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A.G. Stephens papers, 1859-1933

A.G. Stephens papers, 1859-1933

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR258G1

A.G. Stephens papers, 1859-1933

About this item

Full title

A.G. Stephens papers, 1859-1933

Date

1859-1933

Call Numbers

MLMSS 4937

Record Identifier

nQR258G1

Reference Code

421143
Physical Description

Contents

3.9 metres of textual material (30 boxes and 1 outsize item) - manuscript and printed

Clippings

Photographs

Drawings

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Finding aids

Guide to the papers of Alfred George Stephens in the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW / arranged and described by Warwick Hirst of the Manuscripts Section in 1989. Sydney : Library Council of New South Wales, 1990.
Click here to see extended guide to this collection in Guide to Australian Literary Manuscripts at the University of Western A...

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Guide and index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library. The guide includes a comprehensive index to correspondents for A.G. Stephens' correspondence in this collection.

I. Correspondence, 1889-1932
Correspondents include John Le Gay Brereton the younger, 1897-1929; Victor James Daley, 1898-1905; Arthur Hoey Davis (Steele Ru...

Alternative Titles

Full title

A.G. Stephens papers, 1859-1933

Notes

General note

Several volumes of scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings compiled by A.G. Stephens have been transferred from the Mitchell Library printed books collection to the manuscripts collection since the compilation of the Guide. A copy of this guide (Guide to the papers of Alfred George Stephens) is available on open access from the Mitchell Library and has be...

Contextual Information

Source

Acquired from A.G. Stephens at various times between 1916 and 1933. Additional papers were acquired from Constance Robertson in 1941 and J.R. Tyrrell in 1939 and 1943.

Administrative / Biographical history

Alfred George Stephens was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, on 28 August 1865. He attended Toowoomba Grammar School until the age of 15 when he went to Sydney to learn the printing trade. While there he also gained certificates in French and German from Sydney Technical College. Returning to Queensland in 1889 he entered journalism becoming editor of...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 4937

Record Identifier

nQR258G1

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Reference code

421143

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