File File 8 - Kempsey correspondence

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Identity area

Reference code

UQFL489-Series A-File 8

Title

Kempsey correspondence

Date(s)

  • 1936 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

52 items in 1 folder.

Context area

Name of creator

(1891-1979)

Biographical history

Adolphus Peter Elkin was born on 27 March 1891 in West Maitland, New South Wales. He was an Anglican clergyman and professor of anthropology at the University of Sydney. He died 9 July 1979.

Name of creator

(1899-1989)

Biographical history

Emily Caroline Watson was born in Manchester in 1899, she moved to Australia in the 1920s and became involved in the theatre, first in Brisbane and then in Sydney. During this time, she used her mother's maiden name and was known as Carrie Tennant. In 19... »

Name of creator

(1895-1964)

Biographical history

Francis Angelo Timothy Kelly was a copywriter, editor and advertising agent born in England on 13 May 1985. He married Emily Caroline Watson on 23 January 1929. He worked as a copywriter for Ferguson Advertising Co. Ltd, then as an editor of Health and ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Original folder (now discarded) labelled Kempsey (NSW) and listing Macksville, Tilba Tilba and Wallaga Lake. There are fifty-two letters in the file, most of which are undated. There are twenty-six letters from Caroline Tennant-Kelly to Timothy Kelly, ... »

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Conditions governing reproduction

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Language of material

  • English

Allied materials area

Existence and location of copies

Digitised in 2024: D000813

Notes area

Note

Box 1 Folder 8

Access points

Name access points

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Converted from PDF finding aid, AM, 19-May-2020.