Finding Aid Box 4 – MKMHI Document Collection Family Files, A-F Table
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Finding Aid Box 4 – MKMHI Document Collection Family Files, A-F Table of Contents Finding Aid Box 4 – MKMHI Document Collection Family Files, A-F ...................................................... 1 File 1 – ‘Back to Kembla’ ..................................................................................................................... 2 File 2 – Untitled ................................................................................................................................... 3 File 3 – Aitken ...................................................................................................................................... 3 File 4 – Annesley ................................................................................................................................. 3 File 5 – Baird ........................................................................................................................................ 3 File 6 – Barrett ..................................................................................................................................... 4 File 7 – Bartly ....................................................................................................................................... 4 File 8 – T.L. Bates ................................................................................................................................. 4 File 9 – Benjamin ................................................................................................................................. 5 File 10 – Boatswain ............................................................................................................................. 5 File 11 – Brennan ................................................................................................................................ 5 File 12 – Brisbane ................................................................................................................................ 5 File 13 – Broadhead ............................................................................................................................ 6 File 14 – Brown ................................................................................................................................... 6 File 15 – Brownlee ............................................................................................................................... 6 File 16 – Bull ........................................................................................................................................ 6 File 17 – Carmody ............................................................................................................................... 6 File 18 – Chinnock ............................................................................................................................... 7 File 19 – Cleland .................................................................................................................................. 7 File 20 – Collis...................................................................................................................................... 7 File 21 – Cook ...................................................................................................................................... 8 File 22 – Cunningham .......................................................................................................................... 8 File 23 – Doherty ................................................................................................................................. 8 File 24 – Dungey .................................................................................................................................. 8 File 25 – Edwards ................................................................................................................................ 8 File 26 – Egan ...................................................................................................................................... 9 File 27 – Evans ..................................................................................................................................... 9 File 28 – Findley .................................................................................................................................. 9 File 29 – Fishlock ................................................................................................................................. 9 File 30 – Foye .................................................................................................................................... 10 File 31 – Frost .................................................................................................................................... 10 File 1 – ‘Back to Kembla’ Description: File relating to information day at Mt Kembla Hts Hall Notes Plastic file titled ‘Index List to Genealogy & Photographic Display 2008’. - 9 loose colour photos of the event, three with captions on the reverse. - Postcard to Clare Curtis dated 27.07.06 from ‘Perry’, congratulating her on the Heritage Festival. - Yellow A4-sized card titled ‘Mt Kembla Mining Heritage Festival, Mining Heritage Displays Visitor’s Book’ with signatures and well- wishes. - 3 page document dated 23.10.08 titled ‘List of Contributors who worked with Clare Curtis for donations’ - 10 page document titled ‘Index to Family Heritage Display 2008 for Collecting and Collating Dept.’ Details captions for various images, primarily family history photographs. Dated 23.10.08. - Printed email exchange between Phil Donaldson and Elizabeth Roberts dated 10 May 2007 regarding the ‘Back to Kembla’ day. - 5 pages of handwritten notes – planning and event ideas. - Printed email (3 copies) from Phil Donaldson to Elizabeth Roberts dated 21 April 2007 regarding the back to Kembla history gathering day. - 5 pages of a printed email dated 16 April 2007 from Claire Curtis to Elizabeth Roberts containing extra notes relating to information collected on the ‘Back to Kembla Open Day’. - Personnel list for the ‘Back to Kembla Open Day’, held on 15 April 2007. - Copy of newspaper? ad promoting the Open Day. - A4 double-sided document titled ‘Big Win for Mt Kembla History’, advertising the 2007 ‘Back to Kembla Open Day’ (2 copies). - A4 colour flyer advertising the 2007 ‘Back to Kembla Open Day’ (2 copies). - WCC Library Form for the donation of unpublished material to the local studies library (2 copies). - M&GNSW Museum Catalogue Sheet template. - Meeting notes for the 2007 ‘Back to Kembla Open Day’, 2 pages. - 3 page document titled ‘Notes on Heritage Sub-Committee meeting held at Wendy’s place 4th April 2007’. - Printed email dated 16 March 2007 from Jennifer Bean to Phil Donaldson regarding the Industrial Heritage Report of Mt Kembla mine. - Printed email from Phil Donaldson to Bryan O’Keefe dated 10 April 2007 regarding event preparation. - 1 page document titled ‘Notes on Heritage Sub-Committee meeting held at Wendy’s place 28th Feb, 2007’. - Four A4 pages (one double-sided), printed, showing colour photos of the open day and the hall, some with captions. - Newspaper front page and article 04.04.2007, ‘Memories of Our Past: Mt Kembla’s rich heritage’, Wollongong Advertiser, Wednesday 4 April 2007. The article features a call out for help to ‘collect, record and share photographs, documents or anything of heritage and historic significance of the greater Kembla area’ during the 15 April 2007 Open Day. By Nathan Simpson. (2 copies). - Illawarra Mercury article ‘Life Good at Mt Kembla’ (date missing). See Box 2, File 13 for Article is about Lorne Brodie (daughter of a mine surveyor killed Lorne Brodie’s oral in an accident when she was 16) and her memories of growing up history interview. in the area. File 2 – Untitled Description – document titled ‘Disaster’ Notes Contains a stapled, typed, five-page document titled ‘Disaster’, written by Phil Donaldson (undated). Donaldson retells the story of the 1902 Mt Kembla Mine Disaster and its impact on the community with a focus on his great grandfather, George Bertram Adams, a miner who survived the disaster. The document includes reproductions of two family photos with captions. File 3 – Aitken Description – research notes relating to the Aitken Family Notes This file includes notes and resources relating to the Aitken Family history, printed email exchanges, printed family photos, a draft family history by Paul Treanor and a bound copy of ‘The Spirits of Windy Gully: an account of the Mt. Kembla Mining Disaster’ by Paul Treanor, great- grandson of John and Mary Aitken and great nephew of Henry Aitken. File 4 – Annesley Description – family history notes on the Annesley family Notes Contains a small number of photocopied documents, including death and birth transcriptions for Prosper James Annesley (who died in the 1902 Mt Kembla explosion). File 5 – Baird Description – file pertaining to the Baird family Notes Contains one envelope with one (non-original) family photograph with annotations. Photo depicts Ossie and Ethel Baird with young children Tom and Ossie Jnr and has the caption ‘taken September 1919 leaving England for Australia.’ File 6 – Barrett Description – family history notes on the Barrett family Notes Contains: - A bound, typed, 79-page document titled ‘George Barrett’s Memories of Growing Up in Mt Kembla and Kembla Heights’. - A blue, hardcover notebook containing ‘A few memories from the first