John Aloysius FitzHerbert, 1892-1970
Papers
MSS 0030
Access to Manuscript Collections
2. Personal correspondence (letters and
postcards) 1910-1970. 3 cm.
[Very scattered. Most items are letters received by
FitzHerbert, with the exception of two postcards to his mother,
Dec. 1910 and Oct. 1918, one postcard to A.J. FitzHerbert,
May 1924 and one letter to E.A. FitzHerbert, March 1962.
Series includes letters from the University of Sydney, January 1910
regarding scholarships and June 1913 regarding award of an
Exhibition; letter of introduction from the Premier of New South
Wales, July 1913; papers relating to his war-time service (1916)
and his relinquishment of commission in the Special Reserve and
retired pay, 1920-22. Also includes a copy of his application
for the Chair of Latin at Sydney University, 1921, with reference
of D.S. Robertson, Cambridge, Robertson's reference with regard to
application for the Chair of Greek at Belfast, 1923 and letter of
the University Librarian August 1970 regarding books selected from
FitzHerbert's library.]
3. Photographs, mainly of J.A. FitzHerbert.
1908, 1914 and undated.
10 items.
[1908 Riverview Regatta; 1914 Lt. FitzHerbert in Artillery;
undated, groups of army personnel, some including FitzHerbert.]
4. Certificates, University of Sydney Bachelor of Arts, 1913 and University of Adelaide Master of Arts (ad eundem gradum) 1928. 2 items.
5. Newspaper cuttings, both about FitzHerbert (1909-20 and undated) and collected by him, mainly on archaeology and workers' education (1928, 1955 and undated).
6. Miscellaneous programmes, certificates, reports,
etc. 1907-1963. 13 items.
[Programme of 21st annual regatta, St. Ignatius' College Rowing
Club, Riverview, 4 May 1907.
Rules of The Magpie and Stump Debating Society, Trinity College,
Cambridge, 1907.
Funeral Service for Private Vaughan Percy-Dove, killed 11 July
1917.
Certificate of membership of Comrades of the Great War, Cambridge
University post, 28 June 1919, and statement regarding the
movement.
Passenger list of SS Orvieto from London, 3 July 1920 [FitzHerbert
a passenger, returning to Australia.]
Order of Service at Unveiling and Dedication of War Memorial,
University of Edinburgh, 19 February 1923.
Sydney University Extension Lectures - History of Greek
Sculpture. Outline of lectures 1,2 and 4. n.d.]
Memorandum by E.G. Biaggini on Adult Education, October 1948
Report on establishment of a Committee at the University of
Adelaide to enquire into adult education, from ABC news broadcast 7
and 8 June 19..?
Report on study leave 1955-56 by A. French, Department of
Classics.
Agenda of Board for Anthropological Research, 7 May 1963 - includes
item regarding Australian Linguistics.
Extracts from Tennyson and Shelley, for use in teaching. n.d.]
7. Medals. 1907-1909. 13 items.
[University of Sydney, Junior Public Examination, Greek,
Arithmetic, Latin, Algebra, 1907
St. Ignatius College, Christian Doctrine, 1908
University of Sydney, B.A. Examinations, Classics, Mathematics,
1913
University of Sydney, Senior Examination, Physics Part ii,
Trigonometry, Greek, Algebra, 1909
2 unidentified, n.d.]
8. Postcards (unused) and greeting cards. n.d. 8 items.
See also further papers relating to Linguistics, including correspondence of FitzHerbert with and the work of T.G.H. Strehlow, Charles Chewings, J.R.B. Love and L.M.T. Short on aboriginal languages of Australia and Papua, listed in an accompanying Inventory held in the Special collections.
