John Le Gay Brereton papers, 1851-1933
John Le Gay Brereton papers, 1851-1933
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1851-1933
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15 volumes and 1 folder of textual material, 1 volume contains clippings and ephemera - manuscript, typescript, carbon typescript, and printed
8 drawings
16 photographic prints
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Contents
Papers, 1851-1933, with related papers, 1902-1933.
Pictorial material including drawings ca. 1894-1933, plans 1921 and photographs 1898-1931.
SERIES 01
Correspondence of John Le Gay Brereton, 1889-1933
SERIES 02
Various papers collected by John Le Gay Brereton, 1851-1931
SERIES 03-04
John Le Gay Brereton, miscellan...
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John Le Gay Brereton papers, 1851-1933
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Description source
Guide to the papers of John Le Gay Brereton in the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW. Sydney : Library Council of New South Wales, 1981. Mitchell Library Manuscripts guides ; no. 5.
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired by the Mitchell Library from the widow of John Le Gay Brereton, Laura Winifred nêe Odd, in November 1934.
Administrative / Biographical history
John Le Gay Brereton was born in Sydney on 2 September 1871. He was the fifth son of Dr. John Le Gay Brereton (1827-1886), physician, author and leader of the Swedenborgian community of Sydney, and his wife, Mary Tongue, who had arrived in the colony in 1859. The family lived at Richmond Terrace, Macquarie Street and later at “Osgathorpe”, Gladesvi...
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1xqZ8LkY
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422704
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