John Shaw Neilson
- Containers:
- Box 27 - 31
- Component identifier:
- Series 21
- Content Summary:
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Scrapbook containing cuttings, letters from Professor Bruce, Canada; letters from Frank Neilson re his brother John Shaw Neilson (41 letters); ms. article by Anderson; letter Phyllis Mander-Jones (M.L.) to Anderson; typescript of article by Anderson for Biblionews; cuttings of J.S.N. poems, 1908-1909.
Scrapbook containing photograph JSN in old age; cuttings of poems; original ms. in hand of J.S.N. comprising fragment JSN notebook, Old Nell Dickenson, JSN household accounts list; greeting card, Country Roads Board printing JSN poem To the Men of the Roads; original ms. JSN 'Waiting for the Rain'; Letter A.G. Stephens to JSN 1919 2 pp. and envelope; JSN ms. 'The Grower of the Strawberries' 2pp; 1 published broadside The Tales we never hear, Melbourne, Troedel Co. 1893; letter A.G. Stephens to JSN 1916 2 pp; holograph poem 'The poor poor country' 9pp. (in hand of Neilson's niece); holograph poem 'Saucey Suzette' 1p. (in hand of Frank Neilson).
Poems by JSN typed by Frank Neilson (and altered by him); photograph Annie Nielson, sister of JSN; 2 photographs Neilson home at Penala; letter Blamire Young to Furnley Maurice (Frank Wilmot) 1926 re JSN; cuttings etc; letter P. Mander-Jones to Anderson re JSN; letter Louis Lothian to Frank Neilson; Lines written in memory of A.L. Gordon (card designed by Frank Neilson); personal greeting card J.C. Davies, Henry Lawson Society, signed, a special printing of Heart of String, together with poem to JSN by Thos. V.Tierney, Australian Poets Series No. 3.
Original printings of poems by JSN ex Nhill Mail 1893, 1894; 'When are the angels nearest' JSN's first published poem in typescript and with notes; review by Anderson of Harry F. Chaplin's Neilson collection, ms.; letter James Devaney to Hugh Anderson 1950 re JSN; 1 folder copies of documents re John Neilson (father) re selection of land; description of holdings; improvements etc. and survey sketch.
Photocopies from McKimm Papers (the only collection of Neilson material remaining outside institutional library custody). 1 folder.
Set of copies of Neilson notebooks (ML) in 6 large spring-back folders? incomplete. Copies of Neilson material ex. ML, NLA, McKimm; notes by Anderson, L.J. Blake; ms. of their joint book on JSN 1 box. Copies of JSN autobiography (NLA) 1 box.
Green Days and Cherries: material for publication, original mss. and typescript for Red Rooster edition. L.J. Blake's introduction as edited; photocopies of McKimm papers; typescript of Green Days and Cherries, proof copy held SLV; assorted articles, notes re sources of letters, cuttings etc; photograph Sir John Latham, Bernard O'Dowd at JSN graveside; photograph Margaret Neilson and baby JSN; Green Days and Cherries, original ms. of L.J. Blake introduction and copy of text; handlist by Anderson of contents of notebooks ML.
- Names:
- Anderson, Hugh
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2230337) for the access conditions.
- 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:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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