Hume Talmage Franklin papers relating to Miles Franklin, 1908-1926

MLMSS 10221

fonds

1908-1926

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

1005726

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder), includes photographs

Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin was born at Talbingo, New South Wales, in 1879, the daughter of John Maurice Franklin and Margaret Susannah Helena Franklin, née Lampe. Her brother Hume Talmage was born in 1889, after the family's move to Goulburn. In 1901 she published her best-known book 'My Brilliant Career'. In 1906 she went to Chicago, where she worked for the National women's Trade Union League of America, principally as co-editor of 'Life and Labor'. In 1915 she arrived in England where she would remain, except for two short visits to Australia, until late 1932. She joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service in 1917 and served in Serbia until February 1918. From 1919 to 1927 she worked as secretary with the National Housing and Town Planning Association in London. She returned to Australia permanently in November 1932 and lived for the rest of her life in the family home in Carlton, Sydney.

Reference:
Miles Franklin. https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/miles-franklin (accessed 2 May 2019)

The papers passed by descent from Hume Franklin to his wife's sister's daughter, the donor Margaret Carlisle

1. Postcards (6) from Stella (Miles Franklin) to her brother Tal (Hume Talmage Franklin), sent from the USA, 1908-1909
2. Postcards (9) from Stella to her brother Tal and sister-in-law Elizabeth Franklin (née Wilkes), sent from England and Ireland, 1919-1926
3. Postcards (4) from 'Nell' and others to Miles Franklin in London, 1922-1924
4. Envelopes (4), stamped and addressed to Miles Franklin and others, 1922-1924
5. Photographs (10) of Franklin family members, including John and Susannah Franklin (parents of Miles and Tal), wedding photographs of Tal and Elizabeth Franklin, 1915, and the Franklin family home in Carlton, Sydney, 1922
6. Photocopy of marriage certificate of Hume Talmage Franklin and Elizabeth Wilkes, 24 December 1915

Copyright status:: In copyright – life of author(s) plus 70 years
Out of copyright: Created before 1955 - applies to photographs
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