• Title
  William James Chidley pictorial material
• Creator
  William James Chidley, 1860-1916
• Call number
  PXA 1276
  ON 422
  V/120
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1888-1927
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera, Posters
• Reference code
  127515
• Issue Copy
  Partly Digitised : V/120; PXA 1276
  
• Physical Description
  2 photographs - photoprints - on mount 29.5 x 24.5 cm (or smaller)
  5 photographs - glass photonegatives - 16.5 x 12.0 cm (or smaller) - masking on surface
  2 ephemera - postcards (1 silver gelatin photoprint) - 9 x 14 cm
  2 posters - colour - 51 x 76 cm (or smaller)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  For more detailed biographical information see Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.7, pp. 635-636
• Scope and Content
  PXA 1276
  Contains four photographs including portraits of W. J. Chidley; photograph of Metheringham [i.e. Meatheringham] outside Darlinghurst Gaol - probably 1927; and scene of a Chidley meeting in the Domain, Sydney, 1927
  
  ON 422
  Contains portraits of W. J. Chidley; scene of a Chidley meeting in the Domain, Sydney, 1927; and Chidley 'disciple' H. Metheringham [i.e. Meatheringham] outside Darlinghurst Gaol after being fined for selling "The Answer"
  
  V / 120
  Posters advertising Chidley's 'Lecture to men and women on health, diet and clothing' at Hogan's Centennial Hall, Cowra; and 'Mr Chidley "The Answer" is coming'
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Applies to ON 422
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  W. J. Chidley, philosopher and eccentric, published his unorthodox theories on sex, food and clothing in 1911, in "The Answer: a philosophical essay". Location Number: ML 612.6/50A1 Mitchell Library
  
  Transfer from Manuscripts Section (William James Chidley papers) Location Number: MLMSS 143 Mitchell Library
  Digital order no:Album ID : 874566
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Yours sincerely W. J. Chidley signed in pen at lower edge (No.3)
• Name
  Chidley, William James, 1860-1916
  Meatheringham, Harry David, 1896-1963
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Sydney Eccentrics: A Celebration of Individuals in Society - State Library of New South Wales (22 April - 29 August, 1999). Applies to: Nos. 1-2
  Glorious Days - National Museum of Australia. Applies to: V/120
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE9198040

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