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Lawson family papers, 1896-1934

Lawson family papers, 1896-1934

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eV2gxY

Lawson family papers, 1896-1934

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Full title

Lawson family papers, 1896-1934

Author / Creator

Date

1896-1934

Call Numbers

MLMSS 184

Record Identifier

92eV2gxY

Reference Code

422970
Physical Description

Contents

7 volumes and 7 boxes of textual material

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : Correspondence, 1897-c.1922); CY 3340 (MLMSS 184/2: 'Pinter's Son Jim'); CY 2721 (MLMSS 184/3-4: Poetry, 1894-1918); CY 3341 (MLMSS 184/5: Poems, 1892-c.1917); CY 2723 (MLMSS 184/6-7: Prose writings, c.1912-c.1922); CY 2904 (MLMSS 184/8: Prose writings, c.1900-c.1916); CY 3342 (MLMSS 184/9: Misc. papers, 1896-1922); CY 2812 (MLMSS 184/10); CY 1805 (MLMSS 184/11); CY 2768 (MLMSS 184/12: Notes on Henry Lawson, 1898-1933); CY 3146 (MLMSS 184/13).

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Scope and Contents

Contents

I. Papers of Henry Lawson, 1896-c.1922. Include correspondence, 1897-c.1922, literary manuscripts, c.1892-c.1922, and miscellaneous papers, 1896-1922.
II. Papers of Bertha Jago nee Lawson, 1915-1934. Include letters received, 1915-1934 and papers re the publication of Henry Lawson By His Mates, 1930-c.1932.
III. Miscellaneous papers of the...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Lawson family papers, 1896-1934

Notes

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Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-1133C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Henry Lawson, poet and short-story writer was born at Grenfell, N.S.W., in 1867. Lawson's poems were first published in The Bulletin in 1887 and a short story was published in 1888. After Lawson's death in 1922, a memorial statue, funded by public subscription, was erected in Sydney in his honour

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 184

Record Identifier

92eV2gxY

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eV2gxY

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Reference code

422970

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