John Le Gay Brereton 'Minerva', nos 1-6, ca. 1883 and associated correspondence, 1959

MLMSS 7196/Box 1X

fonds

ca. 1883, 1959

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings

421714

0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - manuscript
Drawings

John Le Gay Brereton was born in Sydney in 1871. He attended Sydney Grammar School where he was a member of the editorial committee of the school magazine, the 'Sydneian'. As an undergraduate at Sydney University he edited the student magazine 'Hermes' to which he also contributed poetry and literary criticism. He was appointed Assistant Librarian of Fisher Library in 1902 and Librarian in 1915. In 1921 he became the university's first Challis Professor of English Literature. He published several volumes of poetry as well as collections of essays and reminiscences and was one of the most influential literary and academic figures of his time.

One volume containing six issues of 'Minerva', a manuscript magazine edited by Le Gay Brereton while at Sydney Grammar School. It contains a novel by Herbert Badgery, news items, correspondence etc. and is illustrated with some charming watercolours.
Also included is correspondence between Harry Chaplin, a former owner of the volume, and Sydney Grammar School in 1959 concerning the volume.

A major collection of John Le Gay Brereton's papers is held at MLMSS 281. See also A1816, MLMSS 755, MLMSS 3451, MLMSS 3873 and Pic.Acc.4377