Literary correspondence

 
Containers:
Box 4-6
Component identifier:
Series 2
Content Summary:

The letters in Series 2 provide an extensive insight into the literary climate and writers of the 1890s and the first half of the twentieth century, covering especially the rise and fall of the Bulletin School, literary societies such as the Bread and Cheese Club, and magazines such as Bohemia.

The series covers all forms of correspondence of a general literary nature, including literary discussions, business transactions involving more than one publication, literary criticism and requests for permission to publish Brady's works. Letters documenting a particular work are filed in Series 7-12, while letters dealing with Brady's contributions or activities connected with newspapers and magazines are in Series 6. An attempt has been made, however, not to break up a succession of letters with common elements other than main subject. The letters are arranged chronologically, with undated letters placed last.

Brady corresponded with members of literary societies, publishers, librarians, literary agents, booksellers, politicians and singers, chiefly J.K. Moir, Muir Holburn, A.H. Stubbs, George Robertson and Co., Harry H. Pearce, May Butler George, Horace Gleeson, Philip Whelan, Edward Turner, P.M. Stanley and Edward Harrington. Their letters often discuss writers such as Henry Lawson, Bernard O'Dowd, Katherine Mansfield, Banjo Paterson, Christina Stead, Christopher Brennan and Victor Daley.

Names:
E. J. Brady

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2252801).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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