P. L. Travers - papers, ca. 1899-1988
P. L. Travers - papers, ca. 1899-1988
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ca. 1899-1988
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MLMSS 5341 , MLOH 62
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4.5 metres of textual material (28 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, and printed
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Letters, 1925-1935, received from George William Russell, pseud. 'A.E.').
Papers relating to George William Russell).
General correspondence received, 1945-1988, including letters from T.S. Eliot and Vanessa Redgrave).
'Mary Poppins' film scripts and related material, 1959-1966).
Microfilm : CY 4940, frames 1 - 255 (MLMSS 5341/14, Items 1 - 6: Poems, 1927 - 1928, 1966 - 1967 and Plays, 1967-1968)
Microfilm : CY 4941, frames 1 - 232 (MLMSS 5341/22, Items 16-18; 21-26: Lectures, talks and interviews, 1950s-1984)
Microfilm : CY 4942, frames 1 - 411 (MLMSS 5341/23, Items 1-16: Film scripts and scenarios, 1957, 1972)
Microfilm : CY 4943, frames 1 - 232 (MLMSS 5341/26, Items 1 - 5: Miscellaneous, 1933, 1968, 1980)
Microfilm : CY 4982, frames 1-144 (MLMSS 5341/2, Items 1-4) : 'Early childhood letters', ca. 1899-1905, nd; 'Personal notes', ca. 1942-ca.1969, nd; Miscellaneous, 1924)
Finding aids
Click here for link to guide http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_findingaid/2018/ptravers.PDF
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Contents
Guide compiled in the Mitchell Library, 49 pages (Call No.: MLMSS 5341/1)
I. Personal papers, ca. 1899-ca.1988
A. 'Early childhood letters', ca. 1899-1905, nd; 'Personal notes', ca. 1942-ca.1969, nd; Miscellaneous, 1924 (Call No.: MLMSS 5341/2: ISSUE microfilm at CY 4982)
B. Material relating to AE (George William Russell), 192...
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Full title
P. L. Travers - papers, ca. 1899-1988
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Notes
General note
Several of the film scripts are the property of Walt Disney Productions, Burbank California (28 March 1961, 10 April 1961)
A guide to the papers is available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room and on the Library's website
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from P L Travers, through Bernard Quaritch Ltd, in 1989
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Administrative / Biographical history
P L Travers was born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough, Queensland, on 9 August 1899. While still in her teens her poems and articles began to appear in Australian newspapers and magazines and she later wrote for both the Bulletin and Triad. She toured New South Wales with the Alan Wilkie Shakespearean Touring Company before leaving for England in...
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MLMSS 5341 , MLOH 62
Record Identifier
9gkdpgq9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdpgq9
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413055
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