Photocopies of letters from the Bell family, 1880 to 1907 [provided by Anita O’Connor, descendant of Sarah Bell (nee Alexander) and son, John Alexander Bell]

Letter to Uncle Alick (John Alexander Bell, c1829-1901), from Joshua Thomas Bell, 21 Feb 1880

Remnants of handwritten letters.

Letters to Colin Basil Peter Bell (on death of brother Joey (Joshua Thomas Bell)), legal battle, Ossie Bell (Oswald Marmaduke Dorsey Bell), 38 letters, 1881 to 1933 [very fragile]. Order of Service for commemoration of the life of The Hon. Joshua Thomas Bell, 19 Mar 1911. Address to his Excellency Major-General Sir Herbert Charles Chermside, 19 May 1903

This file contains various documents relating to Joshua Thomas Bell, including:
• Program for Parliamentary dinner … to His Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Dudley, by the Members of the Queensland Ministry, 19 Jul 1909
• Program for Smoke concert and presentation to the Hon. Joshua Thomas Bell, 19 Mar 1909,2 copies
• In memoriam card, 2 copies
• In Memoriam card for Sir Joshua Peter Bell, 1881
• Program for the Tour of his excellency the Governor to norther and western Queensland, 1908
• Copy of letter dated 8 Jul 1907 from H. Bracker from Moreheads Limited responding to The Hon. J. T. Bells enquiry about certain aboriginal words and their meaning, including the words: Euoggera, Buyuba, Murrumba, Ballanur, Buyulegun, and Mooroolbin.
• Evans, George Essex. The sword of pain, Toowoomba : Weston & Harrison, 1905, with inscription on first page ‘The Hon. J.T. Bell – with the authors compliments, Nov 14th 1905’ and signed Geo. Essex Evans at the end of poem.
• Photocopy of page from marriage register with has Colin Basil Peter Bell and Sibyl Needham marriage, 3 copies, [1898]

Scrapbook for newspaper cuttings produced by Marcus Ward & Co. with [indecipherable] Bell no. 3 written on inside cover. Most likely to be a continuation of the scrapsbooks titled Joshua Bell (1) and Joshua Bell (2) that were collated by Catherine Bell. This scrapbook contains: newspaper cuttings relating to the death of Joshua Bell in 1911; a picture of "J.T.B's 'digs' at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; newpaper cuttings about Joshua Thomas Bells' father, Joshua Peter Bell; newspaper cuttings about Jimbour House and it's sale after the deather of Joshua Thomas Bell; handwritten notes; correspondence; articles about Dalby history. There are 88 b&w photographs including: Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Bell Monument Dalby; Jimbour House; Jinny Maxwell; 151 Moray Street New Farm; Catherine Bell; Joshua Thomas Bell; Joshua Peter Ferguson Bell; Margot Margaret Maxwell Bell; the Bell Monument at Toowong Cemetery; Rakeevan; Enid; Kitty; Ella; and Kitty's house Graceville. After the death of Catherine Bell in 1943 additional newspaper cuttings have been added to the scrapbook, most relating to Joshua Peter Ferguson Bell.

The Bell family initially settled in the Dalby area and were assoicate with several properties including Jimbour Station, Jimbour House, 'Westland' (managed by Colin Basil Peter Bell) and Rakeevan (given by John Ferguson to Joshua Thomas and Catherine Jane Bell (nee Ferguson).

Dairy belonging to William Alexander Dorsey Bell. Photocopy of diary.

Photocopy of 'Autobiographical Diary of William Alexander Dorsey Bell born June 3, 1865, in Brisbane Australia'. Approximately 16 handwritten entries from 20 Jul 1892 to 27 Jun 1916.

Large black diary with lock (broken and torn from front cover) and 'Private' embossed on the cover. Inside page has 'Autobiographical Diary of William Alexander Dorsey Bell born June 3, 1865, in Brisbane Australia'. Approximately 16 handwritten entries from 20 Jul 1892 to 27 Jun 1916. Most of the volume is blank.