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William Henry Archer Collection, Series 6-16

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Group 6: Gavan Duffy Family Correspondence

6/1           Sir Charles Gavan Duffy - outward correspondence                              
6/1/1         12 Boulevard Victor Hugo, Nico, to Philip Gavan Duffy,      
              Perth. Phil's affairs.  Puzzled as to what profession       
              George ought to embrace. 8pp. (2 sheets) MS.  14 January    
              1898.                                                       
6/1/2         See 2/54.                                                   
6/2           Inward correspondence                                       
6/2/1         Postcard, from K? de S?, Villa Don Bosco, Alassio Riviera.   
              Thanking Sir Charles for his card of S. Stephens Day.    
              Collection of stamps. MS.  10 July 1896.                    
6/2/2         Postcard, from David Wilson?  Re Sir Charles' Life in Two   
              Hemispheres. MS.  18 March 1898.                            
6/3           John Gavan Duffy - outward correspondence.                  
6/3/1         69 ?Chancery Lane, to Grace Gavan Duffy, Hawthorn. Sends    
              cutting from Kilmore Free Press re Phil's appointment to    
              Siam. 1p. MS. 5 July 1894. Enclosure: Cutting referred to   
              in letter.                                                  
6/3/2         No address, to Grace Gavan Duffy.  Re certain vacancy.      
              1p. MS. 11 July 1894.                                       
6/3/3         G.P.O. Melbourne, to Grace (Gavan Duffy).  Thanking Grace   
              for her letter. 1p MS. 25 October 1897.                     
6/3/4         Melbourne, to Phil (Gavan Duffy).  Sir Charles' death.      
              Obituaries and services. 4pp (I sheet) MS.  16 March 1903.  
6/3/5         National Trustees Building, 125 Queen Street, Melbourne,    
              to Phil (Gavan Duffy).  War as it affects members of        
              family.  3pp (1 sheet)  MS.  28 May 1915.                   
6/3/6         "Villette" (St Kilda) to Phil (Gavan Duffy) Health          
              Drought. 3pp. (1 sheet) TS. 4 July 1915.                    
6/4           Miss Geraldine Gavan Duffy - Outward Correspondence         
6/4/1         Postcard, 11 Boulevard, Victor Hugo (Nice) to Grace Gavan   
              Duffy.  Bitterly cold. New bishop. MS.  2 October 1896.     
6/4/2         As above. Australian visitors to Nice.  Father works        
              "steady", but cannot do much with his own eyes now. MS.     
              22 October l896.                                            
6/4/3         As above. Thanking Grace for photos. MS. 3 June 1897.       
6/4/4         As above. "Many Happy Returns of our feast day".            
              Describes the Fete held in Nice. MS.  6 January 1898.       
6/4/5         As above. Birthday wishes. MS. 18 December 1898.            
6/4/6         Hotels Beau-sejour and Roseraie, Champel-les-bains, pres    
              Geneve, to Grane (Gavan Duffy).  The return to Nice.        
              Minding Father an absorbing occupation. Sue's book, The     
              English Abroad is to appear in December.  4pp (1 sheet)     
              MS.  26 September 1899.                                     
6/4/7         Parc Imperial. to Geraldine (Gavan Duffy)  (Grace's         
              daughter).  Affectionate wishes for Margaret's 21st         
              birthday.  Description of work at Belgravia military        
              hospital.  General war-time situation.  6pp.  (3 sheets)    
              MS., 26 November 1916?                                      
6/4/8         Ireland to Phil Gavan Duffy.  Memorial being prepared by    
              the Catholics of Monaghan to commemorate the centenary of   
              founding of Nation by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.3pp. (2       
              sheets) MS. 16 August 1944.                                 
6/4/9         "Villa Marguerite" (Nice) to Grace Gavan Duffy.             
              Birthday wishes.  Glad to hear of Mary Butler living with   
              Grace.  2pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  31 December ? 

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6/5           Miss Geraldine Gavan Duffy - inward correspondence          
6/5/1         Postcard from Grandi Marie (Princesse Mare de Bourbon?).    
              Wishes to know when Miss Gavan Duffy will be able to        
              come.  Weather, visitors.  MS.  French.  1 June 1897.       
6/5/2         Postcard from ?  Description of district, weather,          
              illness. MS. French. Postmarked  July 1897                  
6/5/3         Postcard from Grandi Marie.  Re receipt of letters.  MS.    
              French.  4 June 1898.                                       
6/5/4         Postcard from A.E.  Miller.  Has had to go back to          
              England this summer.  MS.  Postmarked 13 August 1899.       
6/6           Miss Hetty Gavan Duffy - Outward correspondence             
6/6/1         "Villa Marguerite", Nice to Grace.  Grace's affairs.        
              Family news.  4pp.  (1 sheet) MS. 31 December 1897.         
6/6/2         Postcard, Wiebbaden to Miss Gavan Duffy, St Martin          
              Vesubie.  Operation successful. Father in good spirits.     
              MS.  Postmarked September l895.                             
6/6/3         12 Bvd. Victor Hugo, Nice to Phil (Gavan Duffy). Death of   
              Sir Charles.  8pp.  (2 sheets)  MS.  12 February 1903.      
6/7           Miss Susan Gavan Duffy - outward correspondence             
6/7/1         Postcard, postmarked Dalmazzo, Italy, to Hetty Gavan        
              Duffy).  Description of new quarters.  Gives list of        
              things Hetty is to bring her.  MS.  Postmarked July 1897.   
6/7/2         Postcard, postmarked Nice to Grace (Gavan Duffy).  Family   
              now off to Switzerland.  MS.  28 June 1899.                 
6/7/3         No address to Grace (Gavan Duffy).  Sir Charles health.     
              Local ceremony at shrine of La Madonna de la Fenestra.  4   
              pp.  (1 sheet).  MS.  Undated.                              
6/7/4         Postcard, postmarked Nice, to Philip Gavan Duffy, E         
              Perth.  Phil's health.  Nice in full season.  MS.  1        
              February 1906.                                              
6/7/5         "Delgette", South Yarra, to Phil  (Gavan Duffy).  Holiday   
              in Australia.  4pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  Postmarked 17          
              October  1910.                                              

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6/8           Miscellaneous inward correspondence  (mainly to Grace and   
              Gavan Duffy)                                                
6/8/1         Arthur Cross, 475 Collins Street, Melbourne to Miss Grace   
              Archer on Grace's engagement.  2pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  28     
              August 1892.                                                
6/8/2         Letter card, ? Grey, Melbourne to Miss Grace Archer.        
              Asking for contributions for Church Bazaar.  MS.            
              Postmarked 5 December  1892.                                
6/8/3         Edward Fitzgerald, "Moira", Alma Road, St Kilda to Grace    
              Archer.  Wedding gift.  2pp.  (1 sheet)  MS  22 December    
              1892.                                                       
6/8/4         Postcard, Phil (Gavan Duffy),  Perth to Charles Gavan       
              Duffy, Melbourne.  Thanking him for reports.  MS.  22       
              December 1892.                                              
6/8/5         Postcard,  FDH,  14 Bvd.  Victor Hugo, Nice to Susan        
              Gavan Duffy.  Asks for news of Mrs Lucas.  Apologies for    
              not visiting Miss Susan.  MS.  28 May 1895.                 
6/8/6         Postcard,  C. Beck,  Hon. Treasurer, St Vincent's Ball to   
              Phil Gavan Duffy.  Wishes to know how many tickets have     
              been sold.  Printed.  31 May 1895.                          
6/8/7         Postcard to Mrs Gavan Duffy.  Notice that Toorak Station    
              Registry Offices and Apartment Agency has moved its         
              premises.  Printed.  Postmarked 31 October  1895.           
6/8/8         6 postcards to Mrs Grace Gavan Duffy.  Meeting times of     
              the Athena Musical and Literary Association.                
              March-October 1895.                                         
6/8/9         G.  Ampt,  Hawthorn, to Philip Gavan Duffy.  Work in        
              government department.  6pp.  (2 sheets)  MS.  29 July      
              1898.                                                       
6/8/10        "Aurelia",  Emilie Ampt, to Mrs Grace Gavan Duffy.          
              Gossip.  4pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  1 August 1898.               
6/8/11        Postcard, M. Lewellin, "Holy Wells", 98 Wellington          
              Street, St Kilda, to Mrs Philip Gavan Duffy.  Invitation    
              to dine. MS. Postmarked 7 June 1899.                        
6/8/12        ? Wickner to Miss Susan Gavan Duffy.  Will arrange all as   
              he has been directed.  MS.  23 June 1899.                   
6/8/13        (Mrs) Margie Gavan Duffy, "Narrara", St Kilda, to Grace     
              Gavan Duffy.  Family news. 3pp  (1 sheet)  MS.  3pp.  (1    
              sheet)  15 March 1900.                                      
6/8/14        Mrs Bale, Erskine House, Lorne to Grace Gavan Duffy.        
              Describes stay at Lorne. Students' work at Gallery.         
              Alice took the first prize.  Praises .W.H. Archer.  6pp.    
              (2 sheets)  MS.  18 April 1900.                             
6/8/15        (Mrs) Margie G.D. "Villette", Hotham Street, St Kilda to    
              Phil. Sir Charles' death.  3pp.  (1 sheet)  MS  24          
              February 1903.                                              
6/8/16        Charles Gavan Duffy to Phil G.D.  Sir Charles' death.       
              3pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  18 March 1903.  Enclosure:  Extract   
              from La Verite Francaise on death of Sir Charles.           
6/3/17        Postcard ? to Mrs Philip G.D.  Perth.  Christmas and New    
              Year wishes.  MS.  Postmarked 17 December 1909.             
6/8/18        Postcard, Edie ?, Frankston to Miss Margaret G.D. New       
              Year wishes.  MS.  28 December 1909.                        
6/8/19        W.R. Macrae,  461-471 Bourke Street,  Melbourne to Mrs      
              Grace G.D.  Enclosing cheque for £30,            
              representing a further tenth of £300             
              bequeathed to her by the late Miss Hughes.  1p.  MS. 12     
              June 1911.                                                  
6/8/20        Mrs Margo Starke, "Calembeen", Toorak Road, Malvern to      
              Phil G.D.  Her father John Gavan Duffy ill. 2pp.  (1        
              sheet)  MS.  5 March 1917.                                  
6/8/21        Mrs Maryanne Fitzgerald "Moira", Alma Road, St Kilda to     
              Grace Gavan Duffy. Health 4pp. (1 sheet) MS. 7 March ?      
6/8/22        Postcard, Emma Lewis to Miss S.  G.D.  Nice.  Gossip.       
              MS.  Undated.                                               
6/8/23        Mrs Margot Starke, "Calembeen", Toorak Road, Malvern, to    
              Grace Gavan Duffy. Apologises for not answering Grace's     
              telegram earlier.  Winter spent in Sydney.  2pp.  (1        
              sheet)  MS  Tuesday ? 

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Group 7: Other Correspondence

7/1           Nind and Williams family letters other than those written   
              to Archers.                                                 
7/1/1         Joseph Nind, Stonyhurst, to Lieut. P. Nind, No. 9           
              Captain's Row, Lymington, Hants.  Preparations for          
              Christmas Play. Distinctions won during the year.  Sends    
              verses to his father on his birthday. 3pp. (1 crossed) (1   
              sheet) MS. 10 December 1833.                                
7/1/2         As above.  Verses:  "'I'o Home" and "On the Fallacy of      
              Hope - to my Brother Philip".  Letter to Philip wishing him                                                     
              success in his voyage.  4pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  26 February 1834.                                                            
7/1/3         Joseph Nind, Hodder House, to his parents, Lymington,       
              Hants.  Religious life.  4pp.  (1 crossed)  (1 sheet)       
              MS.  3 February 1836.                                       
7/1/4         William, Bishop Walsh, London to Capt. P. Nind.  Sends      
              message by Miss Nind whom he saw at the Sabloniere.         
              Happy to hear of Nind's promotion.  Health not the best.    
              3pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  13 October 1844.                      
7/1/5         Capt. Philip Pitt Nind, Bury Road, Gosport, to Charles      
              Williams.  Delighted to hear of safe arrival at the Hall.   
              Dora will make a good wife.  Capt. Nind's grandmother one   
              of the Pitt family from Shropshire.  4pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.   
              22 August 1850.                                             
7/1/6         William, Bishop of Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to        
              Philip Nind, London.  On death of Nind's mother.  4pp.      
              (1 sheet)  MS.  26 November 1850.                           
7/1/7         Philip Nind, Leicester Square, to Charles Williams.         
              Pleased at happy intelligence brought by last letter.       
              Details of his travelling arrangements.  2pp.  (1 sheet)    
              MS.  10 December 1853?                                      
7/1/8         Mrs E. Williams, no address to Charles (her son).  On       
              arrival of new grandson. 2pp. (1 sheet) MS. torn in half.   
              1854.                                                       
7/1/9         Sellina de Dalberg, Bologna, to Mrs Williams.  Sincere      
              sympathy.  Asks after Mrs William's sister and her          
              family.  Importance of prayer.  3pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  14    
              January 1863.                                               
7/1/10        G. White, 33 TrafalgarTerrace, St Yarmouth, to her nephew   
              (Charles Williams, Jnr).  Knows Charles will be a comfort   
              to his mother.  (?on death of his father).  6pp.  1         
              crossed (2 sheets)  MS. 2 February 1877.                    

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7/2           Miscellaneous                                               
7/2/1         Charles Moore, no address. to E.D. Thomson, Re              
              cultivation of Avocado Pear. 2pp. (1 sheet) MS. 26 August   
              1837.                                                       
7/2/2         E.M. Winter, Radford, Enstone, Oxon. to ? Re guild. 6pp.    
              (2 sheets) MS. 24 October 1848.                             
7/2/3         Angel Alvarez de Asturias, Gosport, to Mrs Archer (W.H.'s   
              mother).  After spending Christmas with family in Gosport   
              will come to Clapham where he hopes Alfred will be          
              Permitted to meet him. 2pp.  (1 sheet)  TS.  1 January      
              1850.  Enclosure:  Sheet on which is written "To Master     
              Alfred Archer with Rickie Alvarez's kind love"              
7/2/4         Angel Alverez de Asturias, Clapham, to Alfred Archer.       
              Will never see Alfred again.  Suddenness of death.  "Keep   
              present the truth that the Lord thy God will ever be        
              witness of thy works".  4pp.  (2 sheets)  MS.  Spanish      
              with translation by W.H. Archer.  April 1850.               
7/2/5         Thomas Heptonstall, Hill Street, Coventry to the            
              Archbishop of Sydney.  Letter of introduction for W.H.      
              Archer who is to sail for Australia on 19 June 1852. 2pp.   
              (1 sheet) MS.  19 June 1852.                                
7/2/6         Lieut. Governor La Trobe, no address to Bishop Goold.       
              Informing Bishop Goold that one acre is size of proposed    
              allotment for Church of England College in Melbourne.       
              1pp. MS. 18 August 1853.                                    
7/2/7         La Trobe, "The Mote" to Major Norman Campbell, (Registrar   
              General Melbourne). Looked in vain in later Argus and       
              Herald for abuse of Campbell. Great interest in Victoria.   
              2pp.  (1 sheet)  MS. 13 May 1856.                           
7/9/8         George V. Casey, Cambridge House to Verdon.  Asks Verdon    
              to tel1 Archer that he 'became a Benedict'  on 18           
              February1861.  1p. MS. 24 July 1867.                        
7/2/9         Tom Taylor, Local Government Act Office, 8 Richmond         
              Terrace,  Whitehall, to Langford.  Testimonia1 on           
              Langford's 1eaving the office.  3pp.  (1 sheet)  MS. 7      
              November 1870).                                             
7/2/10        G.A. Cator, 124 Fenchurch Street, London to J.T.            
              Fitzgerald, Pimlico.  Asking Fitzgerald to interest         
              Archer in his (Cator's) son, resident in Melbourne.  1p.    
              MS.  26 October 1871.                                       
7/9/11        Michael O'Rielly, Kew to John O'Shanassy.  Re O'Reilly's    
              need of employment.  3pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  badly damaged.   
              8 May 187?                                                  
7/2/12        Andrew Hanna, Footscray, to H. Geary.  Mr John Crossley     
              has been paying rates on Archer's lot, and if he were a     
              dishonest man he might under the Torrens Act have           
              obtained a title to the land.  Re jumping of allotments.    
              4pp.  (1 sheet) MS.  19 May 1880.                           
7/2/13        Postcard, F.H. Auck, Trieste, to P. Richter Leipzig.  MS.   
              German, untranslated.  8 October 1882.                      
7/2/14        J.A. Goold, Archbishop of Melbourne, to Rev. O. Daly.  Re   
              Archer's work for the Church.  2pp  (1 sheet)  MS. 22       
              January 1884.                                               
7/2/15        A.C. Brownless, Melbourne, to Manager Bank of Victoria.     
              Re account of University of Melbourne Catholic College      
              Building Fund. 1p. MS. 3 April 1884                         
7/2/16        William Holden, Register, Observer and Journal Offices,     
              Adelaide, to W. Speerly.  Explaining method of solving      
              certain mathematical problems.  3p.  (1 sheet)  MS.17       
              July 1885.                                                  
7/2/17        Postcard, F Hauck, Trieste, to P. Richter Leipzig.  MS.     
              German untranslated.  25 June 1886.                         
7/2/18        Postcard, Reinke, Kiel, to P. Riehter, Leipzig.  MS.        
              German untranslated  15 October 1887.                       
7/2/19        Postcard, ? Regensburg, to P. Richter, Leipzig. MS.         
              German untranslated. 11 September 1887.                     
7/2/20        Postcard, ?, to Frau Pastor Karing, Bauzer. MS. German,     
              untranslated 14 July 1889.                                  
7/2/21        Postcard, Irma Druyfus, "Porte Bonheur", Prahran to Mrs.    
              Gough,  Melbourne.  Asks if certain ladies wish to follow   
              her course of French lectures.  MS.  Postmarked 5 August    
              1891.                                                       
7/2/22        Postcard,  ? V. Pfeifer, to Ernst R ?, Leipzig. MS.         
              German, untranslated. Postmarked  21 September 1893.        
7/2/23        ?, Rue des Pierres, Bruges, to Miss Hall, London.           
              Glorious voyage.  Being treated to a month's sketching      
              lessons by a cousin.  MS.  5 October 1895.                  
7/2/24        Postcard,  Miller, Anderson and Co Lindley Street,          
              Adelaide to Messrs Robert H. Barker and Co., Sydney.        
              Wish to know if the ordered jets have arrived in            
              Melbourne.  MS.  17 June 18396.                             
7/2/25        Postcard, C. Mack Jost, no address to W.P. Lincham,         
              Little Collins Street, Melbourne. Gives Holman Hunt's       
              address.  T.S.  12 April 1906.                              
7/2/26        ? de Morella, no address, to Wentworth Staines.  Has        
              requested his bankers to forward a bank order for           
              £35 for Jose Arroyo's voyage to Europe.  2pp.    
              (1 sheet)  MS.  16 February ?                               
7/2/27        R. Jenkins, Florentine, to ?   Visiting plans etc.  1p.     
              MS.  Saturday ?                                             
7/2/28        Father Norbert, Tweed River, Murwillumbah,  to Brother      
              Felix.  Re undeveloped Tweed River Parish.  Unable to       
              send a model of his habit.  3pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  10        
              August ?                                                    
7/2/29        R.F. Clarke, Editor of The Mouth, 111 Mount Street,         
              Grosvenor Square to Father Daly.  Wants advice as to `the   
              best means of spreading The Mouth in Australia'  Would      
              never offend Irish sympathies.  4pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  20    
              December ?                                                  
7/2/30        ? Elwin, Little?, to `my dearest friend'.  On eve of        
              friend's departure for `another land'.  4pp.  (1 sheet)     
              MS.  Wednesday ?  Enclosure:  Grass from grave of           
              friend's parents. 

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Group 8: WH Archer's Estate

                                         
8/1           W.H. Archer's Will.  2pp.  (2 sheets) TS.  Copy.  4         
              August 1908.                                                
8/2           Gemmel1 Tuckett and Co., Melbourne to Managing Director,    
              National Trustees Co., Melbourne.  Re papers and            
              documents purported to have been stolen from the auction    
              rooms of Gemmell Tuckett & Co.  During the sale of W.H.     
              Archer's books, etc.  1p.  TS.  11 September 1909.          
8/3           Walter Madden, Managing Director of National Trustees to    
              Mrs. Gavan Duffy, Perth.  Horny Street, Windsor, -          
              property insured for £800 until June.  Re        
              missing articles from sale of books.  1p.  TS.  9           
              November 1909.                                              
8/4           Gavan Duffy and King, Solicitors, National Trustees,        
              Melbourne, to Mrs Gavan Duffy, Perth.  Enclosing receipt.   
              Urging librarian to expedite purchase of the documents.     
              Asks how matter stands as to cottages.  1p.  TS.  12        
              November 1909.                                              
8/5           Mrs Gavan Duffy, Perth, to Walter Madden, Melbourne.  Re    
              compensation from Gemmel1 Tuckett and Co. for loss of       
              books and documents.  1p.  MS.  17 November 1909.           
8/6           Walter Madden to Mrs Gavan Duffy.  Sending cheque for       
              £4/12/4 as dividend on 300 shares in Federal     
              Building Society.  1p.  TS.  26 November 1909.              
8/7           Gavan Duffy and King, Solicitors to Mrs Gavan Duffy.        
              Money from Parliamentary Library for old papers.  Rents     
              of cottages.  Title of cottages.  1p.  TS.  9 December      
              1909.                                                       
8/8           Gemmell Tuckett and Co. to Managing Director, National      
              Trustees Co.  Mrs Duffy's claims re certain lot of book.    
              1p.  TS.  Copy. 17 December 1909.                           
8/9           Walter Madden, Managing Director of National Trustees to    
              Mrs. Gavan Duffy, Perth.  Encloses copy of letter from      
              Gemmell Tuckett & Co.  Has agreed to accept £4   
              in settlement of claim.  1p.  TS.  22 December 1909.        
8/10          Gavan Duffy and King, Melbourne to Mrs Grace Gavan Duffy.   
              Receipt account for £5/5/-.  3pp.  (1 sheet)     
              MS.  4 August 1910.                                         
8/11          Gavan Duffy and King, Melbourne, to Mrs Grace Gavan         
              Duffy.  Encloses receipt for cheque, bill of costs;  (see   
              above),  and script for shares in Federal Building          
              Society.  Title of houses should be put in Mrs Gavan        
              Duffy's name.  1p. TS.  31 August 1910.                     
8/12          Gavan Duffy and King to Mrs Gavan Duffy.  Acknowledging     
              receipt of money order.  Re titles.  1p. TS.  18 October    
              1910.

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Group 9: WH Archer's Personal Records

                             
9/1           Diaries.                                                    
9/1/1         Loose leaves of diary.  Entries 1848-1851 are largely       
              concerned with Archer's religious experiences and with      
              his brother Alfred.  Long gaps between entries 1884-1890.   
              58pp.   MS. April 1848 - December 1851;  January 1884 -     
              November 1890.                                              
9/1/2         Extract from Collins Scribbling Diary for 1891.  Daily      
              entries.  26pp.  MS.  1 January - 4 March;  18 June - 24    
              June;  2 July - 8 July 1891.                                
9/1/3         Collins Scribbling Diary for 1893.  Daily entries.  MS.     
              1893.                                                       
9/1/4         Extracts from various diaries as follows.                   
              April 1848, 1 small sheet,  MS.                             
              June 1850,  1 small sheet, MS.                              
              1850 (summary of events throughout year)  1 large  sheet,   
              MS.                                                         
              1859, 1 large sheet,  MS.                                   
              October 1861, 1 large sheet, .MS.                           
              May 1863,  1 large sheet,  MS.                              
              December 1865,  1 small sheet,  MS.                         
              January - March, July 1867,  2 large sheets,  MS.           
              November 1867, 1 small sheet, MS.                           
              November 1868, 3 small sheets,  MS.                         
              September - October 1876,  1 small sheet,  MS.              
              1880,  3 small sheets,  MS.                                 
              October 1882, 1 sheet, MS.                                  
              March - May 1883, 2 small sheets, MS.                       
              August 1883, 1 large sheet,  MS.                            
              January 1884, 1 sma11 sheet,  MS.                           
              April 1885 (Education Union League), 1 large sheet. MS.     
              1889, 1 small sheet, MS.                                    
              May 1890, 3 large sheets entitled 'Myself'                  
              April 1897, 1 large sheet, MS.                              
              October 1898, 1 large sheet. TS.                            
9/2           Notes and Memos                                             
9/2/1         Note of expenses of a trip to Paris in 1850. 1p. MS.        
9/2/2         Rough draft of reply to ? (queries respecting               
              appointments and promotions in the Government services).    
              3pp.  (1 Sheet)  MS. 1856?                                  
9/2/3         Rough notes comparing Nicholson's and Hearn's versions of   
              the Civil Service Bill.  2pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  1860?        
9/2/4         Sheet headed 1868.  Notes in shorthand.                     
9/2/5         Rough draft of article on the Public Service.  5pp. (3      
              sheets) MS. 1880.                                           
9/2/6         Second draft of section of above. 1p. MS ?1880.             
9/2/7         Note of dates of articles in The Argus on reform of the     
              Pub1ic Service. 1p. MS.                                     
9/2/10        Notes from Lang's Phillip's Land.  3pp.  (1 sheet) MS.      
              Undated.                                                    
9/2/11        Rough notes headed Agriculture.  1p.  MS.  Undated.         
9/2/12        Notebook (bound).  Contains:                                
              1. Notes on Mr Barlow's lectures on English History.        
              2. Notes on Mr Ingram's lectures on Eng1ish Literature.     
              Thursday, 7 November ?                                      
9/2/13        Various notes on literature, religion, art, points of       
              law.  nd.

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Group 10: Victorian Government Documents

                           
10/1          CIVIL SERVICE                                               
10/1/1        J.C. Holm's reply to 'queries respecting appointment and    
              promotion in the government services'. 4pp. (l sheet) MS.   
              20 September 1856.                                          
10/1/2        A Bill to Regulate the Civil Service of Victoria,  (as      
              prepared by Professor Hearn).  6pp.  (2 copies) Printed.    
              ?1860-1.                                                    
10/1/3        Report of the Royal Commission on the State of the          
              Victorian Civil Service.  Printed.  Pp.1-65 missing.        
              ?1873.                                                      
10/1/4        A Bill to abolish Pensions in the case of Persons           
              hereafter entering the Civil Service.  (Brought in by Dr    
              Madden and Mr Ramsay.)  1p.  Printed.  1880.                
10/1/5        Public Service Bill (Abstract of Representations            
              Submitted by the various Public Departments) 23pp.          
              Printed. 20 September 1883.                                 
10/2          Education                                                   
10/2/1        B.F. Kane, Sec. of Board of Education, Education Office,    
              Melbourne, to Mr Charles Collins, London.  Enclosing        
              money for purchase of four of Professor Harley's            
              microscopes.  1p.  MS. Copy 4 November 1864.                
10/2/2        B.F. Kane, Secretary of Board of Education, to Smith,       
              Beck and Beck,  London.  Ordering ten educational           
              microscopes for the Board of Education.  2pp.  (1 sheet)    
              MS.  Copy.  24 November 1864.                               
10/2/3        W.H. Handfield, Education Department, Melbourne, to W.H.    
              Archer.  Sending abstract of report from the District       
              Inspector on Abbotsford Industrial and Reformatory          
              School.  4pp.  (2 sheets)  MS.  12 October  1880.           
10/3          Lands                                                       
10/3/1        Real Property Act (Report of Mr Carter)  7pp.  Printed.     
              1862.                                                       
10/3/2        Parliamentary Paper:  Correspondence etc. in connection     
              with the Proposed Administration of the Real Property       
              Act.  12pp.  Printed.  1862.                                
10/3/3        Regulation under the 'Transfer of Land Statute'.  1p.       
              Reprinted from Victorian Government Gazette,  28            
              September 1866.                                             
10/3/4        Case note of Crown Lands Department re Angelo C. Palmer.    
              1p. MS. 1 June 1871.                                        
10/3/5        Report of official visit made by the Secretary for Lands    
              (W.H. Archer) and Mr Byron Moore to Mr Brook's room.        
              Occupation Branch,  Lands and Survey.  13pp.  (7 sheets)    
              MS.  18 July 1874.  Appended:  Four official forms of       
              Occupation Branch dealing with  applications for land.      
10/3/6        Regulations for the Care, Protection, and Management, of    
              the public park and garden, known as the Domain Garden.     
              Printed on cloth poster.  3 November 1874.                  
10/3/7        Memoranda of Department of Lands and Survey headed          
              Selectors who have not Complied with conditions of the      
              Land Act.  3pp.  printed. 23 December 1874.                 
10/3/8        F. Longmore, Department of Lands and Agriculture, to the    
              Secretary (W.H. Archer). Heads of the different             
              departments of the office to report on the number of men    
              employed under them, the salaries they receive, and the     
              duties they perform.  1p.  MS.  3 January1878               
10/3/9        Book entitled Memoranda - Secretary for Lands and Survey.   
              Vol. 1.:  pp.  1-32  record of land claims 29 June to 3     
              July 1875;  pp.  33-39 minutes of meeting between the Secretary                                        
              of Lands and Survey, the Surveyor-General, and a deputation                                                 
              representing the Stawell Shire Council, 29 October 1875;                                                     
              pp. 42-348, Arbitrating, being a record of cases involving Board                                                     
              of Land and Works, 1883.  348pp.  MS.                                                    
10/3/10       Booklet entitled  Guide to the Land Law of Victoria.  ?     
              1862.                                                       

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10/4          Public Works                                                
10/4/1        Report on Melbourne Sewerage  (By James Mansergh) 64pp.     
              Printed. 1 August 1890.                                     
10/4/2        Map of Melbourne sewerage system. 1 August 1890.            
10/4/3        Booklet by W. Thwaites entitled  Report to the Melbourne    
              and Metrolpolitan Board of Works on the Various Schemes     
              submitted by James Mansergh ... on the Drainage of          
              Melbourne and suburbs.  7 July 1891.                        
10/5          Railways                                                   
10/5/1        Secretary Victorian Railways, Spencer Street, Melbourne     
              to W.H. Archer.  Asking Archer to become a member of the    
              Board to enquire into the monetary claims of the several    
              sufferers through the recent accident on the Hawthorn       
              line.  2pp.  ( 1 sheet)  MS.  Badly damaged.  13 December   
              1882.                                                       
10/5/2        Report of the Victorian Railway Commissioners for the       
              year ending 30 June 1889.  24 September 1889.               
10/5/3        Henry Wrixon, Railways Department, Engineer in Chief's      
              Office, Melbourne, to G.B. Darbyshire.  Memo re Proposed    
              line from Devonish to Ovens Bridge at Peechelba via         
              Thoona and Boweya - Also from Goorambat to Thoona.  3pp.    
              (3 sheets) MS.  10 September 1889.                          
10/5/4        E. Gorman, Engineer in Chief's Office, Melbourne, to        
              Engineer in Chief.  Memo re Rochester and Tomara Line.      
              2pp.  (2 sheets)  MS. copy.  23 November 1892.              
10/5/5        P.J. Duffy, Survey Camp, Rochester to G.C. Darbyshire.      
              Memo re proposed line from Rochester to Tomara.  1p.  MS.   
              Copy.  9 May 1892.                                          
10/5/6        8 maps, Heidelberg to Lilydale line.  8pp.  (8 sheets).     
              March 1893.                                                 
10/5/7        List of amounts claimed by landlords and occupiers,         
              Heidelberg to Eltham line.  3pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  1893.     
10/5/8        Lilydale and Healesville Line.  Schedule of Rates           
              Contract No. 2421.  No. 2421. nd.                           

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10/6          Registrar General                                           
10/6/1        Return of Religious edifices (Church of England) erected    
              in the colony 1836-1851.  1p.  MS.  1851.                   
10/6/2        John Foster, Colonial Secretary's Office, Melbourne, to     
              W.H. Archer.  Notification of Archer's appointment as       
              Acting Registrar General.  1p.  MS.  19 July 1853.          
10/6/3        As above.  Notification of Archer's appointment as          
              Assistant Registrar of Victoria.  2pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.      
              17 January 1854.                                            
10/6/4        Document of Grant by Purchase to John Cogdon.  County of    
              Ripon, Parish of Caringham.  1p.  Printed on vellum,  MS.   
              Entries. 30 December 1857.                                  
10/6/5        As above (different allotment)                              
10/6/6        Return showing the population of Victoria on 30 September   
              1859. 1p.  Printed. 14 November 1859.                       
10/6/7        Tables setting out agricultural and pastoral expenditure    
              and profits in Victoria,  1864-5.  3pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.     
              1865?.                                                      
10/6/8        Instructions to the Examiners of Titles (signed John        
              Carter)  1p.  MS  1867.                                     
10/6/9        Lists of land transfers, mortgages, leases encumbrances,    
              orders of Supreme Court, etc., taken from folios,           
              Registrar General's Department .  8pp.  (8 sheets)  MS.     
              Compiled August 1868.                                       
10/6/10       List of number of applications to bring land under the      
              Lands Title Act in NSW 1863-1868.  1p.  MS.  7 September    
              1868.                                                       
10/6/11       Oath taken by W.H. Archer on his appointment to the         
              office of Registrar of Titles.  1p.  MS.  8 December        
              1868.                                                       
10/6/12       Extract from ?report re power of Commissioner, by J.        
              Carter.  2pp.  (2 sheets)  press copy.  14 June 1869.       
10/6/13       Memo for the Registrar re drafting and printing of          
              certificates of title on transfer to married women, under   
              the `Transfer of Land Statute'.  3pp.  (3 sheets)  MS.      
              13 November 1869.                                           
10/6/14       Chart demonstrating how deaths ought to be registered.      
              2pp.  (1 sheet)  printed.  February 1870.                   
10/6/15       C. Berry, Office of Titles, Melbourne to W.H. Archer.  Re   
              certain applications for land.  2pp.  (1 sheet) MS. 24      
              September 1877.  Enclosure:  sketch of land applied for     
              by Ellen McCarthy.                                          
10/6/16       Paper headed Dower Rights (written by John Carter)  3pp.    
              (3 sheets)  Press copy.  nd.                                
10/6/17       Sheet headed Victoria No. 4.  Return of the ages, number    
              of members, the duration of sickness, and the average       
              duration of sickness at each age in the friendly            
              Societies in the colony during the year 1858.  Also the     
              total average for the year.  1p.  MS.  nd.                  
10/6/18       Sheet headed Victoria No. 6. as above,  for the year 1860.  
10/6/19       Sheet headed Loyal Prince of Wales Lodge 1860 in            
              Castlemaine.  Return of the average age, the number of      
              members the number of sick, the duration of sickness and    
              the number of deaths in the Lodge, 1860.  Also sets out     
              the finances of the lodge for the year 1861.  1p.  MS.      
              nd.                                                         
10/6/20       Plan of Town of Sorrento, Parish of Nepean.  1p.  MS.  nd.  
10/7          Miscellaneous                                               
10/7/1        Petition in the Supreme Court - Archer v. the Queen.        
              Archer's claim for £150 due to him as salary.    
              1p.  printed, with MS.  Entries.  8 November 1867.          
10/7/2        List of regulations for  Examination of candidates to       
              fill an existing vacancy as a junior clerk in the branch    
              of the Royal Mint at Melbourne.  1p.  Printed.  7           
              February 1876. 

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Group 11: Miscellaneous Documents of Other Governments

               
11/1          Great Britain:  Report from the Select Committee on the     
              Laws respecting Friendly Societies.  1825.                  
11/2          New Zealand:  W. Gisborne, Commissioner, Government         
              Annuities Office, Wellington, to Archer.  Payment for       
              services rendered the New Zealand Government by Archer.     
              2pp.  (2 sheets)  MS.  2 March 1870.                        
11/3          New South Wales                                            
11/3/1        Maxwell Allan, Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney to       
              Archer, Barrister at Law Sydney.  Archer appointed on       
              Royal Commission to enquire into Real Property Acts.        
              2pp.  (1 sheet)  MS.  17 February 1879.                     
11/3/2        Claim for payment as member of Real Property Acts Inquiry   
              Commission. ?1879.  

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Group 12: Accounts and Receipts

12/1          Archer, Receipt from ?.  For the Purchase of a pony.  1p.   
              MS. 25 March 1854.                                          
12/2          Miss Mary Nind.  Receipt from Black Ball Line of            
              Australia Packets.  Part Payment of fare to Melbourne       
              from England.  1p.  19 June 1855.                           
12/3          Archer, receipt from A'Beckett, Registrar, University of    
              Melbourne.  Payment of fees for Law Part II.  1p.  10       
              March 1866.                                                 
12/4          Archer, receipt from Louis Buvelot.  Payment for 6          
              painting lessons.  1p.  MS.  French  30 April 1869.         
12/5          Archer, receipt from Richard Kippist, Treasurer, Linnean    
              Society of London.  Payment of admission fee as FLS.  1p.   
              16 November 1874.                                           
12/6          Archer, account from R.B. Davies.  For instating Archer     
              as guardian of Mr C William' s.  Infant.  1p.  MS.  20      
              June 1877.                                                  
12/7          Archer, receipted account from Long and Co. Ironmongers,    
              Melbourne.  For stove, fittings and pipping. 1p.  1         
              November 1884.                                              
12/8          Archer,  receipt from Institute of Actuaries.               
              Subscription as Fellow.  1p.  5 July 1887.                  
12/9          Archer, receipted account form W.A Sparling, Physician      
              and Surgeon, Hawthorn.  11 October 1887.                    
12/10         Archer, receipted account from J. Ninnis,  Chronometer,     
              Watch and Clock Maker, etc.,  For camera and photograpic    
              equipment.  1p.  9 September 1889.                          
12/11         Archer, receipted account from Tateson, Practical           
              Gardener, Hawthorn.  For labour and timber. 1p.  8          
              November  1893.                                             
12/12         P. Gavan Duffy, receipted account from Harry A. Badman &    
              Co.  General warehousemen, etc. Bancok.  For articles of    
              clothing.  1p.  14 August 1894.                             
12/13         Mrs P. Gavan Duffy, receipted account from George           
              Stirling and Sons, General Drapers, Richmond.               
              Miscellaneous articles.  2pp.  February 1898.               
12/14         As above.  1p.  16 September 1899.                          
12/15         As above.  2pp.  11 October  1899.                          
12/16         Archer, receipted account from Melville and Mullen,         
              Booksellers, etc.  For books and water colours.  1p.  9     
              May 1903.                                                   
12/17         Archer,  IOU  From Henry C.J. Lingham.  1p.  MS.  3         
              August 1903.                                                
12/18         Dickenson and Barlow, receipted account from P. Stevens,    
              Painter and Decorator, Windsor.  For repairs at 21          
              Hornsby Street, Windsor.  28 February 1910.

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Group 13: Other Printed Matter

                                     
13/1          Newspapers                                                  
13/1/1        Facts and Figures; or notes of Progress, Statistical and    
              General for Australasian Circulation,  (ed)  W.H. Archer,   
              No. 1, Vol. II, Melbourne.  31 March 1858.                  
13/1/2        L'Eclaireur de Nice, pp. 1-4,  16 November 1898.            
              Includes an account of the marriage of Princesse Marie de   
              Bourbon with Mr Freeman, the Gavan Duffys being present.    
13/1/3        Melbourne Evening Mail,  Extract article on Sugar Growing   
              in Australia.  29 April 1858.                               
13/1/4        The Advocate, Extract - Catholic intelligence,              
              Archdiocese of Melbourne.  8 May 1866.                      
13/1/5        Ditto.  Extract report of lecture given by the Rev.         
              Professor P. Delaney.  25 March 1886.                       
13/1/6        Ditto.  Contains an account of the Episcopal Silver         
              Jubilee of the Archbishop of Melbourne.  31 August 1907.    
13/1/7        Ditto, St Patrick's Day Number.  Pp. 27-8  John Gavan       
              Duffy's obituary.  7 March 1917.                            
13/1/8        The Argus extract report of meeting of Royal Society of     
              Victoria.  28 May 1863.                                     
13/1/9        Ditto.  Pp. 1-8.  11 September 1874.                        
13/1/10       The Argus, pp. 1-8,  8 April 1880.                          
13/1/11       Ditto,  Extracts articles on reform of the Public           
              Service.  21,28 August; 11, 24 September; 16 October; 10    
              December 1880.                                              
13/1/12       Ditto,  pp. 5-8  23 October 1880.                           
13/1/13       Ditto, Extract - report on nomination of Chief Librarian    
              for State Library of Victoria.  23 November 1880.          
13/1/14       Ditto, extract:  Archer's nomination as Librarian.          
              February 1881.                                              
13/1/15       Ditto,  pp. 5-8.  13 April 1832.                            
13/1/16       Ditto, extract - `The Proposed Civil Service Reform'.  25   
              May 1883.                                                   
13/1/17       Ditto, pp. 5-8.  22 August 1883.                            
13/1/18       Ditto, Extract - article on Cardinal Newman.  13 August     
              1890.                                                       
13/1/19       Ditto. Extract - Letter to Editor:  `Light Railway          
              Lines'.  15 June 1891.                                      
13/1/20       Ditto.  l-2, 7-8.  2 March 1895.                            
13/1/21       The Argus, extract - article on Herbert Spencer. 9          
              December 1903.                                              
13/1/22       Ditto, Extract - article on Friendly Societies.  nd.        
13/1/23       Ditto, extract - `Our Daily Budget of New South Wales.      
              nd.                                                         
13/1/24       The Australasian - extract, First land sale in Melbourne.   
              15 September 1888.                                          
13/1/25       The Building and Engineering Journal, pp. 159-162.  25      
              April 1891.                                                 
13/1/26       The Civil Service Record,  Vol. III, No. 5.  October 1883.  
13/1/27       The Daily Messenger, contains report of Sir Charles Gavan   
              Duffy's 80th birthday celebrations.  pp. 1-4.  15 April 1896.                 
13/1/28       The Daily News,  p. 1-4.  Contains report of Irish          
              Literary Society of London's celebration of centenary of    
              the birth of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.  15 Apri1 1916.       
13/1/29       The  Evening Mail, extract - article on larrikinism.  7     
              February 1882.                                              
13/1/30       The Freeman's Journal, extract - Cardinal Newman's return   
              to England.  23 August 1873.                                
13/1/31       Ditto, extract - `The Late Sir Thomas Fitzgerald'.  16      
              July 1908.                                                  
13/1/32       The Herald,  extract - Reform of the Civil Service. 28      
              April 1880.                                                 
13/1/33       Ditto, extract - Black Wednesday.  7 March 1883.            
13/1/34       The Leader,  pp. 35-36.  11 June 1887.                      
13/1/35       The Morning Herald,  extract - epigrams.  22 October 1898.  
13/1/36       The Observer, extract - Larrikinism.  19 January 1882.      
13/1/37       The Shrewsbury Chronicle, extract - entertainment at        
              Morville Hall and Aldenham Hall, Shropshire.  12 January    
              1855.                                                       
13/1/38       The Sketch,  2 March 1898.                                  
13/1/39       The Standard,  10 February 1903.                            
13/1/40       The Tablet, extract - `Merry England:  A Reminiscence of    
              Napoleon I'.  5 September 1885.                             
13/1/41       The W.A. Record, extract - Death of Duke of Norfolk.  21    
              April 1917.                                                 
13/1/42       Ditto, extract - John Gavan Duffy.  21 April 1917.          
13/1/43       Victorian Government Gazette Extraordinary.  15 July 1884.  
13/1/44       Unplaced extract. Report of attendance at Academia          
              meeting.  May 1881.                                         
13/1/45       Ditto. Librarianship of Public Library.  1881.              
13/1/46       Death of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.  1903.                    
13/1/47       Death of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.  1903.                    
13/1/48       Ditto. Address by Archbishop) Carr on Feast of Penticost. nd.  
13/1/49       Ditto. 'The Sorghum Saccharatum'.  nd.                      
13/1/50       Book of newspaper cuttings. (Mainly articles. on Sir        
              Charles Gavan Duffy.)  nd.                                  
13/1/51       Sheet of newspaper cuttings (on W.H. Archer commencing      
              practice as a barrister after his dismissal from Lands      
              Department). nd.                                            
13/1/52       Sheet of miscellaneous newspaper cuttings.  nd.             
13/2          Advertisements and Prospectuses
13/2/1        Advertisement for Hennessy's Brandy.  Printed.  nd.         
13/2/2        Advertisement for modelling classes, conducted by Mr        
              Sheldon.  1p.  MS.  nd.                                     
13/2/3        Sheet of miscellaneous. advertisements. Printed. 1p.  nd.   
13/2/4        Brochure on N. Chevalier's Chromo-lithographs of            
              Victorian Scenery.  2pp.  Printed  1865.                    
13/2/5        Circular headed James Kerby of Minyip.  Biographical        
              details of Kirby's life and favourable review of his book   
              'Old Times in the ... Bush of Australia'.  4pp. printed nd.    
13/2/6        Sheet headed The Academia.  Lists of members of the         
              council and states the object and practice of the           
              society.  1p. printed.  nd.                                 
13/2/7        Prospectus of Ladies' College and Kindergarten `Monomia',   
              69 Mannington Road, Hawthorn.  Lists curriculum and fees.   
              2pp.  printed.  nd.                                         
13/2/8        Prospectus of Medical. Invalid and General Life Assurance   
              Office.  2pp.  Printed.  nd.                                
13/2/9        Prospectus of Catholic, Law and General Life Assurance      
              Company.  3pp.  Printed.  (1 sheet)  nd.                    
13/3          Programmes and Catalogues                                 
13/3/1        Programme of the Intercolonial Library Conference,          
              Melbourne.  4pp.  (1 sheet) printed.  1896.                 
13/3/2        Guide to lectures given in 1902 by Monsieur F. Maurice      
              Carton.  1p. printed.                                       
13/3/3        Catalogue of the `Oil Paintings, Water Colour Drawings,     
              Old Engravings and Prints collected by the late W.H..       
              Archer, David Cook and others'.  (To be sold by Gemmell,    
              Tucket & Co.)  8pp.  printed.                               
13/3/4        Sheet headed:  II. Private Exhihits.  Lists of rare         
              books, letters, and MSS.  Some of exhibits owned by W.H.    
              Archer.  2pp.  (1 sheet)  printed.  nd.                    
13/4          Invitations and Admittance Cards                           
13/4/1        Two season tickets of admission to the Exhibition of the    
              Works of Industry of all Nations.  1851.                    
13/4/2        Invitation to William H. Archer and Lady from Mr Summers    
              to see the casting of the Burke and Wills Statue, on        
              Friday, 16 September 1864.                                  
13/4/3        2 tickets from the Corporation of Melbourne, admitting      
              W.H.Archer to a Fancy Dress Ball in honour of the visit     
              of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, on Monday, 23 December 1867.  
13/4/4        Invitation to Mr Archer from Mrs Henry Gave for 4 October   
              1900. (German).                                             
13/4/5        Invitation to W.H. Archer from the representatives in       
              Victoria of the Greek Orthodox Church, to the ceremony of   
              the laying of the foundation stone of the first church      
              dedicated to the worship of their faith in Australia, on    
              Wednesday,  19 December 1900.                               
13/4/6        L'Exposition Universelle de 1900 - Ticket d'entree.         
13/4/7        Invitation to W.H. Archer from the Melbourne Beef Steak     
              Club to the monthly feast of steaks, on Saturday 5 August   
              1893.                                                       
13/4/8        Invitation to Mr and Mrs Archer and party from J.F.         
              Paterson, Fred McCubbin, Gordon Coutts, David Davies to a   
              private view of their latest works, on  4,5,6, May 1894.    
13/4/9        9 tickets of admittance to St Georges church.  Signed by    
              M.S. Forristall.  nd.                                       
13/4/10       Ticket of admittance to Restaurant des Gondoles,            
              Versailles.  nd.                                            
13/4/11       Ticket of admittance to Hotel D'Angleterre et               
              D'Allemagne,  Paris.  nd.                                   
13/5          Visiting Cards                                             
13/5/1        Mrs William Henry Archer                                   
13/5/2        Henri Thiebauld de la Crouee                               
13/5/3        Mr D. Cullington                                           
13/5/4        Mrs D. Cullington                                           
13/5/5        Le Chanoine Van Erven                                       
13/5/6        Chev. Eduardo Fittipaldi                                    
13/5/7        Simon Fraser                                                
13/5/8        Baumann Haans                                               
13/5/9        Lady Hotham                                                 
13/5/10       Dr Isadore Kozminsky                                        
13/5/11       Miss Bess Norris                                            
13/5/12       Frederic S. Sheldon                                         
13/5/13       Baron Ferd. Von Mueller                                     
13/5/14       Miss Hadlick                                                
13/5/15       Miss N. Thomson                                             
13/5/16       William Henry Archer                                        
13/5/17       Mr Despeissis                                               
13/5/18       Mr Nicholas FitzGerald                                      
13/5/19       Gilbert Parker                                              
13/5/20       Mr Henry Parkes                                             
13/5/21       Mr R. Torrens                                               
13/6          Memoriam and Condolence Cards                              
13/6/1        In memoriam card for Rt Rev Robert W. Wilson, late Bishop   
              of Hobart, 1866.                                            
13/6/2        In memoriam card for Sir John O'Shanassy, 1883.             
13/6/3        In memoriam card for Madame Veuve Amelie-Rose-Victorian     
              Follet, 1902.                                               
13/6/4        Sympathy card from J.A. Bamber, On death of Sir Charles     
              Gavan Duffy.  1903.                                         
13/7          Miscellaneous Cards                                        
13/7/1        Bundle unused postcards.                                    
13/7/2        Souvenir card in honour of the visit of the American        
              Fleet to Melbourne, 1908.                                   
13/8          Books and Pamphlets                                         
13/8/1        Booklet entitled Guild Reform Movement,  16pp. 1849.        
13/8/2        Booklet entitled Notes Catholicae - I. Lecture on           
              Catholic Education and Civilization, Past and Present, by   
              W.H. Archer,  26 pp. Melbourne.  1856.                      
13/3/3        Book entitled Outlines of Geometry; or, the Motion of a     
              Point, by Walter M. Adams,  96pp.  Melbourne. 1860.         
13/8/4        Front cover of play entitled Beethoven,  by Pieto Cossa,    
              Milan.  1872.                                               
13/8/5        Booklet entitled Rules and Regulations of the Australian    
              Club,  Sydney,  32pp.  1879.                                
13/8/6        Booklet entitled Twenty-One Testimonials of W.A. Lloyd.     
              20pp. London,  1879.                                        
13/8/7        Pamphlet entitled of Martial in Melbourne Part I.  3pp.     
              (1 sheet) Melb.  1880.                                      
13/8/8        The College Review Magazine of St Patrick's College.        
              34pp.  1886.                                                
13/8/9        Booklet entitled  In Memorium - Henry Carter Wigg. 30pp. 1890.

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Group 14: Photographs

                                                
14/1          Archer Family                                               
14/1/1        3 photographs of W.H. Archer as a young man - half          
              length.  4 x 2-1/2".                                         
14/1/2        W.H. Archer as a young man - head and shoulders.  4 x 9".  
14/1/3        W.H. Archer reading on the verandah of "Alverno".  6 x 4".  
14/1/4        W.H. Archer in fancy dress - full length.  6 x 4".          
14/1/5        W.H. Archer in barrister's robes - half length.  6 x 4".    
14/1/6        3 photographs of W.H. Archer in middle age - head and       
              shoulders.  8 x 6, 6 x 4".                                  
14/1/7        Proof print of W.H. Archer in old age - 1-1/2 x 4.           
14/1/8        Sheet of 7 proofs of W.H. Archer in old age.  1-1/2 x 4".    
14/1/9        W.H. Archer in old age. - head and shoulders.  4 x 3".      
14/1/10       W.H. Archer with his eldest grand-daughter, Geraldine       
              Gavan Duffy.  6 x 4".                                       
14/1/11       W.H. Archer in old age - I half length. 6 x 4".             
14/1/12       W.H. Archer in garden -  6 x 4" mounted. 1908.              
14/1/13       W.H. Archer's mother - head and shoulders. 4-1/2 x 3-1/2"     
14/1/14       Mrs Mary Charnley Archer - head and shoulders.  4 x 2-1/2"   
14/1/15       Grace Mary Archer - head and shoulders. 4 x 2-1/2".          
14/1/16       Willy Archer - full length - 4 x 2-1/2".                     
14/1/17       2 photographs of "Alverno", Hawthorn.                       

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14/2          Gavan Duffy Family
14/2/1        Sir Charles Gavan Duffy - head and shoulders.  4 x 2".      
14/2/2        Family with friends seated round small tea table.  6 x 4".  
14/2/3        Family group.                                               
14/3          Miscellaneous                                               
14/3/1        Carlyle - half length. 4 x 3".                              
14/3/2        Charles Wentworth Dilke, seated.  2 x 3".                   
14/3/3        Two Photographs of Cardinal Newman as a young man. - head   
              and shoulders.  2-1/2 x 3-1/2".                               
14/3/4        Cardinal Newman in later years - head and shoulders.        
              2-1/2 x 3-1/2".                                               
14/3/5        ?Mrs John O'Shanassy - full length.  6 x 4".                
14/3/6        Mr W. Rolleston - head and shoulders.  6 x 4".              
14/3/7        Father John Edmund Such, Bishop of Auckland, seated.        
              3-1/2 x 2".                                                  
14/3/8        Ditto.  6 x 4".                                             
14/3/9        Young man, unknown - head and shoulders.  6 x 4".           
14/3/10       Portrait of Mozart.  2-1/2 x 3-1/2".                          
14/3/11       Painting:  'Petrarch has Laura's portrait taken by Simon    
              Memmi.  2-1/2 x 3-1/2".                                       
14/3/12       Testimonial to Sir James Frederick Palmer.  6 x 4.          
14/3/13       Catholic Chapel, Wodonga, Victoria.  6 x 4".                
14/3/14       Governor Davey's Proclamation to the Aborigines, 1816.      
              Reproduced for Colonial Exhibition 1866.  4 x 2-1/2"         
              pasted on card.

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Group 15: Miscellaneous Material

                                 
15/1          Material relating directly to WH Archer
15/1/1        Envelope addressed by Lady Byron to Secretary of Medical    
              and Invalid Assurance Co.  MS.  6 June 1845.                
15/1/2        Sheet headed A Form of Schedule for testing the Financial   
              Condition of the Guilds.  Compiled by W.H. Archer.  1p.     
              printed with MS. entries.  1 June 1848.                     
15/1/3        Testimonial for W.H. Archer written by F.G.P. Neison.       
15/1/4        Bill of Sale of half acre at Boroodara.  2pp.  Plus plan    
              of land,  MS.  21 March 1853.                               
15/1/5        3 proof sheets of Facts and Figures.  18 58.                
15/1/6        Report of the Committee appointed to Frame resolutions in   
              the matter of the Suppression of Larrikinism.  Signed by    
              W.H. Archer as Chairman of Committee.  1p. printed.  23     
              January 1882.                                               
15/1/7        2 proof sheets of W.H. Archer's article on Sir John         
              O'Shanassy.  ?1883.                                         
15/1/8        1 envelope addressed to Sir Byron O'Loghlen.  Note by       
              Archer re certain agreement.  MS.  29 May 1885.             
15/1/9        Envelope addressed to Archer.  nd.                          
15/1/10       6 medals - mainly awards won by Archer.  nd. 

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15/2          Other Material                                              
15/2/1        Circular written by F.G.P. Neison, 25 Pall Mall.  Asks      
              for information on which to found correct tables of the     
              sickness and mortality experienced in the actual ranks of   
              Friendly Societies.   1p. Printed.  1843.                   
15/2/2        Poem entitled Lines composed by one or two ;ladies -        
              Officers of the 54th Regiment on their leaving Belfast      
              for Dublin.  8pp. (S Sheets) MS.  1848.                     
15/2/3        Poem similar to above.                                      
15/2/4        Oratory Syllabus. 3pp (1 sheet) ts.  Lent 1350.             
15/2/5        2 medals - commemoration in Victoria of the marriage of    
              the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Denmark which       
              took place on 10 March 1863.  19 May 1863.                  
15/2/6        University of Melbourne Examination Paper in Law Part I.    
              October Term 1866.                                          
15/2/7        Circular sent out by T.S. Leonard, C.F. Dillon, P.J.        
              Mahony, Committee Rooms, St Mary's Cathedral Sydney.  Re    
              establishment of a catholic newspaper.  1p. Printed.  20    
              November 1879.                                              
15/2/8        Plan of Grace Park, Hawthorn.  1p. Printed.  June 1884.     
15/2/9        Sheet headed Ladies' Association of Charity of St           
              Vincent's de Paul.  Outline of the work of the              
              Association.  1p. Printed 19 May 1 38. (Reprint from the    
              Advocate.                                                   
15/2/10       3 proof sheets of Rules of the Education Union League.      
              nd.                                                         
15/2/11       Minutes of meeting re Education Act.  5pp. (2 sheets)       
              MS.  24 July 1880.                                          
15/2/12       Minute Book of the Education Union League,  1885.  6pp.     
              (3 sheets)  MS.  Entries for 9, 13, 19 January 1885.        
15/2/13       Copy of Minutes re Catholic College.  4pp. (1 sheet )       
              MS.  Entries for 23 August, 2 October, 6,7 November,        
              1877; 29 June 1893.                                         
15/2/14       ? Notes concerning Landlord and Tenant Act.  1p.  MS.  nd.  
15/2/15       Chart headed  Gradients and Corresponding Rise and Fall     
              per Chain of 66 Feet.  1p. Printed.  nd.                    
15/2/16       Genealogical Table of the House of Beauharnais. 1p.         
              Printed.  nd.                                               
15/2/17       Lock of fair hair wrapped in paper.  Paper endorsed         
              "Little Gypsy Thessel's hair, Sorrento.  February 02.       
15/2/18       Lock of fair hair and 2 sprigs of small dried flowers in    
              envelope.  Envelope endorsed "From Anglesea Beach.  nd.     
15/2/19       Envelope addressed to P. Gavan Duffy.  Endorsed "Jack's     
              last letter".  nd.                                          
15/2/20       Envelope from Henry Cave and Co. Melbourne.  nd.            
15/2/21       Cheque  form.  nd.                                          
15/2/22       Money order for £2/2/-.  nd.                     
15/2/23       Song entitled Ta Polka des Engishmen's (sic) 3pp. (1        
              sheet)  MS. French.  nd.                                    
15/2/24       Drawings:  Pencil and wash portrait of a man - head and     
              shoulders;  Pen and ink drawing of a cottage. Silhouette    
              of old woman - head and shoulders (`affectionate            
              Grandmama of Louis Nind');  two designs in watercolour.     
              Reproduction of Blake's  The Soul Exploring the recesses    
              of the Grave.

Group 16: WH Archer's English Correspondents

            
16/1          Dr William Brewer, 21 George Street, Hanover Square,        
              London.  A medical friend of Archer's.  Letters written,    
              1845, 1858, 1869.                                           
16/2          Father J.F. Dalgairns,  The Oratory.  Letters written to    
              Archer before he emigrated to Australia.  nd.               
16/3          Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke,  76 Sloan Street  London, SW   
              Politician.  Letters written, 1860s, 1870s and 1880s.       
16/4          Father F.W. Faber,  The Oratory.  Letters written to        
              Archer before he went to Australia.  Nd.                    
16/5          Dr F.W. Farr,  General Register Office, London.  Letters:   
              1850s, 1880s, 1870s.                                        
16/6          F.G.P. Neison,  Medical, Invalid, and General Life          
              Assurance Society, 25 Pall Mall, London.  Actuary,          
              letters written both before and after Archer's journey to   
              Australia.  Wrote testimonial for Archer 1849.              
16/7          F.G.P. Neison (Jnr), 15 Great James Street, Bedford Row;    
              6 Great James Street, Bedford Row; 93 Adelaide  Road,       
              South  Hampstead NW. Letters:  1869, 1876, 1908.            
16/8          'I'erisa Neison, 19 Fellows Road,  Eton Park, NW.  Wife     
              of F.G.P. Neison.  Letters:   written 1851, 1869.           
16/9          Cardinal Newman,  The Oratory. Letters; written mainly in   
              the 1870s .                                                 
16/10         C. Douglas Singer.  Medical, Invalid and General Life       
              Assurance Society, 25 Pall Mall, London; 38 St John's       
              Park,  Upper Holloway,  London; 55 The Common, Upper        
              Clapton, London. An old friend of Archer's.  Letters:       
              written 1850s, 1860s, 1880s.                                
16/11         Anthony Trollope, Hasting, Petersfield, Hampshire.          
              Letters, 1881, 1873.                                        
16/12         Cardinal Wiseman, 35 Golden Square,  Letters written to     
              Archer before his departure for Australia.                  
16/13         William Westgarth, 20 Threadneedle Street, London.          
              Statistician.  Letters, 1860, 1867.                         
16/14         C. Kegan  Paul., Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road,     
              WC.  One letter only, 1892, in answer to Archer's           
              enquiries about Molinier's edition of Pascal.               
16/15         Mrs C. Chisholm, Family Colonization Loan Society           
              (Originated by Mrs Chisholm), Charlton Crescent,            
              Istington and 29  Bucklsbury, London . Friend of Archer     
              family; wife of Captain Chisholm.                           
16/16         Philip Nind, 311 Leicester Square, London.  Archer's        
              brother-in-law.                                             
16/17          E.W. Winter, 'Radford', Enstone, Oxon.  One letter only,    
              1848, re answers to Archer's enquiries concerning           
              financial conditions of Guilds.  The letter is written to   
              someone (not specified) other than Archer, but Archer is    
              mentioned as the ultimate recipient of the information.     
              Also involved in the enquiry is Rev. P. Heffernan, of       
              Heythrop.                                                   
16/18         R.S. Chester Waters, Wilton Crescent, S.W. One letter       
              only, introducing a Mr Graves. May 1864.                    
16/19         W.B. Maccabo, 29 Upper Belgrove Place, London. One letter   
              only, giving Archer a list of friends.  Willing to help     
              him in his 'project' dealing with Catholics in Ireland     
              and England.  July 1849.       

                             

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