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Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820)

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Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
 
[Repository details]
Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:ML DOC 2502
Date Range:1795
Description:ALS to Lord ? 1795.
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:FM 4/1722
Date Range:1771 - 1894
Description:Microfilm of correspondence of, and letters relating to Banks 1771-1820 and 1894 held by the American Philosophical Society Library.
Formats:Microfilm.
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:MS 101
Date Range:1773
Description:Journal of his tour in Holland 1773.
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:FM 3/637
Date Range:1804 - 1817
Description:Microfilm of letters from Banks 1804-17 held by the Royal College of Surgeons, London.
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:MS Q75/9
Date Range:1773
Description:ALS from D. Solander 1773.
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:FM 4/57-59
Date Range:1768 - 1771
Description:Microfilm of the journal of a voyage on the "Endeavour" 1768-1771.
Formats:Microfilm.
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:FM 4/2284
Date Range:1773 - 1815
Description:Microfilm of correspondence 1773-1815 held by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Formats:Microfilm.
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:FM 4/4363-8
Date Range:1763 - 1820
Description:Microfilm of papers 1763-1820 held by Yale University Library, New Haven.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:6 reels
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:ML DOC 2079
Date Range:1757 - 1819
Description:Photocopies of correspondence 1757-1819 with E. Young, J. Cook, M. Park, J. Gore, J. Fleming and A. Cunningham, from originals in the National Library of Australia.
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:ML MSS 1530
Date Range:1774 - 1787
Description:Photocopies of correspondence 1774-87 with W. Anderson, C. Clarke, J.G.A. and J.R. Forster, J. King, A. Kippis, J. Lind, Baron Mulgrave, Count von Rumford, Lord Sandwich, D.C. Solander and W. Wales [ML MSS 1530].
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:ML DOC 1881
Date Range:1816
Description:ALS from Banks 1816.
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:MS Q158-161
Date Range:1774 - 1814
Description:Correspondence 1774-1814. Includes correspondence with George Caley and Daniel Solander.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Caley, George (1770 - 1829) | Solander, Daniel (1733 - 1782)

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:MS Q79/12
Date Range:1797
Description:ALS from W. Bligh 1797.
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:MS Q77/31-32
Date Range:1768 - 1771
Description:ALS to T. Pennant 1768 and ALS to unknown correspondent 1771.
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:ML DOC 2728
Date Range:1768 - 1771
Description:Collations of the "Endeavour" Journal of Banks 1768-71, made in the Mitchell Library 1977.
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:ML MSS 743
Date Range:1766 - 1820
Description:Various records 1766-1820 including correspondence with J.R. Forster, J. Fothergill, T.E. Smith and T. Haweis.
Quantity:3 volumes
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.
Related Entries:Forster, Johann Reinhold (1729 - 1798) | Fothergill, John (1712 - 1780) | Haweis, Thomas | Pennant, Thomas (1726 - 1798)

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:MS Q78/8-9
Date Range:1819
Description:ALS to Mr Bell n.d. and ALS to Mr Shepperd 1819.
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:Spencer No. 245
Date Range:1785 - 1813
Description:Diplomas 1785-1813.
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:ML DOC 1450
Date Range:1802
Description:ALS from W. Paterson to Banks 1802.
Online Finding Aid: Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, State Library of New South Wales, 1997, http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/.

Title:Linnean Society of London - Records
Reference:FM 4/2699
Date Range:1792 - 1870
Description:Correspondence, 1805-1870, and manuscripts, 1792-1861.
Formats:Microfilm.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Archer, William (1820 - 1874) | Backhouse, James (1794 - 1869) | Bauer, Ferdinand Lukas (1760 - 1826) | Bloxam, A. | Clarke, William Branwhite (1798 - 1878) | Cunningham, Allan (1791 - 1839) | Darwin, Charles Robert (1809 - 1882) | Gipps, George (1791 - 1847) | Gould, John (1804 - 1881) | Hooker, William Jackson (1785 - 1865) | Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | Macarthur, D. | Macarthur, James (1798 - 1867) | Macleay, William John (1820 - 1891) | Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865) | McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848) | Swainson, William John (1789 - 1855)

Title:New South Wales Colonial Secretary's Office - Records
Reference:ML MSS 681
Date Range:1799 - c. 1930
Description:Includes correspondence of P.G. King, J.F.E. Hamelin des Essarts, N. Baudin, W. Paterson, R. Atkins, A.J. King and J. Banks with anonymous MS labelled A Convict's narrative. Also references to shipping and various settlers.
Quantity:5 volumes
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Baudin, Nicolas Thomas (1754 - 1803) | King, Philip Gidley (1758 - 1808) | Paterson, William (1755 - 1810)
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National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:MS 9
Date Range:1745 - 1820
Description:240 letter, primarily of botanical and zoological interest, of which 31 are from Banks. The remainder are from some 83 correspondents including Sarah Banks, Earl of Bathurst, David Collins, W. B. Conyngham (5), Alexander Dalrymple (3), James Fleming, J. G. A. Forster (11), J. R. Forster (7), John Hunter (5), Philip Gidley King (7), Lord Nelson, William Paterson (5), W. P. Perrin (11), William Perry (5), William Petrie (6), Arthur Phillip and Lord Radnor. Also includes a copy of a letter from Banks, 15 September 1795 and copies of newspaper cuttings 1911, 1920, 1923 regarding auction of Captain Cook manuscripts.
Quantity:0.48 m
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Dalrymple, Alexander (1737 - 1808) | Forster, Johann Georg Adam (1754 - 1794) | Forster, Johann Reinhold (1729 - 1798) | Hunter, John (1737 - 1821) | King, Philip Gidley (1758 - 1808) | Paterson, William (1755 - 1810) | Perrin, W.P.

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:MS 989
Date Range:1745 - 1814
Description:Fourteen letters (1775-1814) mainly to Sir Joseph Banks, from the following correspondents: Count von Rumford, Dr. William Anderson, John Hawkesworth, W. Phipps, Dr. James Lind, Georg Forster, Capt. James King, J. R. Forster, Dr. Daniel Solander, Capt. Charles Clerke, Earl of Sandwich, Dr. Andrew Kippis and William Wales. Also documents, 1745 and 1759, appointing John Byron as lieutenant on H.M.S. St. George and captain on H.M.S. Fame.
Quantity:52 leaves
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Forster, Johann Georg Adam (1754 - 1794)
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Powerhouse Museum
 
[Repository details]
Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:ML MSS 2144
Date Range:1766 - 1820
Description:Banks papers 1766-1820 comprising over 27 volumes (Volumes 1-15 making up the Brabourne collection), includes correspondence, notes, plans, sketches and other documents in both manuscript and microform as well as microfilmed photocopied and facsimile copies of Banks' papers held by other repositories. These papers span the whole of Banks' scientific work on Australia and a comprehensive list of the collection is available at the Guide Shelf B.
Quantity:27 volumes
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Burton, David (? - 1792) | Considen, Dennis (? - 1815) | Menzies, Archibald | Solander, Daniel (1733 - 1782) | Vancouver, George (1757 - 1798)
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Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc.
 
[Repository details]
Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Date Range:1766
Description:Journal of his voyage to Newfoundland and Labrador 1766 (2 volumes); notes of the recovery of diamonds in Brazil 1768 with an annotated list of the accompanying eight drawings (11 pages); 'Notes of Iceland 1801(?)-1809' (48 pages) [Items 9-12 in the "Catalogue of the Manuscripts ..."].
Quantity:2 volumes
Access:Available for reference
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State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Collections held by the Derbyshire Record Office relation to Australia and New Zealand
Reference:M947
Description:Microfilm copies of originals held by the Derbyshire Record Office, England.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:1 reel
Access:Available for reference

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:M469
Date Range:1773 - 1810
Description:Correspondence, omprising of about 300 letters addressed to Banks, mainly in his capacity as President of the Royal Society. Microfilm copy of originals held by the Fitzwilliam Museum, England.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:1 reel
Access:Available for reference

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:M1192
Description:Banks' correspondence with European scientists. Microfilm copies of originals held by the British Library, London.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:1 reel
Access:Available for reference

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:M604
Date Range:1822
Description:Huntarian oration by Sir E. Home honouring Banks, 1822. Microfilm copy of original held by the Royal College of Surgeons, England.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:1 reel
Access:Available for reference

Title:Joseph Banks - Records
Reference:M2662
Description:Correspondence by Banks, transcribed by Dawson Turner, relating to voyages of the Bounty, Resolution, Discovery and other ships to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Microfilm copies of originals held by the Botany Libray, British Museum, London.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:1 reel
Access:Available for reference

Title:Linnean Society of London - Records
Reference:M596-597
Date Range:1790 - 1870
Description:Records from the Linnean Society of London relating to Australia 1790-1870, including correspondence and miscellaneous papers of George and Alexander Macleay; correspondence of William Swainson; and miscellaneous manuscripts relating to Australian botany and birds. Microfilm copies of originals held by the Linnean Society of London.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:2 reels
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Backhouse, James (1794 - 1869) | Macleay, George (1809 - 1891) | McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848) | Swainson, William John (1789 - 1855)

Title:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Records
Reference:M730-788
Description:Includes correspondence, reports, maps, lists of collections of plants and seeds, diaries, journals, sketches and books. Microfilm copies of originals held by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:59 reels
Access:Available for reference
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