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

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M1959 - M1960

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Created: 2018

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Series D115/25-53. Papers of Edward S. Roscoe, 1927 - 1928

Letters from Horace Greenfield, March 1927 - February 1928 (File 47)

Letters to Edward Stanley Roscoe from a friend Horace Greenfield in Australia and Papua New Guinea

H. Greenfield (Auckland) to E.S. Roscoe, 5 March 1927 (Item)

No openings for professional men in Dominions; limited resources of New Zealand; work as farm labourer; immigrants are 'cannon fodder of Empire'; plans to proceed to Australia and Singapore.

H. Greenfield (Salamoa, Papua) to E.S. Roscoe, 14 June 1927 (Item)

Work as supercargo on S.S. Montoro; Catholic mission; lack of discipline on ship; more respect for Englishmen in America than in Dominions.

H. Greenfield (Rabaul) to E.S. Roscoe, 21 February 1928 (Item)

Work at Burns, Philp office dealing with planations; salary; living conditions in Rabaul.

Series D115/54-67. Papers of Katherine E. Roscoe, 1899 - 1934

Letters to Katherine E. Roscoe, 1899 - 1900 (File 58)

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John M. Gawne (Singapore, Penang) to his sister, Katherine Roscoe (30 letters), 1899 - 1900 (Item)

The letters refer to family news, illnesses, military duties, monotony of Army life in Singapore, social conditions, conditions in Philippines, Boer War. Some letters are incomplete.

Letter of Raymond Savage (File 65)

R. Savage (Adelaide) to Katherine Roscoe, 11 April 1924 [i.e. 1934] (Item)

Meeting with Theodora and E.C. Roscoe; trip to Victor Harbour; recollections of Harefield.

Letters of Theodora Roscoe, 1934 (File 66)

Theodora Roscoe (Adelaide, Alice Springs, Melbourne) to her mother, Katherine Roscoe, 1934: impressions of Adelaide and Australians; E.C. Roscoe's expedition to Northern Territory; Adelaide Show; Germans and Cornish in South Australia; visit of Duke of Gloucester to Adelaide; family news...

Letters of Theodora Roscoe, 1934 (File 67)

Theodora Roscoe (Adelaide, Victor Harbour, Alice Springs) to Katherine Roscoe, 1934: voyage to Australia; passengers; social events; Anzac Day procession; Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven; Australian landscape; flowers; travels of E.C. Roscoe; Dr Helen Mayo; impressions of Alice Springs; churches; gold-mining in Northern Territory; camel ride; men in outback; plans for return to England; family news...

Series D115/73-171. Papers of Theodora and Edward Cecil Roscoe, 1916 - 1952

Papers concerning Sir Thomas White (16 letters), 1943 - 1952 (File 118)

T.W. White. Australia's outlook. Talk given to Royal Empire Society, (5pp., roneoed), 13 April 1943 (Item)

T.W. White to Theodora Roscoe, March 1943 - September 1943 (Item)

Poetry Society; publication of Sky Saga; work at R.A.F. Station at Brighton; relations between R.A.F. and R.A.A.F.; return to Australia; Federal elections; possible leadership of United Australia Party. (9 letters).

Nancy Pearn to Theodora Roscoe, July 1943 - December 1943 (Item)

Publication of Sky Saga. (4 letters).

Sir Thomas White to Theodora Roscoe, 1951 - 1952 (Item)

Work as High Commissioner; talks; visit to Horn Hill Court; reception for R.G. Menzies. (3 letters).

Papers relating to Australian Auxiliary Hospital No.1, Harefield Park, 1916 - 1918 (File 142)

Letters to Theodora Roscoe, 1916 - 1918 (Item)

From Australian soldiers and former pupils in England, France and Australia and from bereaved relatives in Australia. (21 letters)

R.W. Emerson. Friendship., 1917 (Item)

Sent to Theodora Roscoe in 1917 by Private A. Huntriss (d.1918) of Inverell.

Photograph of Private G.A. Kelly of Glenrowan, Victoria. (Item)

Death notices (Item)

Draft poems (Item)

Miscellaneous Australian letters, 1916 - 1946 (File 144)

Correspondents include Mrs W. Kelly (Glenrowan), Elsie Slater (Sydney), Rev. P.M. Smith (Adelaide). They refer to Theodora Roscoe's work at Harefield Park, return of soldiers to Australia, award of badge, and missions in Alice Springs...

Harefield Park Boomerang, December 1917 - December 1918 (File 145)

Five issues of Harefield Park Boomerang, edited by Theodora Roscoe.

Cuttings concerning Capt. E. Roscoe's expedition, 1934 (File 147)

Newspaper cuttings concerning the visit of Capt. E. Roscoe and Theodora Roscoe to Australia in 1934 and the Transport Unit expedition to Alice Springs. Most are from Adelaide newspapers. Apart from reports of the expedition, they refer to interviews with Theodora Roscoe, social events that she attended, Harefield Hospital and general topics such as the Northern Territory and aborigines. There are also a few cuttings. In addition, there are four photographs of the Roscoes at Alice Springs and a typescript report on the Overseas Mechanical Transport Directing Committee and the 1934 expedition...

Letters of E.C. Roscoe to Theodora Roscoe, June 1934 (File 148)

E.C. Roscoe (Helen's Springs) to Theodora Roscoe, 8 June 1934 (Item)

Description of camp, landscape, roads.

E.C. Roscoe (Newcastle Waters) to Theodora Roscoe, 11 June 1934 (Item)

Visit to cattle station; description of Newcastle Waters; Tennant Creek road; turkey shooting.

Letters and telegrams from Theodora Roscoe to E.C. Roscoe, 1934 (File 149)

Written from Adelaide, Alice Springs and Melbourne, the letters refer to travel arrangements, race meetings, plays, concerts, clubs, painting, visit of Duke of Gloucester to Adelaide, impressions of Melbourne, climate, and people. The enclosures include some letters from friends in England...

Letters to E.C. Roscoe, 1934 (File 150)

Miscellaneous papers, including letters (mainly from England) invoices, receipts, permits from the South Australian Motor Vehicles Department to operate a 15 ton transport unit, and cuttings on tests on 15 ton diesel-engined trucks...

Letters to Theodora Roscoe and photographs, 1934 - 1935 (File 152)

Letters of Theodora Roscoe, F. Albrecht (Hermannsburg), Jeannie Gunn (Melbourne) concerning Roscoe's visit to Northern Territory. (Item)

Small photographs of Alice Springs (Item)

Itinerary of voyage to Australia, March 1934 (Item)

Cuttings concerning Alice Springs, Hermannsburg Mission and Transport Unit (Item)

Poem on Melbourne by Theodora Roscoe. (Item)

Correspondence and papers of Theodora Roscoe, 1934 - 1938 (File 153)

Letters to Theodora Roscoe, 1934 - 1938 (Item)

From Lady Masson (Melbourne), Lady Mitchell (Adelaide), F. Davies (Adelaide) and others.

Manuscripts and typescripts of Theodora Roscoe (Item)

Subjects including her visit to central Australia, Australian birds and the Tasmanian Indigenous Australians.

Newspaper cuttings (Item)

Concerning Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, C.T. Madigan's book Central Australia, visit by J. Masefield to Australia.

Correspondence and papers of Theodora Roscoe, 1939 - 1944 (File 153)

Photographs of passengers on Strathnover, and of Alice Springs (Item)

Reprint of article by Theodora Roscoe on her visit to Australia, Contemporary Review, November 1939 (Item)

Broadcast by A. Moorhead on Barkly Highway, 22 November 1944 (Item)

Letters of F. Davies to Theodora Roscoe, 1934 - 1938 (File 154)

Written from Adelaide, the letters refer to social events, race meetings, polo tournament, gardening, Australian fauna, and Roscoe's visit to Alice Springs...

Correspondence and papers of E.C. Roscoe, 1934 - 1939 (File 156)

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E.C. Roscoe to Maj.-Gen. J.H. Bruche (Melbourne), 17 April 1934 (Item)

Trial of 15 ton unit from Adelaide to Bordertown; plans to start for Alice Springs.

E.C. Roscoe (Newcastle Waters) to Elizabeth Eden, 22 June 1934 (Item)

Description of Newcastle Waters and landscape; cattle station.

Typescript notes on 15 ton Road Transport Unit. (2pp.) (Item)

Manuscript on financial arrangements as recommended to Department of Interior. (1p.)

Manuscript on financial arrangements as recommended to Department of Interior. (1p.) (Item)

Letters to Theodora Roscoe, 1922 - 1961 (File 158)

Correspondents include H.S. Nicholas (Sydney), Mabel Savage (Adelaide) and E.C. Roscoe (Barclay Tableland). The letters refer to books, social conditions in Sydney, E.C. Roscoe's visit to Alexandria Station and Australian birds...

Carpentarian, April 1938 - April 1940 (File 159)

5 issues of Carpentarian, journal of Diocese of Carpentaria...

Typescript entitled 'Tennant Creek, Central Australia', referring to a journey of Capt. Cowland and Capt. Phillips from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek (2pp.), 1938 (Item)

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