Bartlett Adamson papers and pictorial material, 1914-1951

MLMSS 1258
PXA 1473

fonds

1914-1951

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

422223

1 box and 1 folder of textual material
15 photographic prints - gelatin silver - various sizes

Bartlett Adamson, born in Tasmania in 1884, was a writer and literary editor and in 1938 was President of the Fellowship of Australian Writers

MLMSS 1258

Series 01
Correspondence, 1915-1951, including that of J. W. Gordon, 1919-1948, K. S. Prichard, 1938-1950 and Leon Gellert. Mainly concerned with literary matters.

Series 02
Miscellaneous papers, 1914-1947.
A. Short biographical notes re Jim Grahame (J. W. Gordon), compiled in 1947.
B. Poems by Hugh McCrae, 1940.
C. Poems by Ethel Campbell, 1914-1943, typescript and printed, in book form, autographed. Also illuminated poetic addresses, one being to Bartlett Adamson, 1942.

PICTORIAL MATERIAL
PXA 1473

Series 03
Bartlett Adamson pictorial material, ca. 1922-1951

Items 01-03
Henry Lawson's Memorial, Mudgee / photographed by Williams' Studio Mudgee
Bartlett Adamson, president of the Fellowship of Australian Writers unveiled this memorial at Mudgee, May 12th 1951.
Transferred from SPF/Mudgee, N.S.W. - Monuments and Statues - Lawson's Memorial

Item 04
The Path to Mallacoota House, Mallacoota Lakes / (Copyright) W. S. Vogt
Postcard from E. J. Brady to Bartlett Adamson, 27 December 1922
Transferred from SPF/Mallacoota, Victoria

Item 05
Roderic Quinn [photograph of two men]
Signed 'Yours sincerely, Roderic Quinn’
Transferred from P1/Quinn, Roderic

Item 06
Clive Evatt, Bartlett Adamson, Miles Franklin, and unknown person
Speech given by Miles Franklin at the Henry Lawson statue, Sydney, NSW, 5 September 1942. Copy of speech at MLMSS 3639.
Transferred from P1/Adamson, Bartlett

Item 07
Group portrait including E. E. Kish, A. B. Piddington, Norman Lindsay, and Bartlett Adamson, ca. 193-
Transferred from P1/Adamson, Bartlett

Item 08
At the Wentworth Hotel - H. G. Wells and Bartlett Adamson
Transferred from P1/Adamson, Bartlett

Item 09
Miles Franklin
Transferred from P1/Franklin, Miles

Item 10
G. Kischova
In remembrance of Egon Erwin cordially, Gis L[?] Kischova, 5/7/1950
Transferred from P1/Kischova, G.

Items 11-15
Little Australia
Transferred from SPF/Adamson, Bartlett-Associations

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Out of copyright: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-284B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
Pictures Source File

Photographs transferred from Small Pictures File (Self-Indexing files), May 2012.