Letterbooks Wesley Spragg 1908. Carbon copies of letters to family and others while on overseas tour by ship. Includes letters to H.E. Pacey, George Fowlds, Louis Post, W.L. Garrison, C.B. Fillebrown (three items loose in box)., 1908 - 1908
Scope and Contents
Letters, photographs, ephemera and newspaper cuttings regarding the lives of three members of the Spragg family of Auckland: Wesley Spragg, Auckland merchant who founded the New Zealand Dairy Association (later the New Zealand Cooperative Dairy Company Limited) - letters to his family and others while on an overseas tour in 1908; Charles Robert Spragg (nephew of Wesley), Auckland meat export executive, Jersey breeder and Territorial Officer - letters to his family from South Africa during the Boer War, 1900- 1901, and from Egypt and Gallipoli during World War I, 1914-1918; Wesley Neal Spragg (son of Wesley) Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps - letters and photographs relating to his wartime career and death in Egypt in 1918.
Dates
- 1908 - 1908
Creator
- From the Collection: Spragg, Charles Robert (Person)
- From the Collection: Spragg, Wesley Neal (Person)
- From the Collection: Spragg family (Family)
- From the Collection: Spragg, Wesley (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Not restricted
Extent
From the Collection: 0.2 metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand
specialcollections@auckland.ac.nz