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Lawson family papers, mainly correspondence, 1896-ca.1968

Lawson family papers, mainly correspondence, 1896-ca.1968

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAdRy51

Lawson family papers, mainly correspondence, 1896-ca.1968

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Full title

Lawson family papers, mainly correspondence, 1896-ca.1968

Author / Creator

Date

1896-ca.1968

Call Numbers

MLMSS 7692

Record Identifier

npAdRy51

Reference Code

455734
Physical Description

Contents

0.17 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript, and typescript

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Photographs

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Level of description

Fonds

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Letters written by Bertha Lawson: to her mother from England, 1900-1901; to her daughter Bertha, 1917-1919; to the Sydney Morning Herald, 1939; to the Secretary of Henry Lawson College, 1948
Letters received by Bertha Lawson, 1896-1952, correspondents include: Henry Lawson (1 letter, undated); Edward Tregear, 1911-1931, with a portrait photo...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Lawson family papers, mainly correspondence, 1896-ca.1968

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Bertha Jago in 1968

Administrative / Biographical history

Bertha Bredt and Henry Lawson were married in Sydney in 1896. After living in Western Australia, New Zealand and Sydney the Lawsons, with their two young children Jim and Bertha, went to England in 1900. They returned to Sydney in 1902 and were legally separated the following year.
In 1931 a book of reminiscences 'Henry Lawson by his mates', ed...

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 7692

Record Identifier

npAdRy51

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Reference code

455734

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