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From: "Linda Ireland" <>
Subject: RE: [ZA-EC] TARR family Christening robe
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 07:30:21 +0200


Dear Tombi,

As a Collections Manager /Conservator with the Historical and
Anthropology Collections under my care at the Natal Museum, I can
sympathise with your frustrations. However, let me say in the curator's
defence, whilst many items are now relegated to storerooms, back rooms
of the library and indeed in additional storage places away from the
museums, no items should be lost or stolen. Cross referencing and paper
work unfortunately is not always perfect, but with computerisation, the
databases are becoming more research friendly.

As a member of the public you have every right to ask to see items you
know are in the museum, if you have donation certificates or other paper
work to back you up even better.

To those of you who are planning visits to archives and museums, it may
be well to write to the relevant librarian or curator ahead of time with
your request. If you are unable to do this, I'm sure they will help as
much as possible and then follow up with your request.

Linda Ireland

-----Original Message-----
From: Tombi Peck [mailto:]
Sent: 03 April 2006 16:38
To:
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] TARR family Christening robe

Unfortunately much material is now consigned to store-rooms...I found
the
portraits of my gg grandparents Richard George and Amelia Tainton in a
store-room....fortunately the curator, Stefanie, allowed me to take
photographs of the portraits...(somewhat spoiled by the flash I am sad
to
report...). I understand his sword was also in the possession of the
musuem,
but there was no hide nor hair of it that I could see when visiting in
2003....
Possibly not good news, sorry!
Groete,
Tombi Peck
nal Message -----
From: "Ray Pitt" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:56 PM
Subject: RE: [ZA-EC] TARR family Christening robe


> Your message to the list sparked a long forgotten memory in me. Many
years
> ago my wife's family were the custodians of a very old and very
beautiful
> christening robe (First time I saw it I thought it was a dress!) The
robe
> had been in the CARVER family for well over a hundred years at that
time
> (1968) and we had the honour of being able to dress our infant
children in
> it for their Christening ceremony at St. Albans Anglican Church in
East
> London.
> The robe was then in the care of the family matriarchal grandmother,
Olive
> CUDLIPP (nee CARVER), but on the event of her death the robe reverted
to
the
> care of Una CARVER an aged sister.
> Una, in her wisdom, presented the robe and sundry other family
heirlooms
to
> the Kafferian Museum in King Williams Town where we sincerely hope
they
> still reside today.
> It is now the perhaps forlorn hope of my now adult daughter to obtain
a
> detailed photograph of the robe she was Christened in so as to add he
images
> to the tradition of using such family heirlooms as the they were
intended
to
> be used and add the image to the family record for her own children
both
of
> whom were christened in a hand sown robe made by female members of
today's
> family. It is hoped that the new garment will survive into the distant
> future and become the valued relic that the original once was.
> So now we are asking if anyone on the list could assist us in
contacting
the
> museum to see if it would be possible to obtaining a detailed
photograph
of
> the original. Any assistance would be gratefully appreciated by all
the
> family here and those of us that are still to follow.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Ray Pitt
> Kingaroy,
> Queensland
> Australia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sha Redfern [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, 31 March 2006 9:06 PM
> To:
> Subject: [ZA-EC] TARR family Christening robe
>
> Hello Sue
>
> Yes I would be very interested in this photo. Please could you sent
it to
> me. Thanks
>
> Sha Redfern
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sue Mackay" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:15 PM
> Subject: [ZA-EC] TARR family Christening robe
>
>
> >I have a picture of a Christening robe in the Cathcart
> > Museum, donated by the TARR family, if anyone wants a
> > copy
> >
> > Sue
>
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