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422147
  • Title
    Cowan family papers, 1893-1949
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLMSS 1206
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1893-1949
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    422147
  • Physical Description
    1 folder of textual material
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Theodora Cowan ca.1887-1949 described as "Australia's first lady sculptor' (S.M.H. 10-6-13, p.9) was born in Sydney, left Australia at the age of 6 and returned in 1913 after studying in some major European art centres. She had two sisters, Etta Cowan and Margot Symington
  • Scope and Content
    Series 01: Letters and postcards, mainly to Theodora and Margot Cowan from various people, 1893-1949.

    Series 02: Undated miscellaneous literary MSS and typescripts of various authorship, including Enchantment, an unsigned play, incomplete; About Leghorn, an article by Thea Cowan; 2 MS poems by May Courtney and "Stella"(?); also miscellaneous notes
  • Description source

    Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-242B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
  • General note

    Available for reference
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