________________________________________________________________________ CROMPTON, Phyllis Owen PRG 331 Series list _______________________________________________________________________ Phyllis Owen Crompton is the descendent of several distinguished Adelaide families whose records comprise this group. The family tree below illustrates the relationships among the various people represented. Thomas Clark m. Mary Belcher Thomas Wright Hill | ____________________________|___________ | | | | Francis Clark m. Caroline Hill Rowland Hill Matthew Davenport Hill | _____________|_______________________________________________ | | | | | John Howard Clark Susan Mary Caroline Emily Clark Henry Algernon m. Lucy Martin m. Joseph Crompton | | John Sheridan m, Frances Jane Keith | | | | | | | | | | Violet L Alice Francis John Beal Reginald | | Alfred M. Simpson m. Catherine Allen ______________________ |_______ | | | | | Robert Henry Owen Crompton m. Sarah Simpson Caroline Emily Clark (1825-1911) arrived in South Australia with her family in 1850. They established their home at Hazelwood, Burnside. A staunch Unitarian, philanthropist and reformer, Miss Clark was appalled by the conditions under which orphaned and destitute children were cared for in the colony. Along with Catherine Helen Spence, among others, she campaigned for adoption of the boarding-out system, which was instituted in 1871. Miss Clark and Miss Spence founded the Boarding-out Society, which gave voluntary help to the Destitute Board. In 1887, Miss Clark was appointed to the State Children's Council, a post she held until 1905. In that capacity, she was involved in many legal and social reforms for the benefit of South Australian children. During her retirement, she wrote her memoirs, some of which form part of this record group. Susan Mary Crompton (1846-?) was the wife of Joseph Crompton, who established the Stoneyfell vineyards and olive groves, along with Henry and Algernon Clark. She worked with her sister Emily on the boarding-out system, and joined the State Children's Council in 1906. During World War I - she was one of the first women in South Australia to be appointed Justice of the Peace. PRG 331 Series list Page 1 of 6 ________________________________________________________________________ Alice Frances Keith Sheridan (1844-1922) was the daughter of John Sheridan, a physician—turned—journalist, and Frances Jane Keith, daughter of the Reverend Daniel Keith. The family conducted a large girl's school at their home in North Adelaide. Miss Sheridan travelled extensively. She apparently was competent in a number of foreign languages, and published the first translation from the Danish of a story by Hans Christian Andersen. She died a recluse at the old family home, which was bequeathed to the Institutes Board of South Australia. Her will also included a bequest of £ 20,000 to the University of Adelaide. Source: The Australian Dictionary of Biography _______________________________________________________________________ Manuscript of "Early Recollections by C.E. Clark" 1 n.d. 3.5 cm. [Incomplete; handwritten pages numbered 111-160, with typed copies of additional chapters; includes an account of the Overland Telegraph. Also included are a photograph of Caroline Emily Clark dated 1903, and a draft of the title page for publication] Diaries 2 1850-1852 2 cm. (3 items) [Diaries are not continuous through the years. Although the books are unidentified, they appear to be related to the MS in series 1) Notebook of Mary Clark 3 1862, 1865 (1 item) [writings are individually dated; they include "The Canal & the Brook - an Apologue", "Thoughts of a Girl Leaving School", "An Abstract of Lathan's Handbook of the English Language", and "Abstract of Thesis by Rev. John Orr") Journal of S.M. Crompton 4 1887 (20 leaves) [Journal of voyage to England aboard SS Thames, written in the form of letters to her children] Papers of S.M. Crompton 5 1914, 1924, 1925 0.5 cm. (draft letter titled "A plea for children's courts", 1914, no signatures; hand written notes titled "The Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board" (1925), with typed copy; speech titled "On Boarding Out" read at a farewell meeting of Council Jan. 23, 1924 - about C.E. Clark] Obituaries and Memorials of Clark Family 6 1877-1902 0.5 cm. [newscutting 14/1/02 re John Howard Clark; obituaries and memorials for John Howard Clark, Caroline Clark (Mrs. Francis Clark); memorial to John Howard Clark, reprinted from SA Register 13/6/78) PRG 331 Series list Page 2 of 6 ________________________________________________________________________ Notes for a Memoir of John Howard Clark 7 n.d. (42 leaves) [loose handwritten pages numbered discontinuously 1-38, Plus 3 others; written by one of his sisters] Correspondence of Robert Crompton 8 1917 1 cm. (3 items) [letters from Robert Crompton to his mother and to his sisters Patty and Lucy] Newspaper Clipping 9 1923 (1 item) ["Burnside the Beautiful" from the Register, featuring notes on Mrs. J. Crompton, sister of Caroline Emily Clark] Photographs and Postcards of Stoneyfell 10 1884, 1902, 1935, 1938 and n.d. 2.5 cm. (42 items) [Many of the pieces are unidentified and undated; subjects are Crompton family members, and others, and many depict scenes at Stoneyfell] Papers of the Hill Family 11 c. 1850-1897 0.5 cm [The papers include a typescript titled "Historical Collection of British Postage Stamps compiled by Dr. George Herklots Vos of Bruce Grove House, Tottenham" by Albert Hill; memorabilia of Penny Post Jubilee, 1890, including an invitation for Miss Rose Davenport Hill to the celebration; and a newspaper clipping on Miss Davenport Hill; pamphlet "Trading in Stolen Property" by Edwin Hill, 1871; memoir of Thomas Wright Hill, 1852] Manuscript of biography of Dr. Charles G. Everard 12 n.d. 1 cm. [Numbered pages 1-78, with additional pages 4-21 out of sequence; includes copies and extracts of Everard family correspondence from 1837, 1852 and 1856, and contributions by F.S. Hawkins and Dr. Everard's grandson Alfred Lucy] Correspondence of Dr. C.G. Everard 13 n.d. 1 cm. [5 copies of a letter written by Dr. Everard to his sister Mrs. Lucy, dated 1836, in an envelope marked "Mrs. Crompton Stoneyfell"I Legal Papers of Reginald Sheridan 14 1850-1866 0.5 cm. [receipt for power of attorney from John Beal Sheridan to Reginald Sheridan, 1860; 2 certificates of indenture of Reginald Sheridan to apprentice as printer under Henry Hussey, 1856; correspondence with Hussey and David Gall re. employment, 1851, 1852, 1866] PRG 331 Series list Page 3 of 6 ________________________________________________________________________ Correspondence between Henry Mather and A.F.K. Sheridan 15 1858, n.d. 2 cm. [series includes unidentified photographs and a locket containing a plait of hair to which reference is made in the correspondence] Correspondence of Miss A.F. Keith Sheridan 16 1902, n.d. 2 cm. [correspondence with cousins Ann Porter and Marion Godden in Toronto, Canada] Diary of Alice F. Keith Sheridan 17 1912-1915. 2.5 cm. [bound volume 13x31 cm.; journal kept intermittently through the period; includes some accounts, share prices] Manuscripts of Alice F. Keith Sheridan 18 n.d. 1 cm. [loose sheets numbered 1-15, titled "The Mandevilles or Sketches of Adelaide"; travel notes "Glimpses of Dublin'; 'Las Encartaciones — a corner of Spain and portion of the Basque country' translated from the original Spanish by AFKS", with rejection slip from The Lone Hand magazine] Pencil Sketches 19 1862, 1864 (2 items) [floral sketches signed "V.L.K. Sheridan" and "VLS", and measuring 12 x 18 and 16 x 22 mm. respectively] Diary and Account Book 20 1912-1920 3 cm. (2 items) [entries discontinuous; account books with lists of shares, amounts paid, interspersed with diary entries; belong to Mrs. A.M. Simpson] Correspondence of Sheridan Family 21 c. 1866-1908 4.5 cm. [Correspondence both written and received by Alice F. Keith Sheridan, John B. Sheridan, Mrs. Sheridan] Papers from Mackinnon Parade School 22 1860-1876 2.5 cm. [notices of classes conducted by Misses Sheridan at Mackinnon Parade, undated; admission slips for destitute pupils to Sheridans' school, 1871/72; journal of Reginald Sheridan with letters, bills, prospectus etc. concerning the Mackinnon Parade school 1860-1876; teacher's license for Frances Keith Sheridan 1869] PRG 331 Series list Page 4 of 6 ________________________________________________________________________ Miscellaneous Papers of Sheridan Family 23 1891, n.d. 3 items [copy of certificate of death of Frances J.A.K. Sheridan; pamphlet "Mr. J.B. Sheridan's Opinions", St. James Gazette 1891; rejection notice from publishers of "Belgravia" with poem "Thoughts", signed Jane Avis] Diary 24 1882-1911. 1 cm. [loose diary pages with intermittent entries during the years 1882, 1884, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1911; some account records] Notebook 25 1887.(1 item) [unsigned diary 16 October, concerning death of pet dog) Journals 26 1902, 1903, 1909, 1910-1912, 2 cm. (4 items) [not identified; entries not continuous through period; books contain some addresses, accounts of dreams, diary, miscellaneous writings] Notebook 27 1917-1918, 0.5 cm (1 item) [labelled "Cuttings 1917-1918", contains notes on Sheridan family history, notices of births, deaths, weddings] Photographs 28 1917 and n.d. 2 cm. (15 items) [Subjects include members of the Sheridan and Simpson families, and family gravestones; three photographs are unidentified and most are undated] Photograph, Daguerreotypes 29 n.d. (3 items) [2 daguerreotypes, unidentified, 54x66 mm., 90x112 mm.; photograph in broken frame, 65 x 75 mm] Photograph Albums 30 1862, 1868, 1874, 1875, 1878, n.d. (4 items) 8 cm. [Subjects include adult and child members of many Adelaide families, most are identified but few are dated] Photographs 31 1887, 1888, 1896, 1899 and n.d. 2 cm. (18 items) [Photographs are individual portraits of members of several families] PRG 331 Series list Page 5 of 6 ________________________________________________________________________ Memoir of John Scott 32 n.d. (8 leaves) [titled "short account of the life of John Scott who was killed in the Great War"] Miscellaneous papers and newsclippings 33 c.