J.C. Davis - Davis Sporting Collection Part II: Correspondence and other papers, 1879-1958
J.C. Davis - Davis Sporting Collection Part II: Correspondence and other papers, 1879-1958
About this item
Full title
Date
1879-1958
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7209
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
8 boxes - 1.44 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (printed)
Clippings
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This collection mainly comprises letters received by J.C. Davis as editor of the Referee together with a few copies of letters sent.
CORRESPONDENCE FILES PART 1 - Cricket, rugby union, rugby league, swimming, athletics, tennis etc. Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
1916-1947; B-E. Correspondents include: Don Bradman (1933-39)...
Alternative Titles
Full title
J.C. Davis - Davis Sporting Collection Part II: Correspondence and other papers, 1879-1958
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Bradman, Donald, Sir, 1908-2001
Burge, Frank
Collins, H. L. (Herbert Leslie), 1889-1959
Crawford, Jack, 1908-
Darling, Joe, 1870-1946
Evatt, H. V. (Herbert Vere), 1894-1965
Fingleton, J. H. (John Henry), 1908-1981
Gregory, Albert
Gregory, Sydney Edward, 1870-1929
Hartigan, Roger Joseph, 1879-1958
Healy, Cecil, -1918
Hele, George Alfred, 1891-
Hill, Clem, 1877-1945
Hooker, Halford, 1898-1982
Iredale, Frank, 1867-1926
Jones, Samuel Percy, 1861-1951
Kelleway, Charles, 1889-1944
Lawton, Thomas, 1889-1978
Mailey, Arthur
Marks, Ernest Samuel, 1872-1947
Massie, Hugh Hamon, 1854-1938
Mayne, Edgar Richard, 1884-1961
Menzies, Robert, Sir, 1894-1978
Minnett, Roy Baldwin, 1888-1955
Moran, Herbert M. (Herbert Michael), 1885-1945
Moyes, A. G. (Alban George)
Noble, M. A. (Montague Alfred), 1873-1940
Oldfield, W. A. (William Albert Stanley), 1894-1976
Notes
General note
The Mitchell Library also holds the printed books, pamphlets, newscuttings and photographs of the Davis Sporting Collection Part 2.
See also CY 4421, frames 1-638 (Davis Sporting Collection Part 2, Box 115) for a preservation microfilm copy of manuscript indexes (4 vols.: 1890-94, 1913-1918) to 'The Referee', Sydney NSW, newspaper.
See also M...
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Mr V.C. Davis in 1976
Administrative / Biographical history
The Davis Sporting Collection Part II was largely compiled by John Corbett Davis who was editor of The Referee, The Arrow & The Sunday Times from 1912 to 1939. Other compilers were his brother Joseph J. Davis and his son Vincent C. Davis.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7209
Record Identifier
9yM6v4A9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6v4A9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421847
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