Halcyon Evans collection of books personally dedicated to her mother Pixie O'Harris
Halcyon Evans collection of books personally dedicated to her mother Pixie O'Harris
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Approximately 1936 to 1976
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0.30 metres of textual material (2 boxes) - printed
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Halcyon Evans is the daughter of Australian author Pixie O'Harris and her husband Bruce Pratt. This collection is of 31 books personally dedicated to Pixe O'Harris or annotated by her. "South of the Equator" by Ray Mathew with author's photograph pasted inside and a signed poem by Peter Skrzynecki titled "To Ray Mathew"; "The Feather Serpent" by Ro...
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Halcyon Evans collection of books personally dedicated to her mother Pixie O'Harris
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Presented by Mrs Evans 1980 and 2008
Administrative / Biographical history
Halcyon Evans, nee Pratt, is the daughter of Bruce Pratt and Pixie O'Harris. Born in 1931, she has 2 sisters, Robyn born 1934, and Megan.
Bruce Pratt was general editor of the second edition of the Australian Encyclopaedia (1958) and editor-in-chief of the third edition (1977). He was also on the editorial advisory board of the fourth edition (1...
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Cataloguing in progress
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nV2WWo7n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2WWo7n
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9605948
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