Kerwin Maegraith - recording of readings from his autobiography 'Little moments with big people', n.d., together with readings from his biography of architect Florence Mary Taylor

MLOH 37

fonds

approximately 1969

395262

Digitised

21 audiotape reels (11hr., 30 min.) - 8 cm, 6 mm tape

Kerwin Maegraith (1903-1970), black and white artist, caricaturist, cartoonist and writer, was born at Adelaide, South Australia. His drawings, cartoons and caricatures were widely published from the 1920s through to the 1960s. Maegraith was interested in cricket and in 1934, while in England, drew sporting caricatures of the Australian XI touring cricket team for London newspapers and magazines. In 1935 Maegraith wrote the words and lyrics of 'It Ain't Cricket', a musical revue, performed in Melbourne in 1935 and starring Don Bradman. He was also interested in surf lifesaving and flying. In his autbiographical memoir Maegraith recalls meetings with many well known people, both overseas and in Australia. Maegraith also wrote a biography of Florence Taylor, an architect, structural engineer, civil engineer and town planner.

Item 01: ‘Little moments with big people’
Item 02: Readings from biography entitled Florence Mary Taylor
Item 03: ‘From 1907 to 1928’
Item 04: ‘Giants of the Arts’
Item 05: ‘George Taylor’
Item 06: ‘Trip to Asia’
Item 07: ‘Letter to L. Mayor of Bristol; The Chapter 1928 to 1934’
Item 08: ‘The Chapter 1934 to 1961’
Item 09: ‘La Grande Dame’
Item 10: ‘The Town Planner’
Item 11: ‘What Women Have Achieved’
Item 12: ‘First part of Epilogue’

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017, of the Library's oral history collections.

Tapes accompany papers located at MLMSS 4944 and pictorial material located at Pic.Acc 6514.

Other creators: Maegraith, Kerwin (storyteller); Maegraith, Kerwin (author)