Letters from the Lindsay family and friends to Honey Siau, with letters from Rose Lindsay to Richard Siau, ca. 1948-1954, 1983, 1992

MLMSS 7877/Box 1
MLMSS 7877/Box 2X

fonds

ca. 1948-1954, 1983, 1992

826121

0.21 metres of textual material (1 box, 1 outsize box)

Honey Siau is the second daughter of Norman and Rose Lindsay.
She was married to Bruce Glad in 1939, who later became the husband of her sister Jane. Honey went to live in South Carolina, U.S.A with her second husband Richard Siau.

This collection of letters written mainly from Rose Lindsay to Honey Lindsay provides a detailed account of domestic life in the Lindsay family, with news of Norman Lindsay's artistic and literary demands, as well as news of neighbours, friends and relatives. Also include letters from Honey's sister, Jane Glad, her first husband Bruce Glad, her second husband Richard Siau and Lu (Margaret) Scholes.

Box 1/Folder 1
Letters from Rose Lindsay to Richard Siau, 1952-1953 (4 letters)

Box 1/Folder 2
Letters from Bruce Glad, 1950-1952 (8 letters)

Box 1/Folder 3
Letters from Jane Glad, 1949-1953 (12 letters)

Box 1/Folder 4
Letters from Rose Lindsay, 1948-1953 (49 letters)

Box 1/Folder 5
Letters from Rose Lindsay, no date (29 letters, 9 fragments

Box 1/Folder 6
Letters from Lu Scholes (Margaret C. Wilson), 1948 (3 letters)

Box 1/Folder 7
Letters from friends; other miscellaneous documents, 1948-1953, 1983, 1992 (5 letters, fragments)

Box 2X
Letters from Rose Lindsay, Jane Glad, Bruce Glad and Lu Wilson, 1949-1954 (37 letters)

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 7877/ Box 2X

Most letters show only the day and month of writing and it is difficult to date them precisely but they probably cover the period ca. 1948-1954. The few dated letters were written during 1952-1953. There are some indicators in the subject matter, with mention of the death of the King, the Coronation and concern about the Korean War. Rose mentions her memoirs (which were serialised in the Bulletin in 1953). The letters were written either from Springwood, or occasionally from `The Flat' in Sydney. Prior to 1956 according to printed sources, Rose, by then crippled with arthritis, went to live with Jane and Bruce Glad and their family to Hunters Hill.