Arnold Phillips papers

Title: Arnold Phillips papers
Subject: Victoria--History; Western Australia--History; War stories, Australian; War stories; South Africa--History; Poetry; Manuscripts, Dutch; Correspondence
Category: 2. National boundaries
Keywords: Boer war
Creator: Phillips, David
Current holder: State Library of Western Australia
Period of reference: 1899 – 1902
Link: https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3894455
Series number: ACC 9441A
Item number: 000053208947
Access rights: Request at location
Rights: Copyright Undetermined. Copyright or other restrictions may apply. Available for reference; not for loan.
Country of origin: Australia; South Africa
Language: Dutch; English
Description from source: 2 volumes. Notebook, and sheets (some fragments), between two loose covers. The notebook has "Wishing Mr Phillips every success and a safe return, Ada M. Carter, 22/1/1901" written on its front cover. It contains mainly poems, probably all written by others and copied into the notebook by David Phillips while serving in the Boer War. Also included are some newspaper clippings of the period (some in Dutch), possibly a letter written in Dutch and dated 19 December 1899, and a reference written for David Phillips on September 29, 1902 by Captain E.C. Tatchell, his commanding officer.
Physical format: Notebook; Newspapers; Poetry; Letters; Correspondence