Bingle family - further papers, 1839-ca. 1920

MLMSS 7115/Boxes 1-2
MLMSS 7115/Box 3X

series

1839 - ca. 1920

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings, Manuscript Notated Music

414297

0.63 metres of textual material (2 boxes, 1 outsize box) includes photographs - manuscript
Albums
Clippings

I. Papers of John Bingle, 1878
1878; 'Birthday Thoughts in New South Wales, Australia, 1878', being printed leaflet, 3pp., written by John Bingle on the occasion of his eighty second birthday describing his life in Australia and impressions of the current state of the country (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/1)

II. Papers of Miss Bingle, 1839-1855
1839-1855; Album belonging to Miss Bingle, being small leather bound volume with ms. entries, possibly owned by Mary Elizabeth Bingle, sister of Sarah Cross Bingle. Album entries include poems, inscriptions and autographs, generally including messages of farewell. Most entries were probably written around 1842 when the Bingle family were leaving England in order to return to Australia. Includes signature of her brother J. Rayden Bingle, 1855. (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/1)

III. Papers of Sarah Cross Little, nee Bingle, 1843-1909
1853-1908; Scrapbooks of Sarah Cross Little, being two volumes, each volume comprising notebooks stitched together and encased in hand-made silk sateen cloth, with ms. entries, attached newscuttings and loose inserts. Vol I. labelled 'Patterns in Knitting and Crochet. Poetry, Songs etc. Cooking Recipes', includes cooking, craft and household information as well as poetry and songs. Vol II. labelled 'Poetry collected by S.C.B. 1854-1856', includes 'Novelties in Decoration', knitting and crochet patterns along with poetry and songs. (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/1)
1895-1908; Scrapbooks of Sarah Cross Little, being two cloth covered volumes, with ms. entries, attached newscuttings and loose inserts compiled by Sarah Little. Vol I. labelled 'Interesting Extracts Egypt, Palmistry etc. Thought Reading, New Physiognomy [sic] etc.', with index attached at back. Vol II. labelled 'Interesting Extracts, Astronomy, Physiogony [sic] etc., Palmistry etc.' (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/1)
1897; 1919; 'The Littles of Meikledaile Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland, and the Families They are connected with' being a history of the Little and Bingle families, compiled by Sarah Cross Little and presented to her daughter Mary Emma Gardner in December 1897, comprising four volumes with ms. entries, attachments, illustrations and loose inserts. [A detailed history of the families apparently compiled by Sarah Little for each of her children, similar to one compiled for William Maxwell Little located at MLMSS 486/1] Additional information concerning the Gardner family in Vol IV. probably in the hand of Mary Emma Gardner. (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/2)
1900; 'Bingle Records Vol II.', being one volume notebook with ms. entries including handwritten extracts from John Bingle's published work 'Past and Present Records of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia' (1873), and including some additional recollections (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/2)
ca.1905; Bingle family history, being two notebooks with ms. entries by Sarah Little recording details of Bingle family history and including some illustrations (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/2)
1905-1908; 'Interesting extracts', being one volume notebook with ms. entries by Sarah Little including copies of poetry and articles reflecting her interest in scientific matters (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/2)
1908; Diary of Sarah Cross Little, being Lett's Diary with daily entries. Entries include mention of weather, friends, relatives, needlework, health, social events and her 76th birthday on 2 July. (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/2)
1852-1900; Music books, being five bound volumes and one unbound volume of music, copied by hand, including piano music and songs with piano music by various Australian and European composers. (Call No.: MLMSS 7115/2 and MLMSS 7115/3X)

The papers of Sarah Cross Little in this collection are referred to in: Richards, Rosemary. ‘“To Display Her Chief Accomplishment”: Domestic Manuscript Music Collections in Colonial Australia’. In Performing History: Approaches to History across Musicology, edited by Nancy November. Boston, U.S.A.: Academic Studies Press, 2020, 320–36. Accessed 31 December 2020. https://www.academicstudiespress.com/out-of-series/performing-history.

See also Bingle Family papers at MLMSS 486.