Kilgour family papers, 1931-ca. 1970

MLMSS 3920

fonds

1931-ca. 1970

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

918781

10 boxes of textual material

Jack Noel Kilgour, artist and teacher, was born in Melbourne, Vic., in 1900. From 1929-1930 he studied at the Sydney Art School. In 1931 he married fellow student Nancy May Davidson. On 6 May 1931 Jack and Nancy sailed from Sydney, N.S.W. on board the ship Esperance Bay which berthed at Southampton, England on 20 June 1931. In London, Jack Noel Kilgour, Sir William Dobell and Frederick H. Coventry became the centre of a group of expatriate Australian artists. In 1939 Jack and Nancy Kilgour returned to Sydney and in the same year Jack Kilgour was appointed a teacher at East Sydney Technical College. Later, as a widower, he married Barbara Mary Millard

Nancy May Kilgour nee Davidson, author and artist, wrote mostly short stories. She often wrote under the pseudonym of Julia Barrett

Series 01: Jack Noel Kilgour, 1931-ca. 1970
BOX 1
Item 1
a. Diary, 1 January 1931-15 August 1936. Includes references to a voyage from Sydney to Southampton on board the ship Esperance Bay, 6 May 1931-20 June 1931, to Sir William Dobell, 1931-1933, and Frederick H. Coventry, 1932-1933

Item2
b. 'Dobelliana', ca. 1970, being personal reminiscences of Sir William Dobell, 1925-ca. 1970

Item 3
c. Poem, ca. 1940, being 'Krassel or the The Old Migrant'

Series 02: Nancy May Kilgour nee Davidson, 1931-1967
BOX 2
Items 1-7
a. Diaries, 5 April 1931-ca. July 1953. Includes references to a voyage from Sydney to Southampton on board the ship Esperance Bay, 6 May 1931-20 June 1931, to Sir William Dobell, 1931-1936, and Frederick H. Coventry, 1931-1936

Item 8
b. 'Dobell Notes', ca. 1960, being personal reminiscences of Sir William Dobell, 1934-1945

BOXES 3-9
Detailed contents list to the literary papers of Nancy May Kilgour nee Davidson compiled in the Mitchell Library and filed at BOX MLMSS 3920/3 Item 1A (copy on Guideshelf under 'K')

c. Literary Papers, 1949-1967, n.d.

i. Short Stories, 1949, 1967, n.d.
ii. Plays, n.d.
iii. Novels, n.d.

BOX 10
iv. Untitled and incomplete manuscripts
Item 1
d. Miscellaneous material, 1936-1952, being correspondence with publishers, 1936-1937; newscuttings, including a photo of herself, 1942, and a short story, 1952

This collection includes pictorial material. For location and description of this see Pic.Acc.4780 in Pic Source File

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-705C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011