Poetry

Component identifier:: Series 50
Content Summary:: The series contains poetry by Herbert Brookes on loose notepaper and in exercise books. These poems were often written to commemorate family and national occasions. Placed after his own poems are many that he transcribed, by Kipling, Shelley, Masefield, O.W. Holmes, A.T. Woodward, Florence Hagelthorn and Henry Van Dyke.
Immediate source of acquisition:: The papers of Herbert Brookes were presented to the National Library in April 1967 by his widow Ivy Deakin Brookes. In October 1967 she deposited her own extensive collection, and together they form the Brookes Papers.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2264992).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia