Ian Bevan papers, ca. 1885-1991
Ian Bevan papers, ca. 1885-1991
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ca. 1885-1991
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Manuscripts and Pictures
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2.10 metres of textual material and 35 photographs (3 boxes and 3 outsize boxes)
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This collection chiefly documents Ian Bevan's activities as an author and journalist, including his service as a war correspondent during World War II. The papers include correspondence; photographs; literary papers, chiefly relating to his published and unpublished writings; and scrapbooks, chiefly of his journalism and reviews of his books.
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Ian Bevan papers, ca. 1885-1991
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Source
Presented by Antoinette Duncan, December 2007
Administrative / Biographical history
Ian Bevan (1919-2006), author and journalist, was born at Everton, Rye Park, N.S.W., the son of Archibald Bevan and his wife, Ethel May, nee Winchcombe. As an eighteen-year-old he commenced work as a reporter on the The Sun (Sydney) newspaper. He joined the staff of The Sydney Morning Herald in March 1941. He enlisted in the Australian Army at the...
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9PQ8Ew2n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ8Ew2n
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825809
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