Henry Kendall - 'Poems', ca. 1862-1880s
Henry Kendall - 'Poems', ca. 1862-1880s
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1862-1880s
Call Numbers
SAFE/C 198
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
0.03 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript
Clippings
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 468, frames 527-625 (C 198)
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Contains original manuscript poems and newscuttings. Poems include 'The Mountains', 'Narrara Creek', 'Mooni' and 'Outre Mer'.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Henry Kendall - 'Poems', ca. 1862-1880s
Notes
General note
The material in this volume appears to be an artificial series being derived from various sources and does not have any imposed order.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate on front end paper.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on one poem.
See also CY 1015, frames 1-404 (C 199): Henry Kendall papers, 1862-1929.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Some poems were donated by G.V. Beavan, 1919 and purchased from the Museum Bookstore, 1929.
Exhibited in
Administrative / Biographical history
Henry Kendall's first volume of poetry, Poems and Songs, was published in 1862. He published two further volumes, Leaves from Australian Forests (1869) and Songs from the Mountains (1880) before his death in 1882 at the age of forty-three. During his lifetime Kendall's poetry was extremely highly regarded. His literary reputation now rests mainly o...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/C 198
Record Identifier
1l4dQNz1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4dQNz1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
431533
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