Kendall family papers, 1861-1950

MLMSS 3796

fonds

1861-1950

422989

Microfilm : items 1-8); CY 2680 (MLMSS 3796/4-5X); CY 1523 (MLMSS 3796/6); CY 2681 (MLMSS 3796/7-8); CY 1523 (MLMSS 3796/9); CY 2685 (MLMSS 3796/11-12).

Henry Kendall, 1839-1882, began writing poetry at an early age and began to publish it c.1859. From 1869-1870 he tried unsuccessfully to make a living from his poetry in Melbourne, Vic. and he returned to Sydney, N.S.W. in poverty. From 1873-1875 he lived at Gosford, N.S.W. In 1875 he moved to Camden Haven, N.S.W. and in 1881, when he became inspector of forests, to Cundletown, N.S.W. In 1868, Kendall married Charlotte Rutter and they had five surviving children including Frederick Clarence Kendall

VOLUME MLMSS 3796/1
Guide and index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library

(A). Letters received by Henry Kendall, 1861-1882, MS. poems and lectures, 1863-1881, Songs from the Mountains, 1880 with MS. notes and papers and log book kept while inspector of forests, 1881-1882. (B). Correspondence of Charlotte Kendall, 1867-1922, scrapbooks, 1879-1889 and miscellaneous material, 1882-1911. (C). Includes correspondence of Frederick Clarence Kendall, 1888-1950, notebooks on the life and work of Henry Kendall, review re Henry Kendall by G. G. McCrae, 1882, sent to Alexander Sutherland with MS. notes by F. C. Kendall, scrapbook, 1937-1938. (D). Pictorial material

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-1159C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Available for reference
Guide compiled in the Mitchell Library