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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

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS. Archives. A-264. File 1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

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

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