Japan visit, c. 1935-1948, 1970

Component identifier:

Series 14

Content Summary:

In 1938 Wannan travelled to Japan to work as a freelance journalist. This series contains a journal in letter form of his voyage by sea via Thursday Island, Mindanao, the Philippines and Hong Kong, a journal documenting a trip to Hokkaido, handwritten notes and letters and postcards from his father and friends, including Miné Suko. A letter of introduction to the US Consul-General for Japan and a Japanese hospital bill originally filed in a miscellaneous correspondence file have been transferred to File 9 in this series. File 9 also contains some papers apparently unrelated to Japan but dating from the late 1930s and 1940s. One letter dating from 1962, from Wannan to 'Jack' of the Australasian Book Society, has been moved from this series to File 6 in Series 2, Correspondence.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Wannan's papers were donated to the Library in 2003 by his daughter and son-in-law, Paula and Roger Hyland. A collection of 49 books by Bill Wannan were purchased from Wannan's estate and can be found in Series 3.

Names:

Wannan, Bill, 1915-2003

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