Norman Lindsay - letters received (2) from Leslie Rees and Jean Devanny, 1931-1933
Norman Lindsay - letters received (2) from Leslie Rees and Jean Devanny, 1931-1933
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Date
[1931], 1933
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6050
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1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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20 Jan. [1931]; Letter from Leslie Rees, written while he was drama critic for the London weekly, Era, in which he expresses his desire to meet Lindsay, who was in London at the time. Rees mentions the banning of Lindsay's novel, Redheap.
10 Oct. 1933; Letter from Jean Devanny, Sydney, requesting Lindsay to "do a colour, or black & white, of L...
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Full title
Norman Lindsay - letters received (2) from Leslie Rees and Jean Devanny, 1931-1933
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Notes
General note
A copy of Norman Lindsay's reply (in the negative) to Jean Devanny's letter is in the Lindsay Family Papers, located at ML MSS 742/15, p.51.
Contextual Information
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Acquired from the Antique Bookshop & Curios in 1995
Administrative / Biographical history
Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) was born in Creswick, Victoria. Primarily noted as an artist (painter, etcher, cartoonist, sculptor, illustrator and model-maker), he also wrote novels, essays, literary criticism, art appreciations and reminiscences. His work frequently attracted controversy, and two of his novels (Redheap, and The Cautious Amorist) wer...
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MLMSS 6050
Record Identifier
1Lj2ZRg9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Lj2ZRg9
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104903
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