Muriel Reid letters and diaries, 1893-1898; 1933-1945, with transcriptions

MLMSS 9859
DC 135

fonds

1893-1898; 1933-1945

1344682

0.48 metres of textual material (3 boxes)
1 computer disc - 12 cm - DVD

Muriel Reid, of Sydney, won a scholarship to carry out cancer research at the Royal North Shore hospital in Manchester at the age of 29. While in England she met her future husband John Kubale, also from Sydney, who was working as an engineer in London.

Her diary recounts her experiences in England, including her studies and social engagements. The letters cover the period of Muriel and John’s engagement (1934-5) and correspondence between them during the wartime years (1940-45), while John joined the British Army and Muriel returned with their children to Sydney. Whilst living in Sydney, Muriel returned to work as a pathologist at the Royal North Shore Hospital until the end of the war when they returned to England. Muriel and John lived in Stoke Poges until 1968 when they moved to the Isle of Skye. John died in Skye in 1984 and Muriel died at Haywards Heath, Sussex in 1991.


George Reid (1871-1964) was State Moderator of the Presbyterian Church. The diary is a record of his theological studies as a young man.

Compact disc removed from MLMSS 9859/Box 1

Muriel Reid’s diary (1933-34), the diary (1893-98) of her father, George Reid, and 305 letters (1934-35 and 1940-45) sent between Muriel and her husband John. Transcriptions are included in print and digital form.

BOX 1
Muriel Reid handwritten diary, 1934-35, with printed transcript.
Muriel Reid, ‘Letters to my fiancée, 1934-35 in four folders, with printed transcripts. Copies of Aerograms
George R. S. Reid diary, 1893-98, with printed transcript.

BOX 2
John Kubale letters ‘Wartime separation’, approximately 1940-45 in three folders, with printed typescript (in 11 booklets) plus index.

BOX 3
Muriel Reid and John Kubale wartime letters, approximately 1940-1945 in six folders, with partial index. Copies of Aerograms, M 200-241, 5/7/1943-24/1/1945


DC 135
1 computer disc containing transcripts of the above.

See File level record for digital copies of transcripts

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