Papers of the von Ploennies family, 1870-1949
| Place |
Brisbane |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Keywords |
Enemy aliens |
| Creator |
Von Ploennies family |
| Current holder | |
| Series number |
MS 4650 |
| Item number |
1089570 |
| Access rights |
Request at location |
| Rights |
Copyright Undetermined. Available for reference. Not for loan. |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Period of reference |
1870 to 1949 |
| Description from source |
15 cm. This collection incorporates (I) family correspondence, in German, and mostly postcards, dating from the 1870s-80s; (II) correspondence, photographs, and legal documents (again in German), connected with Friedrich von Ploennies’ years as Imperial German Consul in Brisbane; and (III) Franz von Ploennies’ papers relating to the Brisbane Goethe Bund. The last mentioned papers comprise correspondence (1927-1952), minutes, a copy of the Bund constitution, a list of members (1927), typescripts of plays by Dora Wilcox and Johaan Deutsch, and manuscripts of poems by Walter Stolting and Jean J. Laidlaw. Also includes a 250 page handwritten memoir by German journalist Walter Stolting, who was interned as an enemy alien in Australia during World War II. |
| Physical format |
Manuscripts Postcards Correspondence Photographs Typescripts Poetry Diaries |
| Bibliographic citation | |
| Date accessed |
2022-09-08 |
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