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Title
Date(s)
- 1902-1972 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box (Offsite Storage)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edward Harold Fulcher Swain was born 6 April 1883 in Glebe, New South Wales. He worked as a research consultant for Australian Paper Manufacturers from 1933 to 1934, was Chairman of the Queensland Forestry Board from 1924 to 1932 and Commissioner for Forests, New South Wales, from 1935 to 1948. He was United Nations forestry consultant to Ethiopia from 1951 to 1955. He died on 3 July 1970.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 1 May 1918 to Edward Harold Fulcher Swain and Margaret Milroy Hewetson.
Repository
Archival history
Items 1-2 and Folders 1-5: Formerly catalogued at F567 – F572
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1902-1972
Collection alternatively titled as: Edward Harold Fulcher Swain Collection.
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Scope and content
Photographs, biographical notes, collected correspondence, poems, addresses, newspaper articles, and reports related to Edward Harold Fulcher Swain's career as a forester. Includes letters written by Harold Swain to Jules Tardent, and Jules and Myrle Tardent; typescript copies, made by Nancy Foote (daughter of Swain), of newspaper articles, correspondence, articles, and diary entries, by or relating to Swain are in this collection. Nancy Foote typed these from the originals in 1970 to 1971 and provided copies to 'Mr Tardent' (Jules Tardent). Jules Tardent and Swain worked in the forestry industry.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
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Language of material
- English
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Status
Migrated
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.