P. R. Stephensen - Papers and pictorial material, ca. 1905-1971

MLMSS 1284
MLOH 68
MLOH 431
PXE 1056
P3/66
ML 567
V*/Ship/13-14
PXA 1359

fonds

ca. 1905-1971

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Drawings, Watercolours, Paintings, Photographs, Prints

422963

Partly Digitised : MLMSS 1284/49X and ML 567
Partially Microfilmed : CY 3730 - 3731 (MLMSS 1284/1) ; CY 3313 (MLMSS 1284/49X) ; CY 3761 (MLMSS 1284/111)

21.13 metres of textual material (124 boxes, 2 vols, 1 outsize item)
2 albums (107 photographs)
2 watercolours
452 photographs
1 painting
4 drawings
4 prints
4 audiotape reels (3 hr., 46 min.) - 13 cm, 6 mm tape; 18 cm, 6 mm tape

P. R. Stephensen, 1900-1965, author and publisher, was active in publishing in England and Australia including the Fanfrolico Press and the Mandrake Press.

Includes papers relating to publishing, drafts of various books and correspondence with authors particularly Frank Clune and William Baylebridge, some personal papers and writings, photographs, miscellaneous papers and printed material; correspondence and diaries of Winifred Stephensen.

Series 01
Percy Reginald Stephensen
A. Personal Papers, 1918-1965;
B. Literary Papers, 1908-1965;
C. Direct Air Transport Limited, 1936-1937;
D-E. Aboriginal Citizenship Committee and Aborigines Progressive Association, 1936-1942;
F. The Australia First Movement, 1941-1968;
G-H. Bethanga Gymkhana Committee and Bethanga Soldiers' Memorial, 1950-1951;
I. Printed Material, 1912-1965;
J. Printed books, 1905 and 1929-1964;
K. P. R. Stephensen - sound recordings about Les Darcy and interview with Bernard Robinson, Vice-President, Australian Society of Authors, 1963-1965 (located at call no. MLOH 68);
L. Pictorial material relating to P. R. Stephensen and the Stephensen family, ca. 1918-1969 (located at call no. PXE 1056)
M. P. R. Stephensen lecture on the 'Art of criticism' and a talk about his grandparents, 1963

Series 02
Winifred Sarah Stephensen, 1908, and 192-1969

Series 03
Marie and Christian Stephensen, 1919-1965

Series 04
Eric Stephensen, 1939 and 1942

Series 05
John W. (Jack) Lockyer, 1934-1972

Series 06
William Baylebridge, 1908-1941, 1961-1964

Series 07
Frank Clune, 1930s-1963

Series 08
Associated personal and literary papers

Series 09
Item 1: Portrait of group at Queen's College, including P. R. Stephensen, May 1925 / photographed by Gillman & Co. Ltd. (located at call no. P3 / 66);
Item 2: Percy Reginald Stephensen, 1943 / painted by Robert Grothey (located at call no. ML 567);
Item 3: Endpaper design by J. Allcot for James Bisset's 'Sail Ho!', Sydney, A & R., 1958 (located at call no. V* / Ship / 13) ;
Item 4: Endpaper design by J. Allcot for James Bisset's 'Sail Ho!' Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1958 / proof sheets by Morris Productions (located at call no. V* / Ship / 14)

Series 10
Photographs of Dorothy Becker, 191-? (located at call no. PXA 1359)

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Available online - Series 01 to Series 08 acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2007/D00007/mss1284_Stephensen.pdf

ONE hundred : celebrating the Mitchell Library centenary - State Library of New South Wales (9 March - 16 June, 2010). Applies to: MLMSS 1284/49X