Australian National Review, 1937-1939

Containers:

Box 44, Piece 7/7

Component identifier:

Series 7

Content Summary:

Letters from critics, academics, authors and publishers addressed to Harold White in his role as literary editor of the monthly magazine Australian National Review, edited by William Farmer Whyte (1877-1958) and published by the Canberra Publishing Company from 1937-1939. The letters concern the commissioning of literary reviews, and copies of publications sought for review from publishers and distributors. Individual correspondents include Miles Franklin, Mary Gilmore, E.L. Piesse, C.E.W. Bean, T. Inglis Moore, R.G. Howarth, Harold S. Wyndham, Robert D. Fitzgerald, W.B. Reddaway, E.M. Tildesley, A.R. Chisholm, George Mackaness, James Darling, Colin Badger, H.G. Seccombe, Flora Eldershaw, Kathleen Donovan, Frederick Macartney, Ida Leeson, Augustin Lodewyckz, Sir John Latham, C. Hartley Grattan, A.P. Elkin, Frank Wilmot, Frank Clune, P.J. Marks, R.G. Osborne, Tom Fry, Ernest Scott, K.S. Cunningham, Percival Serle, R.C. Mills, Michael Sharland, Ambrose Pratt, Vera Jennings, J.G. Cornell, L.C. Robson, F.R.E. Mauldon, Roy Curthoys and Enid Durham.

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Immediate source of acquisition:

The original consignment of MS 7599 was collected from the home of Sir Harold White by Library staff in 1988. A number of further instalments were subsequently received from Sir Harold and members of his family.

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