Joshua Thomas Bell (Joey) letters to his brother Colin Basil Peter Bell and Catherine Bell (nee Ferguson), wife of Joey Bell, 14 letters, 1889 to 1910.

Letter to Joshua Thomas Bell with resume for Richard Welford by ED [Edward Decimus] Harries, 3 copies, 12 Sep 1908

Letter to Joshua Thomas Bell with resume for Richard Welford by ED [Edward Decimus] Harries, 3 copies, 12 Sep 1908

Correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to various Bell estates: Solicitor’s schedule of fees for CBP Bell (Colin Basil Peter Bell (1867-1934) estate, 1958. -- Newspaper cutting on death of Colin Basil Peter Bell and the loss of a great sportsman, The Bulletin, undated. -- Newspaper cutting for rates notice listing Joshua Peter Bell with photocopy of property subdivision map, c1977. -- Solicitor’s memo of fees ‘re Mrs Bell’, 3 Apr 1935. -- Correspondence relating to S.F. Bell estate (Sybil Francis Bell (nee Needham), 1946 to 1948. -- Correspondence relating to M.C.A. Bell estate (Marmaduke Charles Alexander Bell (d. 1942). -- Correspondence between Peter Bell (Colin Basil Peter Bell, 1902-1976) and Francis Needham Bell (‘Bing’), 1933 to 1964.

Correspondence between J.B. (Jim Burrell) and Francis Needham Bell (Binghi), 1931-1980. -- Correspondence of Francis Needham Bell, 1937-1982.

Handwritten letters, most are addressed to 'My dear Collie'. Letters include: to 'My dear Collie' from 'your affectionate Mother, Margaret M. Bell'; letters, incoming and outgoing between Lady Bell and Daly & Schacht Solicitors; letter to Lady Bell from C. V. Hellicar (Solicitor); letters to 'My dear Mama' signed your affect. son Joshua T. Bell' (on letterhead for The Parliament of Queensland Library); letter to 'My dear Mama' from 'your affect. son Oswald M Bell' (on letterhead of Daly & Schacht Solicitors). Most of these letters relate to the financial matters.

Handwritten report [from Colin Basil Peter Bell, chairman of the Longreach council] to council including a valuation, ca. 1920. Notes on meeting held by Councillor W. Peters at Usher’s Corner, Eagle St, Longreach, 3 Dec, 1920.

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.

This file has three typescript copies (two are carbon copies) of 'Recollections of Thomas Davis' collected by Steele Rudd, two of which have a note in the top right-hand corner 'In the posession [sic] of Hon. Joshua Thomas Bell circ. 1908-9'. One copy has handwritten emandations.

These recollections were shared with his son, Arthur Hoey Davis (1868-1935) (whose pen name was Steele Rudd) mostly likely in the early 1900's. Thomas Davis was a former convict. His memoir covers the period from 1849 to the separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859. Davis initially worked with J. C. Burnett's Survey Party. He recounts stories of the places he visited and their history, various encounters with local indigenous groups and individuals, language and culture of the Aboriginal people of the area, kinship system in the Maronoa and Balonne region, and a list of more than 100 names and phrases in the dialect of the people of the Balonne, Dawson and Comet river. Joshua Peter Bell is mentioned several times in memoir. This and other recollections by Thomas Davis were collected by Joshua Thomas Bell in the first decade of the 20th century.

Material about Francis Bell including a poem 'Bing's Sydney trip' by C. D. Mills, and an account about Binghi's activities when at school (writer unidentified).