Copies of correspondence of Christina Stead and Bill Blake, 1933-83

Component identifier:

Series 4

Content Summary:

The files were arranged by year. They contain photocopies of Stead and Blake correspondence with their friends, cuttings, notes made by Rowley of letters examined but not copied and other papers. The originals are in private ownership and archival repositories in Britain, America and Australia, including the National Library.

The major correspondents include Florence James, Michael Gold, Gwen Walker-Smith, Edith Anderson, Jessie and Ettore Rella, Anne and Harry Bloom, Leda and Stanley Burnshaw, Gilbert Stead, Fred Warburg, Oliver Stallybrass, Leah and Philip Harvey, Elizabeth Harrower and Aida Kotlarsky.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was purchased by the Library from Hazel Rowley in 1996.

Subjects:

Society and culture
History

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