Iris Burke papers, 1868-ca. 1990

MLMSS 7542/Boxes 21-26
MLMSS 7542/Box 27X

series

1868 - ca. 1990

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

446492

6 boxes and 1 outsize box

I. PERSONAL PAPERS, 1898-ca. 1990

1975-1985; 'Gulgong Letters', including correspondence with Alf J. Brigden, 1984-1985; Marjorie Kendall, 1983; and Lorraine Lincoln (Hon. Secretary, Hill End Presbyterian Church Preservation Fund), 1975 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/21/1)
1951, 1981-1983; 'Gulgong', including letters received from Edyth Lewis and Eileen Maxwell, with group photograph, including Alf J. Brigden, taken outside Royal Hotel, Hill End, 1951 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/21/2)
1962-1983; MIscellaneous correspondence, including copy of letter from Mary Gilmore to Clem Christesen, 8 Feb. 1962, concerning Keast and Iris Burke and the latter's poem 'Apartheid', and letters received from Beryl Holtermann and John V. Holtermann (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/21/3)
1955-1957; 'W. S. Jevons', including notebook and research material for article'Australia's First Pictorialist', Australasian Photo-Review, Jan. 1955, and letter received from MacLeod Morgan, 16 Sept. 1957, concerning the article (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/21/4)
1898-1945; Papers concerning Beatrice Donkin, including letter from Sir Granville Ryrie to Donkin, 12 Apr. 1927; volume of poems, Rhymes by Donkin; and photograph of Donkin with bullock team, Lake Cowal, Forbes, N.S.W., ca. 1905 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/21/5)
196--199-; Address book (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/21/6)
196--1984; Miscellaneous and printed material, including 'Fashion Notes' concerning 19th century women's costume; newscuttings concerning Gulgong, N.S.W.; issues of Australian Photography, May 1974, Mudgee Guardian and Gulgong Advertiser, 18, 22 June 1976 and 17 Nov. 1981, and Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries, 261st issue, vol. 9 no. 1, Mar.1984, featuring article on Keast Burke by John White, with letters received from the author, 30 Oct. and 6 Nov. 1983; and copy of catalogue of exhibition, 'John Degotardi, 1823-1882 - Printer, Publisher, Photographer', held at State Library of N.S.W., 3 Nov.-30 Dec. 1984 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/21/7)
Date unknown; Inscribed wrappings for the papers of Keast and Iris Burke (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/21/8)

II.RESEARCH MATERIAL ON HENRY KENDALL, 1868-1988, MAINLY FOR FORESHADOWINGS: THE 'BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA' BEGAN WITH HENRY KENDALL (1963) AND 'POET IN A PROSE LANDSCAPE'

'Henry Kendall Box Files [A-R]', being a one-page listing (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/22/1)
A : 'Chronology' (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/22/2)
B : 'Early to 1861 - A.H.C [Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal]' (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/22/3)
C : 1862-1864 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/22/4)
D : 1865-1869 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/22/5)
E : 1870-1878 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/23/1)
F : 1879-1882 (C.H. [Camden Haven] Lecture) (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/23/2)
G : 'Mitchell Orders / Research', including T. T. Reed, 1961, and Douglas Stewart, 1965; and transcripts of letters from Henry Kendall to William Maddock, 1880-1881 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/23/3)
H : 'Hocken Papers / Mrs Hamilton Gray papers / Early correspondence', being mainly letters received, 1957-1965, from, among others, Donovan Clarke, 1958, and Oswald Hardey Evans (Chilean-British Institute, Valparaiso, Chile), 1957; MLMSS 7542/23/4
K : 'Late Clippings / Misc Check Lists', including issue of The Native Companion, 31 1907, and newscuttings, 1868, 1929, 1955-1958 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/23/5)
L, P : Notebooks (39), ca. 1956-1968, some with notes by Keast Burke (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/24)
M : 'Field Notes / Reeve Records', including notes from the Mitchell Library, 1957-1958; newscuttings from The Kiama Independent, 1942-1944; and 'The George C. Reeve Records concerning Kendall filed at the Australian Genealogical Society, Sydney', being notes extracted by Donovan Clarke, 1957 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/25/1)
MAPS (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/25/2)
N : 'Genealogy', 195--1988, including Kendall family tree, research notes, photocopies and death notices (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/25/3)
O : 'Research', including 'Notes from Interview KB / J. K. Moir Melb.', 9 June 1957; and correspondence, 195--1967, with Edgar Beale, 1965; Pat Lawlor, 1964; Mitchell Library; Alan Queale, 1964; Denis J. Rowe, 1964; Miss ? Tubman (Brisbane Water Historical Society); and State Library of Victoria, 1967, with enclosed copies of sheet music with words by Kendall (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/25/4)
P : 'Research', including correspondence and notebook, 'South Coast Holiday or Kendall Safari', 21-26 Nov. 1957, and another concerning a trip to Victoria, 5-22 Aug. 1961 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/25/5)
R : 'Misc. Research', including correspondence with State Library of Victotria, 1967; checklists of references; newscuttings, 1938-1947; photocopies and photographic reproductions; Rose Lorraine and Other Poems by Henry Kendall; illustrated by Rhys Williams. Sydney: W. H. Honey [1945], being inscribed copy to Iris Burke from J. K. Moir, 24 Jan. 1953; Henry Kendall, His Later Years, Notes by his son Frederick C. Kendall [1938], being author's inscribed presentation copy to J. W. Dent, 22 July 1938; greeting card from Frederick C. Kendall and Evelyn Persia Kendall to Mr and Mrs Dent, 20 Dec. 1939, requesting information on Henry Kendall (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/26/1)
'Henry Kendall Publication dates for poems 1859-1875' compiled by Iris BUrke (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/26/2)
Photocopies and photographic reproductions from the Dixson and Mitchell Libraries, State Library of N.S.W. (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/26/3)
Holy Bible presented to Charlotte Rutter by Chas. Chapman [chaplain], 8 Mar. 1868, with Kendall family inscriptions on front endpapers; last entry on 4 Oct. 1956 (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/26/4)
Card index of research on Henry Kendall, compiled 196- (Call No.: MLMSS 7542/27X)

Reproduction Restricted

The manuscript of 'A Poet in a Prose Landscape' was lent for copying by Iris Burke in 1988 and a microfilm copy is located at RAV/FM4/9812