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Historians, Tasmania QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY CHS 72 THE VON STIEGLITZ COLLECTION Historians, Tasmania INTRODUCTION THE RECORDS 1.von Stieglitz Family Papers 2.Correspondence 3.Financial Records 4.Typescripts 5.Miscellaneous Records 6.Newspaper Cuttings 7.Historical Documents 8.Historical Files 9.Miscellaneous Items 10.Ephemera 11.Photographs OTHER SOURCES INTRODUCTION Karl Rawdon von Stieglitz was born on 19 August 1893 at Evandale, the son of John Charles and Lillian Brooke Vere (nee Stead) von Stieglitz. The first members of his family to come to Van Diemen’s Land were Frederick Lewis von Stieglitz and two of his brothers who arrived in 1829. Henry Lewis, another brother, and the father of John Charles and grandfather of Karl, arrived the following year. John Charles von Stieglitz, after qualifying as a surveyor in Tasmania, moved to Northern Queensland in 1868, where he worked as a surveyor with the Queensland Government, later acquiring properties near Townsville. In 1883, at Townsville he married Mary Mackenzie, who died in 1883. Later he went to England where he married Lillian Stead in London in 1886. On his return to Tasmania he purchased “Andora”, Evandale: the impressive house on the property was built for him in 1888. He was the MHA for Evandale from 1891 to 1903. Karl von Stieglitz visited England with his father during 1913-1914. After his father’s death in 1916, he took possession of “Andora”. He enlisted in the First World War in 1916, but after nearly a year in the AIF (AMC branch) was unable to proceed overseas due to rheumatic fever. He then attended Hawkesbury Agricultural College at Richmond, NSW, for almost two years, and later married Eileen Bessie Helsham there in 1919. They had a son, Charles David William Helsham (born 1925) and a daughter, Elizabeth Brooke Helsham (born 1929). Mr von Stieglitz, a well known pastoralist, established his stud of Corriedale sheep in 1928. The following year the adjoining property of “Woodlands” was added to “Andora”. Keenly interested in Tasmanian history and a staunch Anglican, Notes on St Andrew’s Church centenary, 1837-1937, Evandale, published in 1937, was the first of his many books on local history. All the profits from his publications went to the RSL, Legacy and other charitable organisations. Appointed the Official Historian to the Tasmanian Government, he was also well known for his talks on Tasmanian history for ABC radio and on television. In 1951 he visited Japan and toured Europe. Mr von Stieglitz was Warden of the Evandale Council from 1953 to 1961, a District Justice of the Peace, District Financial Commissioner for the North Midlands District of the Boy Scouts Association, chairman of the Northern Branch of the Royal Society, stalwart of the National Trust, a freemason and secretary and synod representative of St Andrew’s Church. He was awarded the OBE in 1952. Karl von Stieglitz died of a heart attack whilst attending the morning service at St Andrew’s Church of England, Evandale, the subject of his first book, on Easter Sunday, 26 March 1967. His contribution to the recording of Tasmanian history is commemorated by the Mead, Smith, von Stieglitz Memorial Lecture, which was first delivered in 1973. The von Stieglitz Collection was donated to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in October 2003, with an additional item donated in 2008. The collection had been held at the Museum since 1969. Published Works by K R von Stieglitz: Notes on St Andrew’s Church centenary 1837-1937, Evandale (1937) Christ Church centenary, Longford (1939) Days and ways in old Evandale (1946) Then and now in old Westbury (1946) Longford past and present (1947) A short history of Cressy and Bishopsbourne (1947) A short history of Latrobe, Port Sorell and Sassafras (1947) The centenary of Christ Church, Cullenswood (1948) A short history of St Leonards, with some notes on White Hills and Franklin Village (1948) A short history of Campbell Town and the Midlands pioneers (1948) A short history of Ross, with some tales of the pioneers (1949) Entally (1821), pageant of a pioneer family 1792-1912 (1950) A short history of Deloraine (1950) A short history of Sheffield, the Kentish Municipality and its pioneers (1951) Tasmanian bushrangers (1951) A short history of Circular Head, its pioneers, also of the Van Diemen’s Land Co. (1952) Edward Markham’s voyage to Van Diemen’s Land 1833 (1952) Richmond, the story of its people and places (1953) The story of the pioneer church in Van Diemen’s Land (1954) An invitation to dine with Her Majesty the Queen (1954) Pioneers of the East Coast from 1642: Swansea and Bicheno (1955) Six forgotten bushrangers of Van Diemen’s Land (1956) Six pioneer women of Tasmania (1956) The story of Holy Trinity Church, Cressy (1958) A history of local government in Tasmania (1958) The history of Bothwell and its early settlers at the Clyde in Van Diemen’s Land (1958) Welcome to Deloraine: Tasmania’s scenic centre (196-?) A history of Oatlands and Jericho (1960) A history of New Norfolk and the Derwent Valley (1962) A history of Hamilton, Ouse and Gretna (1963) Early Van Diemen’s Land 1835-1860: sketches by Emma Von Stieglitz (1963) St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Evandale (1964) Emma Von Stieglitz: her Port Phillip and Victorian album (1964) Sketches in early Tasmanian and Victoria by Emily Bowring (1965) Matthew Brady: Van Diemen’s Land bushranger (1965?) Sketches in early Van Diemen’s Land by Thomas Scott (1966) St Peter’s Church, Fingal (1967?) A history of Evandale (1967) (Some of the above have been published in subsequent editions) 1.von Stieglitz Family Papers 1/1 John Stieglitz, Loyal Orange Association degree certificate 1831 1/2 Frederick Lewis Stieglitz, Henry Jellico’s account for money 1831-1832 owed to FLS for accommodation at Royal Oak, Green Ponds 1/3 Henry Lewis Stieglitz and Helen Amos, marriage certificate 1834 1/4 John Charles Stieglitz, baptism certificate, 1845, born 1844 1845 1/5 William Robert Stieglitz, baptism certificate, 1847, born 1846 1847 1/6 Frederick Lewis Stieglitz, letter from C Stanley, Private Secretary 1848 1/7 Frederick Lewis von Stieglitz, letter to Sir William Denison 1848 re seat in Legislative Council 1/8 Frederick Lewis Stieglitz, letter to the electors of the Fingal 1857 District 1/9 Frederick Lewis von Stieglitz, letter from Geneva to Charles 1859 Leake, Campbell Town 1/10 Henry Lewis von Stieglitz, ‘Notes from the Life of Henry 1860? von Stieglitz…’, manuscript in small note book, with typescript by K R von Stieglitz 1/11 John von Stieglitz, County of Tyrone Commission of the Peace 1862 1/12 Charlotte Christiana Cowie (nee von Stieglitz), will 1876 1/13 Frederick Lewis von Stieglitz, the Baron’s Estate 1880, 1899 1/14 John Charles von Stieglitz, surveyor’s certificate, Queensland 1885 1/15 Albert von Stieglitz, ‘Remembrances of a fourteen months 1887 travels round the World’ (manuscript account) 1/16 John Charles von Stieglitz, power of attorney to L Fairley and 1890 Ford Story 1/17 Helen von Stieglitz, ‘In Loving Remembrance’ card 1890 1/18 Caspar Harry von Stieglitz, ‘In Loving Remembrance’ card 1891 1/19 John Charles von Stieglitz, lease of land to E Cunningham and 1891 A Brown, Townsville 1/20 Eileen Bessie Helsham (later Mrs Karl von Stieglitz), extract of 1893 birth certificate 1/21 Karl Rawdon von Stieglitz, birth certificate 1893 1/22 Adam D von Stieglitz, financial records re estate 1900 1/23 von Stieglitz v Stead, various papers 1903-1913 1/24 ‘Condition of lease of part of Andora’, manuscript note, signed 1910 John? von Stieglitz 1/25 E S von Stieglitz, ‘The Contrast’; ‘Little Alie’, manuscripts nd of stories? 1/26 von Stieglitz family (includes ‘History of the Family of Stieglitz compiled by Christian L von Stieglitz’ in a note book with additional family information; various manuscript notes, typescripts etc) 1/27 von Stieglitz family trees, one in German, 1888; the other which includes the Helsham family, to 1954 Oversize items 2.Correspondence 2/1 von Stieglitz family correspondence (letters to Emma, 1858-1937 Helen, Henry, Jessie, John, Lewis and Nora von Stieglitz from various family members) 2/2 Mrs von Stieglitz, Sunnyside, Lymington, letter from Ritchie 1881 & Parker re family finances 2/3 John Charles von Stieglitz, letter from Evandale Council Clerk 1894-1903 re water scheme; Hatton & Laws; Evandale Road Trust; F E Spotswood; Tasmanian Government Railways 2/4 Postcard from J C von Stieglitz to Miss Toan, Andora, nd Evandale 2/5 Lewis von Stieglitz, postcard 1904, Christmas card 1904, nd 2/6 H W L von Stieglitz, Rostrevor, Conara, letter from Tasmanian 1907 Government Railways 2/7 Letters to Karl von Stieglitz (includes letters from Marnie Bassett, 1917-1951 Sir Hugh Binney, Philip Brown, William Crowther, Wilfred Hudspeth, W H MacFarlane, E Morris Miller, Rev. Muschamp, Norman Nicolson, Harry O’May, Henry Reed, R E Smith, A L Wayn) 2/8 Letters to Karl von Stieglitz (includes letters of congratulations 1952-1954 on award of OBE, and from Archbishop of Canterbury, Marnie Bassett, Philip Brown, Francis Cotton, William Crowther, John A Ferguson, Wilfred Hudspeth, E Morris Miller, Pamela Mountbatten, Bob Sharman, W A Townsley, Harold Trethewie) 2/9 Letters to Karl von Stieglitz (includes letters from W R Barrett, 1955-1963 John V Barry, Philip Brown, Warren Carey, William Crowther, F D Cumbrae Stewart, K M Dallas, R Fagan, John A Ferguson, (Bishop) Geoffrey Tasmania, W H MacFarlane, G Mackaness, E Morris Miller, G Musgrove Parker, Helen Power, Rex Rienits, Lord Rowallan, G T Stilwell, Jean Uhl,
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