Len Fox papers, 1852-2001
Len Fox papers, 1852-2001
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1852-2001
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8085
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
5.72 metres of textual material (34 boxes), some folders contain photographs
3 sound cassettes
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed : Applies only to material in which Len Fox owns copyright
Physical Access Conditions
This material is held offsite and is usually available after 4pm on the next business day. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
This collection includes Len Fox's illustrated personal diaries, 1988-2000; correspondence with a range of writers, left-wing activists and labour historians; files, including correspondence and research material, for, among other books, E. Phillips Fox and His Family (1985), Australians of the Left (1996), Depression Down Under (1977, 1989), The T...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Len Fox papers, 1852-2001
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1883-1969
Palmer, Nettie, 1885-1964
Palmer, Helen G. (Helen Gwynneth), 1917-1979
Rees, Leslie, 1905-2000
Gilmore, Mary, Dame, 1865-1962
Keesing, Nancy, 1923-1993
Martin, David, 1915-1997
Martin, Richenda
Deacon, Vera
Cahill, Rowan J., 1945-
Horner, J. C. (Jack C.)
Walshe, R. D. (Robert Daniel), 1923-2018
Blake, J. D. (John David), 1909-
Anderson, Hugh, 1927-
Murray-Smith, Stephen, 1922-1988
Bandler, Faith, 1918-2015
Fox, E. Phillips (Emanuel Phillips), 1865-1915
Fox, Ethel Carrick, 1872-1952
Zubans, Ruth
Phillips, A. A. (Arthur Angell), 1900-1985
Ellis, A. S. (Archie Samuel), 1914-
Sendy, John
Comerford, Jim, 1913-
Christesen, C. B. (Clement Byrne), 1911-2003
Sunter, Anne Beggs
Blake, Audrey, 1916-
Notes
Conservation note
Many of the original manila folders housing the contents had deteriorated by the time the Library acquired the collection. The contents were mainly re-housed in new manila folders or acid-free folders.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Len Fox, 2001
Administrative / Biographical history
Len Fox (1905-2004), journalist, author, poet, historian and painter, was born in Melbourne. His paternal uncle was the artist Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865-1915) and a second cousin was the the writer and critic A. A. (Arthur) Phillips (1900-1985). He graduated in Science from Melbourne University and became a school teacher. He travelled to Europe i...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8085
Record Identifier
92eVB0NY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVB0NY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
414462
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