Lyn Brown further papers, 1905, 1930-1995, together with associated papers, 1910-1914, 1937-1938

MLMSS 7517

fonds

1905 - 1995

442848

0.51 metres of textual material (3 boxes)

Lyn Brown, poet, was born at Fairfied, N.S.W., in 1918, first-born child of Salvation Army officers, John Ingoldsby Brown and his wife, Evelyn May, nee Graham. She worked in CSIRO, 1942-1951, as an editor of scientific papers and as a librarian; she married fellow worker, F. C. Brown, in 1951. Between 1951-1965 she taught French and German at N.S.W. state high schools and at St George Technical College (Matriculation French).

Lyn Brown has published several collections of poetry: Late Summer (1970), Jacaranda and Illawarra Flame (1973) and Going Home at Night (1979). Her work has also been anthologised in A Spin of Gold Wattle (1982) and Up from Below (1987). In 1971 she had conceived a project to collect unpublished 20th century poetry by a number of poets for presevation in the Mitchell Library. In 1977 she was interviewed by Hazel de Berg for her oral history collection at the National Library of Australia.

I. LYN BROWN

A. Correspondence, 1945-1987

Correspondents, A-D:
Include Biennales Internationales De Poesie, Knokke (Belgium), 1972-1979; Densey Cline, 1981; Geoffrey Dutton, 1980-1982; Country Life, 1972 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/1/1)
Correspondents, E:
Include English Teachers' Association of New South Wales, 1973, 1975; J. K. Ewers, 1972-1976 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/1/2)
Correspondents, F-P:
Include John Fletcher (Dept. of Germanic Studies, University of Sydney), 1985; Ben Haneman, 1979; Florence James, 1973; Grahame Johnston, 1970; Nancy Keesing, 1974; James McAuley, 1972; Freda MacDonnell, 1973; Mitchell Library, 1971-1979; G. G. Nicholson, 1945; Poetry Society of Australia, 1967-1968, Date unknown; Eve Pownall, 1971; J. M. Douglas Pringle, 1971; Kathryn Purnell (Society of Women Writers Australia), 1982-1983 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/1/3)
Correspondents, R-W:
Include Wilma Radford, 1972-1976; Roland Robinson, 1972; Saturday Club Book of Poetry, 1972; SCM Press Ltd, London, 1967; Sydney Morning Herald, 1966, 1972-1978; Barbara Thiering, ca. 1948, 1990; Elizabeth Vollmer, 1970-1979; Wentworth Press, 1971; Imogen Whyse, 1971; G. A. Wilkes, 1977; and nieces, Lyn ?, 1973, and Pam ?, 1973 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/1/4)
1971-1973; Correspondence with the Australian Society of Authors, including members and office bearers, Deirdre Hill, 1971-1973; Nancy Keesing, 1971-1973; Gus O'Donnell, 1973; Colin Simpson, 1972; with issue of Coresearch: For Circulation among Members of CSIRO Staff, no. 132, Mar. 1970, including poem by Marjory O'Dea (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/1/5)
1949-1972; Correspondence with and concerning Marjorie Barnard, including correspondence with Clem Christesen, 1967; Walter Stone, 1971-1972; Kylie Tennant, 1967; G. A. Wilkes, 1971; with annotated and corrected typescript of 'A Tram Ride to Toongabbie, Marjorie Barnard: Writer and Friend, 1967, by Lyn Brown (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/1/6)
1972-1973; Correspondence with and concerning M. Edmond Cotakis, relating to her English translation from the French of his autobiographical account, 'From Bondi to Balmain' (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/1/7)
1967-1976; Correspondence with and concerning Desiderius Orban, including correspondence with Clifford Tolchard, 1976 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/1/8)

B. Literary papers, 1930-1995

Date unknown; 'The Clouded Joy' [novel], being typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/2/1)
1967; '"A Chuckle in the Darkness": My Debt to C. S. Lewis', being annotated and corrected typescript, with enclosed letter received from Kylie Tennant, 23 June 1967 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/2/2)
1967; 'Waiting for the Ambulance', being carbon typescript, with enclosed letter received from Kylie Tennant, 13 Feb. 1968 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/2/3)
1969-1975; Papers concerning Late Summer: Poems (1970), including corrected and edited typescript; letter received from Walter Stone, 18 Dec. 1969, with signed preface by Neville Coghill; corrected galley proofs; newcuttings and reviews; (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/2/4)
1973; 'Jacaranda and Illawarra Flame: A Prose Work on Poetry', being annotated and corrected carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/2/5)
1973; Jacaranda and Illawarra Flame. [Sydney]: English Teachers' Association of N.S.W. (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/2/6)
1975-1982; 'Double Encounter', 1976, being annotated and corrected typescript concerning Neville Coghill and C. S. Lewis, with related enclosures (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/2/7)
1995; 'My First 75 Years in Sydney', being photocopied printout, with annotated biographical note (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/2/8)
1930-1994; Writings, including published and unpublished poems, short stories and memoirs (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/2/9)
1971-1993; Papers mainly concerning the collecting project, 'Unpublished Australian Poetry for the Mitchell Library', including correspondence with and/or poems received from Joan Baldwin, 1972; Marcia Bass, 1971; D. L. Bernstein, 1971-1972; Dorothy Cubis, 1973; Freda MacDonnell, 1972; Lucy Mondy, 1972; George Murdoch, 1972-1993 and G. D. Richardson, 1971-1993 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/3/1)
1976-1977; Papers concerning 42nd Internationa P.E.N. Congress, Sydney, 11-17 Dec. 1977 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/3/2)

C. Genealogical papers, 1905, 1937-1995

1937-1995; Papers concerning the Brown family, being photocopies, including 'A Somewhat Remarkable Voyage', 1937, by John Ingoldsby Brown, concerning his voyage from England to Australia in 1880 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/3/3)
1905, 197-; Papers concerning Coghill and Fuller families (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/3/4)

D. Miscellaneous papers, 1932-1978, Date unknown

Include testimonials and papers concerning high school teaching appointments (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/3/5)

E. Newscuttings, 1962-1987
(Call No.: MLMSS 7517/3/6)

F. Printed material, 1943-1972

Include issue of Pour la France Libre: Organe du Comite de Gaulle, 30 ottobre 1943 [Santiago du Chili], and of The Australian Author, vol. 4 no. 3, July 1972 (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/3/7)

II. BROWN FAMILY

1937-1938; Letters from Lyn Brown during her Ranger world trip to her parents, with letters (2) from her to her parents (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/3/8)

III.GRAHAM AND COLVIN FAMILIES

1910-1914; Postcards mainly received by Evelyn Graham and the Colvin family (Call No.: MLMSS 7517/3/9)

Author/Artist entries:
Baldwin, Joan
Barnard, Marjorie, 1897-1987
Bass, Marcia
Bernstein, D. L.
Brown, Evelyn May
Brown, John Ingoldsby, 1873-1946
Christesen, C. B. (Clement Byrne), 1911-2003
Cline, Densey
Coghill, Nevill, 1899-1980
Cotakis, M. Edmond
Cubis, Dorothy
Dutton, Geoffrey, 1922-1998
English Teachers' Association of New South Wales
Ewers, John K. (John Keith), 1904-1978
Fletcher, John (John Edward), 1940-1992
Haneman, Ben
Hill, Deirdre
James, Florence
Johnston, Grahame
Keesing, Nancy, 1923-1993
McAuley, James, 1917-1976
MacDonnell, Freda
Mitchell Library (N.S.W.)
Mondy, Lucy
Nicholson, G. G. (George Gibb), 1875-1948
O'Donnell, Gus
Orban, Desiderius, 1884-1986
Poetry Society of Australia
Pownall, Eve
Pringle, John Douglas, 1912-1999
Purnell, Kathryn
Radford, Wilma, 1912-
Robinson, Roland, 1912-1992
SCM Press
Simpson, Colin, 1908-1983
Stone, Walter, 1910-1981
Sweeting, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Jane)
Tennant, Kylie, 1912-1988
Thiering, B. E. (Barbara Elizabeth)
Vollmer, Elizabeth
Wentworth Press
Whyse, Imogen
Wilkes, G. A. (Gerald Alfred), 1927-

Earlier accessions of Lyn Brown's papers are located at MLMSS 2454 and ADD-ONs 580, 654, 698, and MLMSS 2710