Collection 3: Anthony Barker papers, 1944-2005

MLMSS 9161

sub-fonds

1944-2005

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

844023

0.17 metres of textual material (1 box)

Anthony Barker papers, 1944-2005. The collection comprises papers mainly relating to Beatrice Davis, Angus & Robertson and Australian publishing, including correspondence, notes, transcripts of speeches, newscuttings, printed material and a colour photograph.

BOX 1

Manila folder labelled 'Beatrice Davis', being papers including:
Barker's typescript ‘Diary extracts concerning Beatrice’, 14 Aug. 1966- 29 May 1974
Correspondence between Davis, Barker and the State Library of New South Wales concerning Davis’ papers, 1990-1991
Typescript draft speech given by Barker at a memorial gathering for Davis at the State Library of New South Wales, 5 June 1992
Handwritten notes of interviews with Davis, 1989-1991
Draft typescript with manuscript annotations, ‘Beatrice Davis: a profile’, n.d.
Correspondence with Alec Bolton and Rosemary Dobson concerning Davis, 1990
Photocopies of letters to Davis from Norman Lindsay, 1944-1950
Photocopies of correspondence between Davis and Christopher Koch, 1983
Newscuttings and printed material, 1974-2001, including colour photograph of Barker and Davis in the Main Quadrangle, University of Sydney, on the occasion her being awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters, 28 Feb. 1992

Manila folder labelled 'David Elder’, being mainly correspondence with friend, author and publisher David F. Elder, as well as Elder's reminiscences and obituary, 1984-2005

Photocopy of corrected typescript of ‘Miss Wiley and the chief : Rebecca Wiley's reminiscences of George Robertson and Angus & Robertson’, edited by Anthony Barker, with enclosed copies of related correspondence, 1996-1997

‘Spheres of influence : Angus and Robertson and Australian literature from the thirties to the sixties’, Neil James. PhD thesis, University of Sydney, Aug. 2000

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