Stanley Peck papers, 1899-1990

PXE 1644

fonds

1899-1990

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Clippings, Photographs

1219945

18 photographic prints (1 box) includes some textual material

Stanley Peck (1899-1986), usually known as Stan, was a prominent gardening personality in Sydney during the 1960s and 1970s, writing regular gardening columns in the ‘Sun-Herald’ newspaper, appearing on ABC radio and television and publishing two books, ‘Any questions?: answers 300 gardening problems’, 1970, and ‘600 gardening questions and answers’, 1974. He was a president of the Royal Horticultural Society of NSW, the Azalea and Camellia Society of NSW and the Chrysanthemum Society of NSW. As a keen sportsman he was active in cricket, football and as a boxing referee.

Reference:
Library correspondence file and the collection

The collection comprises personal documents, photographs and newscuttings relating to Stanley Peck and his family:

Documents including birth certificate; school reference, 1913; marriage certificate, 1927

Photographic prints including portraits of Stanley Peck, his wife Hilma and his siblings; wedding photographs; 34th Infantry Band Liverpool Camp 1917 / The Crown Studios, Sydney; Robert Reid & Coy Ltd [cricket] Season 1919-20 / Melba Studios, Sydney; St George & Georges River Cricket Associations combined team; unveiling of commemorative plaque at E. G. Waterhouse Camellia Gardens Caringbah 1989 / Claude Eldridge Studio, Sydney

Newscuttings relating to sporting and horticultural activities, 1969-1990

Copyright restrictions may apply: For photographs in this collection created before 1955, copyright has expired. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
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