Ella McFadyen aggregated collection of papers and pictorial material, ca. 1856-1977

fonds

ca. 1856-1977

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Photographs, Ephemera

836347

2.55 metres of textual material (9 boxes, 1 folder and 3 outsize folders)
2,116 photographic prints (16 boxes)
45 drawings (2 boxes)
14 photographic albums (2 boxes)
Approximately 765 glass negatives, 35mm negatives and slides (7 boxes)

Ella McFadyen (1887-1976) was a journalist, writer of books for children, poet and amateur photographer. She conducted the Children’s Page of the Sydney Mail (as “Cinderella”) until 1938 and also wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald Women’s Thursday section.

This collection includes diaries, scrapbooks, letters, photographs and drawings mostly relating to Ella McFadyen's published books and her work as a journalist on the Children's Page of the Sydney Mail.

COLLECTION 01
Ella McFadyen papers, ca. 1906-1977
Presented by C. L. McFadyen, December 1976

COLLECTION 02
Ella McFadyen further papers, 1910-1977
Presented by Mrs Chooet Smith on behalf of the McFadyen family, January 1982

COLLECTION 03
Ella McFadyen further papers, 1917-1933, 1967
Presented by Mrs Chooet Smith on behalf of the McFadyen family, April 1986

COLLECTION 04
Ella McFadyen further papers, 1918-1970
Presented by Mrs Chooet Smith on behalf of the McFadyen family, May 1982

COLLECTION 05
Ella McFadyen further papers, 1924-1962
Presented by Mrs Chooet Smith on behalf of the McFadyen family, October 1981

COLLECTION 06
Photographs, albums and drawings, ca. 1879-1960 / collected by Ella McFadyen
Presented by Mrs Chooet Smith on behalf of the McFadyen family, October 1981


COLLECTION 07
Ella McFadyen family photographs and ephemera, ca. 1856-1961
Presented by Mrs Chooet Smith on behalf of the McFadyen family, May 1982