De Thierry, Charles Philip Hippolytus, Baron

Scope and Contents

Much of the correspondence relates to the legal rights of the Pitcairn Islanders after the migration to Norfolk Island. The collection includes : De Thierry, Charles Philippe Hippolytus, Baron, 1793-1864. Letters, 1851-1859. 7 items. Photocopies of letters to the Rev. G.H. Nobbs, and the residents of Pitcairn Island, concerning the welfare of the Islanders.

Scope and Contents Collection contains annotated typescripts and printers’ proofs of a number of Robin Hyde’s prose works published between 1934 and 1938 including: Journalese, Passport to hell, The Godwits fly and Wednesday’s children . The collection also includes research notes made by Hyde while working on her biography of Charles de Thierry, Check to your king: the life history of Charles, Baron de Thierry, King of Nukahiva, Sovereign Chief of...