart, Tahiti, Moorea, Sydney) to William Manley, 14 March 1834 - 10 June 1837 (File 2/13)
Subjects include: voyage to Australia; news of James Backhouse and George Washington Walker; meetings held in Hobart; visits to Southsea Islands; mission work on the Islands; George Pritchard; barter rates with the natives.
(42p., some damaged pages)
Fonds U/MSB (2). Deposited Collections: Meek, Stubbs and Barnley, Solicitors 2nd Deposit, 1865 - 1917
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2856.
Fonds U/MSB (3). Deposited Collections: Meek, Stubbs and Barnley, Solicitors 3rd Deposit, 1907
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2856.
Fonds U/OME (2). Deposited Collections: Owners of Middlesbrough Estate 2nd Deposit, 1868
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2856.
Fonds U/PEN. Deposited Collections: Pennyman Family of Ormesby Hall, 1912 - 1958
7 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2856.
Biographical / Historical
The Pennyman Family bought the manor of Ormesby, near Middlesbrough, in about 1600. Sir James Pennyman (1608-1679) was created a baronet in 1664, but the baronetcy became extinct on the death of Sir William Pennyman in 1852. Ormesby Hall was inherited by a distant relative, James Worsley, who assumed the name Pennyman. His grandson, James Beaumont Worsley Pennyman (1883-1961), was educated at Eton and Cambridge University and enlisted in the King's Own Scottish Borders Regiment. He was seriously wounded in World War I and spent the rest of his life at Ormesby Hall. He married Ruth Knight, a poet and playwright, in 1926.
Series 7. Personal Records, November 1930 - December 1935
3 items
Letters from James Beaumont Worsley Pennyman (Prinz der Nederland at sea, Colombo, off Sumatra, Batavia, Bandoeng, Bali, Samarang) to his mother, 16 November 1930 - 31 March 1931 (File 7/130)
Subjects include: arrangements for the voyage; sea sickness; Suez canal; 'Buddism' in Ceylon; sightseeing in Ceylon; visit to Padang; Singapore Harbour; Dutch society at Batavia; flight to Bandoeng in Fokker monoplane; climate; 'natives look most happy and contented'; native dress; agriculture; Bali 'a paradise unspoilt (Yet)'; Balinese people; scenery; English and Dutch society at Samarang; visit to Fire Mountain volcano; purchasing Batik at Government Pawn shop; visit to stud farm of Volz.
Includes: Itinerary/notes on places visited. (5p.)
(96p., some letters in pencil). Some items are undated.
Biographical / Historical
James Beaumont Worsley Pennyman (1883-1961).
Fonds U/PEN (3). Deposited Collections: Pennyman Family of Ormesby Hall 3rd Deposit, n.d.
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2856.
Biographical / Historical
The Pennyman Family bought the manor of Ormesby, near Middlesbrough, in about 1600. Sir James Pennyman (1608-1679) was created a baronet in 1664, but the baronetcy became extinct on the death of Sir William Pennyman in 1852. Ormesby Hall was inherited by a distant relative, James Worsley, who assumed the name Pennyman. His grandson, James Beaumont Worsley Pennyman (1883-1961), was educated at Eton and Cambridge University and enlisted in the King's Own Scottish Borders Regiment. He was seriously wounded in World War I and spent the rest of his life at Ormesby Hall. He married Ruth Knight, a poet and playwright, in 1926.
Fonds U/PF. Deposited Collections: Priest Furnaces, 1962 - 1965
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2856.
Series 3. Correspondence, January 1962 - December 1965
1 item
Correspondence with Pacific Steel Ltd (Otahuhu, NZ), 16 January 1962 - 23 December 1965 (File 3/435)
Subjects include: orders for equipment for furnaces, specifications, shipping details, visit by Mr Vose, General Manager of Ceramics Division of Winstone Products (New Zealand) Ltd; problems with reheating steel furnaces. (108p.)
Fonds U/PK. Deposited Collections: Preston Kitchen Collection, 1930 - 1933
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2856.
Biographical / Historical
Preston Kitchen was town clerk of Middlesbrough in the early twentieth century. Charles Foster, who visited New Zealand in 1879, was the brother of Mrs Joseph Carter, who settled in Middlesbrough in 1883.
Fonds U/S. Deposited Collections: Miscellaneous Items, 1879 - 1988
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2856.
Charles Foster's Journal of voyage to New Zealand, 21 August 1879 - November 1879 (File 786)
Details include: sightseeing in London; boarding Afghan; confusion on board as ship is converted to take passengers; weather; other passengers; St Vincent; Capetown; soldiers in Capetown; visit to Adelaide, 'a nice place'; transship to New Zealand 'we have fresh meat three times everyday'; Hobart; impressions of New Zealand; economic conditions; 'Berry's pamphlet has done a deal of harm'; Christchurch.
(8p., typescript, photocopy)