Neilson family papers, ca. 1880-1972, with associated papers, 1942-1972

MLMSS 3354
SAFE/MLMSS 3354/5/pp. 93-94, 109-110, 175-180 (Safe 3/120)

fonds

ca. 1880-1972

Textual Records, Clippings, Photographs

413072

Microfilm : CY 1544 (MLMSS 3354/1); CY 1087 (MLMSS 3354/2-3); CY 4218 (MLMSS 3354/5).

0.63 metres of textual material (7 boxes, 1 folder) - printed
Clippings
Photographs

John Shaw Neilson, poet, was born at Penola, South Australia, in 1872 and died in 1942. His formal education was limited and he spent most of his working life as an itinerant rural labourer. Later in John Shaw Neilson's life defective eyesight made it increasingly difficult for him to write down his own poetry and he often dictated it to fellow workmen. A.G. Stephens, as literary editor of the Bulletin, encouraged Shaw Neilson in his work and later became his literary agent. During his lifetime Neilson published a number of volumes of poetry including Heart of Spring (1919), Ballad and Lyrical Poems (1923), New Poems (1927), Collected Poems edited by R H Croll (1934), and Beauty Imposes (1938). Further volumes were published after Neilson's death in 1942.

Three volumes of poetry of John Neilson (1844-1922), father of John Shaw Neilson, have been published, although much of his work was lost. The published volumes are Poem for Recitation: Love's Summer in the Snow (1893), The Men of the Fifties (1938) and The Song of the Shearer (1960).

I. John Shaw Neilson

A. Correspondence, 1906-ca.1941. Correspondents include John Neilson, A G Stephens, Miles Franklin and Dame Mary Gilmore
B. Literary manuscripts, ca. 1892-1942. Includes notebooks and poems
C. Miscellaneous papers, 1915-1942. Includes legal and financial papers

II. Frank Neilson

A. Correspondence, 1908-ca. 1961. Correspondents include John Neilson, R G Howarth and Dame Mary Gilmore. Three letters removed and transferred to SAFE/MLMSS 3354/5/pp. 93-94, 109-110, 175-180

B. Literary papers, 1889-ca. 1938. Includes his own poems and poem by Maggie Neilson
C. Miscellaneous papers, 1920-1972

III. Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1880-1972

IV. Associated papers, 1942-1972

V. Pictorial material, comprising photographs of the Neilson family

Partly restricted: Restriction applies to SAFE/MLMSS 3354/5/pp. 93-94, 109-110, 175-180

Click here to see extended guide to this collection in Guide to Australian Literary Manuscripts - onesearch.library.uwa.edu.au/view/delivery/61UWA_INST/12364186240002101

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-651C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011