Harry F. Chaplin - Louis Becke Miscellany, 1893-1976
Harry F. Chaplin - Louis Becke Miscellany, 1893-1976
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Author / Creator
Date
1893-1976
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7303
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.03 Meters
Textual Records
Clippings
Photographs
Drawings
Textual Records - (typescript)
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Fonds
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Physical Access Conditions
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Scope and Contents
Contents
An album of manuscripts, extracts and miscellanea concerning Louis Becke. It includes a pencil portait of Becke by Fred Leist; a photograph of Becke on a marble slab on the day of his death; two notes by Becke extracted from Lala Fisher's autograph album; three letters by Becke, 1897, 1901, 1906; proof, with corrections, of 'How Some Kanakas Va...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Harry F. Chaplin - Louis Becke Miscellany, 1893-1976
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
This album was assembled and bound by Harry F. Chaplin, and bears his bookplate.
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from New Century Antiquarian Books in Dec. 2003
Administrative / Biographical history
Harry Floyd Chaplin was born in 1895. For many years he was well known as a successful businessman and a notable collector of Australiana including books, letters, manuscripts, association items, drawings, photographs and bookplates. He was an inaugural member of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia which was founded in 1944. Between 1964 an...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7303
Record Identifier
Yr8Rqldn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8Rqldn
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Reference code
431695
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