Series 02: Florence James correspondence with her family, 1916-1990

MLMSS 5877/Boxes 9-12

series

1916-1990

Textual Records, Clippings, Photographs

70983

4 boxes of textual material

Florence James (1902-1993) was a novelist, editor and reviewer. She was born in New Zealand and educated at Sydney University where she began her long association with Dymphna Cusack. Together James and Cusack wrote two books, 'Four Winds and a Family', a story for children, and 'Come in Spinner' which won the Sydney Daily Telegraph prize in 1948.
Florence James went to England in 1927 where she worked as a journalist and literary agent.
James married William ('Pym') Heyting in 1932. They divorced in 1948. They had two daughters. Florence James died in 1993. Further biographical information is included in the collection level entry.

1916-1918; Letters received from her grandmother (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/9)
1925-1933; Correspondence from London with her father and with relatives in New Zealand. Includes a letter from Marie Byles, 1928, and horoscope prepared for Florence James, 1925 (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/9)
1927-1929; Letters sent to her family from London (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/9)
1930-1933; Letters sent to her family from London (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/10)
1931-1935; Letters received from her family (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/10)
1931-1935; Letters sent to her sister Berwyn (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/11)
1964-1974; Letters received from her sister Berwyn Hatch, who lived in South Africa. Includes photographs of Berwyn, 1973 (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/11)
1969-1992; 'Berwyn Africa', being correspondence with Berwyn, 1969-1992, together with newscuttings and pamphlets concerning South Africa, 1971-1986 (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/11)
1971-1978; Letter and cards received from Berwyn, together with newscuttings and pamphlets concerning South Africa (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/11)
1974-1988; 'Berwyn and S. Africa Cuttings', being correspondence with Berwyn, 1975-1985, newscuttings sent by Berwyn concerning South Africa, 1974-1988, and Quaker literature concerning South Africa (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/12)
1976-1983; Correspondence with Berwyn (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/12)
1984-1987; 'Notes from Letters'. Includes letters received from Berwyn, together with newscuttings concerning South Africa (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/12)
1951, 1988-1990; Letters received from her granddaughters, 1988-1990, together with letter sent to Dymphna Cusack, 1951 (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/12)