Autograph letter signed by Harley Matthews, written from Gallipoli Peninsula, to Bertram Stevens, re...
Autograph letter signed by Harley Matthews, written from Gallipoli Peninsula, to Bertram Stevens, re...
Autograph letter signed by Harley Matthews, written from Gallipoli Peninsula, to Bertram Stevens, relating to conditions at the front, 10 July 1915 and enclosing a poem, 'The Quest of Love' for possible publication in The Lone Hand; together with typescript of a poem, 'Summer Song'
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
10 July 1915
Call Numbers
DLDOC 135
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
1 folder of textual material (9 p.) - manuscript, carbon typescript
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2014/D24854/a8672.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The poem 'Quest of Love' was published in 1 October 1915 issue of The Lone Hand. 'Summer Song' first appeared in Matthews' 'Under open Sky' in 1916 [91/756]
Alternative Titles
Full title
Autograph letter signed by Harley Matthews, written from Gallipoli Peninsula, to Bertram Stevens, relating to conditions at the front, 10 July 1915 and enclosing a poem, 'The Quest of Love' for possible publication in The Lone Hand; together with typescript of a poem, 'Summer Song'
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Notes
General note
Transferred from MSV to DLDOCs
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I letters
Digital order no:Album ID : 1063930
Description source
Compiled from the Manuscripts DLDOCs as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Harley Matthews, tram conductor of Fairfield, Sydney enlisted in the A.I.F., 4th Battalion B Company at the age of 25 and served as a private in the First World War. He received a special mention for conspicuous gallantry at Gallipoli where he was wounded, 3 Aug. 1915. He returned to Australia on HMAT Borda, 25 Nov. 1917. He published a number of...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DLDOC 135
Record Identifier
YezdNWp9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezdNWp9
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Reference code
959363
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