Series 01: Ian Bevan personal papers and photographs, ca. 1885-1954, 1987, 1991

MLMSS 7822/Box 1

series

ca. 1885-1954, 1987, 1991

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

825784

0.15 metres of textual material and 29 photographs (1 box)

Correspondence, 1945-1954, 1987-1991, with, among others, Dorothy Alison (Mrs Leslie Linder), 1953; A. H. McLachlan, 1948; Noel Rubie, 1948; Sir Thomas White, 1953; and Wilfrid Thomas, 1953; with letters from Ian Bevan to sister, Anne Bevan, 2 July 1945 and 22 May 1946

Miscellaneous papers, 1913, 1941-1950, including identification cards, with photographs of Bevan; copy of his birth certificate, 1 Sept. 1950; his soldier's pay book, 1941-1944; copies of letters from his grandfather, Frederick Earle Winchcombe, to his daughter Ethel May Bevan, 23 June 1913 and to his wife, Anne Winchcombe, 23 June 1913; and copy of the last will and testament of his grandmother, Anne Amelia Winchcombe, 8 July 1947

Printed material, 1930, 1934, 1952, being copy of Soldiering in the Tropics (S.W. Pacific Area), Aug. 1942; issues of The Radio Times: The Journal of the British Broadcasting Corporation, 29 Aug. 1930 and The Tatler & Bystander, 24 Sept. 1952; and program of 'Stephanie Edye Presents her 6th Annual Matinee 'Behind the Curtain'...and Dance Recital', featuring Ian Bevan, held at Savoy Theatre, Sydney, 25 Aug. 1934

Photographs of Bevan as a war correspondent and at the Nuremberg Trials; with Major General Floyd L. Park (Commander, U.S. Sector and Military Governor, Berlin), Berlin, 3 July 1945; with Dorothy Jenner and Noel Coward, 1941?; at Fairfax dinner for staff who left to serve in the armed forces, held at Monash Hut, Rose Bay, 21 Feb. 1948; and photographs, including portraits, of Frederick Earle Winchcombe and Ethel Winchcombe, and Ethel with group of pupils of Normanhurst School for Girls, Ashfield, ca. 1885: Nina Brentnall, Gabrielle Brenan, Flo Holden, Isabel Mae Hines, Elsie Gosling, Ruth Maughan, Ruth Bedford, Janet Stephen and Muriel Cormack; and photographs of Spanish dancers, Antonio Gonzales and Consuelo Alba (Stehanie M. Beggs), and of unidentified film set