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Friend family papers, 1927-ca. 1985

Friend family papers, 1927-ca. 1985

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9BvM3bD9

Friend family papers, 1927-ca. 1985

About this item

Full title

Friend family papers, 1927-ca. 1985

Author / Creator

Date

1927-1985

Call Numbers

MLMSS 6305

Record Identifier

9BvM3bD9

Reference Code

148691
Physical Description

Contents

0.26 metres of textual material (2 boxes) - manuscript, typescript

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

SERIES 1: GWENDOLINE EMILY FRIEND
ca. 1938-1953; Letters received from Donald Friend (Call No.: ML MSS 6305/1 )

SERIES 2: DONALD FRIEND
1937-1938, 1948; 'Letters to & from Negroes', being correspondence (Call No.: ML MSS 6305/1)
1938-1946; 'Africa', being letters received from African correspondents including Alowolodu II, The Og...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Friend family papers, 1927-ca. 1985

Contextual Information

Source

Acquired from Gwen Friend in 1997

Administrative / Biographical history

Donald Friend (1915-1989), artist and author, was born in Sydney, the second son of Leslie Friend and his wife Gwendoline Emily, nee Lawson. His sister Gwen, born in 1923, wrote the memoir, My Brother Donald (1994). A student of Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo, Friend furthered his studies and exhibited in England in the mid-1930s. From 1938 to 1940 he was c...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 6305

Record Identifier

9BvM3bD9

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9BvM3bD9

Other Identifiers

Reference code

148691

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