Henry Lawson Literary Society, Sydney, records

MLMSS 11975

fonds

1928-1952

Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9675550

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box) - typescript, manuscript, printed

The Henry Lawson Literary Society, Sydney, was established in 1928 with the objects of studying Australian literature, encouraging Australian writers and memorialising Henry Lawson and his writings. The founding president was A. G. Alanson, who held office in 1928, 1929 and 1931. Will Carter was president in 1930 and T. S. Browning in 1932-1934. After a period of inactivity in the mid-1930s, the Society was revived in 1938 under the presidency of P. B. Cox who held the office until 1949. Jack Vincent succeeded him as president.

Reference:
Compiled from the Library’s acquisition file

Collection was retained by P. B. Cox, the then president of the Society, passing to his son and subsequently to his grandson, John F. Cox.

Henry Lawson Literary Society, Sydney, records accumulated by P. B. Cox, mainly during his tenure as president from 1938 to 1949. Arranged into numbered files titled by the donor:

1. Index of folders in the collection, compiled by John F. Cox.
2. Overview of the collection: Life sketch of P. B. Cox, President of the Henry Lawson Literary Society, 1938-1949, researched and compiled by John F. Cox.
3. Constitution of the Henry Lawson Literary Society, Sydney, notices and programs of Society events, 1928-1940.
4. Photographs of Henry Lawson / by W. Johnson.
5. Letters, photographs and documents relating to Henry Lawson and his friend Arthur Parker, 1938-1942. Contains transcripts of letters written by Lawson, 1892-1899, and annotated photographs by Parker of significant sites relating to Lawson.
6. William Linklater (Billy Miller) correspondence, 1934-1950. Correspondence relates to Jeannie Gunn’s ‘We of the Never Never’, including transcriptions of letters by Gunn and Tom Pearce and contemporary photographs of Dolly Bonson, Tom Pearce, William Linklater and William Harney.
7. Letters from Australian writers to P. B. Cox, 1911-1946. Correspondents include Dame Mary Gilmore, E. J. Brady, Flora Eldershaw, Edward McDonnell (Hugh Stone), Roderic Quinn, Jack Moses, Robert Guy Howarth, Miles Franklin.
8. Letters to P. B. Cox from persons interested in Henry Lawson and Australian literature, 1939-1952. Correspondents include Bertha Lawson, Frederick Kendall, Stan Nagel, Ivey Marden, T. D. Mutch, George Gunn, J. K. Moir.
9. Papers delivered at Henry Lawson Literary Society meetings, probably 1938-1949. Includes papers by Dame Mary Gilmore, E. J. Brady, P. B. Cox.
10. Letters and photographs regarding Lawson memorials at Grenfell, Lawson’s birthplace, and Mudgee, 1939.
11. Letters and documents regarding the establishment of the Henry Lawson memorial at Eurunderee, and issue of Lawson postage stamp, 1934-1949.
12. Press cuttings regarding Henry Lawson, 1934-1949.
13. Henry Lawson Literary Society correspondence, 1939-1946. Correspondents include T. D. Mutch, J. K. Moir, Bread and Cheese Club Melbourne, Australian Poetry Lovers’ Society, Sydney University, Daniel Clyne M. L. A., Municipality of Grenfell.
14. Financial records of the Henry Lawson Literary Society, 1928-1947.
15. Henry Lawson commemorative issues of The School Magazine, June 1942. One copy autographed by Dame Mary Gilmore, T. D. Mutch and Edward McDonnell (Hugh Stone).
16. Event programs and greeting cards of the Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society of Footscray, Melbourne, 1939-1949.
17. First issue of Bohemia literary magazine, Melbourne, April 1939.

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Many of the files include additional papers containing information researched and compiled by the donor.