Dowell O'Reilly - Papers, 1884-1923, with additional family papers, 1877-1944

MLMSS 231

fonds

1877 - 1944

442946

Microfilm : CY 4202 (MLMSS 231/6); CY 3763 (MLMSS 231/7); CY 3120 (MLMSS 231/8); CY 3121 (MLMSS 231/9); CY 3122 (MLMSS 231/10); CY 3123 (MLMSS 231/11); CY 4203 (MLMSS 231/14).

13 vols, 1 box
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (printed)

Dowell Philip O'Reilly (1865-1923), author, schoolmaster and parliamentarian, was born at Sydney, son of Rev. Thomas O'Reilly and his second wife Rosa, nee Smith. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School. After the death of his father O'Reilly's mother opened a preparatory school, Hayfield, at Parramatta. O'Reilly taught at Hayfield prior to his appointment as a master at Sydney Grammar School where he taught from 1898 until 1910. O'Reilly was elected a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seat of Parramatta (1894-1898) and was a supporter of George Reid. O'Reilly contributed poems and short stories to the Bulletin and other periodicals from the early 1890s. His published works included Australian poems (1884), A pedlar's pack (1888), Tears and triumphs (1913) and Five corners (1920). His second wife, Maria Miles O'Reilly, published after his death, Prose and verse of Dowell O'Reilly (1924) and Dowell O'Reilly from his letters (1927). [ref:ADB 11]

Guide and index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library [10ff] (Call No.: MLMSS 231/1)

I. CORRESPONDENCE, 1884-1923
1905-1917; Correspondence with Maria O'Reilly, 1913-1917; and with her mother Louisa Miles, 1905-1916 (Call No.: MLMSS 231/2-5)
1891-1920; Correspondence with Maria O'Reilly and her mother Louisa Miles, 1905-1917; correspondence with Lady Helen McMillan, 1891-1920 (Call No.: CY 4202 [MLMSS 231/6])
1891-1922; Correspondence with Lady Helen McMillan, 1891-1921; correspondence with John Le Gay Brereton, 1899-1922 (Call No.: CY 3763 [MLMSS 231/7])
1899-1923; Correspondence with John Le Gay Brereton, 1899-1922; correspondence with Sir David Ferguson, 1905-1923; correspondence with William Morris Hughes, 1905-1922 (Call No.: CY 3120 [MLMSS 231/8])
1884-1923; Miscellaneous correspondence. Correspondents include: Christopher John Brennan, 1915-1919; Dame Mary Gilmour, 1912-1923; Sir Hubert Murray, 1893-1923; Sir Henry Parkes, 1893-1894; Rose Scott, 1906-1922; A.G. Stephens, 1902-1922; and Ethel Turner, 1903-1917 (Call No.: CY 3121,CY 3122,CY 3123 [MLMSS 231/9-11])

II. LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, ca.1884-ca.1922
ca.1884-ca.1922; Literary manuscripts include: stories, 19--1920; articles, 18--19-; poetry, ca.1884-ca.1922; play, date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 231/12-13)

III. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, ca.1899-1922 (Call No.: MLMSS 231/13)

IV. PAPERS OF MARIE O'REILLY, 1913-1944
1913-1944; Papers being mainly correspondence relating to Dowell O'Reilly. Correspondents include: John Le Gay Brereton, 1923-1928; Dame Mary Gilmour, 1923-1924; Nettie Palmer, 1923-ca.1935 (Call No.: CY 4203 [MLMSS 231/14])

V. MISCELLANEOUS AND INCIDENTAL PAPERS, 1877-1924 (Call No.: CY 4203 [MLMSS 231/14])

This collection was listed in 2005 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.