Norman Lindsay papers from the estate of Jane Glad, [between 1929 and 1969]

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[between 1929 and 1969]

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings

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Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) was born in Creswick, Victoria. Primarily known as a multi-talented artist (painter, etcher, cartoonist, sculptor, illustrator and model-maker) he also wrote novels, essays, literary criticism and reminiscences. His first novel was published 1913 and over the 56 years to 1969 he wrote 13 novels, 2 children’s books, and numerous essays and books of his own artworks and other autobiographical works.

Inherited by Jane Glad (nee Lindsay), daughter of Norman Lindsay. Upon her death, the material passed into the possession of Jane Glad's daughter Helen. Jane’s will stipulated that her estate was not to be sold until after the death of long-time carer and companion Eleanor Witcombe AM (20 September 1923 – 21 October 2018).

Aggregated collection of Norman Lindsay's papers, comprising:
Sub-fonds 1: Bungen Beach by Norman Lindsay, being the typescript manuscript of an unpublished novel
Sub-fonds 2: Landfalls by Norman Lindsay, being the typescript manuscript of an unpublished novel
Sub-fonds 3: Uncle Ben by Norman Lindsay, being the typescript manuscript of an unpublished novel
Sub-fonds 4: Norman Lindsay essays on art and literature, [between 1942? and 1953?]
Sub-fonds 5: My Olympians, being typescript essays by Norman Lindsay, [between 1940? and 1959?]
Sub-fonds 6: Letter from W. Somerset Maugham to Norman Linsday, 30 March 1943
Sub-fonds 7: Mother Goose Rhymes Censored, dummy book with cover illustration by Norman Lindsay, [ca. 1930]