William Strutt autobiography and papers, 1778-1955

MLMSS 867

fonds

1778-1955

423026

Photocopy : Open access: CY MLMSS 867/1-3: Xerox copy of his 'Autobiography': Vol. 1, 1825-1856 (pp.1-313); Vol. 2, 1856-1897 (pp.314-527); Vol. 3, 1825-1861 (pp.528-853).
Microfilm : CY 195, frames 1-853 (MLMSS 867/1-3).
Microfilm : CY 4852, frames 1-190 (MLMSS 867/5).
Microfilm : CY 4854, frames 1-525 (MLMSS 867/6).
Microfilm : MAV/FM3/263: Selected letters, 1819-1883, from the collection.

8 volumes and 1 portfolio of textual material

William Strutt came to Australia on the Culloden in 1850 and worked as a lithographer and painter recording many events of historical interest in Victoria during the 1850s. He visited New Zealand in 1855, returning to Melbourne in 1856, and went back to England in 1862

MLMSS 867/1-2: Autobiography, 1825-1897; holograph draft, includes years up to end of New Zealand period (1856) and later years in Melbourne and England.
MLMSS 867/3: Autobiography, 1825-1861, in draft form, partly revised and typed and much in author's hand.
Correspondence and Papers:
(i) 1819-1918 re land: MLMSS 867/4;
(ii) 1840-1915, including 6 original drawings by W. Strutt: MLMSS 867/5;
(iii) 1868-1954, concerning Strutt's pictures: MLMSS 867/6;
(iv) 1778-1923, concerning the Strutt family: MLMSS 867/7;
(v) Newscuttings and letters of Alfred W. Strutt, 1885-1955: MLMSS 867/8 (Part 1), MLMSS 867/8X (Part 2).

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-97B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Selected letters 1819-1883. Available on microfilm at MAV / FM3 / 263