Janus: Sedgwick Migration Photographs

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Y3011GGG	Commonwealth in Focus Slides
Y3011HHH	Cruise of H.M.S. 'Lancaster'
Y3011III	Ascension, West Africa, New Zealand, etc
Y3011JJJ	Our Celebrities
Y3011KKK	Inter-University Council Colour Slides
Y3011LLL	Sedgwick Migration Photographs
Y3011MMM-XXX	A journey to Asia and Africa
Y3011O	Mr Menzies and Mr Mackenzie King leaving the War Cabinet Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, 19 May 1941
Y3011P	Cruise of the Yacht St George, 1880s-92
Y3011Q	Army uniforms of the Empire and Commonwealth, 1860s-1940s
Y3011R	Progress in the Colonies, 1940s-1950s
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Sedgwick Migration Photographs

Title	Sedgwick Migration Photographs
Reference	GBR/0115/Y3011LLL
Creator	Sedgwick, Thomas E, d 1929
Covering Dates	circa 1910-circa 1912
Extent and Medium	9 images in 8 boxes; The original scrap-books have been disbound.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

Thomas Sedgwick (d. 1929) was a vigorous advocate of juvenile emigration. He led a party of fifty British boys to New Zealand in 1910 to carry out farm work, and took a further fifty boys to Ontario in 1912.

A collection of 3 albums (now disbound) containing a small number of original photographs as well as letters, pamphlets, press cuttings and memoranda. The photographs are spread throughout volumes 1 and 2. Volume 3, 1913- (which was marked vol. IV inside) has no original photographs. Images reproduced in cuttings and articles are not listed.

Presented by Thomas Sedgwick in 1928.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Sedgwick Migration Photographs, Y3011LLL

Further information

Sedgwick's activities are summarised in: Simpson, D. (ed.) (1962), Thomas Sedgwick and Juvenile Migration, Royal Commonwealth Society, Library Notes With List of Accessions, New Series No. 71, p.1-3. There is a passing reference to him as a minor philanthropist in Constantine, Stephen (ed.) (1990), Emigrants and empire: British settlement in the dominions between the wars, Manchester : Manchester University Press. There is also an account of him in Bean, Philip and Melville, Joy (1989), Lost children of the Empire, London : Unwin Hyman.

The albums are described at RCMS 31 in the manuscripts catalogue, and are stored in the Manuscripts Collection. Indexed

This collection level description was entered by KS and RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Index Terms

Canada

Europe

New Zealand

North and Central America

Oceania

United Kingdom

Sedgwick, Thomas E (d 1929)

RCS/Y3011LLL contains:

[Group of boys on board R.M.S. Athenic]. 115 x 65 mm. In volume 1, part 1, number 7a (previously in vol. I, p.3). The R.M.S. Athenic sailed from London on 9 December 1910 for New Zealand.
Faded..

1910–1911

[Group of boys on board R.M.S. Athenic]. 115 x 85 mm. In volume 1, part 1, number 7b (previously in vol. I, p.3). The R.M.S. Athenic sailed from London on 9 December 1910 for New Zealand.
Faded..

1910–1911

[Deck games aboard R.M.S. Athenic]. 120 x 90 mm. In volume 1, part 1, number 7c (previously in vol. I, p.3).
Very faded..

1910–1911

Liverpool Boys: before starting. 185 x 145 mm. In volume 1, part 1, number 23 (previously vol. 1, p.11). Showing 24 boys posed in front of a wall. All are named below. The party consisted of 25 boys from London and 25 boys from Liverpool, but, as is noted, Gibson was absent from this photograph.

1910–1911

Some Liverpool lads after a month on the sea - showing great improvement. 140 x 90 mm. In volume 1, part 1, number 24 (previously loose at p.11 of vol. 1). Captioned on the reverse in Sedgwick's handwriting. It shows Sedgwick with fourteen boys, whose names are listed, and was probably taken on deck.
Faded..

1910–1911

Canon David John Garland. 90 x 140 mm with signature (probably facsimile). In volume 1, part 2, number 112 (previously vol. 1, p.75). David Garland was born in Dublin in 1864 and took Holy Orders in Australia (where he spent the rest of his life) in 1889. Apart from his parochial ministry, he was actively involved in religious education, and a letter from him (volume I, part 2, number 113) indicates his support for Sedgwick's scheme. He served as a Chaplain in World War I, and became an enthusiastic promoter of Anzac Day celebrations. He died in 1939. (Nairn and Searle 1981, p.619-620).

Emigrants to Ontario. 140 x 90 mm. In volume 2, part 10, number 258 (previously vol. 2, p.102). Postcard showing a large group in a hall. Above the group is a placard reading 'WE ARE GOING ON ONTARIO FARMS'.

1912

[Untitled portrait]. 70 x 85 mm. In volume 2, part 12, number 317a (previously vol. 2, p.161). Unidentified photograph of an individual, with no obvious relevance to other items on the same page.

[Untitled portrait]. 20 x 40 mm. In volume 2, part 12, number 317b (previously vol. 2, p.161). Unidentified photograph of an individual, with no obvious relevance to other items on the same page.