Randolph William Hughes papers, 1912-1955, collected by Alan Rowland Chisholm

MLMSS 812

fonds

1912-1955

936809

1 volume and 1 box of textual material - manuscripts, typescripts and printed

Randolph Hughes, 1890-1955, author and scholar educated in Australia left in 1915 and lived in France and England. He corresponded with A. R. Chisholm, Professor of French at the University of Melbourne, who reviewed some of his publications and acted as his agent with Australian publishers

Series 01: Letters to Alan Rowland Chisholm, 1935-1955. MS. typescript and printed
MLMSS 812/vol 1
Include discussion of Hughes's work on Swinburne and Brennan and references to Australian, English and French writers and scholars. Enclosures include correspondence with Sydney Davis, 1915-1917 and Jack Lindsay 1952; letters by various people relating to Sydney Davis, ca. 1917-1918; manuscripts by Hughes, 1935-1947; Sydney Davis, 1915 and Jack Lindsay, 1937, and reviews of Hughes's work


Series 02: Literary manuscripts, ca. 1912-ca. 1946
A. 'Lost Eurydice'
i. 'Lost Eurydice: specimen extracts from earlier sections'. Carbon typescript, ca. 1942-ca. 1946
ii. 'Lost Eurydice: philosophical section'. Carbon typescript, ca. 1942-ca. 1946

B. 'C. J. Brennan: An Essay in Values'. Published Sydney, 1934. Typescript with MS. annotations by Hughes

C. Poems, ca. 1912. Typescript

Series 03: Miscellaneous papers, 193- to 1955. MS. typescript and printed
Include testimonials, newscuttings, and two letters to A. R. Chisholm relating to Hughes 1939, 1955

This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.1201

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-197B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011