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BOX 1
Correspondence, 1929, 1945-1987, being mainly letters received. Correspondents include Associazione Nazionale Incisori Italiani, 1954-1955; Catherine Brink, 1987; Alexander Cambitoglou, 1969-1971; Ethel Cramp, 1954; Rosalie Crutchley, 1967; Gardner (Bill) Davies, 1985; Trader Faulkner, 1982; Helen Fenbury, 1970-1973; Helen French-Kennedy, 1975-1979; Robert Haines, 1960, 1987; Jeff Hanson [Joseph B. Hanson], 1964; Fred Klein, 1952-1961; Robert Lapthorne, 1975; Roma Lewington, 1981; Averil Lysaght, 1971, no date; F. D. McCarthy, 1956-1970; Rosalie McCutcheon, 1970; Nellie Melba, 1929; Felicia Pacanowska, 1965; Roslyn Poignant, 1956; Edouard Roditi, 1967-1968, no date; Derek Roff, 1971; Meg Rutherford, 1964; Maurice Savreux, 1957-1965; Theo Scharf, 1963-1972; Colin Simpson, 1960; Alfred Stirling, 1956; Madge Tivey-Faucon, 1965; Truong, Mealy, 1970; Joan Wood, 1962, 1985; Merla Wood, 1962-1987, no date; Nellie Wood, 1945; Zev [Daniel Albert Harris], 1965-1967, 1971

Letters received from Keith A. Wood, 1945-1964, 1971-1973, with photograph of Lempriere and Wood in Martin Place, Sydney, ca. 1940

Letters received from Charles Algernon Lempriere, 1915-1916, 1933, no date, with snapshot of Helen and her father

Correspondence, 1957-1977, with Sioma Baram and Bella Brisel, 

Correspondence, 1964-1984, with art galleries regarding sales of artworks on exhibition, including David Jones’ Art Gallery and Ernest Brown & Phillips (Leicester Galleries, London)

Correspondence, 1982-1984, with Mavis Chapman and Max Germaine

BOX 2
Scrapbook [MUS181], 1954- 1965, being album regarding Lempriere’s artworks and exhibitions in England, France, New York, Netherlands and Germany, including newscuttings, photographs, catalogues, posters, and letters received from Gardner Davies, 1955; Alfred Stirling, 1956; John Terraine (British Broadcasting Corporation), 1956, and Fred Klein, 1957
[Contents in English, French, Dutch, German and Swedish]

Scrapbook [MUS182], 1965-1984, being album regarding Lempriere’s artworks and exhibitions in Sydney and Hobart, including newscuttings, photographs, catalogues, and letter received from Robert Haines, 1976

‘Helen Lemprière  / Huiles, Gouaches / et Modelages / Catalogue’ [LEM184], being a manuscript register of her paintings, 1949-1984, with entries for reference works, and additional entries of slides/photographs by Keith A. Wood, 1992-

Visitors’ book [MUS175] of Lempriere’s exhibition in Utrecht, Netherlands, 4 Oct.-17 Nov. 1957

Visitors’ book [MUS176] of Lempriere’s 1st American exhibition held at the Chase Gallery, New York, 20 Jan.-1 Feb. 1958, with excised pages of guests’ names from another visitors’ book, possibly of one of her French exhibitions 

Visitors’ book [MUS174] of Lempriere’s exhibition at the Chase Gallery, New York, 18-30 Jan. 1960

Notebook, being mainly notes on ‘Dry point / Copper plate’ and ‘Aqua tint / suggar & ink’

Address book, 195-

BOX 3
Australian passports (3), 1965, 1976, 1982, and identification and membership cards, 1951-1970

Clip folder of draft stories for children, being manuscript of ‘Pursy & Priscella’ and typescript of ‘Percy and Priscilla’, and manuscript of ‘Jackie-Jarra-Ja and Friends’

Folder of drafts of stories for children, being carbon typescript of ‘Jackie Jarra-Ja and Friends’; typescripts of ‘Percy and Priscilla’; book outline and illustrations for ‘Georgie Boy and Charlie Sparrow’; manuscript and corrected carbon typescript of ‘Lennie and the Magic Eggs’; and various versions of ‘Hop and Skip’; and manuscript of ‘Cira the Koala’

Folder of letters received, 1954-1959, mainly from publishers rejecting her submitted stories and from Helen Fenbury

Negative photoprint of the last will of Dame Nellie Melba, 5 Nov. 1928

Melba’s gift book of Australian art and literature. Melbourne : George Robertson [191-]. Inscribed and signed by Nellie Melba to her sister, Dora, 1921.

Observations of a musician / by Louis Lombard. Utica, N.Y., 1894. Edition: 2d ed., Signed copy of Nellie Melba

Genealogy of the Lemprieres, from A.D. 970 to 1822. London : J. McCreery, 1822, with enclosures, 1933-1957, n.d.

BOX 4
Printed material, being mainly exhibition catalogues, 1953-1990, featuring Lempriere’s work

Series 01: Helen Lempriere papers, 1822, 1894-1990

BOX 10

'Early Correspondence (1957) re. New York Show 1958.’, 1956-1958, being folder of correspondence with Barbara and Linley M. Stafford, with suggested invitation list for 1st American exhibition of the works of Helen Lempriere at the Chase Gallery, New York on 20 November 1957

‘Galerie Furstenberg / 1960-1963 / Publicity / Addresses / General Accounts / Alannah Coleman / Heal’s Gallery’, being blue clip folder of papers regarding exhibitions and sales of Lempriere’s work. Includes correspondence with Galerie Furstenberg, Paris, 1960-1964; and Alannah Coleman (Heal and Son Limited, London), 1962-1963

‘Leicester Galleries / Audley Square / London / David Jones / Art Gallery’, 1964-1966, being grey clip folder of papers regarding exhibitions and sales of Lempriere’s work 

‘Utrechtse/ Kring / & de Vries’, 1957-1962, being red clip folder of papers regarding exhibitions and sales of Lempriere’s work. Includes correspondence with Hal Missingham, 1962; Frank de Vries (Utrechtse Kring Gallery, Utrecht), 1957-1962; and Fred Klein, 1957

‘Salons / + Amsterdam…’, 1954-1965, being red clip folder of papers regarding Lempriere’s art, particularly exhibitions and sales, and her literary work. Includes correspondence with Eric Westbrook (National Gallery of Victoria), 1960-1965; Robert Haines (Queensland Art Gallery), 1960; Herb Chase (Chase Gallery, New York), 1958-1960; Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales), 1960; Hal Missingham (Art Gallery of New South Wales), 1954-1960; Société des artistes indépendants (Paris, France); Zev [Daniel Albert Harris], 1960; Bella Brisel and Sioma Baram 1960-1961; Robert Mauchant (Biennale de Menton), 1955; Edouard Roditi, 1960; Averil Lysaght, 1960; George Ferguson, 1958-1959; Magdalene Sothmann, 1961-1963

BOX 11

‘Chase Gallery / 1959-‘60’, 1959-1961,being folder of correspondence mainly with Herbert Chase (Chase Gallery, New York), 1959-1961, and Hal Missingham, 1959

‘Martinus Liernur’, 1961-1962, being folder mainly of correspondence with Royal Netherlands Embassy, London and Kunsthandel Martinus Liernur, The Hague

‘Manfred Strake’, 1961-1963, being folder mainly of correspondence with Manfred Strake regarding proposed exhibition of Lempriere’s work in his gallery in Dusseldorf

Red folder of correspondence mainly with Sioma Baram and Bella Brisel, 1959-1964, and Weaver Hawkins, 1958, and Charles Bull (ABC), 1958, no date

Red folder of correspondence, 1958-1965, selected by Keith A. Wood, with newscutting regarding Lempriere’s retrospective exhibition at the Woolloomooloo Gallery, 6-24 July 1994. Correspondents include Sioma Baram, 1959-1960; Charles Bull (ABC), 1958; Robert Haines, 1962, 1964; Jeff [Joseph B.] Hanson, 1963; Gertrude Harris, 1962; Claud J. Herndon, 1964; Richard N. Kohl, 1964; Anita Le Tessier, 1964; Mitchell Library, 1962; Robyn Poignant, 196-; Joan Sutherland, 1965; Ric Throssell, 1963

‘Selfridge’s’, being folder of correspondence, 1957-1964, mainly with Barbara and Linley M. Stafford

‘Stuart Preston’, being folder of drafts of letter from Keith A. Wood to Stuart Preston (The New York Times), 3 Feb. 1960

Correspondence, 1972-1974, with and regarding marine naturalist, Julie Booth, and the financial support to assist her research on the submerged life of green turtles, while based on Fairfax Island, near Bundaberg, Queensland

Correspondence, 1959-1992, formerly in blue clip folder, regarding the Charlie Lempriere Prize, established by Helen Lempriere in honour of her late father and to be awarded annually at the discretion of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria

Clip folder of correspondence, 1958-1961, mainly with Arthur Phillips & Just, Solicitors and mainly regarding the estate of David Mitchell

BOX 12

‘D.E.O.L. Estate’, 1958-1962, being clip folder of correspondence regarding the estate of Mrs D. E. O. Lempriere

Newscuttings and printed material, 1954-1994, mainly regarding the art and exhibitions of Helen Lempriere

‘Miscellaneous’, 1957-1994, being folder mainly of correspondence with, among others, Herbert Chase (Chase Gallery, New York), 1957, and Linley M. Stafford, 1957; lists of paintings by Lempriere on 16mm film; and certificate of marriage between Keith A. Wood and Helen Lempriere, 15 June 1945

Series 03: Helen Lempriere and Keith Wood papers mainly regarding her art and exhibitions, 1954-1994

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