Guide to the Papers of the Hughes and Knight Gregson families

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MS 10407

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: July 2018

Collection Summary

Creator
Knight Gregson, Charlotte Louise
Title
Papers of the Hughes and Knight Gregson families
Date Range
1865 - 1962
Collection Number
MS 10407
Extent
3.35 metres (3 large folio boxes + 4 map folios + 13 folders + 2 volumes) + 2 PDF documents
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises original letters from Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (nee Hughes) to her family of Middleton Hall, Northumberland, England after she emigrated to Australia in 1876 aged 26. Included are sketches, water colours, shipping documents, school reports and photographs. The letters detail her farming life in Harden, with comments on colonial life including the shearers' strike, suffragettes, 1890s banking crashes and bushfires. There is also mention of men going off to World War I, railway-building, the establishment of Canberra as the capital, and a relative who was part of Mawson's expedititon. Also included are letters from Frank Hughes (Charlotte Louise's brother) to his family, photographs of George Charles Knight Gregson and Frank Hughes, and a death notice and obituary of Stanly Hughes (Frank Hughes's son).

The collection also features two volumes of typed transcripts of letters of Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (bound copies and electronic copies), edited and with additional material by Prue Jolley, the great-granddaughter of Charlotte.

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-vn7765271).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 the Hughes and Knight Gregson families, National Library of Australia, MS 10407, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Additional papers of the Hughes family of Middleton Hall are held at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office.

Finding Aid Source(s)

Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.

Supplementary Finding Aid

Please note that a detailed list of correspondent names and dates of each letter is available, linked to this finding aid as 'Related Documentation'.

Item Descriptions

Class 1. Consignment received February 2018

This consignment comprises original letters from Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (nee Hughes) to her family of Middleton Hall, Northumberland, England after she emigrated to Australia in 1876 aged 26. Included are sketches, water colours, shipping documents, school reports and photographs.

Letters mainly from Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson, 1866-1899 (File 1) - Folio-Box 1

Mainly Louise's letters (no. 1 to letter 92) written to her mother, eldest brother George and sister Isabella. Letters have been divided into sections: 1866-1867, Letters C L Knight Gregson 1877 – 1889 and 1890 – 1899". They include brief descriptions of the migration to Australia in 1876 when Louise was aged 26, news of family life and events - the Boer War, bank panic and shearing at Cunningham

Letters mainly from Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson, 1900-1905 (File 2) - Folio-Box 1

Mainly Louise's letters (no. 93 to letter 232) divided into sections: 1900 – 1905, 1906 – 1909. Letters contain news from Cunningham prior to the sale of the property before the move to Camden Springs. Correspondence to her sisters Carrie and Isabel, brothers George and Pringles; includes some responses from George Charles Knight Gregson

Letters mainly from Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson, 1910-1922 (File 3) - Folio-Box 2

Mainly Louise's letters (no. 233 to letter 349) divided into sections 1910 – 1912 and 1913 – 1921. Louise writes from her home in Camden Springs and from her trip to Melbourne while visiting sister Isabella. Letters are addressed mainly to George and Carrie

Miscellaneous, 1867-1916 (File 4) - Folio-Box 2

Photographs of Hughes and Gregson family members; Charlotte Louise's report card and exam papers; panoramic postcards

Miscellaneous, 1869-1879 (File 5) - Folio-Box 3

Artwork -13 water colours and sketches of homes and landscape by Caroline Hughes and other siblings; locations of images depicted include Buxton, Victoria and Karrawarra, Cunningham, Sydney Harbour, NSW (c1874-1879); Charlotte Louise Hughes exam papers - Oxford (1868); Journal Of Charlotte Louise Hughes - Middleton Hall (1869-1872); Newspaper The Berwick Warder with 2 part story written by Louise Hughes (1872);

Art work, 1874-1875 (File 6) - Map-Folio 4

Sketch by William Illingworth Taylor of George Charles Knight Gregson and Charlotte Louise Gregson horse-riding, c. 1874-5

Map of travels, 1866 (File 7) - Map-Folio 5

The Australasian new map of Victoria, 1866 with travels of Francis Humphrey Hughes plotted out

Newspaper, 20 December 1872 (File 8) - Map-Folio 6

Copy of the Berwick Warder containing "The Pearl of the Court" - part 1 of a 2 part story by Louise Hughes

Newspaper, 24 December 1872 (File) - Map-Folio 7

Copy of the Berwick Warder containing "The Pearl of the Court" - part 2 of a 2 part story by Louise Hughes

Class 2. Consignment received 1 October 2019

This consignment comprises correspondence from Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson to her family in England as well as correspondence from Frank Hughes, Charlotte Louise's brother, to his family. Also included are photographs of George Charles Knight Gregson and Frank Hughes, plus a death notice and obituary of Stanly Hughes (Frank Hughes's son).

Correspondence and photographs from Frank Hughes (File 8) - Box Shared, Folder 8

Correspondence and photographs from Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (File 9) - Box Shared, Folder 9

Class 3. Consignment received 18 October 2019

This consignment comprises a bound copy of Volume I of typed transcripts of the letters of Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (nee Hughes) and family, 1865-1922. The volume was produced by Prue Jolley, the great-granddaughter of Charlotte Louise.

For an electronic copy of this transcript, refer to Class 4 of this collection.

Replies to letters that feature in Volume I can be found in Volume II, which is held in Class 5 of this collection.

Bound copy of typed transcripts (Volume I) of 'The Letters of Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (nee Hughes), and family, 1865 to 1922', edited and with additional material by Prue Jolley (Item 10) - Box Shared

Class 4. Consignment received July 2020

This consignment comprises an electronic copy of Volume I of typed transcripts of the letters of Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (nee Hughes) and family, 1865-1922. The volume was produced by Prue Jolley, the great-granddaughter of Charlotte Louise.

For a bound copy of this transcript, refer to Class 3 of this collection.

Replies to letters that feature in Volume I can be found in Volume II, which is held in Class 5 of this collection.

Electronic copy of typed transcripts (Volume I) of 'The Letters of Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (nee Hughes), and family, 1865 to 1922', edited and with additional material by Prue Jolley (Item 11)

Class 5. Consignment received May 2021

This consignment comprises correspondence of Ethel Knight Gregson (Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson's daughter), who was born and lived in Galong, New South Wales. The letters are mostly between her siblings, friends and a lover, who she never married, along with many letters from her mother. There is also correspondence of Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson, including responses to letters she sent whilst at school in Brussels and many letters to her from her siblings in England

This consignment also features a bound copy and an electronic copy of Volume II of typed transcripts of the letters of Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (nee Hughes), 1865-1927. The volume was produced by Prue Jolley, the great-granddaughter of Charlotte Louise. This volume includes replies to letters that feature in Volume I of the transcripts: a bound copy of Volume I of the transcripts is found in Class 3 of this collection, and an electronic copy is in Class 4 of this collection.

Series. NSW - Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson Collection

127 letters predominately to Charlotte Louise from family members and friends, 1865-1898 (File) - Album 12

Part I of letters. Letters in date sequence and divided by decades.

124 letters to Louise, some letters between Louise and George Charles, their siblings and friends, 1900 - 1921 (File) - Album 13

Part II of letters - Also includes some undated letters, programs and notes.

78 receipts, general documents, land issues and other papers, 1866 - 1905 (File) - Album 14

Alos includes Louise's education papers, Personal items, poems, dance programs, plant pressings and personal momentos.

90 items of personal art, newspaper cuttings, personal items and photographs, 1865 - 1921 (File) - Album 15

Series. NSW - Ethel Knight Gregson Collection

68 Letters mainly to Ethel from friends, lovers and family members, 1901 - 1905 (File) - Album 16

Part I of letters

75 Letters mainly to Ethel from friends, family, and her lover - Charlie, 1906 - 1909 (File) - Album 17

Part II of letters

83 Letters mainly to Ethel from siblings, cousins, family and Charlotte Louise, 1910 - 1912 (File) - Album 18

Part III of letters

103 Letters mainly to Ethel from siblings, Charlotte Louise, friends and others, 1913 - 1919 (File) - Album 19

Part IV of letters

62 letters mainly to Ethel from siblings, Charlotte Louise, friends and others, 1920- -1929 (File) - Album 20

Part V of letters

13 letters; 8 newspaper cuttings; 18 personal items; 22 photographs, 1936- - 1962 (File) - Album 21
80 undated and incomplete letters, dance cards, invites and postcards, 1920 -1962 (File) - Album 22

Series. NSW Collection - Transcribed Letters

Bound copy of 'Letters of Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (nee Hughes): Volume II, The NSW Collection, 1865 to 1927', edited and with additional material by Prue Jolley (File) - Box (Shared), Volume 23
Electronic copy of 'Letters of Charlotte Louise Knight Gregson (nee Hughes): Volume II, The NSW Collection, 1865 to 1927', edited and with additional material by Prue Jolley (Item 24)

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