Christopher John Brennan papers, 1884-ca.1930 with associated material, 1858-1948

MLMSS 151/Boxes 1, 3-4
MLMSS 151/2X

fonds

1884-1930

913843

3 boxes and 1 portfolio of textual material

Christopher John Brennan, poet and scholar, was born in 1870 in Sydney and died in 1932. He married Anna Elisabeth Werth in 1897 and they had four children. Brennan was awarded a classics traveling scholarship in 1892, worked as a cataloguer for the Public Library of N.S.W., 1895-1909, during which time and subsequently he lectured in Latin, French and German at the University of Sydney. He became Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature in 1920

Series 01: Correspondence, ca. 1908-ca. 1930
BOX 1
Item 1
Includes drafts of poems and letter from A. W. Jose

Series 02: Literary Material, 1890-1916
Item 2
a. Notebook, ca. 1895, including drafts of poems

Items 3-7
b. Poetry, ca. 1894-ca. 1899


PORTFOLIO 2X
c. 'Studia Aeschylea', 1890


BOX 3
Items 1-4
d. Notes on Aeschylus

Item 5
e. A study of mixed dialects among Greek populations of Achaian - Dorian origin, ca. 1909

Item 6
f. Material regarding French poetry, ca. 1899

Series 03: Papers regarding academic and professional career, 1884-1920
Items 7-23
Includes academic certificates, letters of application with testimonials, letters of appointment and termination of employment, and a letter of commendation compiled by his students

Series 04: Miscellaneous Papers, ca. 1897-1922
Items 24-33

Series 05: Associated Papers, 1858-1948


BOX 4
Items 34-42
Includes papers of Anna Elisabeth Werth, 1858-1910 recollections of Christopher Brennan by A. B. Piddington and a letter to R. G. Howarth from J. J. Quinn, 1948

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-1124C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Keyword subjects:

Greek language
French poetry