• Title
  Aviva Layton letters received, 1973-1990, mainly from Patrick White
• Creator
  Aviva Layton, 1933-
• Call number
  MLMSS 6752
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1973-1990
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  402567
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 4222, frames 64-106 (MLMSS 6752)
  
• Physical Description
  0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Aviva Layton, author, was born in Australia. She married Canadian author Irving Layton and currently lives in Los Angeles. Aviva Layton has published several books including 'The Singing Stones' (1963), 'How The Kookaburra Got His Laugh' (1975), 'The Magic Stones' (1977), 'The Squeakers' (1980), 'Lofti Mansouri: An Operatic Life' (1982) and 'Nobody's Daughter' (1983). Layton was introduced to Patrick White by Margaret Fink in the early 1970s and corresponded with him until his death in 1990.
• Scope and Content
  1973; Autograph letter, signed from P.W., on card with printed letterhead, '20 Martin Road/Centennial Park/Sydney 2021'
  1974; Autograph letter, signed from Patrick White to Irving Layton, on printed letterhead '20 Martin Road/Centennial Park/Sydney 2021'
  1975; Autograph letter, signed from Patrick White to Aviva Layton, on printed letterhead '20 Martin Road/Centennial Park/Sydney 2021'
  1976; Autograph postcard, signed from P.W.
  1977; Autograph letter, signed from Patrick White to Aviva Layton, mentions his new play 'Big Toys' and the revival of 'A Season at Sarsaparilla'
  1979; Autograph letter, signed from Patrick White to Aviva Layton, mentions David Ireland's novel 'A Woman of the Future' (1979) and Margaret Fink's film 'My Brilliant Career' (1979)
  1981; Autograph letter, signed from Patrick White to Aviva Layton, mentions his self-portrait 'Flaws in the Glass' (1981)
  1983; Autograph letter, signed from Patrick White to Aviva Layton, mentions his play 'Netherwood'
  1987; Autograph letter, signed from Patrick White to Aviva Layton, mentions his play 'Shepherd on the Rocks'
  1989; Autograph postcard, signed from Patrick White to Aviva Layton, mentions David Marr's forthcoming biography of White
  1990; Autograph letter, signed from Manoly Lascaris to Aviva Layton, on card with printed letterhead '20 Martin Road/Centennial Park/Sydney 2021'
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a192.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no: Album ID : 823833
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Lascaris, Manoly, 1912-2003
  White, Patrick, 1912-1990
  
• Name
  Fink, Margaret, 1933-
  Layton, Irving, 1912-
  
• Subject
  Ireland, David, 1927-2022.
  Authors, Australian--20th century.
  Authors, Australian--20th century--Correspondence.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1129353

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