Guide to the Collections held by the Merseyside Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP).
M1955-M1958, M2838-M2839
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Merseyside County Archives
- Title
- Collections held by the Merseyside Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1808 - 1971
- Collection Number
- M1955-M1958, M2838-M2839
- Extent
- 277 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
Correspondence 1808-50 of Edward Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby. Subjects include: dispatch of Australian and New Zealand birds for Lord Stanley's natural history collection; New Zealand expedition; John MacGillivray; and Birds of Australia. Correspondents include J. Gilbert, John Gould, J. Burke, J. Gray and G.W. Earl.
Journal 9 March-27 May 1853 kept by passenger on emigrant ship Marco Polo on a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne.
Reports and correspondence 1922-71 of Mersey Docks and Harbour Board concerning visit by T.H. Hawkins to Australia and New Zealand 1922-23, Australian wool, and increased railway rates. Correspondents include H.R. Richards, H.R. Young and D.T.R. Bradford.
Letters 1852-53 of James Battersby describing conditions on the Victorian goldfields.
Letters 1847-90 of Edward Danson in New South Wales to John T. Danson.
Papers 1855 of J.G.W. Lockett, including a diary kept on the Hope on a voyage from London to Port Phillip and printed items concerning the vessel.
Correspondence 1878-1915 of Leyland Family, including references to the Sudan War, effects of war on employment and prices, and return of wounded soldiers from Gallipoli.
Diary 1858-59 of John Hedges describing a voyage from Liverpool to Sydney on the Admiral Lyons.
Correspondence 1856-1939 of Archibald Crawford, biscuit manufacturer of Leith, Scotland, mostly concerning his brothers James and William who lived in Australia. The letters of James and William Crawford describe life on board the Arcadia 1891 and Ormuz 1921; work on a sheep farm in New South Wales; the war and its effect on business; and the effects of drought and depression on rural property. Correspondents include William Crawford, Thomas Crawford, James S.R. Crawford, Doreen Crawford, Margaret Crawford and Victoria Crawford.
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 Merseyside Record Office, Liverpool, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1982, 1993 (AJCP Reel Nos: M1955-M1958, M2838-M2839). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
Merseyside Record Office, Liverpool, England. For more information see Merseyside Record Office catalogue (http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/calmview/).
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-vn7895061] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Related Materials
Other material held at the Merseyside Record Office filmed by the AJCP includes M2077 Papers of Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-815328907/findingaid]
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 2019. 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.
Advisory Statement
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.
Subjects
Admiral Lyons (ship); Australia; Australia: visits to; Australia: flora and fauna; Battersby, James; Birds: Australia; Birds: New Zealand; Bradford, D.T.R.; Burke, J.; Crawford, Archibald; Crawford, James; Crawford, James Shields Russell; Crawford, Doreen; Crawford, Margaret; Crawford, Russell; Crawford, Thomas; Crawford, Victoria; Crawford, William ; Danson, Edward; Danson, John T.; Earl, G.W.; Emigrant voyages; Gallipoli, Turkey; Gilbert, John; Golds and goldfields: Victoria; Gould, John; Gray, John E., Dr; Great Britain; Hawkins, T.H.; Hedges, John; Hope (ship); Land; Leith, Scotland; Leyland Family; Liverpool, England; Lockett, J.G.W.; MacGillivray, John; Marco Polo, (ship); Melbourne, Victoria: immigration to; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board; Moonbi, Australia; New South Wales; New Zealand; New Zealand: flora and fauna; New Zealand: visits to; Orange, Australia; Orient (ship); Ormuz (ship); Primera, (ship); Railways: Australia; Rennie, Madge; Richards, H.R.; Stanley, Edward S., Lord Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby; Sudan War (1885); Sydney, New South Wales: immigration to; Tamworth, Australia; Wool and woolgrowing: Australia; World War I (1914-1918); Young, H.R.
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 320, p119.
Item Descriptions
Fonds MM/3. Correspondence of Edward S. Stanley, c.1841
1 itemMaterial from the Museums Department. Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1955.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Smith Stanley (1775-1851), 13th Earl of Derby (succeeded 1834) was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a member of the House of Commons from 1796 to 1832. His principal interest was natural history, particularly zoological classification and the taxonomy of birds. He was president of the Linnean Society of London (1828-34) and the Zoological Society of London (1831-51). He supported collectors in remote countries, such as John Gilbert and John MacGillivray in Australia, and created an extensive menagerie and museum at his home, Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool. His natural history collections formed the basis of the Liverpool Museum, opened in 1860.
Fonds MM/8K. Letterbooks of Edward S. Stanley, 1808 - 1850
6 itemsMaterial from the Museums Department.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1955.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Smith Stanley (1775-1851), 13th Earl of Derby (succeeded 1834) was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a member of the House of Commons from 1796 to 1832. His principal interest was natural history, particularly zoological classification and the taxonomy of birds. He was president of the Linnean Society of London (1828-34) and the Zoological Society of London (1831-51). He supported collectors in remote countries, such as John Gilbert and John MacGillivray in Australia, and created an extensive menagerie and museum at his home, Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool. His natural history collections formed the basis of the Liverpool Museum, opened in 1860.
Letterbooks, January 1839 - October 1843 (File No.3)
15 itemsFilmed selectively.
J. Gilbert (Perth) to J. Gould, 2 January 1843 (Item ff.61-65)
Travels and ornithological discoveries in Western Australia.
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-903411710.
J. Gilbert (Perth) to J. Gould, 27 March 1843 (Item ff.65-95)
Sales of Birds of Australia; kangaroos; necessity to leave Western Australia; proposes to visit Moreton Bay; details of animals and birds discovered.
J. Gould to Derby, 10 October 1843 (Item ff.146-61)
Sends extracts from letters of J. Gilbert; need to restrict Gilbert's searches due to bankruptcies of Australian subscribers to Birds of Australia; details of birds discovered.
J. Gilbert (Perth) to J. Gould, 18 April 1842 (Item ff.166-70)
Animals and birds added to collection.
J. Burke to Derby, 7 September 1839 - 16 October 1839 (Item ff.177-80)
Three letters. New Zealand expedition; assurance by McDonnell.
E. Diffenbach to Derby, 11 November 1842 (Item ff.200-1)
Work as naturalist for New Zealand Company; proposes expedition to South America.
J. Gilbert (Perth) to J. Gould, 13 September 1842 (Item ff.215-34)
Species collected on expedition into interior; lack of news from England; assistance given by settlers and Indigenous Australians
J. Medwin to Derby, 17 January 1839 (Item ff.250-51)
Delivery of Australian flying fox from Judge Willis.
J. Gould to Derby, 10 January 1841 (Item ff.259-61)
Publication of Birds of Australia; J. Gilbert's expedition to Western Australia; offers to collect birds for Derby; financial arrangements.
Letterbooks, January 1847 (File No.6)
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Letterbooks, November 1849 - May 1850 (File No.7)
7 itemsFilmed selectively.
Col. Butterworth (Singapore) to Derby, 1 December 1849 (Item ff.1-2)
Appointment of G.W. Earl to carry out zoological researches in Malaya.
Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-903411911.
G.W. Earl (Singapore) to Butterworth, 30 November 1849 (Item ff.2-6)
Collecting birds and animals in Malaya.
J. Gould to Derby, 8 February 1850 (Item ff.13-15)
Offer of Australian birds; financial difficulties; visit to Europe.
Fonds. Journal kept on Marco Polo, 1853
1 itemMaterial from the Maritime Department.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1955.
Fonds MDHB. Records of Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 1922 - 1971
10 itemsMaterial from the Archives Department
Biographical / Historical
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board took over from the Liverpool Corporation the management of the docks in Liverpool and Birkenhead in 1858. It comprised 24 elected members and four nominated by the Mersey Conservancy Commission. It was based in the Port of Liverpool Building, which opened in 1907 and is one of the grandest buildings in Liverpool. The Board was reconstituted as a company in 1972.
Series. Newscutting books, September 1922 - August 1971
10 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1955.
Series. Unclassified records, October 1922 - December 1952
6 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M1956-M1957.
Report to Board by Col. T.H. Hawkins, Principal Assistant to General Manager and Secretary, of visit to Australia (71pp, printed), October 1922 - December 1922 (File (i))
Report to Board by Col. T.H. Hawkins, Principal Assistant to General Manager and Secretary, of visit to New Zealand (84pp. printed), January 1923 - May 1923 (File (ii))
File of correspondence between General Manager and H.R. Richards (Sydney), Board representation in Australia, April 1943 - May 1949 (File (iii))
File of correspondence concerning 1948 tour of Australia and South Africa by H.R. Young, Aug. 1947-Oct. 1950 (File (iv))
Fonds DB. Bryson Collection, 1852 - 1853
4 itemsMaterial from the Archives Department.
Series DB. 115c. Letters of Battersby Family, April 1852 - May 1853
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1958.
Biographical / Historical
The Battersby Family was a Liverpool Irish family, several members of which migrated to America and Australia.
Fonds DD. Papers of Danson Family of Barnston and Birkenhead, 1847 - 1894
25 itemsMaterial from the Archives Department
Biographical / Historical
John Towne Danson (1817-1898) was a journalist, writer, farmer, barrister and secretary of the Thames and Mersey Insurance Company. His son Sir Francis Chatillon Danson (1855-1926) also worked in marine insurance and became a central figure in the establishment of Liverpool University. John Danson married into the Lockett Family of Llangollen, Wales. Several members of the family migrated to Canada and Australia including J.G.W. Lockett (1833-1878).
Series DD III 2/60. Letters from Edward C. Danson to John T. Danson (Grasmere), December 1890 - October 1894
23 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1958.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Chester Danson was born on 4 May 1818, in Stratford, Warwickshire. He emigrated to Australia in 1841 on the Elizabeth which left Liverpool on 1 May, and was described by his brother as a shepherd in 1853. He was largely unsuccessful in his ventures in Australia, and depended on an annual stipend of £100 from his brother. Edward died near Tamworth in September 1898.
Edward C. Danson (Moonbi, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 4 December 1890 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; sudden illness with dropsy; thanks for gift of £100 (4pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 20 February 1891 (File)
Further attacks of dropsy; acknowledges previous letters and gift of book; change of address (4pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 8 March 1891 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; family matters; political matters; health; intends going into partnership with a friend on a farm (8pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 24 March 1891 (File)
Continued ill health; enjoying book that was sent him; intention of going into partnership with a friend on a farm postponed because of friend's accident (6pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 2 Apr; 4 Apr 1891 (File)
Acknowledges letters; sending newspapers; literary discussion; enquires after health (6pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 25 April 1891 (File)
Acknowledges letters; severe illness; encloses photograph of self (3pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 7 May 1891 - 8 May 1891 (File)
Received photos; family matters (5pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 29 May; 27 May 1891 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; intellectual interests; family matters; self-experimentation with laudanum; continued illness (6pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 4 June 1891 (File)
Family matters; clarification on partnership proposal; money; opium (4pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, Early July 1891 (File)
Numismatics; intellectual interests; illness (4pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 27 August 1891 (File)
Severe illness; plans to travel for health; sent second photograph (4pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 20 September 1891 (File)
Continued illness with dropsy; disagreement with John's opinion on photos; intellectual interests; family matters (5pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 15 Oct; 27 Oct 1891 (File)
Acknowledges letters; political matters in England; numismatics and mechanical interests; intellectual interests (6pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 17 November 1891 (File)
Encloses photo; photographic details; personal measurements and details; dietary details (4pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 10 December 1891 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; family and financial matters; intellectual interests (4pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 1 January 1892 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; travel plans (2pp).
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, c. Feb 1892 (File)
Family matters; travel delays (incomplete, last five pages) (5pp)
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 13 February 1892 (File)
Arranged for photos to be sent (2pp)
Edward C. Danson (Tamworth, N.S.W.) to John T. Danson, 23 February 1892 (File)
Received photos; family matters; intellectual interests; (c. 5pp).
Series DD III 2/64. Letters from Edward Danson to John T. Danson, 1847 - 1890
Written from London, Sydney, Muswellbrook, Liverpool Plains and Moonbi, they refer to family news, finances, 1856 N.S.W. elections, 1857 Hunter River floods, land regulations, books and illnesses. Also a manuscript entitled 'A day in the bush'. There are transcriptions of the letters given.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1958.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Chester Danson was born on 4 May 1818, in Stratford, Warwickshire. He emigrated to Australia in 1841 on the Elizabeth which left Liverpool on 1 May, and was described by his brother as a shepherd in 1853. He was largely unsuccessful in his ventures in Australia, and depended on an annual stipend of £100 from his brother. Edward died near Tamworth in September 1898.
Series DD VIII 1/2/5. Papers of J.G.W. Lockett, 1855
The papers include a diary kept by Lockett on a voyage on the Hope from London to Pt. Phillip, 30 March-8 July 1855 (15 pp), notes concerning the Hope, broadsheets advertising the Hope and the Golden Line of Australian packets, printed lists of articles required for a voyage to Australia supplied by S.W. Silver & Co., Grindlay & Co., and E. Moses & Son, a letter from Lockett to Jane Danson, 19 July 1855, describing the voyage and his impressions of Australia, and extracts from letters of [unknown] Graham (Melbourne) to A. Sand (Glasgow), Sept. 1855, concerning Lockett's financial difficulties.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1958.
Biographical / Historical
J.G.W. (George) Lockett (1833-1878) emigrated to Victoria with his wife from London on board the Hope in 1855. Whilst on board, his wife gave birth to a baby daughter.
Fonds DK/99. Papers of Leyland Family, 1878 - 1915
3 itemsMaterial from the Archives Department. Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1958.
James Leyland (Sydney) to Peter Leyland (Aintree), 28 May 1855[i.e. 1885] (File File 15/1)
Acknowledges money; investments in Australia; Sudan War; Russian scare. Although described individually, this document was originally microfilmed with a page from another document. The last page of the document described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-903413511
Fonds DX/186. Papers of Capt. Robert Capper of Liverpool, 1889
1 itemMaterial from the Archives Department. Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1958.
Fonds DX/203. Records of Alfred Holt & Co. and Ocean Group, 1954 - 1966
2 itemsMaterial from the Archives Department. Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1958.
Biographical / Historical
The Liverpool engineer and shipowner Alfred Holt (1829-1911) and his brother Philip Holt (1830-1915) established the Ocean Steamship Company in 1865. It traded as the Blue Funnel Line. In the early years the ships mainly traded with Mauritius, Penang, Singapore and Shanghai, but later sailed to Australia, the Pacific and America. The Blue Funnel Line came to an end in 1988.
Ocean Steamship Co. Ltd. The effect of the development of air transport on the sea-borne business of the main shipping routes between Europe, the Far East, Australia and West Africa . Prepared by Hedley S. Crabtree & Co. Ltd., London, (roneoed), 31 October 1966 (File 18)
Although listed, appendices except for nos. 15, 16 and 21 were not filmed by the AJCP.
Fonds DX/243/1. Diary of John Hedges, 1858 - 1859
1 itemMaterial from the Archives Department.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1958.
Fonds DX/280. Deeds from Southport, 1850
1 itemMaterial from the Archives Department. Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1958.
Fonds D/C. Crawford Family Papers, 1856 - 1940
222 itemsBiographical / Historical
Papers deposited by the Crawford family, biscuit manufacturers of Leith, Scotland.
Series CP 1/2. Archibald Crawford correspondence, June 1856 - October 1859
59 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2838.
Subseries. Letters to William Crawford written by Archibald from the London office of the Borneo Company and other London Addresses, 27 June 1856 - 14 October 1859
54 itemsThe letters give the details of Archibald's work with the Borneo Company, business of the company 'stretching itself in various directions'; Chinese aggression in Sarawak 'Sir James Brooke seems to have conquered the invaders by means of the natives'; includes reports on General Meetings.
Biographical / Historical
William Crawford (1812-1889)
Archibald was Secretary of the Borneo company.
Archibald Crawford (London) to William Crawford, 27 June 1856 - 28 June 1856 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; recent installment as Secretary of the Borneo Company; business; specifications for gold watch (6pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 11 July 1856 (File)
Shares and other business regarding Borneo Company (3pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 30 July 1856 (File)
Mail arrived from Borneo; shares (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 15 August 1856 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; biscuits; company business (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 4 October 1856 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; shares; arrival of mail (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 17 December 1856 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; regrets not having information at 'Oven Register'; family; William's Edinburgh business; Borneo Company business (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 27 December 1856 (File)
Encloses Power of Attorney; death of Mr Husband (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 14 February 1857 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; very busy; Borneo Company business; proposed dividends; family (8pp).
Notice of First Ordinary General Annual Meeting of the Borneo Company, Ltd., 17 April 1857 (File)
Written by Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 16 April 1857 (File)
Setting of dividends on shares; change of address (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 28 April 1857 (File)
Chinese aggression in Sarawak (3pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, n.d. (File)
Will see if can send a copy of the Balance Sheet (incomplete, final two pages of letter) (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 8 May 1857 (File)
Urges haste if William wishes to increase interest/shares in company; insider information on taking over a company; Directors' meeting with Lord Clarendon; General Meeting (5pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 8 May 1857 (File)
Encloses statement of profit (3pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 12 May 1857 (File)
Shares and surplus (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 13 May 1857 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; (incomplete, first four pages of letter) (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 16 May 1857 (File)
Shares; believes company will flourish (6pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 18 June 1857 (File)
News on William's shares; new address (3pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 20 June 1857 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; next meeting (3pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 23 June 1857 (File)
Will resign from Company if does not receive pay increase (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 24 June 1857 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; will have pay rise for 1 October; may have to resign as Secretary (3pp).
Minutes of Extraordinary General Meeting of the Borneo Company, 25 June 1857 (File)
Enclosed within letter from Archibald Crawford to William Crawford, dated 27 June 1857. (2pp)
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 27 June 1857 (File)
Family matters; enclosed minutes of meeting; interest on William's shares (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 13 July 1857 (File)
Pay discussions; news from Borneo; antimony ore (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 17 July 1857 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; employment arrangements; family matters; new shares as yet unallocated (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 14 October 1857 (File)
No China mail; encloses postage stamps and copy of regulations of the Borneo Company (3pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 27 November 1857 (File)
Borneo Company's balance sheet; time before a return on expenditure is viable; received letters from Robert (9pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 4 January 1858 (File)
News of friend; no new intelligence (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 14 January 1858 (File)
Received mail, immediate prospects of company aren't good; lack of antimony ore (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 2 April 1858 - 3 April 1858 (File)
Borneo company business (2pp)
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 10 April 1858 (File)
Increase in antimony ore; Company has taken a lease of premises (3pp).
Archibald Crawford (New North Road, London) to William Crawford, 11 May 1858 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; details on shares, interest (damaged)(4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 11 June 1858 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; pleased with watch; discussion of opinions; reminiscences (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 26 July 1858 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; watch; reminiscences (incomplete, first four pages of letter) (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 21 September 1858 (File)
Encloses copies of correspondence between himself and Mr Henderson (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 8 October 1858 (File)
Company concluded that recompense money meant Archibald must stay with them until 1 February (3pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 11 October 1858 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; would like to meet Mr Nimms. (4pp)
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 26 October 1858 (File)
Family matters (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford, 24 January 1859 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; time will tell if he will remain in Company's employ; balance sheet of Company; other Company business; family matters (8pp).
Archibald Crawford (Borneo Company Ltd., London) to William Crawford (Leith, Scotland), 27 January 1859 (File)
Formal notice of motions passed at Half Yearly General Meeting of the Borneo Company; details of William's finances with Borneo Company. Second page relates to dividends (2pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 4 April 1859 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; vacating position of Secretary; no further information on shares and dividends (incomplete, first three pages only) (3pp)
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 23 April 1859 (File)
Family matters; enclosed minutes of meeting; interest on William's shares; visit to Crystal Palace (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 17 May 1859 (File)
Have not had letter from William for a long time; the Borneo Company at Calcutta (2pp)
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 14 June 1859 (File)
Borneo Company shares (2pp)
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 20 June 1859 (File)
Business about Shareholders and Directors' meetings; friends and family; requests copy of photograph (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 9 July 1859 (File)
Speaking to managing director about sending biscuits to Singapore; family matters (3pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 20 July 1859 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; illness and recovery; Borneo Company's Borneo branch; biscuit has arrived for consideration for Singapore market (6pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 20 August 1859 (File)
Calcutta branch of Borneo Company; profits; discussion of biscuit; acknowledges previous letter (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 3 September 1859 (File)
Family business; biscuit; Calcutta branch of Borneo Company (4pp).
Archibald Crawford (Islington, London) to William Crawford, 12 September 1859 (File)
Acknowledges previous letter; biscuits (3pp).
Subseries. Archibald to Robert Henderson, Borneo Company, tending his resignation, 3 September 1858 - 14 September 1858
5 itemsSeries CP 1/3. David Crawford to Archibald Crawford, May 1890 - October 1922
4 itemsSubjects include James' return to Australia, his health, bankruptcy of Crawford and Blair in Melbourne due to bad management.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2838.
Series CP 1/4. Thomas Crawford, April 1890 - January 1927
10 itemsSubjects include: life on board Arcadia, life on his wheat farm at Numurkah, James' illness, Williams trip to Australia, James' death.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2838.
Series CP 1/6. William Crawford, December 1921 - February 1922
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2838.
Series CP 2. James Shields Russell Crawford, December 1883 - April 1890
28 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2838.
Biographical / Historical
James Shields Russell Crawford (1863-1927)
Photographs (File A)
Photographs showing interior and exterior of Mayfield, Emu Swamp, Orange, Nov 1926; Jack Harvey on 'Billy'; Rob Roy trains leaving Mayfield with last wool clip; Suffolk ewes before leaving for New Zealand; JSRC's grave and memorial. Front and back of photographs are filmed.
Subseries B. Correspondence, 12 December 1883 - 11 December 1914
27 itemsLetters to Archibald Crawford written from on board SS Orient, Dundas Place Vic, Orange and Sydney
Subjects include: news of other members of the family in Australia, news of the biscuit factory in Melbourne- a firm in Ballarat is 'cutting up' the trade, local recipes, working on the farm, his illness, the War and the effect on business.
Includes a letter dated 20 April 1890 to his mother Margaret C Crawford (1815-1890).
James Crawford (S.S. Orient) to Archibald Crawford, 12 December 1883 (File)
Received letters; arrival at Port Said; life on ship (4pp).
James Crawford ('Alness', Melbourne, Victoria) to Archibald Crawford, 22 June 1885 (File)
Received letters from family; family; business; visit to Geelong (6pp).
James Crawford ('Alness', Melbourne, Victoria) to Margaret Crawford, 20 April 1890 (File)
Family; weather; letters received; encloses sample of mosquitoes (8pp).
James Crawford ('Alness', Melbourne, Victoria) to Archibald Crawford, 28 April 1890 (File)
Acknowledges letter; talks about mother's health (4pp).
James Crawford ('Alness', Melbourne, Victoria) to Archibald Crawford, 14 December 1890 (File)
Biscuit trade in Melbourne and Ballarat - firm in Ballarat is 'cutting up' the trade; family (4pp).
James Crawford ('Alness', Melbourne, Victoria) to Archibald Crawford, 12 January 1891 (File)
Received letters from family; pleased at 'larger sum coming to us'; prospects of biscuit trade in Melbourne; family news (7pp).
James Crawford ('Alness', Melbourne, Victoria) to Archibald Crawford, 7 March 1891 (File)
Family matters at home and in Australia (4pp).
James Crawford (Egremont, Cheshire) to Archibald Crawford, 1 January 1896 (File)
Received letters from family; encloses receipt for £100; Australian investments likely to be better than expected (3pp).
James Crawford (The Channings, Orange, N.S.W.) to Archibald Crawford, 28 February 1912 (File)
Mostly typed letter. Glad that business is good at Leith and Liverpool; increase in export of biscuits; discussion of different biscuits (2pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 31 December 1912 (File)
Acknowledges letter; October and London Biscuit Sales; amalgamation proposals; family matters; Export sales; Mayfield (16pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 18 May 1913 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; London balance; includes newspaper clipping from Australasian 10 May 1918; business matters; discussion of biscuits and recipes; first attempt at ploughing; orchard (6pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 20 June; 25 June 1913 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; discussion of Christmas tins and biscuit samples; balance of the business; French exports; biscuit names; business focus; farming; life in Orange (13pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 28 July; 3 Aug 1913 (File)
Acknowledges letter; London Office; new office; prices of materials; biscuits; wage regulations; received letters from family; ploughing and work at Mayfield and Rob Roy (12pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 26 October 1913 - 27 October 1913 (File)
Acknowledges letter; biscuit types and Christmas tins; business; London sales; family; order of Tasmanian horses; horses at Rob Roy; growing crops. (24pp)
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 22 Dec; 29 Dec 1913; 1 Jan 1914 (File)
Received letters about dividend notices; Sales in August in September; harvest at Rob Roy; crops; excellent October sales; biscuits; difficulties at Leith and Liverpool; family. (20pp).
James Crawford (The Terraces, Paddington) to Archibald Crawford, 31 May 1914 (File)
Acknowledges letter; arrival of £1500; excellent February and March sales; different balance sheets; family; Leith Balance; biscuits; trial of potato digger at Rob Roy. (10pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 28 June 1914 (File)
Encloses receipt for £1500 and letter; medallion arrived; family (3pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 7 August 1914 (File)
Acknowledges letters; about Orange; the War (4pp).
James Crawford (Hotel Metropole, Sydney) to Archibald Crawford, 11 August 1914 (File)
Visit to Bathurst and Sydney; friends; treatment and operations for illness (8pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 6 September 1914 (File)
Visit in Sydney and Parramatta; family; work at Rob Roy and two new foals; the War - wishes to send £1000 of biscuits to the Army or Navy (11pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 4 October 1914 (File)
Acknowledged letters; price of sugar; drought; harvest of chaff at Rob Roy and purchase of fumigator; War; reopening of Stock Exchange and shares; visited market at Orange (18pp).
Series CP 3. James Shields Russell Crawford Correspondence, February 1915 - December 1926
87 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2839.
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 7 February 1915 (File)
Acknowledges previous letters; hot weather; property business; purchasing sheep; crops; Christmas tins; the war; deaths of Mr Mckechnie and Mr Cooksey; family (23pp).
James SR Crawford (Australia Hotel, Sydney) to Archibald Crawford, 29 March 1915 - 31 March 1915 (File)
Visiting doctor in Sydney, health good; price of sheep; Sydney Agricultural Show; drought; sorry to hear about discontinuing Punch designs and trouble with Halls Committee; acknowledges letters; Association news; list of contributions for war; cost of living and drop in bad debts (16pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 16 June 1915 (File)
Acknowledges letters; financial anxiety, strikes and uncertainty resulting from the War; profits and drop in bad debts; the War; insurance policies taken out by Archibald; family matters; chickens and eggs; drought; lambs; lucerne crop not promising; merino sheep (10pp).
James SR Crawford (Hotel Metropole, Sydney) to Archibald Crawford, 11 July 1915 (File)
Mentions cablegram letter of 9 July; received letter with news of relatives killed and badly injured in train accident; war (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 9 August 1915 (File)
Acknowledges letters; drought; harvest prospects; Punch; Mayfield; family matters; poor condition of sheep; worth of Rob Roy station; lucerne, oats, corn crops profits; Archibald's application to War Office to provide biscuits; renaming biscuits (20pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 26 Sep; 4 Oct 1915 (File)
Garden; family matters; the War and return of injured soldiers; farm matters at Mayfield and Rob Roy station; Romney March sheep (20pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 14 November 1915 (File)
Acknowledges letter; Archibald's illness; his health; difficulty with labour due to war; further mention of the war; wool yields and profits; family (16pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 16 Jan; 20 Jan 1916 (File)
Acknowledges letters; Christmas; war; N.S.W wheat harvest; biscuits; family; letter from Mr Stuart; yield of oats; election to Provisional Council of Clydesdale Horse Society; orchard at Rob Roy. (24pp)
James SR Crawford (Sydney) to Archibald Crawford, 18 May 1916 (File)
Encloses letter to Mr Cross; has improved and is in good health. (3pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 9 June 1916 (File)
Family; scarcity of sugar and paper; sale of lambs; the War and zeppelin attack; oats. (12pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 30 July 1916 (File)
Acknowledges letter; war; export business; Daylight Savings bill; sugar shortage; family; lambs and sheep, with rate of lambing aims for the following year. (20pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 6 Aug; 28 Aug 1916 (File)
Dealings with Bank of England; price of rubber; lambing has commenced at Rob Roy; flooding cutting him off from Orange for two weeks. (4pp)
James SR Crawford (Hotel Metropole, Sydney) to Archibald Crawford, 3 September 1916 (File)
Encloses Income Tax Declaration; acknowledges letter; biscuits. (4pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 12 November 1916 (File)
Corn grain quality; sheep; trials with oats; leaseholds; lambing; disappointment at result of Conscription referendum; poor news on bad debts; family. (20pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to The Editor, Stead's Review, Melbourne, 8 November 1916 (File)
Cancellation of subscription. (copy) (4pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 1 Jan; 7 Jan 1917 (File)
Acknowledges letter; family; cultivating future and current crops, especially lucerne and wheat; sheep; Exchequer bonds and tax; work on Rob Roy. (14pp)
Suffolk Sheep for fat lambs, 4 November 1917 (File)
Written by James SR Crawford to the editor of the Pastoral Review, regarding the need for the black faced Suffolk sheep, and Sutton Cross sheep, in Australia (4pp) (copy).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 4 November 1917 - 5 November 1917 (File)
War; his health; work on Rob Roy with studs; reference to writing Suffolk Sheep for fat lambs 4 November 1917; crops at Mayfield. (8pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 22 November 1917 (File)
Weather; requests for Archibald to send £100 to Red Cross War effort, £100 to the YMCA and £300 'where it will do most good'. (3pp)
Suffolk Sheep in Australia: The Property of Mr. J. S. R. Crawford, Rob Roy Stud Farm, Emu Swamp, Orange, N.S.W., 1 January 1918 (File)
Reprint from Pastoral Review (8pp).
James SR Crawford (Grand Pacific Hotel, Lorne, Victoria) to Archibald Crawford, 6 January 1918 (File)
Issue of the War Bonds; unsure why his letters have not been received by Archibald for months; has received uniformed photos of Archibald; family. (4pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange and Carlton Hotel, Sydney) to Archibald Crawford, 24 June; 30 June 1918 (File)
Work at Rob Roy; increasing sheep numbers; experimental potato crop; buying lambs; Lorne; writings to the Pastoral Review; Y.M.C.A. appeal; family; Trade Board Act; the War; sales; profits (13pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 24 November 1918 (File)
War; nearby properties; stock; work at Rob Roy and Mayfield; purchase and sketch of chaff cutter. (9pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 23 May; 28 May 1919 (File)
Willie's accident; heavy duties at Mayfield and Rob Roy because of drought; result of Archibald's investiture in War Bonds; family. (20pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 25 June 1919 (File)
Acknowledges letters; family; price of lambs; Mayfield's crops and heavy workload between Mayfield and Rob Roy (8pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 1 July 1919 (File)
Uncertain labour future and looks forward to things becoming more settled; family and friends at home and with Archibald (8pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 24 July 1919 (File)
Acknowledges letter; family; profits and shares; sending samples of biscuits and Rob Roy wheat; recipe for biscuits (8pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 27 July 1919 (File)
Possibility of introducing profit sharing on the properties (2pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 9 Nov; 17 Nov; 26 Nov 1919 (File)
Acknowledges letter; enjoying health; family; crops; poor sales of Suffolk Rams; very busy with farm work; rain; planting Hungarian millet; thanks for cutting on sheep breeding (10pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 11 December 1919 (File)
Has received money sent by Archibald; intends to buy kitchenware for returned soldiers who are marrying (2pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 15 February 1920 (File)
Thanks for copy of Lord Fisher's Memories; crops - trying to move away from reliance on oats and wheat with planting of rapeseed and corn; usefullness of new well (8pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 23 July 1920 (File)
Difficulties of prolonged drought and relief it is over; sale of Suffolk Cross lambs; election to Longwool Council and theft of chaff; talk of grains; pigs; family (8pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 28 November 1920 (File)
Family; planting of experimental plot; visit of manager and two students from Bathurst Experiment farm; news from Mayfield and Rob Roy; forecast of record Australian harvest (5pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 26 January 1921 (File)
About John's illness; failures with corn; family; business at Mayfield; Suffolk rams and wool; wheat. (9pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 1 February 1921 (File)
Talks about Willie. (2pp)
James SR Crawford (Rob Roy Stud Farm, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 1 September 1921 (File)
Business at Rob Roy; family (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Rob Roy Stud Farm, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 15 Sept; 19 Sept 1921 (File)
Investments; received cable from Willie. (2pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 27 September 1921 (File)
Received money sent (2pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 15 November 1921 (File)
Received money sent; family; business at Mayfield and Rob Roy (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 18 April 1922 (File)
Imminent departure; Willie; biscuits (7pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 15 July 1922 (File)
Acknowledges letter; trip to Sydney and Blue Mountains with family and having the family at Mayfield; business matters (10pp).
James SR Crawford (Liverpool, England) to staff of William Crawford and Sons Ltd Biscuit Manufacturers, 25 October 1922 (File)
Typed general letter; thanks for presentation of gold watch and loyalty of staff (2pp).
James SR Crawford (R.M.S. Osterley) to Archibald Crawford, 1 November 1922 (File)
At Gibraltar today; pleasant journey (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Melbourne) to Archibald Crawford, 26 Jan; 1 Feb 1923 (File)
Dealings with Bank of Australasia; Archibald's business; harvest at Orange is excellent (8pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 15 February 1923 (File)
Arrival of shortbread (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 3 May 1923 (File)
Drought; returns income tax papers; building another cottage (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 18 June 1923 (File)
Acknowledges letter; family (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 29 August 1923 (File)
Purchase of Vauxhall car; enquires about family (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 1 October 1923 (File)
Acknowledges letters; encloses receipt for shares; reflection on coming to Australia (8pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 28 Oct; 30 Oct 1923 (File)
Shortbread; transportation of goods (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Rob Roy Stud Farm, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 1 February 1924 (File)
Thanks for copy of Churchill's World Crisis; Agricultural Gazettes; farm profits (2pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 27 February 1924 (File)
Acknowledges letters; Suffolk Rams; family; Vauxhall car; purchase of tractor (11pp).
James SR Crawford (Rob Roy Stud Farm, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 28 October 1924 (File)
Acknowledges letter; family; business at Mayfield with planting; business at Rob Roy; shares; sales (6pp).
James SR Crawford (Rob Roy Stud Farm, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 15 Jan; 22 Jan; 23 Jan 1925 (File)
Acknowledges letters; holiday and Christmas; money and taxes; sales; no chance of returning home this year; crops are excellent (6pp).
James SR Crawford (Rob Roy Stud Farm, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 23 January 1925 - 24 January 1925 (File)
Discussion about Willie (2pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 29 March 1925 (File)
Acknowledges letter; family; fishing (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 28 September 1925 - 29 September 1925 (File)
Arrival of biscuit samples; Sydney biscuits (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 12 August 1925 (File)
Family; car purchase; new hire (6pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 15 August 1925 (File)
Building garage; American biscuits; purchase of cattle (4pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 16 May 1926 (File)
Fishing; start of General Motors; family; shortbread advertising; bad debt reduction; shares (12pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 11 Oct; 15 Oct 1926 (File)
Acknowledges letters; shortbread; family troubles (8pp).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 20 October 1926 (File)
Visit to Orange; Willie's death (3pp).
Memorandum on the life of James SR Crawford by Morton, Smart, MacDonald and Prosser, 18 November 1927 (File)
(2pp)
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 22 November 1926 (File)
Acknowledges letters; re Helen Crawford Fund; coal strike; shortbread; Tom looking after Mayfield and Rob Roy; shearing; family (8pp).
James SR Crawford to B. M. Graham (William Crawford & Sons, Liverpool), 1 December 1926 (File)
Acknowledges letter; welcomes new Chairman of Directors (copy) (1p).
James SR Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 5 December 1926 (File)
Acknowledges letter; considering making new will and changes to will (3pp).
James SR Crawford (Petty's Hotel, Sydney) to Archibald Crawford, 12 December 1926 (File)
Acknowledges letter; ordered biscuits; visit to Bathurst; bad bushfires in Sydney (4pp).
Series CP 7. Archibald Inglis Crawford, March 1934 - March 1940
30 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2839.
Subseries A. James Crawford (son of Thomas), March 1934 - March 1940
13 items
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald and Mary Crawford, 24 March 1934 (File (i))
Thanks for gift; impeding marriage to Margaret; seeks advice about document; his father (Thomas) has received 'a copy of Uncle David's will'; details; draft of item relating to estate of the late James Crawford (c.15pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 30 May 1939 (File (i))
Aunt Mary has left N.S.W; thanks for his generosity to Margaret; family soon leaving for Sydney; refusal to sign document presented by his father [Thomas] without outside advice (6pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 30 April 1939 (File (i))
Acknowledgement of letters; talks about Margaret and thanks Archibald for being so good to her; alterations to estate investments have been made causing difficulties; friction with his father over estate (19pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 29 June 1939 (File (i))
Thanks for extreme generosity to him and his three sisters; acknowledges letters; discussion of disagreements over estate and capital value; received biscuits (10pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 17 August 1939 (File (i))
Received letter from Margaret; some progress in Mayfield and estate affairs (7pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald Crawford, 27 Sep; 28 Oct 1939 (File (i))
Encloses estate papers; valuation of buildings; proposed division of assets; purchase of Killance House; return of Margaret; received cable; has been out of touch with family since June; death and burial of Thomas (20pp).
James Crawford (Mayfield, Orange) to Archibald and Mary Crawford, 17 Mar; 25 Mar; 29 Mar 1940 (File (i))
Thanks for Christmas cable and letters; salary; Thomas' and James SR Crawford's estates; Suffolk ewes; wheat harvest; plans to clear dead timber at Mayfield; family matters; encloses photographs of Mayfield (11pp).
Subseries B. Thomas Crawford, November 1936 - November 1937
2 itemsSubseries F. Margaret Crawford, 1939 - March 1940
10 items
Margaret Crawford (Commercial Bank, Sydney) to Archibald Crawford, 1939 (File)
Family; furniture (7pp).
Margaret Crawford (Murrayfield, Edinburgh) to Archibald Crawford, Tuesday, March 1939 (File)
Family; James SR Crawford's estate and difficulties with cooperation with her husband James and his siblings; asks for advice for James in these matters (7pp).
Margaret Crawford (England) to Archibald Crawford, 29 April 1939 (File)
Enclosing letter from James; further arguments over James SR Crawford's estate; enjoying visit to England (7pp).
Margaret Crawford (Clarendon Hotel, Oxford, England) to Archibald Crawford, 3 June 1939 (File)
Received letter and thanks for tremendous kindness now and previously (3pp).
Madge Rennie (nee Crawford) (Orange) to Archibald and Mary Crawford, 28 June 1939 (File)
Thanks for wedding gift; looking forward to building their own place (4pp).
Margaret Crawford (Belsize Park, London) to Archibald Crawford, 27 May 1939 (File)
Visit in England; family matters and conflict; estate and Archibald's advice on valuations (c.16pp).
Margaret Crawford (Belsize Park, London) to Archibald Crawford, 9 June 1939 (File)
Family matters; shares; valuations (8pp).
Margaret Crawford (Belsize Park, London) to Archibald Crawford, Friday, July 1939 (File)
Mayfield and Rob Roy; thanks for kindness; family matters (7pp).