Photocopies of wills, extracts of wills, and estate details. Includes: Letters and material relating to the Organ at St Paul’s Ipswich, 2009. -- Photocopy of letters from Herbert Kelly, Anita O’Connors father [great great grand daughter of John Alexander Bell], 4 Mar 1985. -- Photocopy of probate of will of Frances Georgina Bell, 1911. -- Photocopy of probate of will of Edmund Alexander Charles Harford Kelly, 1981. -- Photocopy of written will of Frances Georgina Bell, 1911. -- Photocopy of will of Florence Lilian Irene Maggs, 14 Sep 1985. -- Photocopy of extract of death certificate of Florence Lilian Irene Maggs, 16 Nov 1992. -- Photocopy of indenture between AJ Melbourne Maggs and Margaret Macarthur-Onslow, 6 Aug 1996. -- Photocopy of extract of death certificate of Elsie Maude Bell, 21 Feb 1962. -- Photocopy of will of Elsie Maude Bell, 6 Apr 1955. -- Photocopy of will of John Hubert Thomas Robert Kelly, 7 Jun 1988. -- Photocopy of will of Georgina Emma Alexander Badham, 17 Feb 1943. -- Photocopy of extract of will of Frances Sarah Alexander Kelly, 11 Jun 1947. -- Photocopy of probate engrossment of Frances Sarah Alexander Kelly, 1 Aug 1940. -- Photocopy of letter from Loretta Alice Moffatt denouncing interest in her share of land in Dalby and bequeathing it to Margaret Macarthur-Onslow, 17 Nov 1988. -- Photocopy of indenture between A.J. Melbourne Maggs and Margaret Macarthur-Onslow re land in Dalby, 6 Aug 1996. -- Photocopy of legal document re land in Dalby, interested parties being John Hubert Kelly and Margaret Alice Macarthur-Onslow, 13 May 1983. -- Photocopy of will of Dame Margaret Miller Bell, 16 Jan 1914. -- Photocopy of extracts from Hayward/Webb index [births] relating to Bell family. -- Photocopy from Queensland Pioneer Index, 1829-1889 relating to Dorsey. -- Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the death of Lady Bell, 1912 to 1914. -- Photocopies of will of Dame Margaret Miller Bell, 5 Aug 1914. -- Photocopy of account of the life of Margaret Bell after the death of Joshua Bell. -- Letter to Mrs J Phillips from Brisbane Grammar relating to Bell family attendance at that school.

Correspondence to Colin Basil Peter Bell regarding Joshua Thomas Bell’s (Joey) death, 28 letters, 1910 to 1911. Correspondence to Colin Basil Peter Bell regarding Joshua Thomas Bell’s (Joey) death, 12 telegrams, 1911.

Photocopies of correspondence to Colin Basil Peter Bell regarding Joshua Thomas Bell’s (Joey) death, 28 letters, 1910 to 1911. Correspondence to Colin Basil Peter Bell regarding Joshua Thomas Bell’s (Joey) death, 12 telegrams, 1911.

Notes from Alexander Johnston. Typescript and carbon copy, 4 leaves, with note on first page ‘In the possession of the Hon. J. T. Bell. Circ. 1908-9’, undated. One typescript copy, 3 leaves, undated. Johnston recalls his time on the Darling Downs where he arrived in 1842, his time in Canning Downs, hostilities with Aboriginal Australians including at Soldiers' Flat and Laidley, Jimbour, Dalby, and people such as Ludwig Leichhardt, Henry Dennis, and Warraba.

Copy of the booklet Inauguration of the University of Queensland on Queensland’s Jubilee Day, 10 Dec 1909, Cumming, Govt. Printer, Brisbane; with a facsimile of admission card for the Hon. J. T. & Mrs Bell. Inserted are loose hand written notes for the speech in the booklet by the Hon. Joshua Thomas Bell (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly)

‘Recollections of the Darling Downs – 45 years ago’ by FRA Rickards, 3 typed copies of a letter from FRA Rickards to JT Bell, with cover note, 2 Nov 1909. Joshua Thomas Bell asked that F.R.A. Rickards write to him with his recollections of the Darlings Downs. The letter, only just over a foolscap page of typescript, from Rickards mentions various towns, farming stations, and people of the area. There are three typescript copies of the letter with the a typescript page attached to each explaining how Rickards wrote to Bell.

‘Codrington Crawshay’, with note on first page ‘In the possession of the Hon. J. T. Bell. Circ. 1980-9’, typescript, 3 pages, 2 copies, and copy of first page, undated [Extract from ‘The Northern Miner’, Mon 25 Apr 1910]

Menu for Farewell dinner to Lord Chelmsford by the members of The Queensland Club, 25 May 1909. -- Dance card programme, Government house, Fri Jul 30 (cover only). -- Letter to Hilary from Francis Needham Bell, 20 Jun 1989. -- Valuation of contents of Jimbour House, 1 May 1912. -- Letter from Joshua Thomas Bell to daughter Margot Margaret Maxwell Bell (1908-1929), 20 Apr 1910. -- Funeral program for Hon. JT Bell, 11 Mar 1911. -- Photocopy of a letter from Lady Margaret Miller Bell to her nephew Gerald Kellet Moffatt (1862-1894) who lived with her as orphaned children at Nealestown?. -- Newspaper cutting about the Irish Exhibition at the Cobb & Co Museum with includes a photograph of Sir Joshua Peter Bell (1827-1771), The Chronicle, undated. -- The Jimbour Coach : A part of our history, Queensland Museum request for more information. -- Copy of a letter to Sally – illegible in parts, 9 May 1949.

‘Recollections of the Darling Downs – 45 years ago’ by FRA Rickards, 3 typed copies of a letter from FRA Rickards to JT Bell, with cover note, 2 Nov 1909. Joshua Thomas Bell asked that F.R.A. Rickards write to him with his recollections of the Darlings Downs. The letter, only just over a foolscap page of typescript, from Rickards mentions various towns, farming stations, and people of the area. There are three typescript copies of the letter with the a typescript page attached to each explaining how Rickards wrote to Bell.

‘Codrington Crawshay’, with note on first page ‘In the possession of the Hon. J. T. Bell. Circ. 1980-9’, typescript, 3 pages, 2 copies, and copy of first page, undated [Extract from ‘The Northern Miner’, Mon 25 Apr 1910]