Series[UMA-SR-000000046] Papers concerning the social and domestic life of the Armytage familyAccession[1968.0011] Papers of the Armytage FamilyIdentifierUMA-ITE-1968001100863Scope and ContentCopy of poem about Como written by Larry McCarty, sometime in the 1890s; Letter to Mr. A.H. Parker, District Judge, Ambala (India), 15 December 1905 regarding the Royal Train, sender unclear. Refers to visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later George V and Queen Mary) to India between November 1905 and March 1906; Material relating to Mrs Fitzpatrick’s involvement with the Red Cross during the First World War: - Four page letter to Mrs Fitzpatrick, dated 11 December 1917, from Harold Wiseman, Ward 6, No. 11 Australian General Hospital, Caulfield - Letter to Mrs Fitzpatrick, dated 20 March 1918, from E.W. Hayward, Lieut. Colonel Commissioner, Australian Branch, British Red Cross Society, Boulogne-Sur-Mer, regarding her work with sick and wounded Australian soldiers - Letter to Mrs Fitzpatrick from ? (unclear), dated 19 June 1918, Australian Red Cross Society, Federal Government House, Melbourne, regarding her work with sick and wounded Australian soldiers - Letter to Mrs Fitzpatrick from Florence ? (surname unclear),dated2 July 1918, regarding a number of matters, including the death of her brother and her son joining up; - Termination paper, Red Cross Society, Boulogne, 30 June 1919 - Business cards for The Australian Red Cross Society, Le Havre Branch Sketch by unknown person of single storey buildings, maybe houses, on inside of note paper with addresses in Australia and the UK; Poems by Harry Armytage, original handwritten typed and printed: The Shriving, The Australians at Gallipoli, The Fable Field of Picardy, The Australian Lament, Troops that March at Night, The Embrocation of Gallipoli; Three pages from The Travellers Handbook, inscribed to Mary Tuckwell from her father, 1845; Christmas card to Miss Armytage and Mrs Kirkpatrick from Ian Sabey, Savage Club. Image is ‘Moonrise, a view of Como Park’ by Frederick McCubbin, undated; Portsea Golf Club Centenary Souvenir, November 1934; Card advertising Orient Line, Royal Mail Steamers between England and Australia (2 copies); The Story of St Stephens by Noel F. Learmonth, 1956Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1968.0011 Unit 0008
