Edward Huybers (1855-1941), journalist, foreign correspondent, newspaper proprietor, commercial representative, Tasma's brother

Containers:

Box 29 (MS 8363)

Component identifier:

File 23

Content Summary:

Photocopy of 'The Philosopher of the Café Greco' (autobiography) copied by permission of Colonel Douglas Morris, England, donor (grandson of Edward Huybers).

Photocopy of another version of autobiography (by permission of Douglas Morris)

Article 'Hobart in the 'Sixties'. Memories of "Rat's Castle" and the Battery point "Crabs". A Londoner's Vivid Recollections', Illustrated Tasmanian Mail, 28 March 1933 by Edward A. Huybers

Attached letter to Edward Huybers from J.D.A. Collier, Librarian and Secretary, Tasmanian Public Library, 2 April 1935

Attached cutting 'Stranger than Fiction.Romance of Gift Books.Sequel to letter in "Mercury", Mercury, 1 December 1934 re gift by Edward Huybers of three books by Tasma.

Various cuttings on Edward Huybers

Marriage certificate Edward Huybers/Julia Ord, London, 30 July 1881

Copy letters [Edward Huybers to brother William from Brussels just after Tasma's death, 27 October 1897; re mother's death, 1 September 1908

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Patricia Clarke were donated to the National Library under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme (now the Cultural Gifts Program (CGP)) in 1990, 1994 and 1997. Further donations were received via CGP in 2006 and 2011.

Subjects:

History
Literature

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