MS 1695
Papers of Dame Mary Gilmore (1865-1962)


See also: MS 1662; MS 8766


Scope and Content

  • Papers
  • 1837-1962
  • 28cm. (9 folders)
  • Available for reference

Poems; original notes of "Arrows"; correspondence, including letters from John Hargrave, Mrs. Kathleen Murchie, Clem Christeson, Karol Boyar, and Helen Cameron Roberts; two postcards; several periodicals; corrected proofs of the The tilted cart; and miscellaneous press clippings on a wide variety of subjects of interest to Mary Gilmore.

The papers were donated to the Library in1966 by Mrs B. Ovenden and include some photocopies of papers held at MS 1662.


Series Descriptions

MS 1695/1 Photostats of letters, poems, press clippings, and a photograph, 1897 to 1957.
MS 1695/2 Correspondence, poems, photographs, postcards, press cuttings, and notes on various subjects of interest to Mary Gilmore, 6/11/1837 to 6/11/1954.
MS 1695/3 Author's corrected proofs of The tilted cart.
MS 1695/4 Original notes of "Arrows", 1 April 1933 to 20 June 1962.
MS 1695/5-6 Miscellaneous press cuttings c.1936-54 on a wide variety of subjects of interest to Mary Gilmore, cut mainly from metropolitan and country newspapers. In general they contain no reference to Gilmore.
MS 1695/7 Copy of a song: a tribute to the memory of Gilmore. The poem was written by her, and the music was by F.R. Niemann.
MS 1695/8-9 Miscellaneous press cuttings c.1932-62 on a wide variety of subjects of interest to Mary Gilmore. In general they contain no reference to Gilmore.
List prepared December 1994. Last revised 24 January 1997