P. W. (Percy Walter) Gledhill further papers, ca. 1880-1956, together with papers of Ruth Gledhill, 1931-1972

MLMSS 9129

fonds

ca. 1880 - 1972

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings

457732

0.35 metres of textual material and photographs (2 boxes and 1 folder)

The following information on Percy Walter Gledhill (1890-1962) is taken from Descent (Society of Australian Genealogists), vol. 1 pt. 3, 1962:
'He had been Secretary and President of the Manly Warringah and Pittwater Historical Society, of which he was a Fellow; he was a Councillor and Fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society; a founder, Senior Vice President, and Fellow of the Church of England Historical Society; Chairman and Secretary of the Camperdown Cemetery Trust; Secretary of the Bar Island Trust; a member of Station 2CH Wireless Board; and Treasurer of the Manly Art Gallery.
He was a Foundation member of the Society of Australian Genelogists, and was our first Hon. Treasurer. He was one of the original Fellows elected in 1934, and was President of the Society from 1947 to 1949.
Mr Gledhill was deeply religious man, and he served the Church with distinction. He was a Lay Reader in the Diocese of Sydney for 46 years, and was for 11 years Hon. Secretary of St. Matthew's Church, Manly. In the wider sphere he was a menber of Sydney Diocesan Synod, as well as being a member of N.S.W. Provincial Synod. He was a Warden of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney; founder of St. Luke's Church, Brookvale, and Official Historian of the Diocese of Bathurst.'
Ruth Gledhill is the daughter of Percy Walter Gledhill.

BOX 1
'Cinderella Cantata' programme, 1903
Volume entitled 'The stranding of the barque Vincennes at Manly', no date
Papers concerning Mr H. P. Brodie's Manly Grammar School, 1906-1956
Letter from Selby Cook to Captain Lowe regarding the history of St Paul’s Church (Middle Harbour, N.S.W), 1922
Reports of St Andrew's Sunday School, Oxford Falls, 1935-1952
Botany Note Book, Class 7B of Ruth Gledhill, 1928-1929
'History of St Matthew's Parish, Manly Beach' by Percy Walter Gledhill, 1935
Volume of records of the Trustees of Holy Trinity Church, Erskineville, including correspondence and financial records, 1885, 1914-1935
Volume of records of the Trustees of Holy Trinity Church, Parish of Erskineville, including minutes of meetings, correspondence and financial records, 1885, 1923-1947
Newscuttings mainly of historic homes and buildings of Sydney, compiled by Ruth Gledhill, 1936-1972
Printed material, being mainly concert and theatre programmes, 1931-ca. 1970

BOX 2
Album of photographs featuring clergy, parishioners and scenes of St Luke's Church of England (Brookvale, N.S.W.), St Andrew's Church (Oxford Falls, N.S.W.), St Mark's Church of England (Freshwater, N.S.W.), St Paul's Church (Middle Harbour, N.S.W.), St Stephen's Church (Newtown, N.S.W.), other Anglican churches in Sydney and scenes of the Manly area, 1914-1923
Loose photographs mainly of Manly trams, 1939; Anglican clergy of Sydney; participants at Australian Student Christian Movement Conference, Thornleigh, 30 July-2 Aug. 1937; Dunbar Memorial, Camperdown Cemetery, 192--1931; St Stephen's Church (Newtown, N.S.W.) and Sunday School picnic, ca. 1905; Church of England Fellowship Camp, Castlereagh, 26 Dec. 1934-1 Jan. 1935; St Matthew's Church (Manly, N.S.W.), 192-; St Andrew's Church (Oxford Falls, N.S.W.), 192-; St Luke’s Church (Brookvale, N.S.W.) and Sunday School picnics, ca. 1916-1925; N.S.W. Imperial Bushmen; Duke of Gloucester's visit to Sydney and Manly, 22 Nov. 1934; and proprietor Charles Eastes, Gledhill's grandfather, outside the first chemist shop in Manly, ca. 1880
Miscellaneous papers, including baptism card of Walter Samuel Gledhill, 11 Nov. 1917, and Trustees' Report and Balance Sheet of Camperdown Cemetery Trust, 1932

FOLDER 3
Coat of arms of Mackellar County Council on board, inscribed and signed by Aubrey Hanson-Norman, (Chairman, Mackellar County Council), 12 Dec. 1952

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