Florence James - publishing correspondence and related material, 1951-1993
Florence James - publishing correspondence and related material, 1951-1993
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1951-1993
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MLMSS 5877/22-25
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Textual Records - manuscript
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Publishing correspondence includes correspondence with various authors and publishers, mainly during James' career as an independent literary agent and reader. James continued to correspond with several authors for many years. The series includes reader's reports written by James. Further correspondence with some authors is included in the series '...
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Florence James - publishing correspondence and related material, 1951-1993
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Ashton-Warner, Sylvia, 1908-
Atkinson, Curtis
Barnard, Marjorie, 1897-1987
Batistich, A. E. (Amelia E.), 1915-
Brown, Kay, 1905-
Cato, Nancy, 1917-2000
Davis, Beatrice, 1909-1992
de Groen, Frances
Devanny, Jean, 1894-1962
Durack, Mary, 1913-1994
Ewers, John K. (John Keith), 1904-1978
Farwell, George, 1911-1976
Fatchen, Max, 1920-
Gare, Nene
Irish, Lola
Ker Wilson, Barbara, 1929-
Koch, C. J. (Christopher John), 1932-
Lindsay, H. A. (Harold Arthur), 1900-1969
Martin, David, 1915-1997
Messer, Jane
Mudrooroo, 1938-
Niland, D'Arcy, 1920-1967
Phelan, Nancy, 1913-2008
Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1883-1969
Roland, Betty, 1903-1996
Sadlier, Michael
Schlunke, E. O. (Eric Otto), 1906-1960
Shadbolt, Maurice, 1932-
Stuart, Donald, 1913-1983
Tennant, Kylie, 1912-1988
Tree, Bobs
Waten, Judah, 1911-1985
Watt, Mildred
Willey, Keith, 1930-1984.
Wilson, Phillip
Winant, Ursula
Contextual Information
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Bequeathed by Florence James in 1993
Administrative / Biographical history
Florence James (1902-1993) was a novelist, editor and reviewer.
In 1927 James went to England where she established her own literary agency before returning to Australia in 1938. James went to England again in 1947 and from 1951 worked as an independent literary agent and reader for Constable and Co. and for Richmond, Towers and Benson Ltd (lat...
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MLMSS 5877/22-25
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1JkjRaDY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkjRaDY
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71147
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